The whole city knows we are locked

Hearing his servant's knock on the door, the young master said naturally: "Come in."

Shuangshou, who was standing outside the door, heard Mr. Shen come in with a tone similar to that of his own master, and calmed down before saying, "The hot water is ready." The change of clothes is also ready, and they are waiting for Mr. Shen to go bathed.

The little duke got up from the bed enduring the headache from the cold after drinking, and was about to walk towards the cubicle when he suddenly remembered something, turned around and looked at Shen Yu, mouthing but did not make a sound: "This is you body of……"

"What?" Shen Yu asked.

"I'm going to take a bath!" The young master said seriously.Mu!bath!understand?You have to take off your clothes, and then shower every inch of your skin with warm water, and show me what you should see or not!

Shen Yu twitched the corners of his mouth: "You and I are both men, so don't worry about it."

Yan Chuyin snorted: "It's not because you scholars have too many rules, of course I have to ask one more question." The accent of the whole sentence fell on the word "scholar", and there was a little bit of banter in his tone.

It seems that in the past dynasties, the relationship between civil servants and generals was not very good.Of course, if the relationship between civil servants and generals is too good, then the emperor should be in a hurry.Emperors love to play with checks and balances.

Yan Chuyin's mother is the eldest princess, and her father is Ping Guogong.From the father's point of view, their family belonged to the Wu Xun school, so naturally they looked down upon the civil servants.

When the dynasty was founded, Emperor Tai/Zu named four princes and eight marquises in the uprising army under his command according to the degree of merit. The first Ping Guogong was the most useful general around Emperor Tai/Zu, and won the trust of Tai/Zu.More than eighty years have passed in a blink of an eye, and today is the fourth emperor of this dynasty and the great-grandson of Emperor Tai/Zu.The four lords and eight lords who were constantly honored and favored in the past have gone to one lord and two lords because of some things, and the remaining three lords and six lords have returned.Among them, the Shunguo Duke's Mansion is the only one that still holds military power. Several Shunguo Dukes have been stationed in the northwest as emperors and guarding the frontier for the people of the world.Dingguo's mansion handed over the military power decades ago, and few of the descendants are successful.The Duke of Pingguo's mansion also handed over the military power two generations earlier, but he did not lose the emperor's heart. The current Duke of Pingguo not only succeeded the eldest princess, but also served as Minister of the Ministry of War in the court.

Duke Ping often confronted civil servants in the court over some government affairs. As his son, Yan Chuyin directly inherited the position of his father.

Fortunately, Shen Yu didn't make a gesture of coddling, and didn't tell Yan Chuyin to continue to expand her prejudice against scholars.

Yan Chuyin went to take a bath in peace.Shuangshou led him to the cubicle, where two waiters were waiting by the tub.Shuangshou was about to turn around and leave, when Yan Chuyin told him very naturally, "Leave my hair loose."

Shuangshou: "..."

I'm the young master's personal servant, not yours!Mr. Cao and my Lord Hou have known each other for many years, and they would not order me around like this for granted. You are a latecomer...do you too learned scholars understand the rules?

Shuangshou smiled and told the two servants who were standing there: "Help Mr. Shen loosen his hair quickly." Then he turned to Yan Chuyin and said, "I'm going back to serve Lord Hou. His clothes are wet and dirty and need to be changed. Dry."

Why is the clothes of "Little Lord" wet and dirty?Because Yan Chuyin hugged Shen Yu with wet clothes!Shuangshou's words are nothing at first glance. If "Shen Yu" is the real Shen Yu, I should feel a little guilty after hearing these words.

Shuangshou "mentioned" her real master, and turned around to find Shen Yu.

Shen Yu didn't need him to wait on him, so he quickly changed his clothes.Prime Minister Shen was living a frugal life. Originally, there were only three servants in the family, which happened to be a family of three. The uncle helped watch the door, the aunt was in charge of cooking and cleaning, and their son was busy working around with Prime Minister Shen.Later, Shen Yu was raised, and when Shen Yu became enlightened, Prime Minister Shen arranged for him another book boy.Shen Yu only asked the book boy to serve the pen and ink, and he had always done things like dressing himself.

Seeing Shuangshou's return, Shen Yu ordered in the posture of a young master: "Send someone to Hanhui Courtyard to find a scholar named Wu Ming, and say... that Prince Cao left Young Master Shen to live in Siyi Courtyard. Get off, tell them to leave tomorrow without waiting for Mr. Shen to accompany you." Wu Ming is one of Shen Yu's friends and a student of Taixue.

"Stay?" Shuangshou couldn't help but see the image of "Shen Yu" hugging "Little Lord".

A smart boy has to learn to take advantage of the loopholes in the young master's words. Since the young master didn't say that he wanted to live with Mr. Shen, he arranged for someone to clean up a room for Mr. Shen in the small courtyard next door. The two cannot live together.When the young master wanted to ask about it afterwards, he said it was to show his respect for Mr. Shen!

Shuangshou smiled and said, "Young one, I'll arrange for someone to pass on the message, and then ask someone to clean up Mr. Shen's house."

As the sun was setting, the poetry meeting in Hanhui Courtyard had already disbanded, but because the garden was located in the outskirts of Beijing, it was quite a distance away from the city, and it happened that there was a place to stay in the garden, so everyone did not leave in a hurry, but the servants Guided to the arranged house, rested overnight, and prepared to take a carriage to the city the next morning.

Wu Ming wrote a good handwriting, and he was pointed out at the beginning of the poetry meeting, and asked him to copy the good words and sentences in the poetry meeting.This is a very revealing job, Wu Ming naturally did not refuse.When the other scholars dispersed in twos and threes, Wu Ming checked the transcript from beginning to end, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong or missing, he handed the manuscript to the organizer of the poetry meeting.After that, the organizer will arrange for people to recite the good poems and lines.

We all know that Shen Yu and Wu Ming are close, so their rooms are naturally arranged together.

When Wu Ming returned to the residence, another friend of Shen Yu's, Shi Yue, came up to meet him, and said anxiously: "I don't know where Yan Sheng has gone. I've searched everywhere, but I can't find him." Sheng is Shen Yu's character.

Wu Ming was stunned for a moment: "Didn't Yansheng sit with you?"

"It was in one place at first, but later he said he was dizzy, maybe he drank a few more glasses and left the banquet to drink." Shi Yue explained that he had never left the banquet at that time, and only knew that Shen Yushi would be lured by the servants in the garden halfway. went elsewhere.

These servants are employed in East Lingering Garden, and whoever rents the garden, they will serve him during the lease period.

Wu Ming became more and more puzzled: "Yansheng has always been measured, and he doesn't like what's in the glass. Even if there are a lot of people looking for a toast to him today, he can't push it away. It's just a few more glasses of fruit wine. How can you drink too much? gone?"

"But he is indeed missing, and he can't be found anywhere." Shi Yue said.

"Such a big man can't be lost... Maybe someone stopped him from exploring knowledge." Wu Ming was still not in a hurry.East Lingering Garden is the property of Dingguo Gongfu's family. Although this duke's mansion has gradually declined, there is only a signboard of Guogong's mansion.

Shi Yue opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.But seeing Wu Ming's indifferent expression, he swallowed the words in his mouth again, and changed his words: "You are right, if I am impatient, I am confused. East Lingering Garden has always been safe."

The two were talking, when the messenger boy arranged by Shuangshou arrived.

After asking who Wu Ming was, the young servant bowed his hands at him: "Our son wanted to discuss knowledge with Mr. Shen, so we left Mr. Shen to live in Siyiyuan. Tomorrow, our son will go back with Mr. Shen city."

The prince mentioned by the servant and Fatty Cao mentioned by Yan Chuyin are the same person.

Fatty Cao is the eldest son of Ding Guogong, and the East Lingering Garden belongs to their family.Although Dingguo's mansion is so poor that it has to rely on renting the ancestral property to live, but after all, there is still a mansion of the state. If anyone looks down on him, their family can go directly to the emperor and cry, but the emperor is extremely tolerant of them. ——A Duke's Mansion with no military power, no collusion, and no ambitions, is still handed down from the founding of the country, what a mascot!As long as he treats Dingguo's mansion well, the emperor can directly raise his good reputation of "respecting veterans and caring for his subordinates" to the full level.

So Fatty Cao is also a "bully" in Beijing. Most people can't provoke him, and those who provoke him are afraid of their family's ancestral thick-skinned.However, Yan Chuyin was very close to him, so Fatty Cao showed his face in front of the emperor, and he sealed his status as the prince early.Many people scolded these two behind their backs, what a mess!

Shi Yue immediately sneered, and said with a sneer: "Discuss knowledge? Please tell me, Shi Yue is a student of the Imperial Academy, and he also wants to discuss knowledge with Cao Shizi." Who knows that the Cao family is most ignorant!

Wu Ming secretly pulled Shi Yue's sleeve.After all, he is the son of the world, don't speak so harshly.Wu Ming is not afraid that the son of Cao will be unfavorable to Shen Yu. If Shen Yu's family background is ordinary, he may be bullied, but Shen Yu's grandfather is the current prime minister, and Dingguo's mansion is best at adapting to the wind, so he absolutely dare not Confront the powerful ministers.

Maybe Cao Shizi really wanted to keep Shen Yu, but they didn't know what was going on here.

Shi Yue pressed Wu Ming's hand, and said in a low voice, "We have never had any friendship with Duke Dingguo. Don't you think it's strange that Mr. Cao left Yan Sheng behind? East Lingering Garden is Mr. Cao's territory. We can't expect stupid people to have brains. If I don't see Yan Sheng with my own eyes, I don't feel relieved." The implication is that he still suspects that Shen Yu was bullied by Cao Shizi.What if?In case Cao Shizi drank too much wine, he might take advantage of the wine and do some stupid things.

After being told by Shi Yue, Wu Ming also felt a little worried.

Seeing that Wu Ming was wavering, Shi Yue said again: "We don't directly confront Cao Shizi. In this way, we will call more than a dozen or twenty people, and everyone will go to Cao Shizi in the name of exploring knowledge. If you want to come, the prince will always give it to everyone." Save some face." The status of scholars is not low.No matter how arrogant Cao Shizi is, can he still face so many scholars?

In the end, it was the worry about Shen Yu that got the upper hand, Wu Ming immediately said, "I'm going to call someone now."

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In the cubicle of Siyiyuan, Yan Chuyin was sitting in the tub, depressed like a mushroom.

Lost!

I lost!

Isn't Shen a frail scholar? Why is his bastard bigger than me? !