Bright Spring

Zhang's mother was surprised: "How do you say that?"

"Amitabha!" Wang Gui closed his eyes and muttered, "Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed..."

Mother Zhang immediately took out a small ingot of silver from her pocket and put it on the table.

Wang Gui shook his head and said, "What's the use of the poor monk wanting things outside of the body? But the benefactor respects my Buddha and has a kind face... My Buddha is merciful, so the poor monk dares to say one more word. The more you offend the king, the greater the disaster, and the whole family will be afraid. There is a plague of blood and light!"

After Wang Gui finished speaking, he turned around and left without taking the money.

... When Mother Zhang came back to her senses, she hurried to the door and opened the door, looking around, where is the monk from just now?

After a while, the person who delivered the food came, but it was not a monk.Mother Zhang asked, and the person who delivered the food said: "There must be no monks in the person who delivered the food."

Mother Zhang looked back at the table, the bowl of porridge was still there, otherwise she thought that she hadn't seen any monks just now.

Chapter 24 Respect is worse than obedience

"Squeak..." The fine white sand in the hourglass kept falling down to the lower layer, a very thin sand line, falling very slowly, but never stopped.Time is sometimes the sand in the hourglass, sometimes the drums on the city tower, and sometimes the almanac printed on paper.

Zhu Gaoxu lay on the table and stretched out two fingers to pinch the sand thread in the glass bottle, as if he wanted to control the time.He thought to himself that he could not control the time, but he could try to control the development of things.

He let out a breath, picked up the pen, licked it on his tongue, and wrote it on the account in front of him.After a while, he stood up from the round stool, stretched out his hand to pick up a bundle of colorful silk, put it under his arm, and picked up a small wooden box on the table, walked out of the warehouse, turned around and locked the door .

"Where's Miss Du?" Zhu Gaoxu asked Aunt Wang when he met her.

Aunt Wang bent down hurriedly: "I just saw her go into the back hall, and she said to collect the prince's dirty clothes."

Zhu Gaoxu then walked into the middle gate building and came to the upper room. Sure enough, he saw Du Qianrui's figure, and greeted him: "Miss Du, please stop what you are doing first, and come over and have a few words with me."

Du Qianrui turned around, put down the clothes in her hands, walked outside the screen, and bowed her knees.

Zhu Gaoxu put the things in his hand on the mahogany coffee table, and said: "Miss Du, I didn't use you as a maid. I promised you last time, so I went to the warehouse to find some things today, I hope you can use them."

"You don't get rewarded for nothing, how dare you slaves..." Du Qianrui blushed.

Although she was refusing, the glowing eyes betrayed her.There are almost no women who don't like beautiful clothes and jewelry, and there are no women who don't want to be pampered... A man giving something is the most brutal and effective way to show love.

"Look at it." Zhu Gaoxu pretended to be indifferent, and raised his chin.In fact, he still cares a lot, that kind of big Ming treasure is paper, he doesn't feel it at all, but jewelry is very substituting... If you have such things in your hands in the previous life, why bother to get|small loans?

Du Qianrui lowered her eyes and carefully reached out to open the wooden box.Instead of taking the gold, silver, and pearls that were inside, she first picked up an emerald green bracelet.

"It's a pity that it's Hetian jade. If the jadeite bracelet can be full of jadeite, it will be priceless." Zhu Gaoxu said.

"Emerald?" Du Qianrui asked in surprise.

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, guessing that there is no such thing as jade at this time, he did not explain, and said: "Even if Hetian jade is full of jade, it is worthless."

Du Qianrui picked it up with his fingers, and glanced at the window, "If you buy it with treasure banknotes, it will cost two to three hundred guan, which is very expensive."

After Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he thought to himself: As expected, he was born in the Jiaofang Division. He has seen the world, and he can see the value at a glance.

At this moment, a dark-skinned, big-handed girl came to the door, and said in a hoarse voice: "My lord, the prince ordered the servant to come and tell you that Professor Hou is asking to see you."

Hou Hai came back from Nanjing?Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but cast a glance at Du Qianrui, feeling a little guilty in his heart.

But he pretended to be very casual and said: "Excuse me, I'll go out for a while."

Du Qianrui said: "Your Majesty's business is important, and this servant will leave. I am really ashamed of these things..."

Zhu Gaoxu interrupted her involuntarily, determined to send her off, so as to make up for the feeling in his heart, he said, "Don't push me repeatedly, I'm bored!"

"Yes, obedience is worse than respect." Du Qianrui lowered her head shyly.

Zhu Gaoxu strode out, walked through the gatehouse, corridor, and hallway, and came to the courtyard behind the screen wall, and he saw Hou Hai standing there with a dusty appearance.Hou Hai looked over and made a long bow.

Zhu Gaoxu waved to him, and then walked into a living room opposite the wall.

"Close the door." Zhu Gaoxu said when he saw Hou Hai coming in, and pointed to the grand teacher's chair below, "Professor Hou is exhausted, sit down and talk slowly."

"Thank you, my lord." Hou Hai bowed again, although his face was dusty, his eyes were radiant, it seemed that he was very happy to do this kind of errand.

Hou Hai sat down, pondered for a moment, and said, "This trip to Humble Job is really interesting! Where do you start? It's just that I got the order from the prince that day, Humble Job just thought about it, where is the capital? When I go out and bump into someone, I'm afraid it's also the third and fifth rank, who can I look for in the past from the ninth rank official?"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say a word, just nodded his head from time to time, and then looked at him to show that he was listening.

Hou Hai continued: "Before leaving, Beizhi met Wang Gui first, and asked him what kind of relationship the prince has in the capital. He is a tough enough person, so he can ask for help. When Wang Gui told Beizhi that he couldn't do anything, he could ask Huai Princess Qing's son, Wang Zhenliang."

Zhu Gaoxu coughed and said, "These people, you'd better not talk nonsense."

"Don't worry, my lord, I'm a sensible person!" Hou Hai clasped his fists and said, "It's said that I'm not familiar with the door when I arrived in the capital, so I had to inquire about Wang Zhenliang's mansion first, and go to him first.

Wang Zhenliang heard that the humble job was working in the prince's mansion, so he really met him.The humble officer told about his affairs, but Wang Zhenliang refused, saying that he was working in the Dudu Mansion and could not manage the affairs of the Jiaofang Secretary! "

Zhu Gaoxu nodded again.

Hou Haidao: "It's not easy for me to see him, so I just left? Fortunately, I was quick-witted, so I was able to hear the interesting things below!

At the palace that day, the prince asked about the important affairs of the world, and he talked about the new officials in Beiping. The prince seemed very interested... When he saw Wang Zhenliang at that time, he asked about the details of those three or four people.It doesn't matter if you inquire about it!Wang Zhenliang said a secret. "

"What's the secret?" Zhu Gaoxu became interested when he heard that it was about the matter of the University of Peking.

As for Hou Haimei, he was obviously more interested in "hidden feelings" than Zhu Gaoxu.He bowed his body, stretched his neck and said, "Zhang Xin, the Commander of Beiping, had a feud with Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of War...

Don't look at Qi Tai who is in a high position now, from an official to the Minister of the Ministry of War, how poor he was when he was studying!In the 18th year of Hongwu, Qi Tai went to Beijing to take the exam and lived in a run-down inn.That kind of inn not only has room and board, but also kiln sisters.

Naturally, Qi Tai had no money to find Sister Yao, but Sister Yao found him... When Qi Tai was young, he was handsome, tall, and a fair-scholar, reading books upstairs in the inn every day.The kiln sister listened to him reading every day, and she felt admiration in her heart. She took the initiative to throw herself into her arms and gave him a pillow.

Sister Yao gave all the money she saved to Qi Tai to fund his scientific research.Qi Tai was so poor that he unexpectedly met such a person who treated him wholeheartedly, so he cursed and swore that when he passed the Jinshi examination, he would definitely come back to repay his kindness. "

Zhu Gaoxu still nodded expressionlessly, and patiently listened to how he had something to do with Zhang Xin.

Hou Hai finally said to Zhang Xin: "Shortly Zhang Xin also found that inn and came to find Sister Yao... Well, his father was a high-ranking military officer back then. Why did Zhang Xin go to such a dilapidated place to find Sister Yao? Yes. If it wasn’t for a long time, the humble official would have been able to find out.”

Zhu Gaoxu thought in his heart: It seems that Zhang Xin's hobby didn't happen overnight. Now that he is in Beiping, doesn't he go to the "Poor Man City" to find sister Yao?

Hou Hai continued: "Zhang Xin had a spring night with that Yao sister, and he couldn't put it down. He insisted on buying Yao Jie from the shopkeeper. After the shopkeeper took the money, he naturally didn't care if Yao sister was willing or not, let alone Qi Tai. Mr. Zhang Xinwu Because of his background, he beat up Qi Tai, who was making trouble, and bought Sister Yao away by force.

Later, I heard that the kiln sister came to Zhang Xin's house, and Zhang Xin soon got tired of it.Once she fell out of favor, she was bullied by the main house every three days and beaten by Zhang Xin, and she died not long after..."

"Oh!" Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up, "Isn't this a rumor?"

Hou Haidao: "Probably not. The two people involved, one is a minister and the other is a commander. Who dares to make arrangements with them? Wang Zhenliang can't do it!"

Zhu Gaoxu held his breath and pondered for a moment: "In this way, doesn't Qi Tai regret his whole life? What he didn't get is the most regrettable."

Hou Haidao: "That is inevitable! I guess there is something about Zhang Xin..."

"what?"