Chapter 26: Walking with the Son of Heaven
Seeing that the group was far away, Ji Youtang had no choice but to shake his body and immediately chased after him, this ghost place really can't be left behind, it's better to eat and drink with the saint today than to be served here by the two zombie brothers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
As the sky gradually flooded with a piece of fish belly white, the intricate paths in the woods gradually became clearer, and the tour guide Zhu Houxun led a large group of people and horses to successfully find a way out.
Luckily, after this encounter, my life was saved again.
Don't you really say it, this little emperor is theoretically a very reliable person, and he can be regarded as leaving this barren land by him for such a while, Ji Youtang and the four people were completely blind under the circumstances, and they had no ability at all, if it weren't for Zhu Houxun, maybe even if the sun shines three poles, they may not be able to walk out of this forest.
It should be said that modern people have mastered more flashy modern skills with the changes and progress of the times, but they have discarded the practical life skills that have been passed down from generation to generation by their ancestors.
Zhu Houxun's method seems to be very playful and unreliable in the eyes of Ji Youtang and his party, and at the beginning of looking for an outlet for Zhu Houxun's way, everyone just thought that this guy was playing high, but he didn't expect it to really work.
At first, Zhu Houxun kept calling on everyone to find the stump and check the annual rings on the stump, but Zhu, the trees in this big forest are easy to find, but in this era, it is not popular to build large-scale construction, and the trees are still in the original ecology, where to find the roots to see the annual rings! Later, he found that the search for growth rings was fruitless, so he kept looking up at the leaves of the trees, and at the same time pinched his chin with his hand, pretending to stroke his goatee.
And that's not all.
Zhu Houxun kept squatting down to find something, Xue Ming only thought that this long-lived master had dropped his jade pendant, and searched on the ground, thinking that this buddy was also quite picky, brother, you are all emperors, the whole world is not the king's land, the mountains and rivers of the great Zhu Ming Dynasty are all yours alone, what do you care about the jade pendant!?
But Zhu Houxun's actions in the back made Xue Ming and Ji Youtang even more headaches, and for a long time, the emperor was actually looking for an ant nest, looking for one after another, and his interest was really not reduced, and the more he searched, the more he became more and more energetic.
What's the fun here? If you put it in modern times, Xue Ming would have been bombarded with a mouth, but in the current situation you are in, you are a saint today, you can't complain about his unreliable behavior, right? After all, for these ancient people, it is the so-called bullying of the king! One careless is: Someone! Drag this man down, drag him down!
After this long toss, accompanied Zhu Houxun to find and really found the exit.
Ji Youtang, who was holding back his stomach and complaining, finally felt that his stomach was full of resentment, and he was completely relieved at once.
"Eh, Zhu Gong...... Ahem, Your Majesty, you ...... How did you find the exit? ”
Zhu Houxun saw that Ji Youtang kept changing his name to himself, and he looked very displeased.
"Brother Ji, I ask you, in your place, remove my identity, according to a person like me, what would you call me?"
This question is very sharp, according to Ji Youtang's mediocre character, he was really just silent there, and did not answer the question of the young emperor, because this question is not answered, so Ji Youtang chose to shut up.
But Xue Ming didn't think so, since it was the emperor who asked, then you can answer truthfully, you see that this Zhu Gongzi is obviously playing quite well with his group, and he is very easy to communicate, why don't you take the opportunity to have a good relationship. Do you think, this can be called a brother and sister to the emperor, can't this be blown for a lifetime? Think about the scenes played on TV, those who have a good relationship with the emperor, which one is not one person under ten thousand people? It's cool to think that this is not good!
Xue Ming's eyes rolled, and he immediately interjected.
"Your Majesty, if you were with us, at your age, we would call you Xiao Zhu!"
As soon as the words fell, I saw Hua Ting turn around and hit Xue Ming's shoulder with a sword hilt.
"You are presumptuous!"
Xue Ming was hit by Hua Ting's blow, and his shoulders hurt so badly that the corners of his eyes immediately burst into tears, and he kept rubbing his shoulders with his hands, thinking, this Nima, buddy, you asked me yourself! I'll answer you! Why aren't you happy to pay it back?!
Ji Youtang saw Hua Ting's reaction and immediately realized that Xue Ming was probably saying the wrong thing, according to our era, it is true that Xiao Zhu should be called, but for the ancient people who have not yet been civilized, this Xiao Zhu can only be associated with the little pig, you call him a pig in front of the emperor, this Hua Ting did not draw a sword and cut your throat, it is already lucky! Immediately trotted to Zhu Houxun's side, intending to explain it to the emperor, hoping to live a few more years around Xue Ming's dog's life.
And Zhu Houxun also knew what Ji Youtang's intention was to come over, so he immediately waved his hand and shook his head at Ji Youtang.
"Well, Flower Guard, what are you doing, they are all my friends, how can they be so rude."
Hearing Zhu Houxun say this, Ji Youtang finally breathed a sigh of relief, Hua Ting also nodded lightly, and immediately saluted Xue Ming with both hands in fists behind him to apologize.
Xue Ming is also too lazy to pay attention to the pair of 'living fossils' in front of him, what is this called!
"Actually, I was born in the deep palace since I was a child, everyone is respectful to me, and I have always listened to good words in my ears, this Shengming, that long live, there is no confidant friend, and the only confidant is Hua Ting, but Hua Ting, an old piece of wood, is sometimes as 'pedantic' as some ministers in the court, I sometimes really feel that I am alone, and I am really happy to see you and me talking in ordinary words."
Listening to Zhu Houxun's self-talk, Ji Youtang was just silent, he didn't expect the emperor in front of him to say such a thing to himself, frankly speaking, if it weren't for the fact that he was just born in modern life, he was not clear about some trivial rules of this dynasty era, if he was really familiar with the ancient system, I am afraid that according to his own urine nature, I am afraid that he will be like the ministers in Zhu Houxun's mouth, tend to echo, say all the good things, and pat Zhu Houxun's sycophants just to get promoted to an official and make a fortune.
After all, in the era in which I lived, I was such a person, and I would also pat the boss's sycophants and flatter, but my social identity was different, but in fact, fundamentally speaking, it was the same.
Just as Ji Youtang was still thinking about it, a familiar voice came from behind his ears, and after careful identification, it was Nayila's voice.
"Since you think so, Your Majesty, why don't you treat us as your friends? We will not deliberately flatter you because you are the emperor, only when you are our little brother. If you will. ”
After saying that, Zhu Houxun suddenly stopped.
"Is that true? Are you really not afraid of me? ”
Xue Ming, the old man, don't look at the usual big grin, he is quite grudge at a critical time, just because of the moment just now, Xue Ming didn't want to pay much attention to Zhu Houxun, just turned his head to the side, pretending that he didn't hear, and after Ding Ling listened to Nayila's words, not only because of Zhu Houxun's words just now, it shocked her heart, but also felt that the emperor in the deep palace was not comfortable, and suddenly the maternal love of women was overflowing in an instant.
"Yes, you treat us as sisters! Why should we be afraid of the emperor, anyway, we are not people of this era, we have to go back sooner or later! ”
Zhu Houxun heard the two girls in front of him say such words, and suddenly his heart bloomed, as if he had suddenly come to the paradise of spring flowers, although he also had the royal sister and the royal sister, and the care of the queen mother, but all this care and love for Zhu Houxun was not at all comparable to the straightforward lethality of Nayila and Ding Ling, only equality, no shackles of etiquette, no sage's "poems", "books", "rites", "music", "Yi", "Spring and Autumn", and there were no various theories of benevolence and etiquette, It's just because I'm Zhu Houxun, just because I'm the youngest brother in the group, not the emperor who is high.
I am afraid that for the kings of the dynastic era, having a close friend is much more precious than a city of rivers and mountains.
For a while, Zhu Houxun, Nayila and Ding Ling looked at each other, with mixed feelings, Nayila and Ding Ling seemed to be moved by the five bodies of their own rhetoric just now, and they were all moved to the ground, and Zhu Houxun needless to say, even if Nayila and Ding Ling asked him to give up his emperor's dragon chair and return to modern times with himself, I am afraid that Zhu Houxun will not hesitate.
These three people were moved, but there were three messy men in the wind watching on the other side, Ji Youtang and Xue Ming didn't talk about it, the two big men haven't come back yet, how long have they known each other, how can they be the same as their brothers and sisters who have been separated for many years and finally recognized each other, it's really unbearable. But the people who can't bear it are in the helpless Hua Ting, the way of the group in front of me hasn't been figured out yet, the emperor he protects, there are two more sisters for some reason, isn't this sister a princess? Then didn't the two men in front of him naturally become the master of the horse? This time the level is higher than himself, how to fix this, Hua Ting's thoughts are about to explode by this intricate relationship, seeing that this Hua Ting's is still standing still, without a trace of expression on his face, but there is a lot of inner drama, it can be called a stormy inner activity.
Zhu Houxun, who finally had two more sisters and two 'brothers-in-law', was excited, and immediately took out a childlike tone, and suddenly became full of emotion, and said.
"Actually, I wasn't playing just now, I learned it from the eunuchs in the palace who heard the story."
It turned out that Zhu Houxun was looking for a wooden stake and an ant den just now, not for nothing, to entertain himself there, but to always let a few little eunuchs around him tell him some folk stories, and the legendary deeds of the ancestors who sailed to the West, from which he learned a lot of earthworks to identify the direction.
If you get lost in the wild, you can go to the rings on the stump and identify the direction according to its rings, because the rings are always wide in the south and narrow in the north, so that you can identify the north and south, but this stump is indeed not said to exist, in the case of not finding the stump, you can look at a separate tree, because the branches and foliage on the south side of the tree are lush and the north side is sparse.
In addition, the emperor who is usually in the deep palace, Zhu Houxun can't go out of the palace to play casually, there is no other entertainment except for governing and reading on weekdays, it is nothing more than playing with crickets, occasionally I can't read books and can't be idle, so I go to the imperial garden to observe birds, fish and ants, it's really boring.
But this boredom is not boring in vain, at least Zhu Houxun has mastered the skills of being able to identify the direction according to the ant's burrow while being bored, because after continuous practice and investigation, Zhu Houxun is very sure that most of the ant's cave entrances are facing south.
However, it is not always accurate to find the direction by relying on the ant's hole opening, so it is foolproof to distinguish by observing two different factors, the leaf and the ant hole, as long as the result of the reaction of the two factors is the same.
Zhu Houxun also used this method for the first time, after all, there are not many opportunities to leave the palace, and the odds of encountering this bullshit when leaving the palace are as small as astronomical, it is really a coincidence, Zhu Houxun did not lose money when he left the palace this time, and he also earned it. To be reasonable, this kind of thing is unavoidable, do you want to see a live zombie? It's not something you can see if you want to see it, and of course, it's not something that everyone wants to see.
But this happens to happen to happen, it is easy to have a chemical reaction, Zhu Houxun's method really led everyone out of the woods, Zhu Houxun not only satisfied his sense of vanity, but also made Nayila and Ding Ling admire themselves after listening to the explanation, and their mood was even more excited.
In order to fight the old zombie before, Ji Youtang and his party had stayed up all night, and their bodies were completely tense just now, and they didn't have time to feel it, but now they are out of danger, and a wave of sleepiness immediately swept over, and their eyelids were heavy, so they just wanted to find an inn and sleep well to come back to their senses.
But what's terrible is that the emperor in front of him doesn't seem to be sleepy, the sky is bright! also kept shouting that 'sister and brother-in-law' should go to the tavern to drink a pot of stories and tell stories, Ji Youtang and Xue Ming really had a headache, saying that they were talking about the emperor, but they were really a bear child.
First of all, it is unrealistic to resist the will, and secondly, don't look at Xue Ming as rough-spoken, in fact, there is no difference between a mediocre person like Ji Youtang in his heart, the standard 'strict wife control', such as fake exchange, this Zhu Houxun is tired or not sleepy, he really doesn't care about what he does, but his daughter-in-law also echoed Zhu Houxun's proposal with great interest, then this is no problem, you can only 'stick a matchstick into your eyelids', go hard.
As the group of people got farther and farther away from the woods, they gradually walked towards the center of the island, and the number of people coming and going along the way gradually increased, but everyone looked the same, obviously the old zombie just now, the people on the island still didn't know anything about it.
Right now, what Ji Youtang and Xue Ming want to do most is to lie down and sleep beautifully, and then pray, it's best that the old zombie disappears for no reason! Don't show up again! But this is unrealistic, and the old zombie is bound to come back after the sun goes down. But in any case, Ji Youtang and Zhu Houxun have different plans and ideas at this moment, but the only thing that can be agreed on is that the old zombie must be completely solved.
Of course, whether to sleep and then do it, or drink a pot and chat for a day before making a plan, in fact, the difference is about the same, after all, the final result is the same way.
Okay, let's get down to business.
The bear child Zhu Houxun is still very reliable in some aspects, because he didn't spend much effort to inquire about a more famous inn on the island, saying that it is more famous, but in fact, this insect song island itself is such an inn, so the neighbors are still relatively familiar, Zhu Houxun and his party inquired, and the islanders on the island immediately reacted to this Yuelai Inn. I didn't bother much energy to inquire about the specific location, but I only asked two people, and I described the geographical location of this Yuelai Inn in great detail and exactly.
Why? This is the only one on the island.
A group of people finally hurried to this Yuelai Inn, a four-storey wooden building, because the day is not yet fully bright, the hour is still early, the huge double gate of the inn is only slightly hidden, the door is hung high on a big plaque, bronzing four big characters read, Yuelai Inn. The pen is very sharp, although Ji Youtang can't understand these techniques and attainments on Danqing, but this kind of handwriting is also very good-looking for a layman like him, much better than those at his doorstep, selling fake antiques and fake calligraphy and paintings.
While Ji Youtang was still admiring the big plaque, Nayila on the side was also looking up at the plaque.
Ji Youtang smiled softly and said.
"The person with this inscription is really powerful, this character is really beautiful, I don't know which famous person it is."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly raised her hand and pointed to the lower right of the plaque.
"Well, isn't it written on this plaque, Yan ...... Sweet-smelling...... Lin, it seems to have been written by a teacher named Yan Yulin. ”
Nayila squinted and looked carefully at the inscription in the lower right corner of the plaque, and slowly read out the name of the inscription.
Yan Yulin?
It's a familiar name, and it feels like it's in my head, but I can't remember who it is.
Suddenly, Nayila suddenly grabbed Ji Youtang's arm tightly with both hands and said.
"Yan Yulin! Isn't it the person that the lame Yan Gongzi said just now! ”
After that, Ji Youtang suddenly opened his mouth, and suddenly made a high-five movement, which startled the other four people with a snap.
"Haha, it's really hard to find a place to step through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it! It seems that Yan Yulin with this inscription is probably the legendary Yan Xiucai! That's it! Let's get inside! ”
This unexpected surprise made Ji Youtang suddenly lose the sleepiness just now, and when he saw the three words Yan Yulin, he suddenly felt that his group's expedition back to the Zhu Ming Dynasty was finally on the right track! Seeing Ji Youtang's reaction, Xue Ming was suddenly boosted by morale, after all, things are going well, if this matter can be handled perfectly, not only will it save the life of Mrs. He Su Yin, but also remove a harm for the people, not only satisfy his sense of achievement, but also realize his heroic dream.
On the contrary, Zhu Houxun couldn't understand why these two big men were shocked, one minute they were still rushing lifelessly, and the next minute they were like being beaten with chicken blood, they were really strange two people.
Before Zhu Houxun could come up with a reason, Ji Youtang and Xue Ming entered the door of the inn in one go.
"Waiter! Waiter! ”
Xue Ming kept banging on the counter at the counter similar to a modern hotel, and kept shouting.
I saw Ji Youtang slap his palm on Xue Ming's brain.
"Serve your size, waiter! Where did the waiter come from at this time! It's called Little Er! ”
After listening to Ji Youtang's words, Xue Ming suddenly reacted, stroked the back of his head that was slapped by Ji Youtang just now, and immediately changed his words, and kept calling the shopkeeper.
After screaming for a while, a young man dressed as a shopkeeper in a standard TV series walked out of the small door behind the counter rubbing his sleepy eyes.
"What are you yelling about! Early in the morning! ”
Ji Youtang saw that someone was entertaining him, so he hurriedly stepped up and said.
"Little two, little two, do you still have a room in your store? In the next line people have to be sharpened! ”
Just as Ji Youtang and his entourage were waiting for the shopkeeper to be like in the TV series, he immediately bowed his waist, threw the rag in his hand on his shoulder, and then said loudly: Come and visit! Here's how!
But often the ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny.
I saw the shopkeeper frowning.
"No, no! Let's go! I still have to sleep, sir! ”
I'll go!
It's embarrassing, don't give face at all?
Xue Ming was immediately unhappy, and immediately retorted loudly.
"Why is there no room here, I looked up, aren't there many rooms on the second and third floors with open doors! Apparently there are a lot of empty houses that no one lives in! Dude, what do you mean! I complain about your service attitude, believe it or not! The customer is God, do you understand? Call your managers out! ”
Ouch Nyima, how can this Xue Ming clean up the mess at this time! You can't say something that fits the point! This conversation, can the shopkeeper understand!
Fortunately, the fortunate thing in the misfortune is that the shopkeeper didn't care what Xue Ming said, and he didn't pay attention to Xue Ming's attitude, but instead narrowed his sleepy eyes into a slit, squinting at Xue Ming and Ji Youtang, his eyes were full of contempt.
"Yes, there is a room! 2. Can't you live in a room for two pieces of silver? If you can't afford it, let the master go! ”
yes, it's really an unscrupulous businessman.
was yelled at by this arrogant shopkeeper, Xue Ming and Ji Youtang did not immediately refute the shopkeeper.
Why?
Because of poverty.
After all, there is an inn on this island, which is definitely a monopoly service, you can't live it, no one stops you, and the boss can choose not to let you live, and he doesn't reason with you at all, after all, the inn is a family that I enjoy, I just don't reason with you, what's wrong? What's even more helpless is that not to mention 2 taels of silver, give Ji Youtang a 50% discount, he can't afford 1 tael of silver, not to mention that this little two can make things difficult for the two of them. It was really urgent for the people to die, and suddenly the two of them were in trouble.
However, for Ji Youtang and Xue Ming, it seems that they are indeed going to be bullied by this unscrupulous boss and the arrogant shopkeeper. But don't forget, there are also 'players' of this special profession in this small 'tour group'.
Zhu Houxun is not a vegetarian.
How unreasonable!
I saw that Zhu Houxun immediately rushed out from behind, pushed Ji Youtang and Xue Ming away in front of him, took out a silver ingot the size of an egg from his arms, and knocked it heavily on the counter in front of the shopkeeper.
There was a loud snap.
"The rest of the houses that no one lives in, I have all of them, Young Master Ben!"
As soon as the words fell.
The shopkeeper looked straight at the big silver ingot on the counter with two eyes, and both eyes seemed to reveal green light.
Seeing the shopkeeper, the second was stunned for a while.
The plot in the TV series really played out.
instantly changed his face, bowed his waist, threw the rag on the counter to his shoulder, and said to Ji Youtang and his party with a smile: "Come on, come on!" Ouch! It's really, the guest officer here, please come here, please! ”
I'll go, rich can really make ghosts grind!
Xue Ming suddenly thought to himself, there is a person like Zhu Houxun in the team, and it is really much easier to get things done, Lao Ji has a good abacus! Pull the emperor into the team, what else can't be done!