Chapter 56 – What day is it today?

“What day is …… today?” Inside the prison deep inside the Imperial Prison, the heavy prisoner with quail clothes and a disheveled face hissed and asked with his hand gripping the bars of the prison door and his face facing outward.

A couple of jailers were playing leaf cards around the table and said cheekily, “It’s the day your head hits the floor.”

“It’s not sentenced to a lumbar decapitation, it should be a human chest to the ground, ah. Hahaha!”

“Why, do you still expect the emperor to be sympathetic and pardon you, so that you can be reinstated in your official position? Don’t daydream, eat a bowl of severed head later, honestly go on the road!”

“Ouch, glaring at us! See, he still has the strength to stare at us! I say Feng to evil, you are no longer the commanding officer of the high and mighty, and this Jinyiwei is no longer a place where you have only one hand to cover the sky. The world has changed! From top to bottom, all to that iron mouth steel teeth Su twelve cleaned once, even your hand-promoted Tongzhi and Commander, there is no one missed. Today’s North Township Division, do you know who is in charge? It’s–“

The jailer’s voice came to an abrupt end. He looked at the figure that had appeared at the corner of the tunnel at an unknown time, and an awkward and flattering smile surfaced, “Lord Shen ……”

Shen Qi is a navy blue makeup flower Luo trailing spread, over the shoulder of the woven gold flying fish in the firelight illumination glittering, Wuza cover: “adults wear this better look! Usually the official robe are too fat la, now this narrow shirt a wear, set off the shoulder wide waist thin legs long, like what the book read by Bei brother, the wind flow …… right, the wind flow is not bad!”

Su Yan also felt that the clothing of this era, in addition to trailing the Sa is quite easy to act, what other officials of the public service, uniforms, including daily robes, straight jackets, Lan shirt, are wide when wide, just rely on a belt binding, walking feel the crotch leakage of the wind. Now wearing a tight body, only to find some sense of security, look in the mirror, and consciously a few more points of martial arts.

Su Xiaobei knocked on the door and came in, carrying a lacquered tray with a full wine glass resting on it, and said with a smile, “I wish Your Excellency good health and longevity.”

Su Yan said thanks and hesitantly pointed to the wine glass, “Want to drink? It’s early in the morning, on an empty stomach.”

“Yes. Today is the birthday of your honor, you have to drink a cup of birthday wine when you get up early, and another cup before you go to bed. During the period if someone toast birthday wine, adults have to appreciate a cup of face, this is auspicious. How, your hometown side is not so over the birthday?”

Su Yan recalled, it seems to eat too plane and Taiping eggs, but in the past life, young people simply do not follow the old customs, beer barbecue movie karaoke a dragon to go up, not hi all night is not addictive, nowadays …… forget it, follow the customs of the country.

He picked up his glass and smacked it, finding it rather bland, so he drank it all in one gulp.

Su Xiaobei said, “It’s light wine, and I purposely mixed it with water for fear of hurting the adult’s spleen and stomach.”

Su Yan pinched the tip of his nose: “Little witty child.” Su Xiaojing also came up to ask the adults to pinch him, like a cat competing for favor. Su Xiao Bei pushed and squeezed him, and the two teenagers laughed and made a mess.

After finishing his breakfast, Su Yan walked to the front yard in a happy mood, met Wu Ming who was practicing his sword under the tree, and stopped to watch for a while.

Wu Ming finished practicing a set, replaced his sword and returned it to its sheath, picked up a small wine gourd on the stone table and walked towards Su Yan. He was a bit hesitant, but finally handed the gourd over and said in a low voice, “I wish your honor good health and longevity.”

Su Yan smiled and thanked him, taking the gourd.

A trace of embarrassment surfaced on Wu Ming’s cold and resolute face, “This is my home-brewed red currant wine, strong enough to drink, but a bit sour-tailed. It tastes of the countryside, I’m afraid your lordship won’t be used to drinking it.”

“There’s no harm in it, I’ve drank red currant and quite like the flavor. My hometown also often brews this wine, saying that it has the efficacy of eliminating food and blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach.”

Su Yan opened the lid, took a few big sips, and handed it back to Wu Ming.

Wine stains on his lips, the morning sun in the red Fuchu Fu penetrating moist, brimming with water, more colorful than the wall of pomegranate blossoms more colorful and captivating. Wu Ming perennial silence between the lungs, actually some uncontrolled heartbeat, even the power of the internal force can not be calmed, had to lower his head, to give himself a relief like filling a few mouths of wine.

Suddenly, I felt that it was not right: this wine gourd was specially prepared for Lord Su, and he had just drunk it, so if I drank it into the gourd’s mouth, wouldn’t it be–?

Wu Ming slipped the gourd into his arms and dropped a sentence, “I’ll find another good pot for your lordship.” Turning on his heel, he walked away quickly.

Su Yan looked blankly at his back, “This wine is quite good. I don’t drink much on weekdays, so what’s the point of looking for that much.”

Su Xiaobei rushed up from the back, carrying a bundle in his hand, saying, “My lord, the belt and soft armor you mentioned are in there, do you really want to take it and give it away? I see, that soft armor is not an ordinary thing, what a pity to give it away.”

Su Yan explained, “It’s not a gift, it’s a return. This is called returning the jade to Zhao.”

Belt and soft armor are Shen Qi lent to him, an emergency, a defense, originally from the East Garden back to the return, but then Shen Qi was seriously injured near death, simply can not care. Later, he brought up the matter of return, but Shen Qi said, there is no hurry, Feng went to the evil is not dead, the case has not been cleared up, the soft armor, you still stay in the evening, in case of trouble. When the dust settles, it’s not too late to return it with the belt.

So a drag two five six, dragged to today, Su Yan intends to go to a trip to the Shen House, the things returned, by the way to the brother to ask for a cup of birthday drink.

The two men had just opened the courtyard door and met with Fubo, the little chamberlain, who was carrying an arm.

Fu Bao laughed: “Yo, coincidentally, the slave girl was about to knock, Su adults just happened to open the door, even guessing the guest good guests do not have to, is not because the birthday boy all things go well?”

Su Yan and he mixed very familiar, also do not play official, flirting: “Just you this small mouth is the most pleasing, will say you say more.”

“How dare the slave girl say more for fear of delaying your lordship’s time. Young Master invited Lord Su to come to the East Palace, saying that he has something serious to discuss.”

“Serious business?”

What could that kid possibly have to do that’s so serious that he has to write window lessons for him? Is he tired of the same old tricks and wants something new? Or does he have a grudge against Marquis Feng An because of the car search and wants to talk to him about how to get rid of his anger?

No matter what, if he went to the East Palace, the crown prince will not let go without dragging the key under the palace gate, or maybe he will be hard to drag him to stay overnight. Su Yan frowned and asked, “Can you wait half an hour, I’ll send a copy first.”

Fu Bao for is: “small master’s temperament Su adults are aware of, when the whim, said to do what, to do what, anyone can not persuade. In addition to the royal master, only Su adults can let the small master turn around the snow and clear the sky. Before the slave girl left the door, the little master ordered, to see Mr. Su as soon as possible, more delay for a moment, all to break the slave girl’s dog legs.”

Su Yan smiled helplessly and bitterly, shaking his head, “This little brat …… Forget it, I will go to the East Palace first. Xiao Bei, put the things back and return them when I return.”

Fubao pretended not to hear the offending “brat” and invited Su Yan to get into the carriage waiting outside the mansion.

“Will Your Excellency come home to dine at night?” Su Xiaobei called through the car curtain.

Su Yan lifted the curtain of the car window and replied, “Not necessarily, if I’m not back after shen hour, you guys can eat first without waiting.”