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Chapter 54 Uninvited guests

Just as Yang Feng was busy farming at Qianhu, Jiangdongmen, preparing for training, a team of cavalry was escorting a carriage and quietly entering Nanjing City. The cavalry drove past the old imperial city and passed the Imperial College, and finally arrived at a government residence near the Drum Tower in the North City for a moment. Then the gate opened, and the convoy drove in without stopping until the front hall. At the door of the front hall, Cao Dazhong, the eunuch in Nanjing, had long led a group of small eunuchs to kneel at the door.

A middle-aged man in his thirties with a beard and a fierce expression rode his horse to get off the horse. Then the middle-aged man stood beside the carriage and reached out his hand respectfully to help a young man wearing a lavender dress with a handsome appearance but a pale face was helped out from the carriage.

When the young man got out of the car, Cao Dazhong and others knelt on the ground said in unison: "I welcome the emperor, I wish the emperor a long life, long live long!"

It turns out that the young man is Zhu Youxiao, the current Emperor of the Ancestral Qi.

Although Zhu Youxiao, who had just got off the carriage, was still tired of long-distance fatigue on his face, he ignored his fatigue and walked to Cao Dazhong with excitement in his eyes and shouted: "Cao Dazhong, where is the person who presented his treasure to me? I have so many things to ask him!"

Cao Dazhong didn't expect that his master was so anxious and was anxious to see that person as soon as he came. This was really beyond his expectations.

In fact, the whole thing has exceeded Cao Dazhong's control now. When Cao Dazhong tributed the music box, this gadget, which was at best, was just a very beautiful gadget, aroused Zhu Youxiao's great interest. During the time he got the music box, Zhu Youxiao almost had to hold the music box even when he was sleeping. Zhu Youxiao couldn't figure out why this music box emits such a beautiful light and how the moving music sound was released. All of this made Zhu Youxiao feel extremely curious.

Because Zhu Youxiao fiddled with the music box almost every day for several days, after the New Year, Zhu Youxiao suddenly found that the music box could not shine. He thought he had broken the thing and was shocked. He quickly issued an order to call Wei Zhongxian, who had presented the music box to him, and asked him to send someone to repair the music box quickly. But Wei Zhongxian didn't know how to repair this thing. He was forced to tell the truth that this music box was a businessman from Nanyang named Yang Feng presented Cao Dazhong, and then Cao Dazhong presented it to the emperor through Wei Zhongxian.

After listening to these layers of relationships, Zhu Youxiao was a little confused. He didn't expect that a music box would turn so many times.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao's anxious look, Wei Zhongxian seemed to have immediately ordered Yang Feng to the capital to repair the music box for Zhu Youxiao, but Zhu Youxiao didn't know what was wrong, so he suddenly had a whim to go to Nanjing to check it out. This made Wei Zhongxian very anxious. Now the emperor cannot leave the palace easily these days, especially his glory and wealth are all tied to Zhu Youxiao. If Zhu Youxiao makes any mistakes, he will definitely not be much better.

Wei Zhongxian, who was shocked, quickly persuaded him, but Zhu Youxiao, who had been obedient to him in the past, was determined to come to Nanjing this time, and scolded Wei Zhongxian, claiming that if Wei Zhongxian could not do this, he would find someone who could do this for him. This sentence scared Wei Zhongxian. His current power was entirely due to Zhu Youxiao's promotion and appreciation. If he lost Zhu Youxiao's favor, it would mean that he would lose everything he had now, and the price was something he could not afford.

Wei Zhongxian, who was forced to make no choice but to agree. However, after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he did not attend court for a long time and stayed in the palace to play his carpenter work every day. In this way, it would be no problem to sneak out for a while. Therefore, Wei Zhongxian arranged a team composed of Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei to secretly send Zhu Youxiao to Nanjing City.

After receiving the news, Cao Dazhong, the eunuch in Nanjing, originally planned to arrange Zhu Youxiao in the original Forbidden City in Nanjing, but since there has been no one living here for hundreds of years, the buildings everywhere have been disrepaired and cannot be lived in at all. In the end, Cao Dazhong had to take Zhu Youxiao to the eunuch in his residence where he was staying for a temporary residence.

Zhu Youxiao, who got out of the car, looked at the surrounding scenery and said with a smile: "Cao Dazhong, it seems that you, the eunuch in charge, are quite moist. The scenery here and the decoration are not much more than my palace!"

When Cao Dazhong heard his little face, he immediately turned pale. The emperor praised his place for living, and he would be drowned by the memorial of impeachment by the Censorate. The place where you live, a slave can be as luxurious as your master. What do you want to do? He was so scared that his face turned pale and he kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, death penalty... I'm so guilty of death!"

Looking at Cao Dazhong who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowed, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help feeling a little excited, "Tsk tsk... You are so boring. I'm just praising you. As for being so scared. Forget it, Cao Dazhong, you should take me to meet the merchant from Southeast Asia."

Cao Dazhong knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Reporting to the emperor, the merchant who presented the music box was named Yang Feng. He has been appointed by the Nanjing Ministry of War as the Qianhu District of Jiangdongmen. If the emperor wants to see him, he can call him to meet him at any time. In the eyes of his servants, you might as well take a bath, change clothes and rest for a day. It is not too late to call him to meet him tomorrow."

Facing Cao Dazhong's request, Zhu Youxiao was unmoved. He waved his hand and said, "I have been working hard all the way to the point of being from Nanyang... what's the surname?"

"When I say to Master Wansui, his surname is Yang, and his name is Yang Feng! Now he is a thousand households in the Qianhu District, Jiangdongmen." Cao Dazhong quickly reminded him.

"Well, yes! I came here to ask Yang Feng, how did that music box be made, and why it emits such wonderful music and light. If I don't figure out this problem, I will be in the mood to take a shower and change clothes."

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao had decided, what else could Cao Dazhong say? Although he was so majestic in Nanjing on weekdays, even the wealthy businessmen were respectful to him, but when facing Zhu Youxiao, he was just a slave. Why did his master want to do what he was a slave? Can he still object?
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