Ning Wei smiled slyly and replied seriously: "Well, he is indeed the most handsome man in the capital. He is personable and handsome."
Shi Jingyang stopped what he was doing, looked up at Ning Wei, smiled, and then asked seriously: "What do you mean by being elegant and beautiful? How does Ah Wei plan to eat me? Huh?"
When asked by Shi Jingyang, Ning Wei's face instantly burned with anger. She quickly lowered her head in embarrassment and wanted to bite off her tongue in annoyance.
Shi Jingyang saw that Xiao Nizi was so embarrassed that she wished she could crawl through a crack in the ground. He pursed his lips and stopped teasing her. He lowered his head and continued eating noodles.
Ning Wei secretly glanced at Shi Jingyang and raised her head when she saw him lowering his head to eat noodles.
Shi Jingyang drank all the soup in the bowl, put down his chopsticks and said, "Satisfied!"
Ning Wei saw him finish eating and handed over his handkerchief, "I didn't prepare a warm handkerchief, so I'll just use this one."
Shi Jingyang rinsed his mouth, put away the handkerchief, then stood up and led Ning Wei out.
Shi Jingyang sent Ning Wei to the door of the living room and said, "It's getting late. Let's take a rest early."
Ning Wei asked reluctantly: "When will you return to the military camp?"
Shi Jingyang said: "Go back the next morning, and I will come see you tomorrow."
"But, Uncle Liu and Uncle Shi will return to Beijing tomorrow, and I will go to Dongshui Pier to pick them up." Ning Wei said in embarrassment.
Shi Jingyang stretched out his hand to straighten the hairpin on Zheng Ningwei's head, and said warmly: "Nothing, go and do your work. I happen to have something to deal with. When I finish handling the matter at hand, I will come to see you, okay?"
Ning Wei nodded, "Okay!"
Shi Jingyang lowered his head and kissed Ning Wei's forehead, pinched her face, and said softly: "Go, see you tomorrow!"
Ning Wei stood on tiptoes, kissed Shi Jingyang on the mouth, then waved her little hand towards Shi Jingyang, "Qing'an, see you tomorrow."
Shi Jingyang looked at Ning Wei who quickly left his arms and couldn't help but laugh. The little girl moved away very quickly.
Shi Jingyang watched Ning Wei enter the house, then turned around and returned along the original path.
After leaving Mingyuan, Qingshan and Qingping followed, bowed to Shi Jingyang and said, "Master! Are we going back?"
Shi Jingyang looked up at the sky, then turned around and said: "Qingshan is going back to Sanpinxuan, and tomorrow morning he will go back to the military camp to ask for leave for me. Qingping will follow me back to the Marquis Mansion."
Qingshan received the order, bowed, turned around and headed towards Sanpinxuan.
Watching Qingshan walk away, Qingping asked: "Sir, would you like me to go to Sanpinxuan to catch a carriage?"
Shi Jingyang shook his head and said, "No, let's walk back."
After walking a few steps, Shi Jingyang stopped and whispered: "Go to the kitchen of Fengle Building first and catch two snakes, two scorpions, and two centipedes for me."
"Huh? Now? What do you want with these things?" Qingping asked in confusion.
Shi Jingyang glanced at Qing Ping and raised his voice slightly: "You talk too much! Where do you come from with so many words?"
Qingping hurriedly leaned forward and said, "I understand, I understand. I'll go get it right now."
Shi Jingyang warned: "Go quickly, go back quickly, be careful, don't let anyone see you. I'll wait for you at the intersection of Qingyang Street and Zhenbao Street."
Qingping bowed and quickly disappeared into the night.
Shi Jingyang looked around and walked towards Qingyang Street.
Shi Jingyang went to the agreed place and waited for more than a quarter of an hour. When he saw Qingping coming this way, he walked out of the darkness.
Qingping held three small cloth bags and said to Shi Jingyang: "Master, they are all here. There are two green bamboo leaves here. This bag contains scorpions."
After finishing speaking, Qingping raised his left hand and said: "Here are centipedes. Both of them have red heads and are five inches long. They are both good things."
Shi Jingyang looked at the three bags and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, take it and let's go!"
"Well!" Qing Ping followed Shi Jingyang with the bag in hand. After walking a few steps, Qing Ping asked, "Sir, where are we going?"
Shi Jingyang turned his head and glanced at Qingping.
Qingping patted his mouth and said, "You talk too much! I know you're wrong, please punish me!"
Shi Jingyang said nothing and continued walking forward.
Qingping followed behind Shi Jingyang and said no more.
The two of them walked to the side of the Chengguo Palace. Qingping looked at the mansion in front of him, "Isn't this the Chengguo Palace?"
Shi Jingyang looked at the wall of Duke Chengguo's mansion, turned to Qingping and said, "Go and put the snakes and scorpions on the bed of Duke Chengguo's wife. Put the centipede on Duke Chengguo's bed. I'll wait for you here."
"Ah?" Qingping froze on the spot, thinking he heard wrongly.
"Don't you understand?" Shi Jingyang said in a deep voice.
Qingping pointed at the Duke Chengguo's palace in the wall with his finger and asked: "I asked the young man to put snakes and scorpions on the bed of the Duke's wife, and put centipedes on the bed of the Duke!"
Shi Jingyang said: "If you understand, then act quickly. I'll wait for you here!"
Qingping bowed and responded, "Yes, I understand."
Shi Jingyang waited outside for less than a quarter of an hour when Qingping climbed over the wall and came out and said to Shi Jingyang: "Master, it's done."
Shi Jingyang nodded and said, "What happened tonight will be rotten to the core, do you understand?"
Qingping bowed and responded, "Yes, I understand."
Shi Jingyang put his hands behind his back and stood there looking up at the night sky.
Qingping saw it and looked up. It was pitch dark and he saw nothing. Qingping withdrew his gaze and looked sideways at Shi Jingyang, "Master, what are you looking at?"
Shi Jingyang raised his hand to stop Qingping from talking and listened to the goings on in the courtyard.
At this time, in the Fu'an Hall of Duke Chengguo's Mansion, people screamed in horror one after another, "Ah! Ah! Ah! There is a snake! Ah!"
In the silent night, the screams were extremely loud.
Then, a burst of footsteps rushed towards Fu'an Hall. After a while, screams also sounded from the Purple Bamboo Garden in the outer courtyard.
Shi Jingyang pursed his lips and walked forward. Qing Ping followed and asked, "Sir, shall we go back home now?"
Shi Jingyang said happily: "Go back home."
The two walked to the east door of the Hou Mansion. Qing Ping was about to knock on the door, but Shi Jingyang reached out to stop him. "No need to call the door."
After saying that, Shi Jingyang jumped into the air and took the lead in climbing over the wall into the courtyard. Qingping quickly used Qinggong to keep up.
When the master and servant passed by Qinghui Pavilion, they saw that the lights in Qinghui Pavilion were still on.
Qingping said: "Sir, the Marquis has not rested yet, do you want to pay your respects to the Marquis?"
Shi Jingyang stopped, hesitated, turned around and walked towards Qinghui Pavilion.
When the concierge saw Shi Jingyang, his eyes widened in surprise. After regaining consciousness, he quickly got up and walked out of the room. He leaned towards Shi Jingyang and said, "Your Majesty!"
Shi Jingyang nodded towards him and asked, "Is father in the house?"
The concierge replied: "Yes, the Marquis has just sent away Mr. Qiu from the Yushitai. Your Majesty, I will go and report it right now."
Shi Jingyang nodded, "Thank you."
"Your Majesty, your words are serious. This is my responsibility, as it should be! Your Majesty, wait a moment, I will go and report it now." The concierge leaned forward and walked inside.
