It is said that on this day, King Wu returned to the backyard after working hard on state affairs. After a brief conversation with the princess, he got up and went to Mei Ji's courtyard. Mei Ji came out to greet him with a smile, helped King Wu into the house, and came to him and said: "
Has your lord heard the news?"
Mei Ji's eyes were shining brightly, which made King Wu feel itchy in his heart. He asked curiously: "What news?"
Mei Ji said: "I heard that an interesting thing happened outside a few days ago. A locksmith's daughter-in-law went to the street to buy groceries. She encountered a frightened horse and was about to be kicked in the head by the horse's hooves!" She said and gestured at the same time.
Get up, "It was a little late, but then I saw a flash of cold light, and a hero fell from the sky and grabbed the horse's head with his bare hands! The horse stopped abruptly. The locksmith's wife hurriedly came forward to thank her, and the hero waved and said,
There is no need to thank each other for being a hero! As soon as the locksmith’s wife raised her head while she was speaking, the hero was stunned!"
She paused, and King Wu followed her with a smile and asked, "Why was he stunned?"
Mei Ji clapped her hands and said: "Although the locksmith's wife has no makeup on her face and her clothes are shabby, she is actually a stunning beauty! The moon is shy of the flowers, the fish is falling, and the geese are falling. The hero is stunned~~ I have seen many beauties in my life, and I have never seen them before.
I have seen someone so beautiful. So..." She stretched out her hand and said, "I bought this daughter-in-law with a locksmith for fifty thousand taels of silver." King Wu was stunned by what she said. Mei Ji sighed deeply.
He said, "But I don't know how that woman is compared to me?"
King Wu laughed loudly: "How can a commoner's daughter compare to my beloved concubine?" Mei Ji suddenly raised her little face and smiled brightly, as delicate as a newly opened stamen in the court.
When she got up the next morning, Mei Ji served King Wu to dress. Suddenly, she heard a few people making a noise outside. A nanny in charge asked what was going on. She was told that a lock was broken and a locksmith had to be called in. King Wu heard "Lock"
With the word "craftsman", he couldn't help but think of the locksmith's wife Mei Ji mentioned yesterday, and he couldn't help but feel curious. As soon as he left the yard, he quietly ordered Eunuch Li beside him to go and inquire. Eunuch Li left with a smile.
When King Wu was taking a nap, Eunuch Li quietly came back and said: "Your Majesty, what's going on with the locksmith's wife..."
"Huh?" King Wu became interested, "How about it?"
Eunuch Li hesitated a little: "It seems to be different from what Mrs. Mei heard."
Seeing his hesitation, King Wu frowned: "What's going on?"
Eunuch Li whispered: "That man is not a locksmith, but his name is Wang Tongsuo."
"What's this? It's probably because people in the mansion heard it from word to mouth and got it wrong."
"His wife was indeed rescued from under the horse's hooves, but it wasn't like a hero fell from the sky, she was just pulled aside."
King Wu glanced at him: "Yeah."
"That man... only gave Wang five taels of silver... and took his wife away by force on the street." Eunuch Li couldn't help but lower his head.
King Wu frowned: "That's unreasonable! Who is the one who robbed people?" Seeing that Eunuch Li refused to say anything, he hummed, "Is it under the hands of some bastard Gu?"
Eunuch Li said: "It's a young man named Zhen who lives in the prince's house. Now Wang Tongsuo is going to the Yamen to sue him for raping a commoner's wife..." Seeing King Wu's brows tightening, he added, "It's...
…His Second Highness’s people…helped him write the petition.” King Wu snorted heavily. If an ordinary commoner dared to complain to Young Master Zhan of the Prince’s Mansion, the second prince’s people would definitely not only help him write the petition. Eunuch Li added
, "Master Zhen and the third master of the Bao family have an irreversible friendship. Even the house was given by the third master of the Bao family."
King Wu sneered and said, "You don't know what kind of person Bao Laosan is?" After thinking for a moment, he asked, "What about that woman?"
Eunuch Li said: "People outside say she is stunningly beautiful. Mr. Bao said he has seen her before, and she is of ordinary beauty." King Wu chuckled twice. Eunuch Li said again, "I heard... today is the day when Master Zhen is serving wine.
, you must accept that woman as your concubine in a serious manner."
King Wu's eyes moved: "Today?"
Eunuch Li nodded and said: "We will have a banquet tonight." He whispered, "People say that the woman will come out to toast."
King Wu rolled his eyes: "I want to see what kind of beauty she is."
At dusk that day, the prince changed his clothes and prepared to go to Zhen Zangzhu's house. Theoretically, Zhen Zangzhu was not his confidant at the moment, and he was just taking a concubine, so he should not alarm the prince. But now the whole city of Jinling is full of people.
It was said that the woman was more beautiful than a fairy, and the prince wanted to take a look. At first, he wanted Zhen Zangzhu to send her here, but his third uncle said that Zhen Zangzhu liked the woman very much and did not want to marry her.
. And this person had just joined him not long ago, and he had helped him recover so much money a while ago. Besides, Bao Laosan had said countless times that the woman was mediocre in appearance. After much thought, the prince thought, why not go and have a look today?
, by the way, it gave Zhen Zangzhu face. But he didn’t tell him in advance, it was just a temporary idea.
Just as he reached the door of the Prince's Mansion, he saw the disciple running in in a panic and saying, "Your Majesty, the prince is here." The Prince was startled and looked up. He saw that he was wearing an azure brocade robe and had his arms behind his back.
He walked in slowly. The prince hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. However, King Wu said: "Where are you going after changing your clothes?"
The prince said: "Returning to my father, the young man below my son, Zhan Shi, is taking a concubine. It's quite lively. My son wants to take a look."
King Wu said: "But he is the one who scares the horse and saves people."
The prince smiled and said: "Father, have you heard about it too? Mr. Zhen is very skilled."
King Wu said: "Since you are like this, I will go and watch the excitement."
"You're going too?!" The prince couldn't help but clapped his hands, "You look so shameless."
Naturally, the King of Wu was not in a position to make a big show of seeing his son's servant taking a concubine, so he disguised himself as an old gentleman and followed the prince to Zhen Zangzhu's home. When he got there, he saw that although the house was decorated with lights, the owner was not wealthy.
It's quite shabby. Zhen Zangzhu didn't know in advance that the prince would come. At the moment, the prince was busy with other things, so Mr. Bao was waiting for the guests in the hall.
Third Master Bao was shocked when he saw King Wu. He opened his mouth and was about to shout when Eunuch Li stepped forward to pull him and wink. Third Master Bao stepped forward, lifted up his clothes and bowed to the Crown Prince, but
Secretly, he knelt a little crookedly towards King Wu. Others quickly followed him and bowed down. The prince smiled and said, "I just passed by here occasionally, so you don't have to be polite." He asked everyone to get up. Third Master Bao shouted:
"The Crown Prince is here, hurry up and call out Brother Zhen~~" Someone had already gone to the back quickly. Now many guests have come, most of them are guests from the Crown Prince's residence, and they have never met King Wu.
Everyone then held the prince in their hands and flattered him like stars holding the moon.
King Wu quietly moved away from his son, and looked at the hall of Huizi with his hands behind his hands. He saw a couplet hanging in the hall, "The world is in trouble in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the culture is healing, and the pines and cypresses are evergreen in the cold years." He praised it secretly. He praised it secretly.
After scanning, he saw the signature below: Haining Wang Guowei. King Wu was surprised. A few days ago, the Crown Prince of Yan came to the capital to find an old gentleman named Wang Guowei. He already knew about it and had read two of his poems.
He is indeed a talented person. Could it be that someone named Zhen knows this person?
Not long after, Zhen Zangzhu hurriedly ran out from behind and said, "I didn't know that the prince was coming, but I hope you will forgive me." He came forward and kowtowed.
The prince smiled and said: "You are the groom's official today, so you cannot bow down again and again." He also ordered someone to bring up the gift list. Zhen Zangzhu accepted it with a smile and bowed again.
Wu Wangnai pointed to the couplet and said, "Mr. Zhen, who wrote this couplet?"
Zhen Zangzhu said casually: "It is the work of an old Confucian I recognized in Beijing."
King Wu said: "This couplet is very wonderful. Is the old Confucian now in the capital?"
Zhen Zangzhu smiled and said: "He was originally in the capital. But a few months ago, the Crown Prince of Yan got two of his poems from nowhere, and people all over the capital were looking for him. He was impatient to interact with the princes, princes, and grandsons, so he left the capital and wandered away.
Already."
The prince also noticed the name on the signature and said with a smile: "It turns out that he was scared away by Prince Yan. I have also read Mr. Wang Guowei's lyrics, and they are very good words."
Zhen Zangzhu said regretfully: "The world only knows that Mr. Wang is good at writing lyrics, but they don't know that his piano is the best in the world. Now I don't know who has listened to it." Then he invited the prince to take a seat and opened the banquet. King Wu had not heard of it.
After showing his identity, he had to sit under the crown prince.
Suddenly, the new aunt came out to toast the guests. All the men in the hall were waiting for this moment. When Mrs. Xu came out, everyone took a look - how beautiful is she? At least as beautiful as her own maid. They felt disappointed. Only
Third Master Bao winked and said to the Crown Prince in a low voice: "I told you she looks ordinary." The Crown Prince didn't find it funny.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone was eating happily. Suddenly they heard a long whistle outside, and there was a strange laughter, as cold as a ghost. Zhen Zangzhu stood up in a hurry. The guests all looked frightened.
, the guards of King Wu and the Crown Prince stepped forward. Zhen Zangzhu glanced at the door with cold eyes, clasped his fists at the guard leader beside the Crown Prince and said: "General, I have troubled you to protect the Crown Prince. The person coming from outside is my enemy, good at
Hidden weapons are used to simmering poison and medicine on hidden weapons." The prince Wu and the king said, both of them took a breath of air-conditioning. He then said, "This person is only coming for me and will not hurt innocent people. General, please don't do it.
Get out. The Green Forest people's kung fu skills are inferior to yours, and they are impossible to guard against."
The leader of the guard held the sword at his waist and nodded: "The general knows."
Zhen Zangzhu clasped her fists at the prince again and said, "Your Majesty is frightened. Don't worry, the thief can't get in." The prince nodded, his face turned pale. He turned to Master Bao and said, "Brother, please look at everyone."
Son, don't poke your head out out of curiosity." Everyone else heard him say that the thief was good at cooking poisonous hidden weapons, and they were so frightened that they pissed themselves off, and they all said that they were determined not to poke their heads out.
Mr. Bao was not afraid at all. On the contrary, he was very energetic. His eyes were wide open and he almost didn't pick up his feet and ran out: "Are you a knight of the green forest? Do you have good kung fu? Can you fly over walls and fly over walls?"
Zhen Zangzhu glanced at him: "Don't be ridiculous, you are not naughty if you get into trouble." Nai smiled bitterly and said to the guard leader, "It seems that not only is this good brother of mine not worthy of hope, he also has to ask the general to look at his ideas.
.”
The guard leader smiled and said: "I understand, finally."
Zhen Zangzhu bowed to everyone, rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the door. His figure was quite handsome. There were several soldiers who followed the prince outside, and Zhen Zangzhu invited them all into the main room. Then he heard what he just said
The ghostly laughter started again: "Li Dalang, do you still remember me?"
Zhen Zangzhu's voice came in from outside: "Now I have taken my biological father's surname of Zhen. Besides, Zhen never remembers his defeated generals."
The man sneered: "A certain family has been looking for you for seven years!"
Zhen Zangzhu said calmly: "Oh, thank you for your hard work." Everyone in the room held their breath and listened attentively, and couldn't help laughing in a low voice after hearing the words.
The man seemed to be annoyed, and shouted: "It's useless to talk, you will risk your life!" Then there was a clanking sound. Everyone in the room heard that this man was good at concealed weapons, and even though they knew that the concealed weapons were fired outside, there were still several people who
Xue shrank his neck.
Although Zhen Zangzhu was not allowed to go out, the door of the main room was open, and the brave soldiers hid at the door and watched quietly. They saw only a black shadow in the courtyard and several cold lights, and they had no idea whether Zhen Zangzhu was related to his enemy.
What kind of strategy? The prince couldn't help but be curious and ordered a soldier to come over and ask him about the situation. The soldier said: "Just now I saw a man wearing white clothes standing on the wall of Lord Zhen's courtyard.
There were six men in black clothes on the left and right. Only the one in white was fighting Master Zhen. The two of them moved so fast that I couldn't see clearly. Anyway, the man had already struck a hidden weapon all over the ground."
The prince asked: "In your opinion, Master Zhen's martial arts skills?"
The soldier's eyes shone brightly: "Master Zhen, in "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousnesses", he must be the type of Northern Hero Ouyang Chun!"
Upon hearing this, Third Master Bao slapped the table and said, "Then am I not Bao Zheng?" Sitting next to him was a staff member of the Crown Prince's Mansion, who couldn't help but spray tea all over the floor. The whole room was full of people, including the Crown Prince Wu King.
He was so frightened that it made him laugh all the time.
After about a stick of incense had passed, I heard the man say "ah". The prince hurriedly asked: "How?"
The soldier at the door shouted: "Master Zhen has pinched the thief's throat!"
Another shouted: "He is holding a pair of six-edged plum blossom Emei thorns in his hand, Master Zhen is bare-handed!"
Since Zhen Zangzhu won, the soldiers became more courageous. Another one shouted: "Hey~~ I still lost after seven years of searching. If I had known this, it would be better to save these seven years of hard work and practice hard!" The whole hall was filled with excitement.
laughing out loud.
I heard Zhen Zangzhu shouting loudly from outside: "I accept the concession."
The man's face turned red and he said, "That's all. Today, a certain family's skills are temporarily inferior to others, so you win."
Zhen Zangzhu said: "Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, Zhen will still win. Your Majesty, it's better to save some energy." The soldiers at the door became more and more energetic, cheering and cheering.
The man gritted his teeth, hugged his fists towards Zhen Zangzhu, turned around and jumped up the courtyard wall and left. Some soldiers wanted to run out, but Zhen Zangzhu jumped to the door to stop them and waved his hands. Only the twelve men in black were seen.
He suddenly jumped in, picked up the hidden darts and weapons lying on the floor, and left. Only then did Zhen Zangzhu say, "It's okay."
The soldiers suddenly roared: "Master Zhen is mighty—"
Zhen Zangzhu returned to the house and bowed to the ground: "The prince is frightened."
The prince really never thought that his martial arts skills were so high. He stood up and looked Zhen Zangzhu up and down for a long time and said: "Master Zhen has good martial arts." Zhen Zangzhu smiled slightly.
A banquet was full of twists and turns. I thought I would see a beauty, but the beauty was not beautiful, but I saw a fight. Although everyone was a little frightened, they were also in high spirits. After King Wu returned to the palace, he immediately ordered people to carefully inspect the Zhen Zangzhu.
The next day, the Crown Prince invited the Second Master of the Bao family to discuss how to use the Zhen Zangzhu in the future. The Second Master Bao sighed softly and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep Master Zhen."
The prince frowned: "What?"
"This man has a thoughtful mind and strong martial arts. His biological father was once a fourth-rank official, and he also recognized the famous scholar Wang Guowei. The prince will most likely be interested in him." Second Master Bao sighed, "I'm afraid he has a different origin."