Lin Ze lowered his eyes, and after a while, he reached out and took the jade porcelain bottle, opened the cork, tilted the bottle, and poured out a jade pill. The appearance of this pill is very ordinary, tan, and the medicinal fragrance is slightly bitter. Lin Ze glanced at it, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it with the tea.

Zhou Ying had speculated in her heart in advance about Lin Ze's thousands of reactions, but Lin Ze's simplicity was still beyond Zhou Ying's expectations.

As soon as he looked up and saw Zhou Ying's eyes surprised, Lin Ze couldn't help but smile, but he didn't break it, only said: "Let the princess smile." I'm a curious person, and when I saw such a miracle medicine, I couldn't help but try it. With that, Lin Ze plugged the wooden cork and handed the jade porcelain bottle to Zhou Ying, but he didn't say a word about the second jade pill.

Zhou Ying glanced at Lin Ze's expression, played with the jade porcelain bottle, and put it back in the brocade box, "It's just a pill, what's there to be curious about, but it's not a coincidence today, when I'm free in a few days, I will definitely have someone send it for Lin Gongzi to play with and study." ”

"Then I'll thank the princess first." Lin Ze took the initiative to say again, "I don't know what bothers the princess, I am willing to share my worries for the princess." ”

Zhou Ying said: "Do you know about the Western Turks coming to the capital in the past few days? ”

Lin Ze nodded, "I've heard of it." Lin Ze thought about it for a while, and felt strange again, "The matter of accepting the New Year is already a common practice, how much iron and how much grain should be paid every year, all of these have rules, why does this matter bother the princess?" ”

Zhou Ying said: "That's the case......"

In the afternoon of the same day, the brother-in-law of the second prince was a prostitute during the day, and he was jealous with a little grandfather, and broke his head. Only a day later, the imperial history heard the wind and rushed to admonish. In order to settle the matter, the second prince was so busy that he naturally couldn't accompany Ashina Jimang.

Ashina Ji Mang didn't have the flattery of the second prince to play with, and even the Qinglou was boring, and he suddenly heard the guard report that there was a scholar outside the door who asked to see him.

The scholar was very generous, and only gave a gold ingot to the two guards at the door to buy the road. The scholar presented a box of jewels, saying that he had long admired the heroes and heroes of Lord Ashina, and today he mustered up the courage to ask to see him, and hoped that Lord Ashina could fulfill his long-cherished wish.

Although Ashina Ji Mang was extremely greedy for money, he was not so stingy as to ask the guards for money to buy roads. Ashina Ji Mang took the box, opened the lid casually, and saw that the jewels overflowed from the box, and he was immediately dazzled.

In the past few days, Ashina Ji has recklessly reaped a lot of benefits, but such a large amount of money, just to see it, is still a minority. Ashina Ji grabbed a handful of gold and silver jewelry, smiled unconsciously, and said in a pinched tone: "Since he is so sincere, then I will reluctantly see him." ”

As soon as Lin Ze entered the door, he took a deep look at Ashina Ji Mang, although it was flattery, but he was neither humble nor arrogant, "Xiaosheng Lin Ze, I have heard the name of Ashina for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserves its name, and the adult is really a big hero and a hero, worthy of the name of the grassland eagle." ”

Although Lin Ze's weak little white face is very unpopular with Ashina Jimang's eyes, but without the company and flattery of the second prince, Ashina Jimang is a lonely time, Lin Ze appeared at this time, such a just right time to welcome the horse, and Ashina Jimang was comfortable.

The two are so flattering and the other are popular, they hit it off.

The two chatted in the alley, and if Lin Zezhuang inadvertently mentioned the matter of harmony, Ashina Ji was not guarded, and said triumphantly: "You are well-informed, the kiss I only mentioned yesterday is the princess Ruyang who is both talented and beautiful, and is the most favored by your emperor." ”

Lin Ze stumbled and sighed: "My lord, you have been deceived." ”

Ashina Ji was unhappy and shouted loudly: "Who said I was deceived! I inquired clearly, this princess of Ruyang is ranked seventh, she opened her house early, has her own people, and is still a plow, a salt, and very rich, if this is not favored, then how can it be counted? ”

Lin Ze sighed: "My lord, the customs and customs of our Dachen are different from those of your land, or rather, it is the opposite. ”

If it weren't for the face of the box of jewels, Lin Ze would have been kicked out a long time ago, Ashina Ji said unhappily: "How do you say this?" ”

"Let's talk about the opening of the government first." Lin Ze closed the fan and said in detail, "On the grassland, the sooner the children divide their tents and go to the battlefield, the more skilled the soldiers and horses are, and the more favored and valued by their father Khan, but this is not the case in the Central Plains. The daughter's family in the Central Plains pays attention to chastity, quietness and virtuousness, the more she is a daughter of a high-powered family, the more she pays attention to the training of young women, the door does not go out, the second door does not step, and she has always been raised in the deep boudoir. And the royal family is the most exquisite place, so when this princess Ruyang was kicked out of the palace and opened the palace on her own, it was clear that she was not treated by the emperor at a glance. ”

"As for the latter mentioned by the adults, Princess Ruyang can make a plow and dry salt, which is quite profitable......," Lin Ze sighed with pity, "Even if it is a small commoner, anyone who can make a living will not be willing to let her daughter show up to make money." Princess Ruyang is a princess of a country, but she can only make money in person, not because her mother died early, no one blows the wind in front of the emperor, and she has no money in her hands, so she surrenders her identity and operates this cheap business. ”

When Ashina Jimang heard this, he seemed to be reasoning.

The aristocratic women of the Central Plains have always been golden, thirty or forty years old, and their hands and faces are like tender tofu, and they are whiter and more delicate than the young girls of seventeen or eighteen on the grassland, which is not unseen. Moreover, the people of the Central Plains have a lot of inexplicable rules, and it is not impossible to make money by themselves, but it is better to reach out to others and ask for it, and it is not impossible to be decent.

Ashina Ji Mang was suspicious, but he was also afraid that Lin Ze would deceive him, so he said suspiciously: "The person who told me this is quite credible." ”

Lin Ze was calm.

What he said just now is nine points true and one point false.

The facts are true - Zhou Ying's biological mother died early, opened the house early, and built a plow to dry salt. The truth is also true - the Central Plains women are harshly reprimanded by etiquette, and the more noble their status, the more they are raised in the boudoir. Only the conclusion is false - Zhou Ying is not favored by the emperor and has a low status.

Even if the second prince came to confront him, Lin Ze still had the winning ticket in his hands.

Unless the second prince can call the emperor to testify, otherwise, under the same facts, Lin Ze has Da Chen's customs and favors as evidence, which is far more convincing than the second prince only saying that Zhou Ying will please people, so he is deeply favored by the emperor.

Therefore, Lin Ze frowned and said: "This is bullying adults who don't know the roots, so they are so untrustworthy." When will this so-called credible person arrive, I have to ask him face to face, the adults trust him so much, but he is untrustworthy, how can he be worthy of the adults Akagi to treat each other? ”

Hearing that Lin Ze was going to confront him face to face, Ashina Ji recklessly relented, and muttered, "Forget it, maybe he made a mistake." ”

Lin Ze was extremely gentlemanly, and he neither asked who built it, nor did he say anything bad about the person, but instead said casually: "Sisters of ordinary families, there are not a few who make trouble fighting for their husbands. Now the object of his marriage is the dignified Khan, and as soon as he marries the past, he is the Yan clan on the grassland and the mother of thousands of subjects. You say, can this kind of first-class husband candidate not make people break their heads? ”

Ashina Ji Mang heard this, and his anger was a little smoother, "Of course, who in the grassland doesn't want to look forward to marrying the Khan?" ”

Lin Ze nodded and agreed, and asked again: "It's been two days since the lord proposed marriage, and you haven't received a reply from the imperial court, right?" ”

Ashina Ji Mangyuan didn't care about it, but after Lin Ze mentioned it, he reacted and said with disgust: "Yes, this is just a big deal, it can't be settled now, and your court of Dachen is really grinding." ”

Lin Ze shook his head, "No, no." It's not that the adults in the court want to rub it off, but as soon as the princesses of the harem heard that they had the opportunity to marry the Western Turk Khan, they were red-eyed and fought one by one, and the emperor was so noisy that he couldn't settle down. ”

When Ashina Ji Mang heard this, he immediately laughed, he didn't expect the princesses who were high up in Da Chen to be so bold and unreserved when they grabbed men, squeezing their eyebrows at Lin Ze, and wanted to ask Lin Ze to reveal some private information, "How can this princess rob a man?" ”

Lin Ze smiled and said: "I'm a civilian, how do I know how the princesses behave in the palace, but outside the palace, it is obviously Princess Ruyang who has taken the lead." Lin Ze rubbed his thumb with the kind of knowing smile that you know, "Princess Ruyang, who was originally the most difficult in marriage, how did she expect the opportunity this time, and she was selected in the bird's screen, and flew on the sycamore branch in one fell swoop to become a golden phoenix...... Among them, the inside story must be the clearest. ”

Ashina Ji Mang couldn't hear what Lin Ze meant, and blurted out: "I can confiscate a share of Princess Ruyang's benefits!" ”

Lin Ze's eyes widened in disbelief, "No, just with the reputation of Princess Ruyang, the dowry ......" Lin Ze shook his head and sighed, his tone was full of condescending sympathy and pity, "If no one intercedes for her, how can she be in the eyes of adults." ”

Seeing Ashinaji's reckless face ache under the influence of money, Lin Ze took advantage of the situation and added a fire and said: "This princess Ruyang is a woman in the end, she is shallow, she is so kind and easy-going, and she doesn't take the ready-made way, she has to give up the distance and seek the near, find any middleman, and I don't know how much benefit I will be asked to go to." But as far as Princess Ruyang is concerned," Lin Ze said with a subtle disgust, "As long as you can get married, have more blood, and lose your whole wealth, you will always have a lifetime of happiness to enjoy." ”

Thinking that the large amount of money that belonged to him fell into someone else's pocket, Ashina Jimang was even more painful, closed his eyes and luck, and relieved his mind a lot, before he held on to his dignity and asked: "Is this Princess Ruyang really not worth anything?" ”

Lin Ze's face was embarrassed, and he said after a while: "You can't say that." ”

"Princess Ruyang was six or seven years old, and she had no mother. Presumably adults also know that this motherless girl is more wild, which is also reasonable, but as a princess, she is bound by the royal rules, and she can't cross the edge. ”

Although her mother didn't leave her much private room, she also had a fief for each princess, although it was barren compared to others, but it was enough for her to chew daily. She thought of some ideas to make money on her own, although it was not enough, but it was possible to maintain the dignity of the princess. As for her age, but there is no trace of a fixed marriage, it is estimated that there is no reason why there is no mother in charge, once the emperor remembers, it is not difficult to point to a horse. ”

With such a set of combination punches, Ashina Jimang's idea of luck was beaten to the slightest.

Although Lin Ze tried his best to say that Princess Ruyang was good, how could Ashina Jimang not hear the implication beyond the words, this Princess Ruyang was "useless" at all! As for why the second prince would recommend a "good-for-nothing" princess to him?

With Lin Ze's side knocks and deliberate guidance, coupled with Ashina Ji Mang's self-treatment, Ashina Ji Mang only said that the second prince usually called him a brother and a brother, but it turned out to be treacherous, if he said that the two princes confiscated benefits and killed him, he didn't believe it.

Ashina Jimang did not hide the annoyance on his face, of course Lin Ze could see that Ashina Jimang was already dissatisfied with the second prince because of the "uneven distribution of spoils". Lin Ze did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but said: "Don't hide it, I came to the door today, in fact, I was also selfish." ”

Because of Lin Ze's words, Ashina Jimang saw through the "sinister intentions" of the second prince, Ashina Jimang heard Lin Ze so selfish, not only was he not annoyed, but he became closer because of Lin Ze's honesty, "Oh? What are your selfish motives? ”

Lin Ze got up and bowed to Ashina Ji Mang, "I also told my lord before, the Khan is the golden beetle son-in-law of Tianzi No. 1, and the princesses in the palace are almost fighting for the Khan. I am here today for one of the princesses, who admires the Khan very much, but she is in the deep palace and is deeply interrogated, so she is not allowed to leave the palace at will, and it is not easy to visit her. That's why he sent me to visit my lord, and I was a sign of longing. ”

As for the implication, of course, he wants to follow the path of Ashina Jimang.

With such an offensive and defensive situation, Ashina Ji recklessly took back the initiative, thinking that Lin Ze was a lobbyist for another princess, presumably Princess Ruyang was not so useless even if the conditions were worse. However, the second prince lacked his benefits, but Lin Ze was not wrong.

Ashina Ji Mang leaned back in his chair, sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, and said leisurely: "Which princess is this?" ”

Ashinajimang's change of attitude was also expected by Lin Ze. What is wanted is Ashina Ji recklessly swaying from side to side, so that the second prince can see that there is room for negotiation, so that he can hang the second prince step by step and take out the unwarranted benefits.

At that time, it will be the time to compete for financial resources, and with Zhou Ying's financial resources, stretching out a little finger, he can squeeze the second prince bankrupt.

Don't be afraid of the second prince saying it bluntly, after all, if the second prince wants to befriend Ashina Jimang, he must not be able to slap himself in the face, saying that the princess Ruyang he recommended did not fancy the Western Turkic Khan at all, and even paid out of his own pocket to buy Ashina Jimang for his rival and help him climb the ladder.

If the second prince really said this, not only would all the previous money and energy be wasted, but also properly make a feud with the Western Turks.

Lin Ze made a respectful gesture: "It's the sixth princess." ”

Lin Ze further explained: "The sixth princess is talented, kind and generous, and her biological mother is favored, and she is highly valued by the emperor. Lin Ze swore again, "I have no lie in these words, if you don't believe it, just go to someone to inquire." ”

When Ashina Ji Mang heard that it was the sixth princess, he also had some bottom in his heart.

Previously, Ashina Jimang listened to the second prince's construction, and also sent someone to inquire in the market, some of the things Zhou Ying did, such as making plows and drying salt, were all spread among the people, so he believed the words of the second prince. Lin Ze's remarks just now were consistent with the facts that Ashina Ji Mang inquired about, and they were more reasonable. He was dazzled by Lin Ze's mention that Princess Ruyang bought the second prince to intercede, and he thought that the second prince had a benefit, so that Ashina Jimang believed Lin Ze's words.

And when Ashina Jimang inquired about Princess Ruyang, he also inquired about several other princesses by the way.

Among these genuine princesses, the six princesses go up, those who die early, those who marry people, and those who are circled, there is nothing to mention. No matter how young it is, it's useless to ask. Therefore, Zhou Ying's control group is only one of the six princesses, Zhou Huan.

Zhou Huan is used to comparing with Zhou Ying, she dislikes making plows and drying salt is a cheap business, refuses to touch it lightly, and loses her grade, but she envies Zhou Ying's good reputation, so she has taken a lot of effort to build momentum, what is gentle and generous, beautiful and chaste, what talented, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and throws it out with different tricks. Over the years, although he is still not as famous as Zhou Ying, he is also familiar.

So Ashina Ji Mang also heard some things about the six princesses, and in such a comparison, Lin Ze was also telling the truth.

Due to the experience of the second prince, Ashina Jimang of course only half of his heart. However, because of Lin Ze's straightforward words and deeds of telling the second prince to steal benefits, he left a good impression on Ashina Jimang, and Ashina Jimang gave Lin Ze a few thin noodles, but Lin Ze was asking for help, so Ashina Jimang still held the shelf and said lazily: "The sixth princess does have some good reputation, but Princess Ruyang is also famous, so what?" ”

Of course, Lin Ze knew that this was for benefits, and said with a smile: "The sixth princess learned that the adults came to visit Da Chen, but there was no intimate person around to serve them, so she was very anxious, and said that my Da Chen was not well entertained, so she specially ordered me to send a few useful ones to serve the adults." ”

As he spoke, Lin Ze clapped his hands, and saw the door creak open, and four stunning beauties walked in.

The four beauties are really cloud sideburns and fragrant cheeks, snow-skinned and flowery, and fat and thin, as soon as they raise their hands and throw their feet, they are all amorous, even if Ashina Ji Mang has been in the Qinglou for half a month, and has seen many Oiran beauties, he can't help but look straight at this moment.

Ashinaji's eyes couldn't help but pop out, "These beauties, all of them were sent to serve me?" ”

Although Ashina Jimang is lustful, he has only been in the Central Plains for half a month, how can he really read all the beauties? What's more, these four beauties are the most outstanding Yangzhou thin horses, and it cost Zhou Ying a lot of money. The children of the family who have seen the world in general are all ministers under the skirts of others, not to mention the hungry ghost like Ashina Ji Mang, who is actually just a reckless man in the countryside who has never seen Wu Nong's prosperity and rain.

Therefore, Ashina Ji Mang's appearance of lust and soul granting did not surprise Lin Ze. Lin Ze lowered his voice and said flatteringly: "Of course, they are all serving adults." That is, heroes and heroes like adults are worthy of such beauty. ”

Lin Ze said to the four beauties again: "Come, this is your future master." ”

The four beauties bowed down, their voices were either like yellow warblers out of the valley, or soft and sweet, and they said in unison: "Greetings to adults." ”

Ashina Ji Mang had already been hooked away from his seat by the beauty, these four living beauties, but he only had two hands, holding up this, missing that, he was very busy, "Okay, good, follow me from now on, eat fragrant and drink spicy, indispensable to you." ”

Lin Ze introduced them one by one: "These four girls, named Yunxiang, Huarong, Hua Nong, Qunyu, Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, Guan Se Xiaodi, all of them are talented women, in addition to being proficient in female celebrity cooking, massage and acupuncture, they are truly perfect beauties." ”

When Ashina Ji Mang heard this, he was even more satisfied, "Your princess has a heart." ”

Lin Ze waited for a while, waiting for Ashina Jimang to shake the Rouyi of the four beauties one by one, and he was so wanton and pitiful that he couldn't wait to immediately pull the beauties to Wushan, and Ashina Jimang found that there was still an eye-catching store in the house.

Ashina Ji glanced at Lin Ze in disgust, and because Lin Ze had just given such a big gift, it was not good to pick people up immediately, so he reluctantly said softly: "Yo, Lin Gongzi is still here, I was negligent, do you have anything else here?" ”

The implication is obviously to say, hurry up, even if there is something, don't disturb Lao Tzu to have fun.

But Lin Ze, who has always been the best at flattering people and the most observant of words and feelings, is like being deaf at this time, he didn't hear it at all, not only did he not know how to retreat, but he stood in place and said again, "My lord is really clear, I still have one more thing." ”

Although Ashina Ji Mang couldn't wait to open his mouth to pick people up, but when he saw Lin Ze's positive appearance, he still reluctantly held back his lust, pushed away the beauty, straightened his collar, and asked, "Lin Gongzi, please speak." ”

Lin Ze said: "The sixth princess has already heard of the adult's name, so she specially prepared a thin gift. ”

After saying that, Lin Ze clapped his hands again, only to see the four little guys working together and carrying a three-foot square mahogany tray in. On the tray was something half a man high, covered by a piece of red silk. After putting their things in the hall, the four servants retreated. Ashina Ji Mang had the four stunning beauties before, and this time he was looking forward to it even more, looking at the so-called thin ceremony in the center of the hall.

Lin Ze didn't have an appetite, he took two steps forward, and directly lifted the piece of red silk, and the room suddenly became golden, stabbing people who couldn't open their eyes for a while.

The Western Turks used the wolf as a totem, and this thin gift obviously caused Ashina Ji to itch.

I saw Ashina Ji recklessly unconsciously leaving his seat, greedy and obsessed, looking at this golden wolf without blinking, wanting to stretch out his hand to rub it, but he didn't dare to blaspheme, he fell into practice, only sketched in the void, and muttered: "This is a divine object......"

After a while, Ashina Ji recklessly came to his senses, but in the end he was carried away by this heaven-given artifact, and he opened his mouth and promised: "I have written down the hospitality of the sixth princess." You go back and tell your princess, I'm Ashina Jimang, and I will definitely let your princess get what she wants! ”

Lin Ze returned the salute and said with a meaningful smile: "If we can become a family in the future, the sixth princess will definitely treat adults more favorably." ”