[Rat cat] Long live the emperor

As mentioned last time, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang paid for a house together in order to house their elder brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces.Zhao Zhen happened to have a few houses in his hand that were to be appraised for sale, and the three of them hit it off...

Following Zhan Zhao's house buying principles, everyone helped to come up with ideas, and finally chose a simple and elegant medium-sized house.

The ancient people were quite superstitious, because the house was the former residence of criminal officials, and it was regarded as a symbol of bad luck. No one would buy it, and rich people cherished life, let alone live in such an unlucky house.Weighing all the factors, the price deliberated by household officials was low to begin with.

Considering that the cold weather is not suitable for breaking ground, the imperial court originally planned to put a price on the sale two months later.

But Zhan Zhao was in a hurry to use the house, and couldn't wait for two months, so he discussed with the household department whether he could buy it back in advance.

Officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs originally disagreed, and the reasons were ready-made - 'The house will be sold in two months, you can go home and wait for the news'.Even though Zhan Zhao is very low-key and humble, there are always a few people who don't like him, the more smooth the wind is for Zhan Zhao, the more these people will seize every opportunity to add trouble to him.

It dragged on for three days like this, and the officials of the household department were sitting on pins and needles every morning, and the minister of the household department felt that the emperor looked at him badly.In fact, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs is quite helpless. After all, Kaifeng Mansion is a brother department. I usually don’t look up and look down. Besides, it’s not that Zhan Zhao doesn’t give money. I heard that the money from selling the house was used to repair the river embankment. Zhan Zhao added a few more on purpose. One hundred taels of house money, and another 1000 taels of silver was donated.

In fact, based on Zhan Zhao's family background, donating 1 taels is more than enough, but other officials will definitely lose face. Donating money is a good thing, but it would be bad if you make enemies because of it.If you really want to donate money, it's better to just give it to Zhao Zhen. If you want money or food, there is no shortage of Zhanjia, so why bother to flaunt your wealth so that people will hate it.

The household officials also understood that Zhan Zhao was an honest man, but the emperor was protecting his weaknesses. It would be easy to keep Zhan Zhao back now, but it would be too bad to attract the emperor in two days... Forget it, dragging on for three days is enough to pass the addiction It's almost done, it's important to approve the note quickly.

Sure enough, there were people on top who were good at handling things, and the approval slip from the household department was issued, and the house purchase procedures were completed within three days.The head of the household clearly wrote [Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang], and the official who opened the household registration was in a bad mood—he had been a household registration officer for 20 years, and it was the first time I saw that the head of the household was two men!

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Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang's new home is between the Imperial Palace and Kaifeng Mansion, the distance between the two sides is not far, it is convenient for Zhan Zhao and Zhao Zhen to run around.

After buying the house, the most troublesome thing is the decoration. The weather is warm and cold and it is not suitable for breaking ground. The two discussed first to ask the craftsman to draw the blueprint and clean up the house. It is enough for people to live in temporarily. The specific construction will start when the spring is warm .

It's just that such a big house can't do without servants.

Even if Zhanzhao Baiyutang doesn't need people to take care of his daily life, there must be someone responsible for cleaning the house, pruning flowers and plants, and eating three meals a day.

The housekeeper, Bao Cheng, helped to buy the people. Hearing that the masters are Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, the little maids in Bianjing City are all crazy!

Some threatened not to sell their bodies for money, some simply didn't even want their wages, and some were even willing to give money back.Originally, those who sold themselves to be maids were poor people who couldn't afford to eat, but now even girls from ordinary families came to join in the fun. Bao Cheng was surrounded by a group of Yingyingyanyan for three days, it was really tricky.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had no choice but to give up the little maid, and not to have other women except the kitchen lady!

The elder brothers will arrive tomorrow, the two homeowners are busy picking out people, and the entire Kaifeng Mansion is dispatched to help clean up the house.

Gongsun is in charge of tidying up the study.In fact, the study room has nothing to do with Zhan Zhao, all of them are Bai Yutang's collection.Bookshelves are filled with rare books, and calligraphy and paintings are hung on the four walls. Gongsun sorts out the books by category and drools so much he loves them—I really want to own them!

Outside the study is the martial arts arena, and Pang Tong, who has nothing to do, also came to help.General Pang may not be good at other things, but he is definitely handy in cleaning up the martial arts arena. He turned the yard into a miniature version of the military barracks. After watching it for a long time, his hands were itchy, and he practiced in the middle of the yard...

Gongsun came out from the study room, holding a book in his hand and excitedly said: "The legendary Jing Wu Gong Li Jing left behind the marksmanship!"

Pang Tong took it and looked it over. He found that his marksmanship was pretty good, but unfortunately he couldn't tell if it was real or not.

Gongsun was immersed in excitement, "This is definitely something from the Tang Dynasty! Can you practice it for me!"

Is it good or something... If someone else said such a thing, General Pang would probably use marksmanship to perform [three shots and six holes], but the person who said this was Gongsun, and Gongsun's eyes are so beautiful... General Pang continued Turned over the marksmanship, and danced the long spears in the school field like tigers and tigers!

Zhao Zhen passed by arrogantly with a group of hidden guards: Someone has also taken over the mighty Pang Tong, so happy to run!

As the most reliable of all, Zhao Zhen has a heavy task, mainly to lead the hidden guards to the guest room!

All the hidden guards were mobilized to take out all kinds of antiques from Zhao Zhen's small treasury to deal with the emergency.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang did not lack these things, but time was tight and there was no time to prepare them, especially embroidery such as window screens, embroidered screens, bed curtains, bedding and soft pillows. The embroidery craftsmanship on the outside was too rough. All the embroiderers in the palace had to work an extra day to make it out.

Zhao Zhen had a lot of experience in room layout. Considering that several children would also come to play, he asked someone to prepare a game room, and even transported the special children's version of the weapons he made during his practice into the martial arts arena.Of course, all the heavy objects were handed over to Chengying to move, and Zhao Zhen proudly gesticulated, directing Chengying to jump up and down and fly around the room.Chengying was not angry either, and let Zhao Zhen be tossed around with a good temper...

While the other hidden guards were busy with their work, they quietly guarded Chengying, preventing him from getting within three steps of Zhao Zhen.

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After a busy day, everyone was exhausted, especially Zhao Xiaozhen who had a heavy task.

Although Zhao Xiaozhen only talked about it, and the actual work was done by hidden guards, mental work is also work!

Zhao Zhen dozed off while eating, and almost poked his nose with his chopsticks. The energetic little bun rarely languished, and Zhan Zhao moved his chopsticks like flying, feeding the little apprentice with delicious food that swept across the table.

After dinner, Zhan Zhao sent Zhao Zhen back to the palace as usual, and Zhao Zhen fell asleep lying on Zhan Zhao's back.Zhao Zhen won't wake up easily after falling asleep. Fuquan ordered the maid to bathe and change his clothes. Zhao Zhen was asleep the whole time, and even if he wasn't asleep, he closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

The weather is still very cold this month. In ancient times, the heating mainly relied on charcoal pots and stoves like Tang Pozi. The emperor's bedroom is relatively high-end, and the legendary earth dragon is used for heating!Zhao Zhen once naively thought that the two [Earth Dragons] were so domineering, they would be warm in winter!

Zhao Zhen imagined the ancient earth dragon as modern geothermal heat, but the cruel reality hit him head-on again. The so-called earth dragon is to dig fire tunnels underground in the palace. The word spread into the house.Zhao Zhen's bedroom is really too big, this bit of heat is just a drop in the bucket.

Fuquan knew that Zhao Zhen was afraid of the cold, so he wanted to put more charcoal basins in the house to keep warm.

Zhao Zhen hurriedly stopped him—is it the rhythm of burning charcoal to commit suicide by putting so many charcoal basins!

Because the room was not warm, Zhao Zhen felt cold when she fell asleep, turned over and wrapped herself in the quilt and rolled herself into a silkworm chrysalis.Zhao Zhen's quilt is made of good cotton, which is fragrant, warm and soft. Zhao Zhen soon fell asleep hot, and after falling asleep, she kicked the quilt unconsciously...

Cheng Ying, who was pushed out to the outermost gatekeeper, came down and wanted to cover Zhao Zhen with a quilt or something.

Four vigilant hidden guards quickly surrounded him, preventing him from approaching Zhao Zhen.

Chengying used to do this kind of thing a lot in the past, and sometimes Zhao Zhen would ask him to warm the bed when it was cold at night, or simply sleep together.After a long period of struggle, Chengying summed up three ways to make Zhao Zhen sleep honestly without punching sleep: one is not waking up with a hangover, the other is not sleeping well, and the third is to hug her tightly.

As the leader of the hidden guards, it was only natural for Chengying to do this kind of thing in the past. Although the dark guards felt sour in their hearts, Zhao Zhen trusted Chengying, and their subordinates had no position to speak out.This time Chengying committed a big taboo, Zhao Zhen neither killed him nor drove him away, and let all the hidden guards drink a lot of sour vinegar.The dark guards are not stupid, everyone is united against Chengying, and the leader of the dark guards has to drink a pot.

Zhao Zhen was sleeping, and no one wanted to wake him up. Cheng Ying confronted the four guards for a moment and turned around...

Just when everyone thought that Chengying had given up, Chengying suddenly made an attack. He stopped the two people closest to him like lightning, and then couldn't prevent him from throwing off the one farthest away from him. The remaining guard successfully stopped him. Unexpectedly, Chengying didn't take the move at all, and took a slap from the hidden guard, and fell to Zhao Zhen's bedside with the recoil... At this time, seven or eight hidden guards jumped down to intercept, but Chengying was too close to Zhao Zhen, and they didn't dare to act rashly .

Cheng Ying put his finger to his lips and made a silent movement.Then he opened the quilt and lay down calmly, stretched out his arms and hugged Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen habitually moved closer to the heat source, and fell asleep in a comfortable position without any vigilance...

(*/w＼*) As early as a long time ago, Zhan Zhao said helplessly—"This kid, I don't even know if I sell him."

Facts have proved that Yumao's prophecy is very forward-looking!

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In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Zhen, who woke up lying on Chengying, felt that his whole body was not well...

The dark guard who had been guarding the bed all night looked sad, and Cheng Ying, who had slept with Zhao Zhen in his arms all night, looked calm.Chengying got up from the bed to tidy up her clothes, patted Zhao Zhen's frizzy little head, stretched her waist and stretched her muscles, and jumped back to work...

The corners of Zhao Zhen's mouth twitched: The scumbag who left after a one-night stand has been echoing in his mind, what a mess!

Zhao Zhen knows very well that the reason why Chengying can be so arrogant is because the current dark guards have no leader, and no one can stand by his side to convince the crowd, and no one can lead the pack with integrity.In fact, the solution is very simple, just appoint a new comfort leader, but Zhao Zhen doesn't want to do this, he hopes that the dark guards can choose a leader who can convince the public through healthy competition.

Zhao Zhen sighed: "Give you a day off, and choose three candidates who can convince everyone."

The dark guards agreed in unison, only Chengying's post was filled with black air, and he felt uncomfortable.

The secret guard pushed open the door, and the maids who had been waiting outside the door filed in one after another. Fuquan helped Zhao Zhen put on the dragon robe.

Zhao Zhen noticed that Fuquan was not in good spirits, and his expression was a bit haggard. Zhao Zhen looked at the other maids and found that some of them also had a bad face.Zhao Zhen asked suspiciously, "Why are everyone so listless, what happened last night?"

Fuquan hesitated, "Last night, a dead body surfaced from the bottom of the lotus pond..."

"Puff, cough, cough..." Zhao Zhen, who was gargling with fragrant tea, choked, "What did you say?"

Fuquan sighed, "The guards patrolled the lotus pond last night and found a corpse floating under the ice. The guards did not dare to disturb the emperor's rest, so they reported to the subordinate. The subordinate ordered someone to salvage it, and found that it was a corpse a few days ago. The missing laundry maid..."

Zhao Zhen frowned, "How did he die, did he fall into the water or was it a deliberate murder?"

"I don't know about that, it's just..."

Zhao Zhen was puzzled, "Just what, why are you hesitating when you speak today?"

Fuquan looked at Zhao Zhen helplessly, "Your Majesty, the lotus pond was frozen a month ago, and it hasn't melted yet. Yesterday, my subordinate led people to shave the ice all night before they fished out the frozen body. How did the maid who disappeared for a few days get in after a month?"

Zhao Zhen immediately reflected: "It must be the wrong way for her to travel!"