Chapter six hundred and eight falling into the water
After leaving Jiangdu Prince's Mansion, the fourth prince's face was full of dissatisfaction, and he was quite depressed about giving up halfway. But when he looked around and saw Ah Liu flashing out of nowhere and following them silently, his eyes lit up.
He immediately rushed to Zhang Shou and said with a smile on his face: "Teacher, is it not good to leave Chef Song like this?"
"What if King Jiangdu and his family get angry out of humiliation and lock him up and beat him up? How about letting Sixth Brother go and have a look?" Seeing Zhang Shou hesitated, he took the opportunity to talk more energetically and said, "Of course, Jiangdu
There may be experts in the palace. Although Sixth Brother is brave as a skilled artist, if he is discovered, it will be troublesome to explain. Otherwise, why don't you just let Sixth Brother take me with you?"
Seeing Zhang Shou looking at him with a half-smile but not a smile, the fourth prince was not frightened. He straightened his chest and said: "If I am caught, I will say that I forced my sixth brother halfway and took me to sneak into Jiangdu Palace to see the situation."
Yes! After all, he is the person that Sister A-Ling likes. You can’t let people get trapped in Jiangdu Palace without knowing it, right? No matter how unreasonable Uncle Wang is, he can’t do anything to me!”
"I don't think you were afraid of being trapped in Jiangdu Palace, but you thought it was so exciting that you didn't finish watching, so it's a pity." Zhu Ying unhappily exposed the righteous excuse of the fourth prince. His eyes were rolling around, and he laughed and said nothing.
She was immediately moved. However, before she could think of an excuse similar to that of the fourth prince, Zhang Shou grabbed her wrist.
"Ah Liu, take the fourth prince with you. Be careful. It's best not to be discovered, let alone use his lame excuse."
Zhang Shou nodded to Ah Liu, saw the fourth prince cheering, and then rushed to Ah Liu's side, and pounced on the person very skillfully. Seeing that Ah Liu had no choice but to catch the monkey, and carried the person on his back
After swaying and turning away very neatly, he glanced sideways at Zhu Ying, who had an unwilling face, and immediately started laughing.
"Yingying, you are addicted to matchmaking! This kind of thing should be discussed by themselves. Did you instigate her to say that, Lord Hailing? Obviously not. And it was me who instigated Song Juren to pick him up.
Are you talking about something? Not at all. To be honest, I was dumbfounded by the scene today. You don’t care about the emperor as much as the eunuchs, so why bother?"
"Why are you using eunuchs as an analogy? Humph! Chu Kuan is so angry!"
Boss Zhu Ying snorted unhappily, but in the end she still agreed tentatively: "But you are right, Ah Shou. I thought it was the Queen Mother who brought so many people to show Yong Ping today, but who knows?
I knew it would turn out like this... To be honest, A-Ling used to be a greedy and naive little girl, but I never thought she would have such courage!"
"Haha, who says it's not the case? Even Mr. Song of ours is a man who is righteous when he should be righteous and shrinks his head when he should be righteous. The fact that he can say such words in front of the emperor today has already made people's eyes drop.
Wow, he can still talk so eloquently in front of King Jiangdu’s family, I almost thought he was possessed by my soul.”
Zhu Ying was already used to Zhang Shou's funny words from time to time, and now she smiled so much that her eyes narrowed: "How can he compare to you? After a short-lived plausibility, his submissive nature is immediately exposed... Fang Qing
That kid nicknamed him Song Hunzi, which is really true. In other people’s eyes, this guy is enough to go around..."
Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying were strolling around, chatting as they walked, and the entourage leading the horses couldn't help but look at each other. Among them were Zhu Hong, a guard from the Duke of Zhao's mansion, and Zhang Yuan's two trainee guards who had been specially trained by Hua Qi and Ah Liu.
, plus the eight guards from the Ruiqi Camp who accompanied the fourth prince to protect him, there were ten or twenty people in total, not including the guards who might be hiding in the dark.
After all, although the Zhu family and Zhang Yuan did not have such a grand event, even if the fourth prince was not a future prince like the third prince, he could not be careless when traveling incognito.
But after a moment of hesitation, the people from the Zhu family and Zhang Yuan immediately caught up with the young couple, while the guards following the fourth prince were dumbfounded. What should they do? Is it possible that Cheng Cheng stayed in Jiangdu so stupidly?
Are there people guarding the door of the palace? Otherwise, how could they leave the fourth prince behind?
Zhu Hong stared at the intertwined hands of Zhu Ying and Zhang Shouna for a long while before he quickly stepped forward and cautiously raised the bewildered guards of the Ruiqi Camp.
After what he said, Zhang Shoufang reacted and shook his head with a dumb smile. He pulled Zhu Ying and turned around to meet the guards: "Let's do this, you leave two of them in front of the Jiangdu Prince's Palace.
Guard this street, and others may wish to go back and report a message to the Emperor and the Queen Mother. Then Ah Liu will naturally send the fourth prince back to Xinglong Tea House safely, and he will not lose even a hair."
Of course everyone believes this. You must know that those who came from the sharp cavalry camp have experienced the power of a certain part-time coach - he has gone through all the coaches in one round when he came, and he has also accepted a few unconvinced guys.
I have tried all kinds of wheel warfare, from infantry fighting to horse fighting to bows and arrows to other weapons, and they all look exactly the same.
Although a person cannot be said to be proficient in all weapons, he has very few shortcomings, and the few weapons he is good at are far better than ordinary experts.
Since there is such a Liu to protect the fourth prince, and the Jiangdu Palace is not a dragon's den, if it is really exposed, the fourth prince can come out safely based on his identity. Of course, the most important thing is, with Zhang Shou's words, they at least don't have to worry about what to do.
Done.
As a result, the eight people immediately assigned each other's responsibilities, two stayed and six left, which was exactly in order - except that even the fourth prince's horse was taken away with him.
Naturally, Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying would not return to Xinglong Tea House. Although both of them were very interested in food, they had tasted everything they should have tasted before. They had no interest at all when the Queen Mother and the Emperor were present to assess the selection.
Go over and join in the fun again, and this is after such an embarrassing scene happened.
So, the two of them simply stopped going to the outer city and walked west along the Jiangdu Palace until they reached the Yinding Bridge on the Shicha Sea. Then they both dismounted and boarded the bridge. On a day like this in early October, although the Mid-Autumn Festival had already passed,
It's just getting colder in the south of the Yangtze River, but in the capital it's already a bit cold and the first snow may fall at any time.
On days like this, there are naturally fewer tourists on the Shicha Lake than there are in spring and autumn, and even if there are, they are like Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying, wearing furs and hats, wrapping themselves up tightly.
Before, in the Xinglong Tea House where the copper pillars were burning with earth dragons, Zhu Ying was still wearing a yellow shirt and tulip skirt, but now she was already wearing a silver rat and a rabbit, with a silk mask on the outside and a mink fur lining.
She was wearing a cloak, but she didn't have the heater in her hand that was most commonly used by the rich ladies of the capital, because she was happily holding Zhang Shou's hand.
However, the two people who seemed to be close to each other at this time were not talking about anything romantic at all. Because the person they were talking about was actually Chu Kuan, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, who left in a hurry not long after he appeared today.
After talking about how Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang told Chu Kuan not to come down in public, Zhu Ying frowned and said: "Grandma and mother said before that Chu Kuan has a problem, so why are we confronting him in person today?
Mr. Wu Ge and the others saw it and spread the news? But Mr. Wu Ge is a soft and slippery person, and Academician Zhang is not a talkative person. Can they spread the news? "
Zhang Shou couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't just look after the guest."
"If you are not the guest of honor, could it be that you are still the concubines and concubines brought by the Queen Mother, or those girls from Yongping?"
Zhu Ying raised her brows with disapproval on her face, "Although some of them are indeed arrogant, but they haven't seen it with their own eyes. Even if they hear it, it won't be convincing if it is spread around!"
"Don't always think about those big shots... Think about it, how many little people there were in Xinglong Tea House at that time, serving tea and serving water, waiting silently? In the past, there was no time when news leaked from the palace did not leak out from these little people.
"?" Seeing Zhu Ying's sudden realization, Zhang Shou said thoughtfully, "Chu Kuan is suddenly so high-profile, is he going to do something when he establishes the crown prince?"
"What can he do? He can't be a lecturer for the prince, right? In that case, it won't be the level of reopening Jiuzhangtang. After all, Jiuzhangtang was established by Emperor Taizu... But Emperor Taizu has restrictions
The number of eunuchs, restrictions on eunuch grades, and eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in foreign affairs are all ancestral precepts left behind. The emperor can't bear it when those elders make trouble, let alone him!"
Zhang Shou immediately laughed and replied casually: "That's what you said."
Speaking of which, Emperor Taizu was indeed a very complicated person. He emphasized agriculture over commerce, encouraged maritime trade, and at the same time personally led a fleet of ships to travel across the seas. He even gave Emperor Taizong his throne in advance, which shows that he was open-minded and open-minded. And with this
At the same time, it held a cautiously restrictive but slightly supportive attitude towards the eunuch system that damaged limbs. On the one hand, it restricted the number of people and grades, and on the other hand...
On the other hand, there is no doubt that the eunuchs were trained as special agents - although there are no Jinyiwei and Dongchang, the ceremonial supervisor seems to have this power and responsibility. The most important thing is that Chu Kuan keeps talking about fire.
The argument that inheritance relies on eunuchs does not seem like an excuse, but more like some kind of belief. That ancient and modern Tongjiku is really suspicious.
Although he was very curious, Chu Kuan, a eunuch who only entered the palace after Ruizhong ascended the throne anyway, was not a die-hard loyalist cultivated by Si Lijian since childhood. How could he have such a deep-rooted understanding?
Zhang Shou pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but feel a little distracted. When Zhu Ying saw him like this, she didn't bother him. She simply got off the bridge, picked up the stones on the roadside, and fetched water to play with. She had been practicing martial arts since she was a child.
The strength of the hand is naturally different. The pebbles rise and fall several times on the water surface in an instant. The beautiful arc makes the eyes of several young people not far away go straight.
And soon, after seeing the person throwing stones clearly, their eyes became even more straightened.
However, after seeing Zhu Ying's clothes clearly and seeing Zhang Shoushi coming down from the bridge, with many guards following behind, most of them backed down. But one young man still took the courage to say: "
Who says there are many rules in the capital? Look at that girl. She’s not so generous and generous in the cold weather. She’s much better than those little girls in our small place!"
"Since we are destined to meet each other, why don't we go up together and say hello?"
"Isn't this... too abrupt?" Several other people looked at me and shook their heads. Seeing that this bold companion still refused to give up, someone couldn't help but remind him: "Besides, look at it.
The handsome young man who just went over to talk to me, they are obviously the same person, their clothes are made of similar materials, they are obviously the same family..."
"Because we are like a family, that's why I said, you might as well go up and give it a try. Just by looking at the hair style, the girl is obviously an unmarried woman, maybe they are just brother and sister? It's not like she's a rude beauty, she just came up to say hello.
It's just words. If we don't even dare to do this, why are we going to take the Chunwei exam next year?"
My fair lady, a gentleman is so jealous. When he said this, several other people were finally moved.
As a result, the people who encouraged each other quickly rushed towards Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying without realizing that there was a strong man on the other side running towards them like a gust of wind.
At this time, Zhu Ying happened to be chatting with Zhang Shou about the past when she was swimming in Taiye Pond. Because she was by the water, the three young people walked along the water unknowingly. Seeing her and the beauty
When they were only seven or eight steps away, the young man who proposed to say hello at the beginning walked faster and faster, with the exception of beautiful women in his eyes, and even Zhang Shou no longer paid attention to him.
But at this moment, the man who rushed out from the side let out a strange scream, and then, as if he couldn't catch up, he bumped into the young man who was leading the way. The two of them fell down at the same time.
On the ground, they rolled like gourds and fell directly into the water.
When Zhang Shou heard the noise and looked over, he only saw the splashes of the two people falling into the water one after another. Zhu Ying was even more confused. She threw the stone in her hand and asked hurriedly: "What's going on?"
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At this moment, the two young men who were just stunned finally came to their senses. One of them was so frightened that he sat on the ground, and the other yelled: "Save people...save people quickly! Brother Zou Xian is not water-based.
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Zhu Ying immediately raised her eyebrows. She was about to ask what was going on, but she only heard Zhang Shou shouting in a deep voice to several guards who were following him: "Who among you knows how to drink water?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Hong immediately took off his clothes, shoes and socks without hesitation, then strode to the water's edge, and plunged in. Zhu Ying immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this: "Zhu Hong is the one with the best water ability in my family."
, my father said that he could easily swim back and forth in a hundred-foot river without changing his face or heartbeat, and he could rescue people in a short time..."
Zhang Shou was also relieved. Although he could also swim... this skill in his previous life was practiced again when he lived in Rongshui Village, but he still didn't have much confidence in going into the water to save people in the cold weather, let alone
His physical fitness may not be as good as Zhu Hong's. He immediately ordered: "Go to the nearby store quickly and prepare hot water for quilts...and brown sugar ginger soup to ward off the cold!"
Just as he finished speaking, he heard a feeble shout coming from his ear: "First...save that guy first, I...I can still hold on for a while!"