Chapter 458 Thank you for your life-saving grace a long time ago
When he arrived at Prince Gu's Mansion, Zhu Su was obviously taken aback when he came out. He probably didn't expect so many people to come to his home.
Of course, Zhu Su was stunned for a moment and then immediately said with a smile: "Are you all coming to Uncle Nineteen's house to be a guest? Welcome. We are usually the only two people in the palace. It would be great if the nieces could come and visit us every day these days.
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Afterwards, everyone chatted for a while, and Yunxi took Zhu Su's hand and walked into the palace.
It was already noon, and Yunxi felt a little hungry, but Zhu Su did not take them to eat, but went to the living room to chat first.
Yunxi noticed that he had given some instructions to his housekeeper, and also noticed that the direction the housekeeper went after listening to Zhu Su's instructions should be to the dining room of Prince Gu's Mansion. He suddenly thought: "Zhu Su didn't expect that."
There will be so many people coming to his house for dinner. There is not enough lunch prepared and he has to ask the chef to make it fresh.'
Afterwards, Zhu Lu chatted with Yunxi and the others, and even called his princess out to accompany Yunying and the others. However, Yunxi could not only chat with Yunying and Yunlan but also talk to Yunzhi and others.
We can't even talk about it together.
She is the daughter of a commanding family. Although she was tipped to be the future Princess Gu when she was ten years old, and her family is pampered, she is still not comparable to the princesses in the palace. What's more, Yunzhi is equivalent to a father-like eldest brother like You Yunxi.
After being brought up to this age, they no longer have a common language.
Moreover, Yunxi turned around to chat with Zhu Sui, and soon noticed that Zhu Sui seemed to be flattering, "But why is he, a vassal king, flattering his own horse? Want to seal him?" Yunxi thought. This seems to be the case.
The only answer.
After a while, the old housekeeper walked up to Zhu Su and whispered something in his ear. Zhu Su smiled at Yunxi and said, "Yunxi, Uncle Nineteen, I'm already hungry. Let's go have a meal." Zhu Su was
At Yunxi's strong request, he called him by his first name, because Yunxi always felt uncomfortable calling himself "Your Majesty" during family banquets.
Yunxi smiled and said: "Then go."
During the meal, Zhu Su's intention became more obvious. He was not only taking pictures of Yunxi's horses, but also obviously wanted to talk to Yunxi alone about something.
Yunying and others also noticed Zhu Su's increasingly obvious intentions, but they couldn't leave the table in the middle of the meal. That would be even worse and they could only finish the meal.
After lunch, Yunying immediately said: "I still have some things to do at home, so I won't bother Uncle Nineteen more. Lan'er, Yun'er, Zhi'er, don't you three also have something to do in the palace? My sister will send you back."
Yunlan had also noticed that Zhu Su wanted to talk to Yunxi alone about something, so she agreed; Yunyun obviously didn't know what was going on, and when he was about to speak, Yunzhi pulled some of his sleeves, and he didn't say the last words.
After they all left, Yunxi saw that only their uncle and nephew were left, and said, "Uncle Nineteen, now we can tell you what happened."
Zhu Su scratched her head in embarrassment and said, "It's really not good for Yunying and the others to hear what happened today, otherwise I would definitely entertain them well."
Zhu Su then said: "Yunxi, I got two tiger skins in Xuanfu, one of which is a white tiger skin, for you." As he spoke, he motioned to the guards.
The guard knew at first glance that he had been prepared for a long time, and he immediately took out two tiger skins as if by magic, and placed them on the table in front of Yunxi very quickly. Yunxi didn't have time to react, and the two tiger skins were already neatly arranged.
placed it in front of him.
Yunxi was a little stunned for a moment: How many times did the guards of Prince Gu's Mansion practice this unique skill? It was much faster than the professional stall operators he had seen on the street. 'It will be considered improper in the future.
As a guard, you can make a living just by relying on this unique skill.' Yunxi thought.
Only then did he notice the two tiger skins placed in front of him. The one on the right was nothing more than an ordinary tiger skin with a hole in it. Although it was very valuable, it was nothing in front of Yunxi.
But the one on the left is different. The white tiger skin is completely hairless and has no damage at all. It is not even found in the palace now.
Yunxi rubbed the white tiger skin and praised: "Uncle Nineteen, this tiger skin is really good, very good."
Seeing that Yunxi was in a good mood, Zhu Su agreed and said: "In the twelfth lunar month, I went out hunting and took the guards to hunt the tiger on the right. I originally wanted to go back because I had been out for a few days, but I just wanted to go back.
When we were there, we met a group of hunters who had hunted a white tiger and were about to skin it."
"Of course I bought the tiger skin. I also bought the tiger bones and tiger meat. The tiger meat couldn't be stored for a long time and I ate it. The tiger bones were soaked in wine. I heard from the old doctor in the mansion that there were more tiger bones.
It would be better to soak for a while; I also thought that there would be no shortage of tiger bones in the palace, so I didn't bring them."
"These two tiger skins are dedicated to my Majesty, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Su said the last sentence half-jokingly.
Yunxi also smiled and said: "Then I will be disrespectful." He ordered the guards to put away the two tiger skins.
Seeing that Yunxi was very happy, Zhu Su wanted to make him even happier and said, "Yunxi, do you still remember the battle of conquering Mobei more than four years ago?"
Yunxi fell silent when he heard this. The battle more than four years ago was painful in his heart. Although the Mongolian tribe was finally wiped out, the people who died in the process would never survive.
‘Go to the Heroes’ Temple and the Heroes’ Temple tomorrow to pay homage to them.’ Yunxi thought.
When Zhu Su saw Yunxi's expression becoming a little sad and ugly, he immediately knew that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what I brought this time is good news. Do you still remember the sudden words you said to me?
That hail of arrows from the woods saved a life?”
"I have found those people!"
"What?" Yunxi said in surprise: "Did you find those people? How did you find them?"
The first thing Yunxi felt was surprise, but the next thought was doubt: those people left at that time, obviously they didn't care about the reward. He had been searching near Huailai City for several months and couldn't find it. How did Zhu Su find it?
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‘Isn’t it Zhu Su who has been looking for these people in the past few years?’ Yunxi thought. If this is the case, then Yunxi will not like it. This is an act that is not doing his job properly.
Zhu Su said: "Your Majesty, it's a coincidence that we were able to find a few of them."
"Didn't I just say that I went out to the city to hunt during the twelfth lunar month? I met a group of hunters and bought the white tiger skin from them. This group of hunters is the same people back then."
"Isn't it such a coincidence that we met you by chance?" Yunxi became even more suspicious.
Zhu Su also knew that such a coincidence would not be easily believed, so he said: "Those old hunters said that they were old and their legs were not good and they did not come to the capital. However, I brought a dozen young people to the capital. I asked them to
Come to meet the Saint?"
"Let them come up, and I'll see them too." Yunxi said, half curious and half doubtful.
After a while, a dozen or so people around 20 years old, although they were wearing brocade clothes, it could be seen at a glance that they were not used to wearing these clothes at all. Young people with dark skin walked in. Yunxi noticed that their expressions were very strange at first.
At a loss, they became very nervous and curious after seeing Yunxi. Some people felt as if they wanted to say something to the people around them.
At this time, one of the guards coughed slightly. They knelt down and shouted as if they had received some training: "The common people have seen the emperor! Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!"
Yunxi also noticed that not only were their skin dark, but their exposed bodies were also full of muscles. The wrists of their left hand and the fingers of their right hands were all covered with calluses, but the palms of their hands had much fewer calluses.
Yunxi immediately concluded that they should really be hunters. The people in the army were not without excellent archers, but the people in the army all had similar habits, and Yunxi did not feel the slightest bit of the habits in the army in them;
Moreover, people in the army would never react like this when they see Yun Hei for the first time. They can't even pretend to be so, and no one dares to pretend like this.
Yunxi waited for them to kowtow three times and then said warmly: "Everyone, get up."
When they got up, Yunxi asked them some questions in detail, confirming that they should be the people who saved his life. Not only because they were nervous but their answers were correct, but also because the energy in them came from the mountains.
The aura of greenness in the old forest cannot be faked.
Yunxi first turned his head to Zhu Su and said with a smile: "Uncle Nineteen, you are really lucky. When you went out hunting, you met my savior." Then he turned to them and said: "What you established back then is
I will definitely reward you greatly for your efforts in rescuing the driver. Tell me what you want."
The leader was Chen Lijie, Chen Hu's son. Hearing this, he said: "Your Majesty, we would like to ask Your Majesty to reward us with all that mountain forest."
"I will immediately issue an order to the people in Xuanfu. Is there anything else?"
"Your Majesty, we want your Majesty to give us a lot of rhino horns and other medicinal materials."
"Yes, I will ask the Imperial Hospital to send them to you right away. But you must remember that these medicinal materials are time-limited. After a few decades, they will lose their potency and cannot be used as family heirlooms. Are there any more?"
Chen Lijie said: "The common people have no demands anymore."
Yunxi asked in surprise: "Why, are you asking for these rewards?"
Chen Lijie said: "The common people have no other demands."
Yunxi sighed in his heart and said: "Although you have no other requirements, I can't just reward you with these things. I will reward your village with thousands of stones of food and a hundred fine weapons. The people in the village can see that they do not respect the officials."
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Then he said: "Are you willing to stay with me and serve as officials?" Seeing them like this, Yunxi thought of keeping them by his side. Even if they are not talented enough to serve as generals, they might as well be guards.
Chen Lijie seemed a little hesitant. The old man in his family told him to go home as soon as possible, but after seeing the prosperity of the capital, he didn't want to go back; but his deep-rooted thoughts over the years made him dare not go against his father's words, so he didn't know what to do.
Answer. Same goes for everyone else.
Yunxi was also a little confused, but Zhu Su knew their situation and whispered it into Yunxi's ear.
Yunxi smiled and said: "I have made a decree for you to stay by my side and serve as officials. Do you still want to resist the decree?"
Even the hunters in the mountains knew that disobeying the order was punishable by decapitation. They knelt down and said, "The common people dare not!"
Yunxi smiled and said: "I will keep you as guards for now. If you are talented, I will appoint you another one."