Not long after Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng returned to the mansion, Zhu Gaosui's money arrived.

20,000 taels each.

The two of them smiled very happily, secretly thinking that in fact, the Third Highness is not bad, although he is a little sharper in dealing with people, but he is not ambiguous when he should make a move, such as this time, just a hand, the two princes will earn 10,000 taels each.

Very cool.

But the two quickly thought of Zhu Gaosui's thoughts: if they want to gradually win themselves over, what they should learn should be the spring breeze and rain moisturizing things silently under His Royal Highness.

It's a pity.

Still too exposed.

But it's also progress.

The two princes have changed their perception of Zhu Gaosui, and they feel that if Zhu Gaosui is defeated in the future, they can also push Zhu Gaosui.

This is exactly like Zhu Gaosui's thoughts.

Zhu Gaosui deliberately exposed the traces, making the two feel that he was not yet in the climate, and felt that he had the qualifications to be supported by the dragon, thus laying the groundwork for the future battle for the prince.

I have to say that Zhu Gaosui, the third prince of the Ming Dynasty after being fanned by butterfly wings, is really smart.

How can there be a prince who does not want to be the prince?

……

……

The dusk bucket is as big as a bucket.

Suddenly, I found that I had a lot of things to do: I had to go to the mansions of Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng, and Li Jinglong to survey and map, I wanted to go to Zhu Gaochi to expand the Zhongshan workshop, I had to arrange people to make magnets, I had to make bank plans, and I had to prepare for the autumn season......

There is another hidden danger.

Ji Gang, Zhuang Jing and others have been very quiet recently.

It's a bit of an anomaly.

I'm afraid that these two goods are brewing a bigger conspiracy.

The quieter it is, the more unsettling it is.

In the evening, Dusk went out of Nanzhen Fusi with a tired face, because Xu Yin had other priorities today, so Dusk dispatched two Nanzhen Fusi Ti Cavalry, plus Yu Yanliang as his escort.

In the feudal era when human life was like a mustard, it was better to be cautious.

I was killed on the road without knowing it, who to cry to?

I'm afraid that Zhu Di will laugh after being sad for a while, Lao Tzu's huge family property has become his Zhu Di's bag, I won't do this kind of good thing at dusk.

Back at the mansion, let Yu Yanliang and the two Tiqi stay for dinner before leaving.

After dinner at dusk, he took his wife and Scarlet Spring to enjoy the cool in the pavilion.

Dusk is very principled.

It's time to get off work now, and as long as it doesn't involve life-and-death interests, he doesn't want to touch official business at all—he doesn't want to make money, and he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

He has another trouble now: the twelve beauties of the Western Regions in the mansion.

In good conscience, he has a little bit of a thought that a man has.

Would like to.

It's not that I'm tired of the newlywed Xu Miaojin, this will never get tired.

It's just that men like to hunt for curiosity and freshness.

In the lotus pond outside the pavilion, a few frogs are hidden between the lotus leaves, croaking, and there are many swimming fish back and forth, which reminds the dusk of the Han Yue Fu: Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaves He Tiantian, fish play lotus leaves, fish play lotus leaves east, fish play lotus leaves west, fish play lotus leaves south, fish play lotus leaves north.

Xu Miaojin poured a cup of herbal tea for Dusk, handed it to his hand, and said softly: "It's not far from Qiuqiu, I see that my husband is busy with business all day, but don't miss it, it's better to read more books." ”

If it is the first and second first, the glory of the Yellow Mansion will be the icing on the cake.

That was the beginning of the family's heritage.

Dusk nodded, "If you are busy for a few more days, you will have to close your door to study." ”

immediately had a headache, "But I think that this book is also self-deception when I read it, with my half-irrigated ability, it is difficult to stand out from this year's imperial examination." ”

Yongle's two-year imperial examination is really not weak.

Xu Miaojin also sighed: "I should invite my uncle back from Fujian." ”

Three-element champion counseling, even if it is temporary, should be effective.

"No, let my uncle stay in Fujian for a while, let him see the people's livelihood after the war, so that he will become a real scholar for the country and the people, not just a sour Confucian." ”

Sour Confucianism misleads the country.

I really wanted to say anything, but I suddenly saw Xu Yin come back and came to the pavilion, and I didn't shy away from it, and said directly: "The third prince Zhu Gaosui met Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qiguo, and Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, and then asked someone to invite Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing, and I don't know what to talk about. ”

Twilight perked up, "And then." ”

"Not long after Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng returned to the mansion, the third prince Zhu Gaosui asked people to send 20,000 taels of silver to the two princes, and it is estimated that when His Majesty responded to the heavenly punishment of his defeat in Datian, these two princes could say a few good words for him."

Dusk bowed his head, "There is this possibility, but why do you want to see Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing?" ”

Xu Yin asked rhetorically, "Who am I asking?" ”

Dusk was happy, "Also, you have to keep an eye on this matter, Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing have been relatively quiet recently, the wolf's ambition can't be hidden, and he will definitely make trouble, and His Majesty is not here in the near future, so Ji Gang is likely to target me." ”

Xu Yin hummed.

Dusk sighed: "I'm afraid that this matter of establishing a reserve will change abruptly." ”

According to historical records, the competition for the position of Yongle's successor has always been the business of the two brothers Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Gaosui is at most a companion, but now it seems that it is not so simple.

Zhu Gaosui once said to himself that he relied on a piece of soap to reach the peak of his life, and he suspected that he was a traverser at the time, but now it seems that it must not be.

No matter how weak the chicken traverser is, he will not be mixed up like him if he has God's vision.

But Zhu Gaosui should not be taken lightly.

Now that Zhu Gaochu is in Fujian and Zhu Gaochi is busy with political affairs, it is a good time for Zhu Gaosui to eradicate dissidents and win over courtiers in Yingtian.

Wooing Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng, and secretly talking about Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing, it is likely that Zhu Gaosui wants his sword out of the sheath.

Plan ahead.

said to Xu Yin: "You are personally responsible for keeping an eye on His Royal Highness the Third Prince, don't let him interfere with my good deeds, if my guess is correct, if he wants to have a chance to compete for the prince, he will definitely use Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng and others to suppress His Royal Highness the Great Prince, so that a plan to kill two birds with one stone, I can't say that even I will become his pawn, I have to guard against it." ”

Xu Yin nodded, "I'll go now." ”

After Xu Yin left, Xu Miaojin asked puzzledly: "The third prince still has a chance to win the crown prince?" ”

Dusk laughed, "My sister Jin, the prince is uncertain, as long as it is His Majesty's own flesh and blood, anyone has a chance, and the opportunity is just a big or small opportunity, so don't underestimate this Royal Highness the Third Prince, there are many examples of hiding his life in history, and finally being born and ascending to the throne." ”

Xu Miaojin hummed.

She doesn't care who will sit in the future.

As a woman, she now has only one thought: to assist her husband in managing the Huang Mansion.

The moon rises in the east.

I was a little sleepy at dusk, so I asked Scarlet Chun to go back to the main courtyard in advance to prepare for washing, and took his wife's hand and walked slowly on the Tingqiao plank road, which was very touching, in the feudal era, money could really do whatever he wanted.

The current life was unimaginable in the past.

Suddenly, I saw a little girl squatting at the corner of the plank road, looking at a summer flower that was about to wither, and couldn't help but laugh and shout: "Zhang Hongqiao, but don't learn from Sister Lin, she won't live long." ”

Zhang Hongqiaoli ignored him and stared at the flowers in a daze.

The dusk was a little awkward.

I'm already so statusless and undignified in this family?

I didn't have the same knowledge as her.

Xu Miaojin sighed on the side, "This kid is weird, she asked her to go to Wu Youbi to read a book before, and she was quite excited, but then I don't know what happened, I don't go to Wu Youbi anymore, I always hide in the corner to watch the flowers bloom and fall, or count the ants moving, or look at the white clouds in a daze, which makes people feel pity." ”

Dusk hummed, "Is there an apple tree in the house, get an apple tree, and let her sit under the tree in a daze." ”

Xu Miaojin: "??? ”

He immediately smiled and said, "Ping Po, right? ”

Dusk abruptly.

Now apples are not called apples in China, and they will not be called apples until the late Ming Dynasty.

Laughing: "It's all the same." ”

Sitting down the tree in a daze, maybe Zhang Hongqiao was smashed by an apple.

Xu Miaojin didn't know the urgency of this, so she continued to walk towards the main courtyard with her husband, and said with a smile: "I have something to tell you, the eldest brother replied yesterday, saying that there is no famous Hongqiao woman in the Zhang family on the side of the Red Bridge outside Fuzhou City. ”

Dusk was stunned, paused, and looked back at the little girl who was not visible under the trestle.

"Fake name?"

Xu Miaojin muttered something to ask you, what did you bring back.

Dusk didn't think much about it, "You can ask her when you have time, by the way, she likes to read, but Wu Youbi can't be disturbed because of a lot of things, after her identity is identified, if it is harmless, you can let her go to my study to read in the future." ”

Xu Miaojin nodded, and suddenly said with a smile: "Who is Sister Lin, the woman you know in the north?" ”

Dusk said darkly.

My lady is jealous.

casually rambled a few words, saying that the female character I saw in a not-so-famous script in my hometown before died at a young age because of pity for the flowers and the moon and sentimentality.

Xu Miaojin smiled but said nothing.

Back in the main courtyard, after washing, I was going to be hairy at dusk, and I was pushed away by Xu Miaojin, and said no shyly.

Dusk was disappointed.

Come on.

This week, I had to sleep well.

So I rested early, and tomorrow I plan to go to the Qiguo Mansion, Chengguo Mansion, and Cao Guogong Mansion to do surveying and mapping, and it is also a tiring errand in the summer.

Huangfu is peaceful.

But in another mansion under the same city, the silence was full of murderous intent.

Jin Yiwei commanded Ji Gang, commanded Tongzhi Zhuang Jing and Yuan Jiang, commanded Li Chun and Wang Qian, and Zhao Xi, the commander of Beizhen Fusi, and the entire Jinyi Wei gathered together.

Things gather like and people are grouped.

Everyone gathered at Ji Gang's mansion at this time, of course, not simply to drink: if they wanted to drink, wouldn't it be nice for the brothers to go to the fourteenth floor of Fengyue and drink and have fun in the company of female actors.

When you go to the commander's mansion to drink, you want to talk about things.

Halfway through the wine.

Ji Gang put down his wine glass, looked at everyone, and said softly: "Originally, I wanted to wait for dusk to do things, and then grab his handle, and then launch a fatal blow to drive him and Saihazhi out of Jinyiwei, but now it seems that if time doesn't wait for me, if I don't do anything, he will sit big." ”

Zhuang Jing immediately agreed, "That's true, you can't let him continue to sit big, otherwise the tail won't fall off." ”

Ji Gang said again: "Do you have any good ideas? ”

Yuan Jiang, Li Chun, Wang Qian, and Zhao Xi looked at each other, and they all felt embarrassed.

Dusk has been very busy recently, but he is busy with personal matters, and it looks like he is helping His Royal Highness the Grand Prince deal with the sequelae of the additional issuance of treasure money, and there is really no handle to grasp.

I don't know where to start.

Ji Gang glanced at Zhuang Jing, who immediately cooperated: "What are we doing, don't you create things if you don't have things, think about it, how to make dusk never turn over." ”

Zhao Xi, the newly promoted North Town Fu Si Zhen Fu Envoy, thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you lean him on Mei Yin's side?" ”

Ji Gang bowed, "It's feasible." ”

Li Chun suddenly laughed, "Commander, I have a piece of news, I don't know if it's useful or not." ”

Ji Gang's spirits perked up, "Let's talk about it." ”

Li Chun played with the wine glass in his hand, and with the other hand, he pinched the buttocks of the Ji Gang Mansion in his arms, and made a hard effort.

Li Chun said with a smile: "My brother who was lurking in Saihazhi's mansion got a secret news, it was Saihazhi and his wife who inadvertently leaked their mouths during dinner, saying that one of the twelve Western Regions demon queens in the Dusk Mansion has a great identity. ”

Ji Gang was puzzled, "What do you say?" ”

Li Chundao: "Sai Hazhi has always said to the outside world that the woman he once brought to the north was born in a declining Wang clan in the Western Regions, in fact, it is not it, it is Sai Hazhi's blind eye, and there is indeed a noble woman among the women he brought back, but it is not an ordinary wang family, but a royal family in the Western Regions, and the woman is in the Huangfu Mansion, and the nobles of that vein have been wiped out because of rebellion in the Western Regions a few days ago. ”

Ji Gang's eyes lit up, "You mean, we can use this to play, saying that Dusk colludes with the rebels in the Western Regions, and the plot is very big?" ”

Li Chun hesitated, "Does the commander think it can be operated?" ”

Ji Gang thought for a while, "This is not easy to operate, Your Majesty wishes that there was chaos over there in the Western Regions, if he knew that such a woman existed, he would probably support her and let her go back to the Western Regions to turn the sky upside down." ”

Li Chun was slightly disappointed.

But Zhao Xi, who was sitting next to Li Chun, was awakened and said, "Commander, there is!" ”

Ji Gang glanced at him, "Don't make a fuss." ”

Zhao Xi retracted his hand and said urgently: "According to the news of the brothers of Fusi in Beizhen, Dusk came back from Shuntian and bought a woman who sold herself to bury her father in Xuzhou, called Zhang Hongqiao, this woman was originally insignificant, but after returning to Yingtian at dusk, she asked people to send a letter to Fujian, asking Xu Huizu to investigate this Zhang Hongqiao's woman, and he felt strange in his humble position, so he also let people secretly check it, and only got the news yesterday, this Zhang Hongqiao is not her real name, her true identity is likely to have something to do with the Zhang Yang who was cleared by us last year. ”

Ji Gang's eyes lit up: "Zhang Dingbian's descendants? ”

Zhao Xi hesitated, "It's possible, but even if it's not, we can make her be!" , maybe directly to Chen Youliang's body. ”

Ji Gang nodded appreciatively.

Yes, rotten wood can be carved.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Zhao Xi, don't drink, hurry up and make arrangements, take a few trustworthy brothers, and take advantage of the night to get Zhang Hongqiao out and hide it in the Imperial Prison - well, don't put it in the Imperial Prison, send it to another place." ”

And he said, "You know what I mean, right? ”

Zhao Xi joined the inner circle of Ji Gang after Pang Ying's death, and he was also very good at figuring out his mind, how could he not understand, so he hurriedly got up, "Let's do it." ”

Ji Gang bowed his head, "This matter is secret, only rob Zhang Hongqiao, we don't make trouble, someone will help us make a move." ”

Zhao Xi took the order and left.

Ji Gang raised his glass, "Come, drink this cup full, don't get drunk tonight, he will sing with his head after we kill at dusk." ”

Drink it all.

His subordinates drank and had fun, but Ji Gang fell into deep thought.

What does Zhu Gaosui want to do?