Bright Spring

The two talked a few words one after another, the light outside became even dimmer, and everything was hazy.Perhaps when the vision is blurred, it can stimulate the imagination more.The little dogwood reminded Zhu Gaoxu of many past events. Following that time, he remembered that this ornamental plant seemed to have been planted in the yard of his hometown in his previous life.

He felt slightly relaxed, and sighed at the time like the vicissitudes of life.

Du Qianrui said softly again: "At home, I sat by the window all day during the slack season to learn female celebrities. I longed for a house with larger windows. It's not so stuffy, and my eyes won't be so tired."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and saw that he was very interested and seemed to want to listen to her, so he smiled wryly: "When I grow up to ten years old, the farthest place I have been to is the stream at the head of the village. It's hot When I was harvesting wheat, my face, neck and arms were cut by the tip of the leaf, itching and painful, the fine dust in the wheat covered my whole body, it was sticky in my sweat, it was so uncomfortable, like there were many lice in my clothes... At that time, the slave family was looking forward to, if someone came to take the slave family away and escape from the village, even if it was a salesman..."

She was immersed in the past while talking, "Don't dare to say it, otherwise people will think that I am too lazy to do things that are easy to do. The prince will think so too?"

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: "The opinions of the world will vary depending on the status and situation. People like me, how can I care about those? But your thoughts at that time were indeed a little immature, and the salesman may not be able to help you."

Du Qianrui raised his head boldly, looked at him and said, "What I want to say is that the prince is not a shopkeeper, but he took the slave away."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help looking at her for a while, at this time Du Qianrui also raised his head boldly and looked at him with a complicated expression.Immediately, the four eyes met for a brief moment, and for a moment, her eyes flickered, and she immediately moved away.Her subtle eyes, as if the elusive emotion, mustered up her courage, but contradictoryly mixed with inferiority...

Zhu Gaoxu was inexplicably moved for a while, although there are differences between men and women, and there are differences between ancient and modern times, but why has he not experienced that kind of weak and helpless life?

He secretly took a deep breath, and judged with a sinking heart that there were too many details in Du Qianrui's words, which did not seem to be fake; not to mention the detailed emotions and motives, if this is also a play, then she is simply a queen.

After being silent for a while, Zhu Gaoxu pretended to be indifferent and said: "Miss Du, I'm not a shopkeeper, so I'm afraid I can't take you away."

Du Qianrui's face was immediately filled with disappointment and apprehension. She obviously had some brains, and she knew that the murder of an imperial court official would not be fruitful.

Zhu Gaoxu continued unhurriedly: "Because our brothers can't leave the capital yet, you can only go with Wang Gui. Do you think Miss Du is in a hurry to leave tomorrow morning?"

Du Qianrui was stunned there, and after a while she came back to her senses, and hurriedly said, "I don't feel rushed. Offending the powerful and killing people, I feel that I can't get rid of the responsibility, and I'm afraid I can't do it well, but I didn't expect the prince to arrange for the slave. I really don’t know how to respond.”

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand: "No need. Since I have done this, I will do it to the end. Otherwise, why should I care?"

Du Qianrui raised his eyes slightly, took a quick look at Zhu Gaoxu, and asked, "Is the lord alright?"

A trace of worry flashed through Zhu Gaoxu's heart, and he immediately smiled and said: "I am the grandson of the great ancestor, if you kill a low-ranking official, you won't have to pay for my life?"

"That's good, that's good." Du Qianrui nodded.

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand lightly.

Du Qianrui hurriedly made a wish, "My family will resign."

Zhu Gaoxu was still sitting motionless on the teacher's chair, the light in the room had dimmed, and he seemed to be sitting in the shadows.

Chapter 5 King Shadow Grass

The next morning, Zhu Gaoxu got up before dawn.The mansion was very quiet, shrouded in white mist, and the unextinguished lanterns flickered on and off, making it look very cold.

He met Du Qianrui outside a wing room.With a floral cloth package twisted in her hand, she hurriedly stepped forward and half-squatted to salute, "I didn't expect the lord to wake up so early, my servant asked the lord how he is."

"Where's Wang Gui?" Zhu Gaoxu looked around.

Du Qianrui said: "The prince lives in an upside-down room outside. He asked my family to clean up this morning, so I went to look for him. My family is planning to go here."

So the two walked out along the corridor, came out of a hall, and walked to the front of the inverted room.Suddenly, whispers came from behind the stables.Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help turning around, walked to the corner of the wall calmly, and stood there for a while.

When he got close, he heard a voice whispering: "Do you know what happened to King Xiang? The whole family set themselves on fire!"

"Why?" Another voice said.

"Some people say that it was forced by the imperial court to cut down the vassals. I don't think so. The vassal kings are so high-minded, how can they bear to be subjugated by the bureaucrats all of a sudden?"

"That's right, look at how domineering the king of Gaoyang County is, he will beat the court officials to death if he disagrees with him!"

"Without relying on King Yan, how long can the King of Gaoyang be arrogant? Hehe..."

Zhu Gaoxu walked out calmly.The two people turned their heads and looked, their faces suddenly turned ashen, and they stood there like wooden chickens, only their legs were trembling violently.

One of them was the first to "plop" and fell to his knees: "My lord, spare me!"

The other also quickly fell on the ground, begging for mercy while kowtowing.

Zhu Gaoxu said coldly: "Spreading rumors and separating the monarchs and ministers, have you lived enough?"

"Don't dare, I don't dare..." The faces of the two of them turned pale.

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said, "Get out!"

Du Qianrui, who was on the side, looked surprised... Probably in her opinion, how could this prince who beat people to death easily let go of those two servants?

They continued to move forward, and Zhu Gaoxu looked back at Du Qianrui, "This house belongs to the property of King Yan's Mansion, but usually there are no people in the house. After our brothers came to the capital, the court 'kindly' sent some people to take care of them. Most of them are not our people."

He paused and said again, "It's useless to argue with them."

Du Qianrui hurriedly said: "Your Highness is magnanimous, which is admirable."

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and remained silent.

At this time, he saw a few bunches of white flowers blooming under the banana tree in the corner.Looking closely, it turned out to be lily of the valley... It is a very common ornamental plant in later generations, but it is really rare now.In ancient times, it seemed to be called Junyingcao, a plant in the deep mountains of the north.Most of the people in Prince Yan's Mansion are from the north, and I don't know who got them to plant in this yard.

He suddenly had an inspiration, and said in a very meaningful tone: "Miss Du, did you see the little flower in the corner? Junyingcao, the flower is small and hard to be noticed, and it likes to be in the dark, but the whole body is covered with flowers. poisonous!"

Du Qianrui really listened thoughtfully.

After a while, he saw Wang Gui, Zhu Gaoxu gave some instructions, and watched them go out.They leave at this time, and they can leave the city immediately as soon as the city gate is opened.

Zhu Gaoxu guessed that if Huang Zicheng didn't want to let go of that matter, the best way would be to file a lawsuit against him.

The only person who can punish the vassal king is probably the emperor in the capital.When a prince breaks the law, he will not be guilty of the same crime as the common people; one of the ways to punish the prince is to take the people around him with a knife.

... Two hours later, Zhu Gaoxu confirmed his guess.The fourth uncle Xu Zengshou came to the door. After scolding Zhu Gaoxu, it was almost lunch time. Xu Zengshou revealed the news at the dinner table.

Xu Zengshou is the elder of Zhu Gaoxu and others, but he is only in his twenties.He was wearing a colorful brocade robe, not only looking young, but also frivolous.

After leaving the dinner table, Xu Zengshou sat down on a grand master's chair.

Three servant girls bowed and walked in front of him, one was holding a wooden plate, the other was holding a bowl of white water, and the other was holding tea.Xu Zengshou skillfully picked up the white porcelain bowl, took a sip of white water, raised his head and let out a very exaggerated "googoo" sound from his throat, and then spit it into the copper basin; then took the teacup, lifted the lid and stroked the water surface .

Zhu Gaoxu immediately looked opposite, and looked at Shizi and others.

The prince waved his hand and drove the maids out of the hall.

Xu Zengshou finished the trivial things in a grand manner, his tone softened, and he stopped cursing, and said: "Gao Xu, I heard that this matter is probably caused by a prostitute from Fuleyuan? I heard the ins and outs, You are unreasonable. Ambassador Xu went to Fuleyuan to select musicians for the preparation of the banquet, argued with you, and was injured; then he met you on the road, argued with you, and was beaten to death...Of course that It's just what others say, uncle wants to hear what you have to say."

At this time, Shizi and Gao Sui also looked sideways at Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, and found the point of the conflict. It was not for a singing girl, and of course the place he wanted to talk about was not Fuleyuan.So he roughly talked about how Ambassador Xu colluded with local officials and how he made Mrs. Du become a singing prostitute.

When Xu Zengshou was eating, his behavior was relatively vulgar.But Xu Zengshou quickly showed his strengths and was willing to listen patiently to others.

After listening, Xu Zengshou pondered, or was thinking about the right and wrong of this matter.