Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

Zhan Zhao hurriedly waved at him: "Shut up!"

Pointing to the room, he lowered his voice and said, "The adults are discussing matters."

Bai Yutang moved his head closer, and said in a low voice, "What are you discussing? I hurried to find my master."

Zhan Zhao said, "Master Fan didn't tell you?"

He and Bai Yutang had known each other since Yingtian, so they spoke more casually.

Bai Yutang shook his head: "I didn't say anything, just said that there is an important treasure, and I want my master to come over and give it a hand. My master said that he is not a pawnbroker, and he doesn't know how to appraise treasures. Master Fan also said that the treasure is related to officials. Home, Master just came over."

Zhan Zhao said, "No wonder you guys came late."

Bai Yutang said: "Master Fan came by accident. Someone came from the Heavenly Palace a few days ago and called Master to face the Holy Spirit. I don't know what the officials said to Master. Anyway, Master went crazy when he came back. He insisted on asking Principal Yan I bought him a boat, even a big one. Fortunately, the government provided enough funds. Principal Yan really bought him a boat and moored it in the Bian River. Now all the food and drinks are on the boat, and occasionally I go ashore to monitor what Principal Yan wants. Stuff. This time Master Fan happened to bump into him and he didn't get what he wanted, so he was upset. In fact, my master is usually very easy-going, and he would never refuse when friends asked him to show things."

Thinking of something again, I laughed aloud: "My brother collected a lot of gold and stone antiques before, saying they were old things from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. But my master took a look and even pointed out the family history of the counterfeiters. From then on, my brother never No more gold and stone."

Zhan Zhao also laughed, and asked him, "Senior Xia went to ask Principal Yan what he wanted, and Principal Yan won't give it to him?"

Bai Yutang said: "I want [-] catties of iron sand, [-] catties of firewood, [-] catties of coal, and [-] catties of fish."

Zhan Zhao asked, "What do you need so many fish for?"

Bai Yutang said: "Rubber refining. Principal Yan said that the school just finished buying rice grain for the first season, and he has no money to buy these things for him. If you don't believe me, go to Mr. Gongsun to check the account. Mr. Gongsun said that the account is there, and he has the ability Go and check it yourself. Master came back with a feather, and he planned to go to the palace tomorrow to complain to the officials. Master Fan came to him at this time, so he naturally didn't have a good voice."

Zhan Zhao said with a smile, "Sure enough, Gongsun was arrested by Principal Yan to manage the accounts."

It is not good to be too good at calculating accounts, and it is the life of accountants everywhere.

"By the way, you haven't said what Master Fan wants my master to show him?"

Zhan Zhao said, "Come on, let's go down and have a look."

Anyway, Bai Yutang is Xia Yuqi's apprentice, so what Xia Yuqi can know, Bai Yutang can naturally know too.

The two jumped off the eaves and landed silently.Zhan Zhao quietly pushed the window open a thin crack—thankfully, a hostess has just arrived in the mansion, all the houses have been repaired, and the window shafts are newly oiled, so they can be pushed open silently.

Concubine Li sat upright at the top, with a solemn face.

Fan Zhongyan said: "This is senior Xia Yuqi. Senior Xia is proficient in the art of organ construction, please show the golden pill to him."

Concubine Li nodded slightly to Fan Zhongyan: "Thank you, Mr. Fan."

He took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Li Shi who was standing beside him.Mrs. Li handed the cloth bag to Bao Zheng, and Bao Zheng handed it to Xia Yuqi.

Xia Yuqi shook off the cloth bag impatiently, and took out a shiny golden ball.The ball twirled twice in his hand, snapped into two halves, revealing a bright orb in the middle.

Xia Yuqi closed the ball, put it back into the cloth bag, handed it to Bao Zheng, and said, "It's a handicraft made by the inner palace 20 years ago."

He sneered again: "Although 20 years have passed, they still haven't made much progress, and they are still as stupid as before. The golden ball that can be opened and closed is just wrapped with a bead, and it is not a very delicate thing. The way to open the golden ball is so clumsy. , and the gold layer is so thick, it doesn’t fit the beads, it’s not beautiful to wear, and it’s heavy, and the beads are easily worn by the gold wall when walking.”

Stretching out his chest, he said proudly: "If the officials want this kind of gadget, why not let me make it. It can be made into a flower bud shape, the petals are hollowed out, and the precious light of the beads can be revealed. When the golden pill is opened, It can also imitate the way a flower blooms, peeling off the petals layer by layer."

He glanced at the baggage with some distaste: "It's much stronger than this thing."

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "Senior Xia, officials don't like gold, pearls and jade. Senior Xia's talents should be used in more important areas."

Xia Yuqi said: "That's true."

He also vomited bitterness to Fan Zhongyan: "Fan Xianggong, the next time you see President Yan, you might as well persuade him, why not be a generous person to have a good time? I just want some firewood, charcoal and iron sand. Tail fish is not a valuable thing. The Bian River is next to the school. Are we still short of those fish? I don’t want things to squander on myself, everything is for the officials..."

Fan Zhongyan maintained a perfect smile, nodding his head from time to time to echo Xia Yuqi's complaints.

Bai Yutang shrank his neck outside the window, and dragged Zhan Zhao to squat down: "It's terrible, Master is even more crazy than before."

I was a little shy when I asked for things before, but now I have completely let go of my skin.

Zhan Zhao said: "It's nothing, everything is for the officials."

Bai Yutang said again: "What the hell is the golden pill? It deserves such a big fanfare."

Zhan Zhao glanced at him: "The golden pill is a token given to the concubine by the late emperor more than ten years ago. There are two pieces in total. The owner of the other one is the current empress dowager."

Bai Yutang snapped his tongue: "That's really a remarkable thing."

He elbowed him again: "By the way, someone told me that Mr. Bao has a master of the rivers and lakes by his side, and his lightness kung fu is ten times better than mine. Are you talking about you?"

Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "Beside Master Bao, besides me, how can there be any other people from the Jianghu?"

Bai Yutang snorted and said, "People praised you, but you actually admitted it seriously. But I don't believe it, your lightness ability is better than mine."

Zhan Zhao said, "Who told you that?"

Bai Yutang said: "It's Di Qing, who is currently serving as a privy envoy. Now because of him, the city is full of disturbances, and we have all moved out of Nanqing Palace."

Zhan Zhao nodded: "I know that."

He was holding Ju Que in his arms, but now he suddenly thought about Di Qing and felt a little emotional: "Master Di is a..."

He originally wanted to say that Di Qing was a powerful general, but Bai Yutang suddenly reached out and pulled Ju Que with the scabbard out of his arms, tiptoed to the ground, and flew into the room: "If you want Ju Que, come and chase me!"

Zhan Zhao came back to his senses, shouted: "Bai Yutang!" He also followed into the room, chasing after Bai Yutang, shouting: "Give me back the giant tower!"

Bai Yutang laughed loudly: "Catch up with me!"

Fortunately, Bai Yutang also knew that Zhan Zhao was responsible for guarding, so instead of running far away, he just went around on several nearby rooftops.

Zhan Zhao chased him, trampling on a lot of tiles along the way, thinking to himself, this guy surnamed Bai seems to be a rich young man, and he will have to knock some money from him to re-til the roof of the house.

Anyway, the tiles in the mansion have been in disrepair for a long time, and they are almost broken. The rain leaked in his house a few days ago, so it happened to be replaced with new ones during this wave.

He said it was Bai Yutang who stepped on it, and if he didn't recognize it, he went to his master and brother.

Who told him to grab his own giant que.

They were making a fuss on the roof, and the people in the room naturally heard it.

Concubine Li shivered suddenly: "There are assassins! Come here! Escort!"

Xia Yuqi hurriedly said: "It's not an assassin, it's my apprentice. He has a violent temper, maybe he's playing tricks with Nan Xia."

He shouted a few more times outside the house: "Yutang, don't be rude! If you robbed Nan Xia of something, return it quickly!"

Bai Yutang couldn't hear it, and shouted: "Unless he admits that his lightness kung fu is inferior to mine, I will never pay him back!"

Zhan Zhao also shouted: "How am I not as good as you? When I catch you, I want you to look good!"

Bai Yutang said: "Catch me before you talk!"

Xia Yuqi let out a long sigh: "It's just that it's not good, it's so disobedient."

He complained to Fan Zhongyan again: "Children are all debts from previous lives. This sentence is really good. The same is true for apprentices. I have accepted three apprentices in my life. This is a closed disciple, better than his two senior brothers combined. It is also more troublesome than his two senior brothers combined. Cleaning up the mess for him every day makes my hair white. You see, here, and here, it is all for him to be white. Before, I drank with others on the tree , Drunk and dare not come down. Tell me, how could I have such an apprentice..."

Fan Zhongyan thought of Fan Lingyi's tortuous marriage, and was deeply touched: "Life is not satisfactory, and it is better to be a child."

After all, Zhan Zhao was fighting at home and was familiar with the terrain, so he quickly forced Bai Yutang to the eaves. Bai Yutang had no choice but to jump off, and Zhan Zhao followed, taking advantage of his unsteady standing, he snatched Ju Que back.

Bai Yutang laughed and said, "Nan Xia is indeed excellent in lightness kung fu, let's compete in another day!"

He ran to the door where everyone was discussing, and said to Xia Yuqi: "Master, let's go!"

Xia Yuqi stood up and led Bai Yutang to salute Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng: "Fan Xiang, Mr. Bao, we, master and apprentice, are leaving."

After the two of them left, Concubine Li's anger still persisted, and she said, "How decent!"

Zhan Zhao said: "Please forgive me, Madam."

Previously, Jinwan didn't know whether it was true or false, and the identity of Concubine Li had not been confirmed yet.Now that Jinwan is confirmed to be real, she is at least a concubine, and Zhan Zhao's title has changed from old lady to empress.

Concubine Li said bitterly: "A chivalrous man breaks the law with martial arts!"

Zhan Zhao lowered his head.

Bai Yutang had indeed made a fuss, at least he shouldn't have snatched his own que.

This is a giant!His half life!Bai Yutang snatched it as soon as he said he wanted it, he didn't take him seriously!

Zhan Zhao thought indignantly.

Fan Zhongyan said: "Bai Shaoxia has a young heart, please don't take it too seriously."

Concubine Li closed her eyes: "Just follow Fan Xiang."

Fan Zhongyan said: "Since the empress wants to recognize the official family, she must rely on the power of the Nanqing Palace."

Concubine Li nodded: "What Fan Xiang said makes sense."

Fan Zhongyan said: "The Eighth Prince doesn't see any guests now, and Princess Di also lives in seclusion, so it's hard for outsiders to see her. Coincidentally, my daughter is going to get married to Princess Di's nephew recently. With this relationship, the empress may be able to marry my daughter or the humble Jing Jing." Let’s go to Nanqing Palace together to meet the eighth princess.”

Concubine Li thought for a long time, suddenly her eyes filled with tears.

Mrs. Li hurriedly wiped away tears for her: "Mother, why are you crying?"

Concubine Li choked with sobs, and held Li Shi's hand: "I want to go to Nanqing Palace to meet Di's sister, what kind of clothes should I wear, and what etiquette should I follow?"