"Brother Tang, why don't you want wine?" Another person named Xiang Jingyu said. They all drink some wine when they get together to eat.
"I'm going to see the prince in a while. How can I do it when I talk like I'm drunk?" Tang Jingyu glared at him. Xiang Jingyu lowered his head and stopped talking.
After a while, the food was served, and they chatted while eating.
"Brother Tang, Brother Xu and the others have also investigated a lot about this prince these days. What is his temperament like?" Another man named Mo Li said: "We only met a few times in Kaifeng Mansion that day.
, how can I know the prince's temperament? So I asked Brother Tang if I met the prince in the afternoon so as not to offend his taboo."
"Yes, I will meet King Runan soon, and I will have to work under him in the future. Be careful not to offend his taboos."
Tang Jingyu said: "The King of Runan likes to practice martial arts. The first thing he does when he wakes up every morning is to practice martial arts for an hour. After that, he takes his guards out to play, drink and watch movies, and hang around until dark.
Go home. The monthly salary is not enough. Princess Zhou loves her little son very much, so she always gives him some rewards."
"He is a prodigal!" Finally, the man Xiang Yuanhong complained: "Relying on the power and money of his family and not doing his job properly."
"That's not entirely true." Tang Jingyu added: "Although he spends money lavishly and is very prodigal, he never bullies others. He once got into a fight with a wealthy local in Kaifeng and was covered in bruises, but he didn't deal with that person afterwards. Instead, he
The man who was fighting with him knelt in front of Prince Zhou's palace for a long time when he found out, and did not go back until His Highness Prince Zhou came out to comfort him."
"That's not bad." Mo Li said: "I usually look down on those who bully others, especially those who rely on their ancestors. As a county king, this King of Runan can still not bully others, which is good. And he also likes it.
With his martial arts skills, I think this prince is a good prince." Mo Li had a good impression of Zhu Youyan.
"I say so," Mukai Yuya said: "According to me, practicing martial arts is much more difficult than studying. Anyone who can practice martial arts is a capable person."
Xiang Yuanhong didn't speak, but judging from his expression, he should be thinking the same thing as Mo Yuan and Mukai Yu.
Tang Jingyu glanced at the three of them a few times, and finally swallowed back what he was about to say. He wanted to remind him again that they came all the way from Shandong to the capital to lurk in the Prince of Zhou's Mansion, not to really come to Zhu Youyi.
He is a bodyguard. But why should he always be annoying? Anyway, when they are used, they will know what to do.
After a while they finished their meal, paid their bills and continued on their way to Prince Zhou's Mansion.
In the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the fact that the royal family had twenty-four yamen for eunuchs and six yamen for female officials, all the things they needed could be produced by themselves and did not need to be purchased from outside. Even the Duke's family could not be self-sufficient and had to buy things from outside.
, whether it is grain, oil, fruits, vegetables or jewelry, all need to be purchased from outside. The demand in these noble mansions is huge, so naturally, commercial streets specializing in selling certain kinds of goods have been formed near the noble mansions to supply
Used by honorable people.
At this time, they were walking through a commercial street that specializes in selling antiques. They saw countless shops with big signboards on both sides of the road neatly arranged. The appearance of these shops was not very luxurious, but an insider could tell at a glance that this shop was
What is the quality of the store? Tang Jingyu, Mo Li and three other people often go out on business trips and are also involved in this. So Xiang Yuanhong took a few glances and sighed: "Just the few stores I just saw, the entire Shandong
I can’t find anyone who can compare to it.”
"Aren't you talking nonsense! The richest people in the Ming Dynasty are all in the capital, and the most high-end stores are not necessarily in the capital." Mo Li said.
Xiang Yuanhong ignored him and continued: "I have also gone in and looked at antique shops in Jinan and other places, but I didn't think there was anything wrong with them. But I didn't dare to go in the ones I just passed by after passing the door."
"There aren't any interesting antique shops." Xiang Jingyu said, "I also went in and looked at them. They were all old and boring things."
"The things in the antique shop are all good things." Tang Jingyu said: "They are all passed down from ancient times, and they are all priceless things." He had read books before, and he still knew the value of antiques.
"Brother Tang, does this antique shop only sell antiques from the Ming Dynasty?" Mo Li said suddenly.
"Of course. Those small barbarian countries have jewelry, but how can they have any decent antiques?" Tang Jingyu, who had a simple sense of national pride, replied.
"But Brother Tang," Li Moli's hand suddenly pointed to a shop on the street: "But when we were talking about the door of that shop just now, I heard two people talking about the jade pendant unearthed from the Hanzhou continent."
"The jade pendant unearthed from the Hanzhou continent? Is it the continent that was just discovered last year?" Xiang Yuanhong said. Although no one thinks that this matter has anything to do with them, it can still be used as a topic of conversation. Especially recently.
Many officials were sentenced to exile on the Hanzhou mainland, which made people talk about it more and spread faster. So Tang Jingyu and others heard about it when they arrived in Yangzhou.
"Which one was discovered last year? It was discovered in the fourth year of Jianye's reign, but it was too far away from the Ming Dynasty. The King of Xiang was only busy seeing how big the continent was, so he didn't send a ship back until last year."
"I heard that the continent is full of savages, who are even more backward than the barbarians around the Ming Dynasty." Li Li said.
"Then what valuable antiques can be found in a place like this?" Xiang Yuanhong asked again.
"I heard that they are descendants of the Yin Shang Dynasty. This jade pendant is also from the Yin Shang Dynasty." Tang Jingyu said.
"A jade pendant from the Yin Shang Dynasty was very valuable?" Xiang Yuanhong asked again. He had no idea what the Yin Shang Dynasty was.
"If it is true, of course it is valuable." Tang Jingyu said: "The Yin Shang Dynasty has been around for more than 2,400 years, and few antiques have been handed down. If it is really valuable, it will be priceless."
"So valuable? Then I have to go and take a look." Xiang Yuanhong said.
"Go to Prince Zhou's Mansion first and see this jade pendant later." Tang Jingyu said again.
"Yes, Brother Tang." Xiang Yuanhong agreed. He also knew that what Tang Jingyu said was right, and he just said it casually. However, he took a deep look at the sign of the store in case he forgot it in the future.
‘Fujin Anxuan, signed by Suzhou Li family.’
No one said anything after that, and they rushed to Prince Zhou's Mansion as quickly as possible. Soon they arrived at Hongwu Street. Tang Jingyu asked people again and headed east. After walking for a while, they finally saw about twenty people.
Ten feet away, there is a shining plaque with the three characters "Prince Zhou's Mansion" written on it.
"It's settled." Tang Jingyu exhaled and said.
They stopped where they were for a short while, straightened their clothes, wiped their sweat, and walked towards the palace.
When Tang Jingyu walked to the front door, he saw Menzi talking to the man who looked like the head of a family of three. The man asked another question, and Menzi answered. He bowed and thanked a few words, and took his wife with him.
The son turned and left.
When the three members of the family walked away, the disciple spat on the ground and said: "People from somewhere who don't know the rules actually asked the disciple of the palace for directions. If the prince hadn't repeatedly told him not to use his power to bully others,
No matter who you are, you must have a kind attitude. You are asking about Duke Zheng's mansion, and they have already sent you away."
After muttering a few words, the disciple turned around and saw Tang Jingyu and others. Seeing that they were men, women and children, he thought they were asking for directions. He felt impatient, but still asked: "I wonder what they do? Come here.
What's going on in Prince Zhou's Mansion?"
"Brother, we are the bodyguards selected by His Royal Highness King Runan, and we are here to report." Tang Jingyu said with clasped fists.
"The guards chosen by the second young master? The guards of the second young master are all selected from the three guards. Are you from the third guards?" Menzi heard their Shandong accent.
"Brother, we were the bodyguards selected last November. At that time, we escorted a fellow villager back to his hometown and passed by Kaifeng. Because..., His Highness the King of Runan then chose us to be his bodyguards." Tang Jingyu knew that they
This situation must be rare, so he quickly explained.
Although this group of people has been looking at vacant houses in the capital all year round, they have also heard about Zhu Youhuo's temperament. Although they have never heard of such a thing before, they thought that this is indeed something he can do, and then looked at the people they brought with you.
The document with King Nan's seal said: "You guys wait here, I'll go in and let you know."
When the incident report came in, Zhu Youyi was sitting and talking with his father and brother. Zhu You stared at him and said to him: "I just found out today that Yunxi allowed you to stay in the capital. Why didn't you tell him in advance?"
Zhu Youyi lowered his head and said nothing. The reason he didn't say anything was naturally because he was afraid that his father, Zhu Ru, would tell him all the time if he found out. Now that Zhu You was going back to Kaifeng, he had to take him back, so he would only tell him if he had to.
explain.
Zhu Ting knew what he was thinking as soon as he saw his look, and became even more angry. Just as he was about to reprimand him, Zhu Youdun persuaded him: "Dad, my second brother also made an unintentional mistake, so there is no need to criticize him harshly."
"You're still protecting him! How could this be an unintentional mistake?" Zhu Tong couldn't help but shout a few words to Zhu Youdou.
"Dad, please calm down." Zhu Youdun did not dare to persuade him any more, so he could only say this.
Zhu You turned his head and scolded Zhu Youxuan for a while, but this time he agreed very respectfully. Zhu You's anger subsided and he said to him: "That's all, since Yunxi wants to keep you in the capital, he also sent
You do your job, and you do it well. Cooperate with Yunxi to uproot the White Lotus Sect."
"Yes, Dad." Zhu Youyi agreed.
Zhu Ju gave a few more instructions, looked at his second son, and softened his heart, and said: "The most important thing is your own life. Although your father told you that, it doesn't matter whether you can accomplish what Yunxi told you.
, you must ensure safety and never make any mistakes."
"Yes, Dad." After hearing this, Zhu Youyi also responded with some emotion.
Just as Zhu Zhu was about to say something else, a servant from the second gate came in and told the father and son what he had heard from the gate.
"People have arrived in the capital? So fast?" Zhu Youxuan was a little surprised. The road in winter is very difficult. When he talked about this with Yunxi before, they both thought that they would set off after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it would take at least a month to get there.
Arriving in Beijing. Why did we arrive at this time?
"Second Young Master, this is coming from the door on the gate." The servant replied.
Zhu Youyi was still surprised that they came so early, but Zhu Youdou immediately reacted and said: "Second brother, now is not the time to wonder why they came so early."
"Since they have arrived, they need to settle down immediately. No, you go out to meet them first, see if they are those people, and then settle them down. Then send someone to tell Fifth Brother immediately."
Zhu Youyi also came to his senses. After saluting Zhu You, he stood up, straightened his clothes, put on his shoes and walked out.
Zhu Zhu looked at his back and muttered subconsciously: "The errand arranged by Yun He has begun. Xi Yang and Zhu Youxu are safe and sound."
"Father, my second brother will be safe and sound," Zhu Youdou said.