Zhu Zhen grabbed Zhu Bai's hand and said, "Twelve brothers, please stop running around. There are so many people here, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be anyone with evil intentions."
Zhu Bai has been kidnapped twice and attempted once, but he has not become honest at all.
Zhu Bai comforted him: "Don't worry, Brother Six. I have someone here."
They walked out of Tianjie Temple, and there happened to be a woman at the door who asked the monk sweeping the floor: "Little Master, may I ask if there is a monk named Wu Yuan in your temple?"
The monk sweeping the floor clasped his hands and lowered his head: "I've never heard of this person."
The woman lost her voice: "How could it be? He even showed me the ultimatum."
The monk sweeping the floor shook his head: "It is true that this person never existed. Maybe he is a wandering monk, and he may not be gone."
The woman stumbled away with a pale face.
Zhu Zhen was afraid that Zhu Bai would cause trouble again, so he hurriedly said: "Let's go see your land."
Zhu Bai nodded: "Okay, okay, this is good."
He took out the map and looked at it: "This way. Let's take a shortcut."
Zhu Zhen followed him with his men.
They meandered along the alleys paved with bluestones.
Along the way, there are small bridges and flowing water, and from time to time, fiery red apricot blossoms and pink peach branches stick out from the white walls with carved stone windows.
The scenery is pretty good, but we didn't arrive even after walking for two quarters of an hour.
Moreover, they seemed to have passed the bridge in front of them many times.
Zhu Bai frowned: "It's impossible."
He took out the map again. According to this map, it should be at most ten minutes away.
Zhu Zhen came over to take a look, silently turned his map in a circle, and said: "The twelfth brother took it backwards."
Zhu Bai's face wrinkled up: Let me go, this map actually goes up, south and down north.
Zhu Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why don't we take a break? Anyway, we just finished patrolling Nancheng."
Those in the Military and Horse Division didn't know whether they were really stupid or pretending to be stupid, but they followed Zhu Bai in circles without saying a word.
In fact, they think that as long as Zhu Bai is honest, it doesn't matter even if he spins in circles.
If you finish the day safely, it will be good for him and me.
Seeing a restaurant in front of him, Zhu Bai smiled and said, "Okay. I've been gone for a day, and I'll ask Brother Six and you all to give him a toothpaste."
Zhu Bai and Zhu Zhen went up and found a seat by the window. There were two tables for soldiers and horses, and one table for Zhu Bai and Zhu Zhen's bodyguards, so they occupied the three tables surrounding them.
Firstly, it is to protect them. Secondly, it is to prevent other people from waiting to watch the fun, gossiping and causing trouble.
Zhu Bai ordered a roast chicken, a large braised pork elbow, a large pot of pig meat, a fish, a few vegetarian dishes, a pot of wine, various white flour steamed buns, and rice for each table.
Everyone was so happy. They smiled and said to Zhu Bai, "Thank you for the hospitality, Your Highness."
"How embarrassed is it for His Highness to spend so much money?"
In fact, everyone is pretending to be polite.
Zhu Bai made a lot of money every day, and he also had a monthly salary in the palace, second only to the queen and the prince.
But he didn't have a family, so he didn't need to buy any jewelry or clothes for his wife and concubines, and he had nowhere to spend money.
All in all, it means more in and less out.
No, Deng Yu had some trouble recently and voluntarily gave him a hundred acres of fertile land.
One hundred acres of fertile land!
What concept?
The yield of rice from two crops per acre of good land is four shi.
The annual output of one hundred acres is four hundred shi.
Nowadays, the annual salary of the third-rank official in the imperial court is only 400 dan!
To Zhu Bai, this was just pocket money.
Can you not make people jealous...
To Zhu Bai, a meal is just a drop in the bucket.
So no one thinks there is anything wrong with a seven-year-old kid inviting them to dinner.
Although the store owner didn't know Zhu Bai and Zhu Zhen, he knew Commander Qian from the Nancheng Army and Horse Division who followed them on patrol, so the food was served very quickly.
As soon as the big roast chicken was served, everyone forgot about walking on the bridge countless times today.
Zhu Bai and Zhu Zhen also laughed and took a chicken leg each and gnawed happily.
Before traveling through time, Zhu Bai hated fat meat and whole pieces of dead meat. He liked to chew on dry ribs, braised chicken feet and duck heads.
But after traveling through time, I realized why the ancients liked eating fat meat so much.
Because there is no oil or water at all!
When you can't see any meat for a month, let alone fat meat, even pig hair will make you drool.
To be honest, if someone had said that meat doesn’t taste like meat and chicken doesn’t taste like chicken, he would have thought that person was being hypocritical.
But now I realize that what I ate before can only be called meat dregs.
At this time, chickens grew up eating whole grains, insects, and weeds, and could only be raised once a year, so they were very expensive, but they really had a strong chicken flavor.
Wash and pull it clean, then roast it slowly over firewood for an hour before it is cooked.
Served sizzling and oily.
One bite, the skin is browned and crispy, and the meat is tender and juicy.
Zhu Bai felt that everything was worth it.
The elbows are also fat but not greasy. The pork offal is even more flavorful.
After having enough food and wine, the four tables cost less than two taels of silver.
Zhu Bai paid the money readily and said, "Let's take a break and go see my one hundred acres of land."
Everyone was also afraid that he would come tomorrow if he didn't see it today, so they hurriedly responded.
Zhu Zhen went to use the toilet. The guards wanted to accompany him, but Zhu Zhen refused.
The guards can only guard at the gate of the backyard.
When Zhu Zhen came back, the forbearing expression on his face was both shocked and angry.
Zhu Bai raised his eyebrows slightly: Is there anything weird in this toilet? Why did Zhu Zhen come back from going to the toilet with such a strange expression?
Zhu Bai said with a smile: "Everyone, wait for me. I'm going to pee too."
Zhu Zhen wanted to speak but stopped.
Zhu Bai became more and more curious and refused to let Fu Gui follow him.
After peeing, I just felt that the latrine was smelly and dirty. I didn't see anything strange.
Zhu Bai came out, and a monk appeared out of nowhere and whispered: "Master, I have a way to get promoted and make a fortune. Do you want it?"
Zhu Bai became excited: Oh, it turns out to be you.
Could this be the liar Zong Li said?!
This routine is too old. When you see a man, you talk about promotion and fortune. When you see a woman, you talk about marrying a rich husband or having a son.
I didn't want to take care of it at first, but since you have deceived me and my brother, how can I live up to my reputation as King Xiang if I don't deceive you back?
He took out a copy of the "Nine Yang Manual" and said mysteriously to the monk: "I have a book that aphrodisiacs, do you want it?"
The monk was stunned: "It's such a strange book?"
Zhu Bai opened the book: "If it's fake, you see, it was copied by Master Zongli himself. It has just been carved and has not been put on the market yet."
The monk obviously recognized Zong's handwriting, and his eyes lit up: "How much does it cost?"
Zhu Bai became more and more sure of his guess and replied: "I'll sell it to you cheaply for five taels of silver."
The monk hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Can it really aphrodisiac?!"
Zhu Bai nodded solemnly: "It's true. Master Zongli personally tested it and it worked. Otherwise, he wouldn't have written it to me. You know, monks can't lie."
