Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

Early the next morning, General Lu put on his official uniform and went to the palace to pay a visit to Emperor Kang Yuan.

As Xie Ze had expected, General Lu was too embarrassed to mention that he did not recognize his grandson, and naturally would not complain about their rudeness in front of His Majesty. He only said that the wise king specially treated him to the best restaurant in the capital, which was very considerate and thoughtful.

It was rare to hear someone praise his nephew, and Emperor Kang Yuan was a little uncomfortable for a moment. He smiled and said, "My dear minister, you have been guarding the border for many years, and I thought you would not like those red tapes.

Xie Ze joined the army when he was young, and he is a military commander like you, so I think you have a lot in common, and you should be able to chat with each other."

"..." General Lu twitched his lips imperceptibly, lowered his head slightly and said respectfully: "Your Majesty is right."

Emperor Kang Yuan nodded, and then as if he had thought of something, he looked at General Lu with a complicated look and said, "What do you think about Xie Ze and Jiang Xin? Feel free to tell me."

He thought that he and General Lu should be on the same side with regard to these two children.

But as an emperor, he has too many things to consider. It would be better for him to listen to General Lu's thoughts as a grandfather. Perhaps he will gain different insights.

However, General Lu's face changed when he heard what Emperor Kang Yuan said. He lowered his head with a guilty conscience and said, "It is a blessing for Jiang Xin to be appreciated by the wise king. I feel honored."

Emperor Kang Yuan: “…”

The matter of Xie Ze and Jiang Xin had already spread a long time ago. From the perspective of Emperor Kang Yuan, he naturally assumed that General Lu must have known about it as well.

Who would have thought that General Lu had never cared about his grandson at all. When he heard Emperor Kang Yuan say this, he thought that he was complaining at home yesterday, saying that the virtuous king's words were intentional and untrustworthy, and the Emperor Kang Yuan heard them, so the other party was criticizing him at this moment.

General Lu was shocked that Emperor Kang Yuan had such tight control over the movements of the ministers in the court that he could even know the complaints of his ministers at home in such a short time. He must have placed people around his mansion. He was sweating profusely from fear.

If Emperor Kang Yuan's tone had not been normal, he would have knelt down and apologized.

No matter how arrogant and domineering the virtuous king is, he is still your Majesty's nephew and the minister that your Majesty respects and favors the most.

He was too careless and thought this place was the Western Territory, saying whatever he wanted.

Emperor Kang Yuan had no idea that his casual chat about family matters could instantly cause General Lu to come up with so many ideas. He just looked at him in surprise and speechless.

General Lu had a serious and harsh look on his face, and he looked like someone who was difficult to get along with. Emperor Kang Yuan thought that he would be unable to accept the relationship between the two, but he did not expect that his ideological realm was so high. He could not tell.

"Your Majesty..." General Lu called out anxiously when he saw that Emperor Kang Yuan had not spoken for a long time.

Just as he was struggling over whether to kneel down and apologize, he heard Emperor Kang Yuan suddenly wave his hand and sighed, "Forget it, you go back first."

"...Yes, I will take my leave." General Lu breathed a sigh of relief, guessing that His Majesty meant that he was not going to pursue the matter any further, so he cautiously retreated, but his resentment towards Jiang Xin became even greater.

If Jiang Xin had not joined forces with the virtuous king to deliberately humiliate him, how could he have been so angry that he lost his mind and loudly criticized the virtuous king at home, only to be known by His Majesty.

Thinking of this, General Lu became even more unhappy.

"Master, shall we go back now?" Noticing General Lu's unfriendly expression, the servant stepped forward and asked cautiously.

"Well, let's go." General Lu nodded. He had asked his wife to send servants to inquire about Jiang Xin's residence yesterday. He also specifically mentioned that Jiang Xin should come to visit the Lu Mansion. If all goes well, there should be news soon.

"Yes." The servant immediately pulled the carriage and helped the master get on. However, when they were halfway there, they were blocked by a long line of people on the street.

General Lu was not very happy to begin with, and when he saw the carriage suddenly stop, he became even more unhappy. He pulled the carriage curtain with a cold face and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Master, there seems to be a blockage ahead." The servant said with a bitter face and some embarrassment.

In fact, when he was driving from home to the palace, he found that there was a shop nearby that was quite popular and many people were queuing outside. But it was still early at that time and there were not so many people. But now the line has reached the roadside, which is a bit too exaggerated.

"If they're blocked, just let them move aside." General Lu said impatiently.

"I said, but, but they said they didn't block the road, it was our carriage that didn't comply..."

This was also true. They had just arrived in the capital yesterday and had not yet had time to go to the carriage shop to buy a carriage that could travel in the city.

But the Lu family was too far away from the imperial palace, and General Lu thought that it was only one day, so he just used the carriage for traveling outside and changed it tomorrow.

This carriage is wider than the ones running in the city, and is just about the same width as this road. If there are no special circumstances, it can barely pass through.

But today, the first day, they happened to encounter a special situation. There was a small stall on one side of the road, and the stall owner was selling fragile eggs, which was blocking the road. On the other side, no one knew what was going on, and there was a long queue.

Perhaps because of the rule that pedestrians cannot block the road, the team had no room left at the end, and several people huddled together, no one wanting others to take up their place, so when the servant went to ask these people to make way, he was pushed back.

But their criticism made sense. It was the Lu family's carriage that was not in compliance with regulations. If they were willing to give way, that was fine. But if they were not willing, no one could do anything to them.

General Lu was filled with anger, but he had no way to deal with these people who were blocking his way. In the end, he had to get off the carriage with a grim face and asked the servants to go back and leave by another route.

Anyway, this place is not far from home, so he can just walk back.

But he was unwilling to accept it, and was a little curious about what kind of shop had such a long queue of people in front of it. General Lu endured it for a while, but he couldn't help but stepped forward and found a person who looked easy to talk to in the queue and asked:

"Sir, may I ask what is sold in this shop? Why are there so many people queuing?"

The people in line looked at him and said with some understanding, "You are from another place, right? You don't even know about the glass shop of our prince and Mr. Jiang?"

"Glass shop? But those beautiful vessels are crystal clear and can reflect different colors under the sun?" General Lu looked surprised.

He had seen colored glaze once before returning to Beijing. It was brought by a big merchant in Beijing. As soon as it arrived in the Western Territory, it was snapped up by many people and was soon divided up by several big families in the Western Territory.

It’s true that the glass wine utensils are beautiful. General Lu originally wanted to buy a set, but it was too expensive. His Lu family was not well-off, and there was no way they could compete with those wealthy families.

I didn't expect that such precious things were not only circulated among the nobles in the capital, but that shops were opened to allow so many common people to enter. Is colored glaze so cheap in the capital?

Thinking of this, General Lu asked his doubts aloud: "I came from the Western Territory. When we took out the colored glaze, it was really precious. I never thought that it was so cheap in the capital. Can everyone afford it?"

"So you're from the Western Territory. No wonder the news is so outdated!" The man was also a talkative person and enthusiastically explained to General Lu:

“In fact, this colored glaze was very expensive in our capital before. After all, Master Jiang had just researched this thing at that time. Scarcity makes things valuable. We couldn’t even imagine the price at that time.

But now, Master Jiang has improved the technology of firing colored glaze, which can produce finished products faster and reduce the failure rate. Therefore, one day every month, a batch of colored glaze with slightly lower quality will be sold at a discount. The quantity is limited and it is on a first-come, first-served basis. "

After that, the man said to General Lu with some regret, "You are lucky to be here today. If you like, you can go to the back and queue up. Although you probably won't be able to buy colored glaze, there are many beautiful treasures in the store that are not for sale. You can enjoy them."

However, General Lu could not hear the rest of the conversation. He only heard that Master Jiang had researched this thing, that Master Jiang had improved the firing technology, and that it was in cooperation with the Xianwang shop...

"The Young Master Jiang you are talking about, is he Jiang Xin, the head of the weapons battalion?" General Lu asked in a daze.

"That's right." The man looked at General Lu in surprise and couldn't help but muttered softly, "Our Young Master Jiang's fame is really growing, and it has even spread to the Western Territory."

General Lu: “…”

*

After returning to the Lu Mansion as if his butt was on fire, General Lu immediately went to his wife and asked anxiously, "How is it? Have you found where the man is? Did he say when he would come to the Lu Mansion?"

Madam Lu: “…”

"Speak!" Seeing that Mrs. Lu remained silent, General Lu immediately frowned and said.

"We just came back yesterday. We have to clean up everywhere in the mansion and buy a lot of things. There are not many people in the mansion, and they have all been sent out to work. There are no extra people to inquire about Jiang Xin's residence. Let's wait until we settle down first." Old Madam Lu said a little embarrassedly.

"You didn't send anyone?!" General Lu was full of disbelief. He was too lazy to pay attention to this woman who didn't know the priorities. He turned around and walked out. He hurriedly found two busy servants and asked them to find someone quickly and make sure Jiang Xin came to the Lu Mansion as soon as possible.

"Master!" Madam Lu followed him out helplessly, and heard General Lu instructing others, "Go to the former Jiang Mansion to look for him. If you can't find him, go directly to the Weaponry Camp. He is currently working there, and you can always find him there."

"Yes." The two servants were still a little confused, but they left in a hurry after receiving the order.

"…Why are you doing this? The child is not familiar to us. If you rush over like this, won't you just be asking for trouble?" Old Madam Lu said helplessly.

"You are a woman, what do you know?!" General Lu turned around and scolded angrily.

She was in the backyard, how could she know how hard it was for the soldiers fighting on the front line, how could she know how difficult it was for a military officer to be promoted?

Now that there is such a great opportunity in front of him, how could he not try his best to seize it...

*

Jiang Xin has been in the weapons camp these days. He took a rare break today because the first issue of "Capital Monthly" was officially on sale, and he wanted to go with His Highness to see what was going on.

The bookstore he took over was still there. After Lu Wuliang was fired, the owner hired a new clerk.

The clerk was quite energetic. He stood at the door as soon as the bookstore opened, holding a few pieces of paper and shouting: "Beijing Monthly, the latest Beijing Monthly is here! His Royal Highness the Virtuous Prince has been pursuing Young Master Jiang, and this year's top scholar has studied hard for twenty years!

All of them are written by me personally, and the content is absolutely true! Hurry up if you want to buy it! There are only 100 copies, and they will be gone once you buy them! "

"...What did he say?" Two men who were eating noodles at a noodle stall looked at each other. One of the men even doubted his own ears and said with a dazed look on his face.

"Are you crazy? The virtuous prince pursued Young Master Jiang, and they dared to write about the royal family in the book, and even said that it was written by the virtuous prince himself. I guess the owner of this bookstore wants to go to jail, right?" another person said speechlessly.

"You two are worrying too much." The noodle stall owner who was standing next to them heard their voices and smiled, "If I remember correctly, the owner of the bookstore in front is the Mr. Jiang you mentioned. No matter who the virtuous prince sends to jail, he will not send this guy to jail."

The two who were eating noodles looked at each other when they heard the boss's words, and then rushed to the door of the bookstore in tacit understanding, and asked anxiously: "Let's buy a copy of that monthly newspaper you mentioned!"

Since Jiang Xin is the boss, who knows, the article in which the virtuous king pursues Jiang Xin might actually have been written by the prince himself?

Gossip is human nature, and this applies to both men and women.

After hearing who the owner of the bookstore was and what the clerk was shouting, the 100 copies of "Capital Monthly" were sold out in an instant.

The shopkeeper looked at the silver he had received with great delight, smiling from ear to ear. He was just about to invite his waiter in to have some tea and rest for a while when he saw Jiang Xin running in quickly with His Royal Highness the Wise King, but his head was slightly lowered so his face could not be seen clearly.

However, the shopkeeper was quite impressed by the new boss, and immediately raised his hand excitedly and greeted the man opposite: "Boss, you are here!"

Those who had just bought the newspapers and were about to leave stopped in their tracks.

The owner of the bookstore, isn't that...

Everyone's eyes once again fell on Jiang Xin's head, and then fell on Jiang Xin's hand holding Xie Ze's...

Oh, that's His Royal Highness the Wise King, right? I actually saw the protagonist of the article alive!

Look at these two handsome men, they are quite a match.

Jiang Xin: “…”