[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

Cyclamen is on a very bustling street, and there are all kinds of cloth and satin shops when you go out, as well as various food shops. Among them, the big watermelon, the early-flowered lotus root, and the bamboo shoots are all fresh. Not to mention the children serving the two of them, even Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo couldn't take their eyes off them.

The sun has risen, and the originally cool day is gradually getting hotter. Zhu Houzhao knew that they had talked to a few local silk merchants today, and was afraid that the weather would be hot, so he specially bought some big watermelons for the people who followed with.

Turning around, I suddenly saw a deep courtyard with red walls and black tiles. The trees here are full of fragrance, and there is even a small tower, which looks very lively.

"This is Hangzhou Weaving Mansion." The Xingwu Sect said softly.

Zhu Houzhao walked from one side to the other side of the street, and it took another quarter of an hour to complete the walk. Seeing that the people holding the watermelon were exhausted, he sighed: "It's really great to do things for the royal family."

Du Ruo looked up, shook his head, and persuaded: "It's just the way of the world, you have seen those Huangliang Zhuangzi. A Zhuangzi is like this, let alone this weaving mansion." Zhu Houzhao also had to nod.After walking around for so long, Zhu Houzhao also felt bored, took a last look at the magnificent weaving mansion, and led the man back.

Back at the inn, the three adults had already finished eating and returned to their rooms.The people waiting outside asked Zhu Houzhao to wait temporarily, and the gentlemen came down after a while.After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao asked the three people to take the watermelon and freeze it in a water tank. While talking, he saw several adults coming down from upstairs, wearing various cloud scarves and Dongpo hats, and they were no different from businessmen outside. .

One of these three people is Chen Han, the censor of Zuoqian capital of the Procuratorate, Zhou Lin, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Gong Da, a doctor of the Zhejiang Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Chen Han is the main one, and the other two are assistants, together with Zhu Houzhao. investigation.In the past few days, they also acted as Zhu Houzhao's family friend uncle, and asked Zhu Houzhao to act as their son. Zhu Houzhao was willing, but they did not dare.

Among the three, only Zhou Lin was familiar with Du Ruo because of his brother Zhou Mu, and the others didn't even know their faces.In the Ming Dynasty, advances in scientific examinations were the most respected, Du Ruo's family became servants again, and when Du Ruo was the first prince of the Ming Dynasty to study with him, everyone more or less rejected Du Ruo in their hearts.Du Ruo naturally noticed it too, he just didn't care.

Five people, Zhu Houzhao, Chen Han, and Zhou Lin went to see the silk merchants Boss Zhao and Xue, Gong Da went to see the people from the Qing Dynasty in Zhejiang, and Du Ruo wanted to go to the weaving factory.They made an appointment to reunite in the inn at about Shen Shichu in the afternoon, and then they parted.

Zhu Houzhao and the three of them built a carriage one by one, and the three carriages came to Yuxi Restaurant.When I arrived at the place, I saw the person sent yesterday waiting there with two people, two people dressed in silk and satin, one with a fat head and big ears and a handsome appearance, the other was tall and thin with a big mole on his face.

The two people watched the three come down, and the people around them silently winked at them, and hurriedly came up to greet them and said, "Boss Zhou is good, I won't see you. This is Boss Chen, right? This must be Young Master Huang?" Zhou Mu runs a business in Hangzhou. For many years, I have had a relationship with these two people, so they are only called Zhou Mu.

Zhou Mu also acted like he hadn't seen each other for a long time, and went up to greet him: "Hello, two bosses, are you okay after a long absence?" Then he pulled Chen Han, and Zhu Houzhao came to introduce them one by one.After pretending enough outside, a few people came and entered the private room on the second floor.Because there are too many people, the waiters are waiting outside.

After everything was arranged, the people from Jinyiwei outside came to say hello, and the five people were relieved.Zhao and Xue immediately knelt down and cried softly: "The little one has been waiting for the three adults for a long time, but the adults finally came, and the little ones just saw the blue sky." They kowtowed deeply again.

Chen Han hurriedly helped them up. "You don't have to do this, we are also acting according to the order, and we will definitely hear the grievances of the two of you." Zhu Hou looked after them. Kneeling, it's grace again, I always feel weird, thinking that I still haven't adapted to the hierarchical society of ancient times.

The two got up and sat down, crying and complaining a lot, nothing more than Liang Yu's extortion, the embarrassment of the magistrate, and other things such as Han Yi's matter were not mentioned at all.Not to mention the disadvantages of weaving.

Zhu Houzhao listened to it for a long time, and didn't want to listen to their official words anymore, so he asked directly: "Do you two think Zhizhi Mansion should exist?"

Since Zhao and Xue came in, only Master Chen and Master Zhou interrogated him, the other one who looked younger remained silent, and the other two were also respectful to him, presumably they should be of extraordinary status.Now that he asked such a question, the two of them couldn't answer. Did he still want to talk about the royal family?The two of them were reluctant to answer, so they said something like they were willing to do things for the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao also gave up, thinking about these words, he reasoned that the house was very boring, and he wanted to go out for a walk, so he said goodbye.Chen and Zhou only thought that he was tired of listening, so they asked Zhu Houzhao to go shopping by himself, and they waited for him to have lunch.

When Zhu Hou came out, he didn't notice it in the room at first, but now it looks like the sun is dazzling outside.Zhu Houzhao took refuge in the shade along the eaves of the shops on both sides, and saw some interesting things in the market along the way.When I arrived at a small place selling jade pendants, I saw a large circle of people outside, and a person next to me got in, but it was a group of people surrounded by a person dressed as an eunuch in Tsing Yi.

Inside, a group of people surrounded an eunuch and a young master in rich clothes, and on the other side, a few men in short brown clothes surrounded a blue-clothed shopkeeper with a long beard.The shopkeeper begged the eunuch-like person: "My lord, please forgive me. Our store is small and the profits are small. It is true that the emerald cabbage cannot be given to the eunuch at this price."

Then I heard the eunuch say in a sharp voice: "The shopkeeper looks down on the Zajia. It's only 500 taels of silver. If you insist on selling it for 5000 taels, the Zajia didn't blame you for raising the price. You should first say that the Zajia forced you to buy it." Forced to sell."

The man who looked like a son-in-law also echoed: "That's right, I think he looks down on my father-in-law. I think it's hard for this thing to be worth 100 taels. How much is this kind of material? How can it be worth so much?"

Zhu Houzhao has also seen the beautiful jade pieces displayed in the Palace Museum, and they are all exquisite. He also has a few novel and pretty ornaments given by Zhu Youtang or Zhang, and he knows that the high-quality goods in this kind of things are of great value. 5000 taels of silver is considered very fair, I am afraid it is already his reserve price, as for the 500 taels of 100 taels, it is completely unreasonable to make trouble.

The shopkeeper insisted not to sell it, so he heard the eunuch say: "The miscellaneous family is doing things for the emperor. This is something bought for the emperor. If the shopkeeper Feng is not flattering, don't blame the miscellaneous family for being rude." Zhu Houzhao suddenly became angry. It's their own idea. I don't know how many such things these moths have done under the banner of compradors.

The shopkeeper shouted: "Even if the emperor came in person, there is no reason for my father-in-law. This is a family heirloom from my family. It is impossible to sell it like this. Father-in-law, please go back."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the man like the young master yelling: "Elder-in-law, he is disrespectful to the Holy One, he should be punished."

The father-in-law hadn't reacted yet, and the little father-in-law and thugs around him had long coveted the jade in this room. Now that someone said so, if they don't act now, let's wait until they do, and they will smash it. It's those things that are not very valuable, and sometimes a few good things are messed up by them.

Deceiving too much, the shopkeeper Feng saw that his small shop was ruined like this, he yelled, I will fight with you, and directly hit the father-in-law on the head, and the boys immediately became indignant and smashed Greet the people in the store.On the contrary, although the young master was a bit fat, his body was very flexible. He avoided people in two or three times, smashed open the cabinet door of the shopkeeper, and took out a bright and colorful jade cabbage.

I saw that the cabbage was white and tender, the leaves were emerald green, the leaves were rolled up, and the image was lifelike.Especially a big-bellied katydid and a praying mantis in the heart of the cabbage, dark green in color, seem to be crawling and gnawing on the vegetable leaves, lifelike, really extraordinary.

Zhu Houzhao knew that he should not come forward, but there were sighs and anger in the surrounding people, but no one dared to step forward to stop him.Seeing his belongings being taken out, shopkeeper Feng wailed as if he was going to die together, copied a bench they had smashed, and greeted the young master directly.The young master was also in a hurry, so he took out a dagger that he had with him.

Just as he was about to stab into shopkeeper Feng, Zhu Houzhao kicked the young master away.I heard the man yelling several times. It turned out that he fell on the broken sharp wood, and the back was dripping with blood.

"Do you know what my young master's last name is? You won't be able to finish eating later." This group of people are bullying and afraid of toughness. When they saw someone fighting against them, they brought a few extremely burly men in, and they didn't dare to make a move.

"I don't care what his surname is. Even the royal relatives don't have such a reason!!"

The people in front of him glared at him, the people behind them stared at him, and they dared not do anything anymore.Then I heard the father-in-law screaming in a sharp voice: "Look where you came from, you even ruined the good deeds of the miscellaneous family. Do you know who the miscellaneous family is? It's your grandpa Wang Hui of the Weaving Mansion. Do you know who this young master is?" ? It’s the magistrate’s son. It’s just a poor man to see what kind of status you are.”

Zhu Houzhao laughed angrily, and didn't know whether this person was brain-dead or had no brain at all. "I'll take care of this nonsense. No matter what kind of person you are, there is no reason to do things like this. As the saying goes, people are doing it, and the sky is watching. I want to see how you are."

The crowd didn't dare to stand out at first, but someone set an example at this time, stood up one by one, lined up in the crowd, and looked at this group of people without saying a word.Wang Hui still wanted to speak, but was so stared at by the crowd that he had no choice but to swallow his words, and said, "Boy, if you have the ability, you should leave Hangzhou!"

Zhu Houzhao also replied: "Waiting for the good news." Wang Hui turned around and took a look at him, and led everyone away.When the young master of the prefect's family left, he did not forget to put the jade pendant in his hand into his sleeve.All the onlookers burst out laughing.

The author has something to say: This emerald and white jade grasshopper refers to the collection of the Tianjin Museum in reality. You can check it out on Baidu. It is really ingenious.This is today's chapter.