This is an old house, with arched windows, and unknown emerald plants are placed in front of the window, with small white flowers blooming, exuding a faint fragrance.

There are many white gauze tents hanging from the roof, which are held up in mid-air by a round bamboo brace, so that the gauze tents hang down to the floor in a cylindrical shape.

Some of the gauze tents are closed, the fabric is very thick, and the people inside are completely invisible, only a three-legged low stool is placed outside the cloth tent, which should be for the guests to step on when they come out, and some of the gauze tents are still open, and you can see that inside is a waist-high round heavy bath barrel with an iron edge, and two or three layers of thick towels are placed on the edge of the barrel.

Xia Xun has been in this era for a long time, and his living conditions have always been very good, and he has become accustomed to bathing alone, and then asking him to sit in a pool with many people, it is really not adaptable.

There was a bath bucket at the entrance of the door, and Jiang Xu chose the bath bucket, and Xia Xun was taken to the end, and the waiter signaled that he was the bath bucket in front of him.

Xia Xun looked at it, there was a row of hooks against the wall, knowing that it was to hang clothes, so he took off his clothes and pants and hung them on the wall one by one.

Xia Xun stepped into the wooden barrel in the stirrups, and the wooden barrel was halfway along the edge of the installation of a sitting position, Xia Xun first turned around and untied the gauze tent, let it close, and then sat in the bath bucket, leaned his head on the edge of the barrel, relaxed his body, and quietly felt the feeling of heat entering his skin.

After a while, a waiter in the bath room walked softly, opened the gauze tent and whispered a few words, Xia Xun didn't know what he was talking about, he expected to ask what he needed, so he shook his head, and the waiter left.

Sure enough, the boy had come to ask him if he needed something to eat, and many people here liked to drink some red wine or eat a plate of food while bathing.

Xia Xun likes to be alone quietly when he takes a bath, and he usually has to think about a lot of things, and only at this time can he completely relax himself and let his body and mind rest completely.

Occasionally, where there will be a few gentle conversations, Xia Xun's ears are very good, he can hear clearly, but he doesn't understand a word of French, just as the wind in his ears, suddenly, a few whispers suddenly drilled into his ears, that is Chinese!

In this place, when he heard Chinese, he was inevitably a little surprised: "Could it be that some of the crew members of his ship have also come here to take a bath?" ”

Because of this, Xia Xun deliberately listened to a few words, but the more he listened, the more suspicious he became.

I only heard a somewhat neutral voice say in a low voice: "I heard that there are many Orientals on the dock, so I went to get it on purpose." ”

The voice of the questioner was a little hoarse: "Oriental? Where did it come from? ”

"They came by boat, there were more than 600 people, judging from their clothes and clothes, they should be ......, and the little ones were not at ease, so they deliberately approached and listened to them......

A hoarse voice said, "How?" ”

The neutral voice of the reply trembled a little, and it was a strange feeling, and I didn't know whether it was chalky or fear: "They...... They...... I...... I heard that they were speaking Chinese, yes...... It's an accent in the Gangnam area......"

"What? Could it be the ...... of King Yan?"

The hoarse voice suddenly raised, as if he had also noticed that he had startled others, and the voice stopped abruptly, and the two noons suddenly fell silent.

Xia Xun's closed eyes had already opened, his eyes were full of essence, his heart was beating fast, and a name that was about to come out was on his lips, but he couldn't believe it: "That person ......, is it possible?" Will he be here? ”

"Impossible! No way! That's impossible! Where did they come from, how could Daming's ship sail here, this can't be! ”

The hoarse voice was a little incoherent, and the neutral voice hurriedly comforted: "Sir, sir! Don't worry, I don't think they're necessarily coming for you! ”

The hoarse voice trembled, "If not, how could they be here?" I've already gone to the edge of the sky, how can they be here! ”

As he spoke, his voice raised again, with a nervous tremor, and there were already disgruntled people in the bathroom, protesting with heavy coughs.

The voices of the two people were lowered again, this time it was a very low whisper, the speed of speech was extremely fast, and Xia Xun could only vaguely hear some words.

After a while, Xia Xun, who was listening intently, heard the sound of "bang" water, he straightened his waist, leaned over to the opening of the gauze tent, opened a little gap with his fingers, and looked out gently.

In front of him was a bath bucket, the gauze tent had been lifted, and a white-faced bearded old man came out of the bucket with a man in his arms, who stepped on a wooden bench, and the old man leaned over and took a pair of wooden slips, put them on his feet, helped him down, and then went to the wall to get his clothes.

In Xia Xun's position, he couldn't see his face clearly, he was carrying Xia Xun on his side, and Xia Xun could only see most of his back and slightly sideways figure. The height seems to be about the same, but this man is bloated, has a big belly, his hair is gray, just look at this back, he should be at least fifty years old, could it be him?

Thinking of his hoarse and completely unfamiliar voice, Xia Xun couldn't help but shake his head.

But if it weren't for him, who else could have such a conversation?

Why did the white-faced, beardless, muscular old man respect him so much? I can't walk on the footstool, just one step away is the slippers, and I actually want someone to squat down and put it on him one by one, such a big pomp, except for an emperor who is used to this kind of waiting, who else can there be?

Xia Xun squinted and stared, the man was waited by the old man to get dressed, and then hurriedly walked outside, Xia Xun immediately flashed out of the chalky water and swept to the window, so that with the gauze tent in front of him, even if the two turned back, they couldn't see him standing here. Xia Xun hurriedly grabbed a towel to dry his body, and then quickly got dressed.

When he came to Marseille, he had completely forgotten the task given to him by Zhu Di, but he never expected that he would encounter such a scene here by accident. Could that person be the tomb of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yun? If it was him, should he arrest him and hand him over to Zhu Di to be secretly executed, or should he be killed on the spot and bring his body back?

Xia Xun didn't have time to think about these, he just wanted to catch up now and determine the identity of this person. Xia Xun hurriedly got dressed and walked to the front lobby, Duck was sitting on the bench waiting in the lobby, and when he saw him come out, he couldn't help but stand up in surprise and asked, "Sir, why did you wash so quickly?" ”

Xia Xun didn't have time to pay attention to him, hurriedly flashed out of the door, looked left and right, the streets were chaotic, the alleys were twists and turns, and the figures of the two people were no longer visible, at this time Darker took his hat, coat and cane and chased him out, Xia Xun asked urgently: "Two Orientals just came out of it, did you see it?" ”

Darker said blankly, "See, does Mr. know them?" ”

Xia Xun said: "You are familiar here, take me to find them!" ”

Duck immediately turned around and asked the doorman, Xia Xun slapped his forehead, he was really confused, the square inch was in chaos, the two doormen were there, and the two Orientals had just left, so they naturally knew which direction they were going. Dake asked the doorman a few words, and then said to Xia Xun: "Sir, go this way!" ”

The two people hurriedly rushed down the alley, rushed to the end of the alley, looked left and right, and saw that the two people on the road on the right hand were walking forward in the middle of many pedestrians, Xia Xun immediately said: "Follow them!" ”

Duck asked, "Sir, don't you call that attendant of yours?" ”

Xia Xun said: "Don't worry about him, he can't drag me, and he will go back to the dock." ”

From a distance, I saw the old man walking with the gray-haired fat man all the way, and some oncoming people on the road saw them, and would raise their hats and greet them, it seemed that they should live nearby and know many people in Zhou Ran.

Duck followed Xia Xun at a trot, panting breathlessly: "I asked the doorman just now, and he said that the person who just left is Mr. Ribery and his servant, you don't have to worry, if you know his name, we can always find him." ”

The two men followed the two men two streets, and when they turned into an alley, they were nowhere to be seen, and Duck inquired of the children playing in the alley, and learned where Mr. Ribery lived. It's not a very big compound, but it's very tidy, and judging by the living conditions of the house, it should be considered a medium-sized family in this place.

Xia Xun patted Duck's shoulder and said in a deep voice, "You wait for me here!" He said that the rabbit did not wait for an answer, and walked forward alone.

The courtyard door was hidden and not plugged in, it can be seen that the two people were in a hurry, Xia Xun gently pushed, and walked into the courtyard, the ground is a mowed lawn, and there are three or four horse chestnut trees in the lawn, which seems very quiet.

Xia Xun walked slowly forward along the path in the middle of the lawn, and when he reached the door, he stood and was silent for a moment before gently pulling the door knocker and slowly opening the door......

The gray-haired, middle-aged man in the room was talking sharply in French with a chestnut Frenchwoman in her thirties, and the old man was there! I hurriedly packed my things.

Suddenly, the back door opened, and two children, one older and one young, ran in from the back courtyard, the older one was a girl, the younger one was a boy, the girl was seven or eight years old, and the little boy was only four or five years old, and they all looked very cute.

"Daddy!"

They affectionately called the obese middle-aged man, and they used a Fengyang dialect of Chinese.

"My little liver!"

The middle-aged man squatted down, hugged a pair of children, and said, "Daddy will take you to the countryside for a few days, okay?" ”

"Why do you want to go to the countryside, it's so dirty there, last time we went to the countryside, I stepped on a foot of cow dung, I don't want to go."

"Good daughter, be obedient, take my brother to get your things first, we will leave in a while, don't worry, we will be back soon......"

He patted his daughter's shoulder to comfort her, and when he spoke, he turned his face sideways, and Xia Xun saw his appearance. Although his hair is pale, his cheeks are fat, and there are two obvious bags under his eyes, there is still a faint glimpse of his former glow from his face......

It's him! It's really him! Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty...... Zhu Yun makeup!

Under the shadow of the corner, Xia Xun slowly flashed out and asked softly, "Your Majesty, isn't he going to abandon his family this time?" ”