After playing in the Haoyue Temple for half a day, Chai Yan and the others chose to leave around noon.【】
Because there is really nothing interesting to see. I have gone shopping and seen everything. If I stay any longer, I can only listen to people chanting sutras and praying.
After leaving the temple gate, it was almost noon. Chai Yan went to Gu Moor and said, "Mr. Gu, you see it's already past noon. It's been quite hard for everyone following us all morning. Let's do this. Let me be the host.
Go find a restaurant or food shop nearby and let everyone have a good meal."
Gumoor was immediately surprised and waved his hands quickly: "No way, no way, Taoist priest, you are distinguished guests, how can you let the Taoist priest spend money? If His Highness the eldest prince and the eldest prince concubine find out about this, they will punish us.
Yes, it can’t be done, it must never be done!”
Chai Yan said with a smile: "Mr. Gu, there is nothing you can't do. Everyone has worked hard to protect me for so long. I treat everyone to a meal. Isn't this normal? Don't worry, I'm here, your eldest prince.
It is impossible for you and the eldest prince and concubine to punish you."
After Chaiyan's repeated persuasion, Gumol finally agreed and agreed to have a light meal on a nearby street.
So Chai Yan and Gu Moor walked side by side. The two walked in front and chatted while walking down the mountain. Jimo Qiao, Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie followed slightly behind.
What Chai Yan and Gu Moor talked about were just gossip. Why are you noble? Where is your hometown? Do you have any relatives at home? Are you married? Do you have children?
Gumoor was also very willing to get in touch with the approachable Chai Yan, so he answered all these questions one by one, and the two of them had a great time chatting all the way down the mountain.
After about a stick of incense, the carriage carried Chai Yan and the four of them to a restaurant near the temple.
Although the decoration inside the restaurant is a bit old, the place is still very spacious, with enough space for Chaiyan and Gumol to seat about twenty people inside and outside.
As soon as Chai Yan sat down, he called the restaurant owner, handed over a hundred taels of silver note, and told him to just serve good wine and good food.
The owner of the restaurant took the banknote and looked at it. He was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. He quickly ordered the waiters to get busy. After a while, cold dishes and fine wine were served to the table.
Seeing that Chai Yan was not being falsely polite, but a real treat, Gumol thanked him profusely: "Taoist Priest, you are so polite, how can we be so embarrassed?"
Chai Yan said with a smile: "Money is a bastard. We will earn it after spending it! Mr. Gu, please don't be embarrassed. You will be tired after following me all day, hahaha..."
Gumol immediately said to the brothers: "Brothers, why don't you thank the Taoist priest quickly!"
Immediately, people at other tables stood up and expressed their gratitude to Chai Yan with fists in his hands.
Chai Yan responded with a smile and nodded, and the atmosphere in the restaurant suddenly became lively.
After a while, hot delicacies were served on the table one after another, and Gumoor also raised his wine glass and toasted Chai Yan. The two of them were talking and laughing while drinking and eating, as if they had been friends for many years.
Jimo Qiao was bored eating alone, so he reached out and tugged on Chai Yan's clothes.
Chai Yan felt it and turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
"After dinner, where should we go to play?" Jimo Qiao asked.
Chai Yan didn't know either, so he asked her: "What do you want to play?"
Jimo Qiao immediately sat up straight and said, "Do you remember before I came here? The eldest princess said that you can hunt and catch fish here, so forget about catching fish. I want to go hunting, okay?"
Chai Yan immediately remembered that the eldest prince and concubine had indeed said this that day.
"Mr. Gu, about hunting..." Chai Yan looked at Gu Mol.
Gumoor put down his wine glass, looked at Chai Yan and Jimo Qiao and said, "Taoist Priest, Fairy Girl, if you want to go hunting, I'm afraid you have to do it early tomorrow morning."
"Why?" Jimo Qiao asked immediately.
Gumoor said: "Xiangu, the hunting place is still some distance away from us. After dinner, go back to the manor and prepare your horses, bows and arrows before setting off. I'm afraid it will be dark when you get there...
."
Chai Yan nodded after hearing this, while Jimo Qiao pouted.
"So, it's best to do this. When I go back after dinner, I will immediately order people to prepare horses, bows and arrows, and hunting equipment. We will set off early tomorrow morning. When we go to the hunting ground, we can hunt for a while and enjoy ourselves.
Some." Gumol said.
Chai Yan agreed: "Mr. Gu is right, let's go tomorrow. Everyone is tired today and it is not suitable to travel."
After saying that, Chai Yan looked at Jimo Qiao.
Jimo Qiao also knew that he couldn't go today, so he said: "Okay, okay, let's do it tomorrow."
.............
As time went by, everyone at the wine table gradually became a little drunk, and the voices of people at several tables began to speak louder.
Cheng Jiudu drank some more, and then he joined others in drinking.
Jimo Qiao thought they were too noisy, so he sat by the window alone, took out his butterfly dart and started wiping it slowly.
Chai Yan's face was also a little red, but he was far from drunk, because he didn't drink much at all. When others came to toast, he would only take a sip to show off, and no one dared to let him finish it in one sip.
Gumol has a good capacity for drinking, but he is still a little drunk now.
Suddenly, Gumol poured a glass of wine, drank it in a muffled voice as soon as he raised his head, and let out a long sigh when he finished.
Chai Yan was a little puzzled, so he asked in a low voice: "Mr. Gu, what's wrong with you? Everyone is very happy, why are you still sighing?"
Gumoor said with the strength of wine: "To be honest with you, Taoist Master, I am worried about His Highness the Prince..."
"The matter about the eldest prince..." Chai Yan thought for a while and asked: "Mr. Gu is referring to the cracking of the stone of the Colossus?"
Gumoor slapped his thigh and nodded emphatically: "Exactly!"
Chai Yan listened to Gu Mao Er's words for a while before he realized that Gu Mao Er was originally going to help investigate the stone cracking case, but the eldest princess temporarily transferred him to accompany Chai Yan and his party. It's not that Gu Mao Er was unwilling to accompany him.
Chai Yan and the others came to Feiying Manor, but in his heart, he wanted to find out the mastermind behind the stone cracking case as soon as possible for His Highness.
So when I drink too much, I unconsciously feel worried and melancholy.
"Mr. Gu's loyalty is truly admirable!"
Chai Yan complimented him, then raised his glass and said, "Here, I'd like to toast Mr. Gu!"
With that said, Chai Yan drained the glass of wine in his hand and revealed the bottom of the glass.
Gumol also hurriedly raised his glass and drank it, and then filled Chai Yanman's drink himself.
Chai Yan asked easily: "Mr. Gu, is there any breakthrough in the stone cracking case now?"
Gumol sighed and shook his head: "No! We have been working hard to investigate these days, but we haven't found any useful clues. If we don't find it in two days..."
Perhaps realizing that he said something he shouldn't have said, Gumoor suddenly stopped talking and stopped talking.
"Mr. Gu, what would happen if two days later...?" Chai Yan couldn't help but ask.
Gumol hesitated for a moment, and finally told Chai Yan in a low voice: "Your Majesty ordered His Highness to find out the truth within five days, otherwise... otherwise His Highness's city defense army seal will be withdrawn.
"
"Really!" Chai Yan said in surprise: "If we count it as two days later as you said, it's already the third day?"
Gumoor nodded worriedly: "Yes! So you tell me, can I not be anxious?"
"Understood, understood." Chai Yan nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, Gumol's chatterbox opened up, and he kept spitting out his bitterness to Chai Yan and talking about his own difficulties. Chai Yan didn't know how to interrupt him.
In the end, Jimo Qiao came over and solved the problem by saying "When will you go back?"
When I left the restaurant and returned to Eagle Manor, it was already past midnight.
As soon as they entered the manor, a servant ran out to report something to Gu Mol, and Gu Mol's face suddenly became serious.
Immediately afterwards, Gumol ran to Chai Yan's car.
Just at this time, Chai Yan had just gotten out of the car, and Gu Moor immediately said: "Taoist Priest, the eldest prince and concubine is here."
"Well, where is the eldest prince? I'm going to see him right now." Chai Yan asked.
Gumoor shook his head and said: "No, Taoist priest, only the eldest prince and concubine are here, not His Highness the eldest prince."
Chai Yan was stunned for a moment: "What? Only the eldest prince and concubine are here?"
Chai Yan couldn't help but think to himself, which song was this sung from?