Chapter 4: What’s wrong with eating a few of your cakes?
The Prime Minister's heart skipped a beat after hearing this. The Grand Tutor is still very young, but he has never heard of any romantic affairs. Now Xiao Qian'er is also of marriageable age. Could it be that the Grand Tutor has taken a fancy to his daughter?
The prime minister was very familiar with political marriages , no wonder he showed favor to me in the court.
The Daqian Empire has always favored boys over girls. If it were someone else, they would probably want to send their daughter to the Grand Tutor, but the Prime Minister loves his daughter very much, otherwise he would not allow his daughter to invite a stranger all the way from Lingnan just for a piece of tofu.
He did not care about the status of the man his daughter married, or whether he was dressed in fine clothes and lived a wealthy and prosperous life. He only wanted his daughter to be healthy and safe. However, Liu Hu was destined to live a life of swords and blood.
"My daughter has been spoiled by me since she was young, and she is a little willful and capricious. I am afraid she will offend the Grand Tutor, so let Yun'er take you there." The Prime Minister quickly refused.
Liu Hu did not think too much about it. After all, there was a huge age gap between him and Chen Xiaoqian, and he would never think about matters between men and women. He knew very well that he was an image in the eyes of these ministers. He just thought that the prime minister was afraid that his daughter would offend him, so he did not investigate further and just wanted to meet Lan Xin and her daughter as soon as possible.
Being named by the prime minister, she must be a smart person. Although Yun'er is a maid, she is pure and lovely, and she is efficient and effective. She respectfully brought Liu Hu to the backyard.
In fact, there was nothing worth seeing in the backyard of the prime minister's house. After strolling around for a while, Liu Hu said he was tired and wanted to find a place to rest.
Yun'er naturally knew that Liu Hu was tired, so she quickly agreed and took Liu Hu to the guest room. After Yun'er left, Liu Hu came out quietly.
"Boss, I've found out that Miss Lan Xin is making tofu in the back." Luo Fanchen appeared behind Liu Hu like a shadow, quietly as if he had been standing there all the time.
Liu Hu dusted himself off, straightened his clothes, checked carefully to make sure everything was correct, and then swaggered to the back.
As soon as I entered the backyard, I saw a little girl of four or five years old stuffing cakes into her mouth with all her strength. Her cheeks were stuffed full and her eyes were looking around like a thief.
Liu Hu looked at the cute little girl and couldn't help but smile. He winked at Luo Fanchen, then walked to the little girl's side, squatted down and asked, "What are you doing?"
The little girl was obviously startled, and quickly knelt on the ground with her head down, saying, "I won't dare to do it again. I won't dare to do it again. I was just picking up some unwanted cakes on the ground. Please be magnanimous, don't tell my mother."
Seeing the little girl kneeling and begging for mercy skillfully, Liu Hu felt a pain in his heart.
How much hardship must have been endured over the years to become what he is now.
She is only four or five years old, but she has to learn to read people's faces and get food by showing weakness.
At this moment, Liu Hu wanted to buy back all the cakes in Shangjing, and he suppressed his anger.
Liu Hu helped the little girl up, wiped the cakes off the corners of her mouth, and said with a smile: "I also came here to steal cakes, you, don't be afraid."
When the little girl heard Liu Hu say that he was also here to steal food, her expression immediately changed. She said calmly, "So we are from the same group. Hey, you know what? The pink cake is the most delicious, but the quantity is too scarce. If you take it, it will be easily discovered. This is for you."
After saying that, he handed Liu Hu a piece of mung bean cake.
After all, mung bean cakes are the cheapest pastries. There are baskets of them, so no one would notice even if some are missing.
After Liu Hu took the cake from the little girl and ate it, he whispered, "Thank you. Since we are 'fellow travelers', can you tell me your name?"
"My name is An Zhiruo. Uncle, please eat quickly. In about an incense stick of time, the servants will come over to get the cakes. We have to hide." An Zhiruo was busy stuffing cakes into her mouth, speaking vaguely.
At such a young age, he even calculated the time for picking up the cakes each time. The more Liu Hu watched him, the more he liked him.
This little kid was so smart that Liu Hu couldn't help but laugh.
Liu Hu took the pink cake that Zhiruo wanted to eat just now, squatted on the ground and said, "This looks good, you, try it."
Her voice was a little low, but Zhiruo inexplicably felt a sense of security.
Seeing Liu Hu holding the pink cake that she had always wanted to eat, An Zhiruo swallowed and said, "Uncle, you should put it back. This cannot be eaten. If you eat it, there will be serious consequences."
"Trust uncle, eat." After Liu Hu said this, he realized that something was wrong. He felt like a human trafficker trying to trick a child, so he quickly changed his words and said, "It's okay, uncle is here."
For some reason, An Zhiruo felt that the uncle in front of her was particularly kind and she felt safe around him. Besides, she had always wanted to taste the pink pastry, and now it was within reach.
Never mind, just eat first. At worst, I can say later that my uncle forced me to eat it.
Hey, uncle, don’t blame me for being ruthless, just blame the pastries for being too tempting.
If Liu Hu knew what Zhiruo was thinking at this moment, he probably wouldn't be in such a good mood as he is now.
My fingers unconsciously picked up a piece of pastry and put it in my mouth.
"Okay, a pariah is a pariah. You actually dare to steal food. I'll report to my father and send you and your mother to exile!" Just when An Zhiruo wanted to eat, a voice came out of nowhere. She was so scared that she wanted to kneel down again, but found that she was being pulled by the uncle in front of her and could not kneel down at all.
Liu Hu changed his kind expression and said coldly to the man: "Get lost!"
"Hey? Do you know who I am? Let me tell you, my father is the prime minister of this dynasty, you..."
"Luo Fanchen, if I can still hear the flies buzzing, you'd better go to the dungeon." Without giving the man a chance to speak, Liu Hu interrupted him and continued to squat on the ground to coax Zhiruo.
"Try it, don't let the mad dog affect your appetite." As soon as Liu Hu finished speaking, he saw the man who had just spoken opened his mouth slightly, but couldn't say a word.
This scene frightened An Zhiruo so much that she didn't dare to eat the cake in her hand. She sat on the ground and cried loudly, "It's over, it's over. My mother was right. If you eat secretly, you will become deaf. I am deaf and can't hear anything."
Looking at Zhiruo's lovely appearance, Liu Hu helped wipe the tears from her eyes and said gently: "You are not deaf, he can't speak."
Knowing that Zhiruo would not understand what had just happened, Liu Hu lied, "Uncle can perform magic tricks and specializes in punishing bad people."
In fact, it was not a magic trick at all. Luo Fanchen just pierced the mute point with a poison needle and then bit the man with the poison in his body.
The man wanted to go forward and argue with Liu Hu, but he saw a figure falling from the sky. His body was as big as half an iron tower. He picked up the man and threw him out of the yard as if he was a chicken. Then he jumped out again without saying a word.
Liu Hu and An Zhiruo were the only ones left in the yard. Because Liu Hu had just deliberately blocked An Zhiruo's sight with his body, she didn't see A Si's move at all. She just thought that the man had disappeared out of thin air.
"Uncle, can you teach me this magic trick? Once I learn it, all the people who bully my mother will disappear." An Zhiruo was a little envious of Liu Hu's magic trick.
With Liu Hu around, An Zhiruo was no longer afraid. Finally, she got to eat the pink pastry she had been longing for.
What happened in the backyard soon reached the ears of the prime minister. Seeing his son's face was purple, obviously poisoned, the prime minister's face turned ashen. Today was his birthday, and someone dared to beat him up in his own home. They simply didn't take him seriously.
"The Grand Tutor ate a piece of cake in the backyard and was threatened by your young master, who wanted to send him to exile. By the way, the Grand Tutor asked me to ask you, how far away will you be exiled if he eats a few of your cakes? As for the silver compensation for those cakes, just go to the Grand Tutor's mansion tomorrow to get it. Don't be polite." Luo Fanchen said with a wicked smile.
The Prime Minister was a little angry, but he could tell that it was his son who provoked the Grand Tutor first, so he had to force a smile and said, "Lord Luo, please show some mercy and save my son this time."
Even if the Prime Minister was no longer in the martial arts world, he was well aware of Luo Fanchen's reputation as a poison doctor from Daqian. He could not cure people but only kill them. There were no more than three people in the world who could cure the poison he used. Besides, where could he find someone like him in such a short time?
"Don't worry, you won't die. You will just be a mute in this life. Sometimes mutes live longer than people who can speak." After Luo Fanchen finished speaking, he tilted his head and walked away in a swagger.
When Luo Fanchen returned, Liu Hu whispered to him, "Just give him a punishment. After all, it's wrong for us to steal other people's food. Also, pick some gifts and go to their house to apologize on my behalf tomorrow."
Luo Fanchen agreed and stopped talking.
