Gu Hengxiu obviously knew Shen Bai's identity, but he didn't remind Gu Hengdu, the brotherly relationship was obvious, and the city government was much deeper than Gu Hengdu.

But in the end, he is still a teenager, and the city government is not worth mentioning compared to the hob meat old fox in the court.

Shen Bai glanced at Gu Hengxiu with a smile, and turned to look at Gu Hengdu.

"The clothes on the three young people are cut by the new snow brocade in Gongzhou this year, the snow brocade is woven by the best Tianshan snow silk, it is very cool to wear in summer, the number of snow silkworms is very small, in addition to the tribute to the palace, there are only a dozen horses in the whole Hanjing a year, and one horse will be sold at a high price of hundreds of taels, and the clothes of the three young people are worth twenty or thirty taels."

Gu Heng never knew what Shen Bai was doing when he said this, so he stiffened his neck and asked: "I only have two clothes like this, but it doesn't cost as much as my eldest brother." ”

Shen Bai nodded, and said: "In addition to this dress, the white jade on Sanshao's waist is the best Lantian seed jade, a piece costs at least fifty taels, and the jade crown on your head is Hetian black jade, looking at the carving process and workmanship, it should be the best jade paved in Beijing, at least eighty taels, the gold and jade ring lock on your neck is made of pure gold, at least three taels of gold, and Sanshao's outfit today will cost two hundred taels of silver." ”

Gu Heng definitely said a sentence very right, Gu Hengzhou is really not at home and doesn't know the price of firewood and rice.

Gu Hengzhou only knew that the lieutenant camp was stuck by Zhao Dingyuan, and the military supply was always insufficient, but he himself was not short of money to spend, and he didn't care much about the food and clothing of these people in the house, and he only had a vague concept of money, and he didn't know that Gu Hengdu's ordinary outfit was worth so much money, and his brows furrowed when he heard it.

Gu Heng was not so confident, but he still retorted with a stubborn mouth: "This jade and ring lock have been worn by me since I was a child, and this hair crown was given to me by my grandmother when I was sixteen years old, so it is naturally more valuable." ”

Shen Bai nodded, and the smile on his face deepened: "Second Uncle Gu is now a servant of the Ministry of Officials, and he earns twenty taels of silver a month, and a total of only two hundred and forty taels of silver a year. ”

Gu Huaijin's Yulu couldn't provide Gu Heng with such a good life at all, if Gu Huaijin didn't accept bribes, it was naturally misappropriated by Ye Wanyu from the big house.

The second room can be squandered with the money of the big house, why can't Gu Hengzhou, who is justifiable, take the money from the account and use it?

Gu Heng was choked by Shen Bai, his eyes widened but he couldn't speak, and after a while, he began to be unreasonable again: "Uncle said when he left home that the Guogong Mansion is not separated, it is all his own people, what's wrong with using such a little money?" ”

Is it a matter of course to use money when it's your turn?

Shen Bai sneered in his heart, but his face became more and more gentle: "Sanshao is right, everyone is a family, if you divide it too clearly, it will inevitably give you a share, but Brother Gu's food and clothing are very simple, and spending some money is also to supplement the military of the captain's camp, but Sanshao's food and clothing are so extravagant, if you travel with Brother Gu one day, people who don't know are afraid that you will mistakenly think that you are the prince of Zhenguo." ”

Gu Hengju's mind turned unfast, at first glance, he thought that Shen Bai was praising himself for being more outstanding than Gu Hengzhou's temperament, and he was a little complacent, but Gu Hengxiu heard the killing intent in Shen Bai's words, and hurriedly spoke: "The eldest brother has inherited the uncle's bearing, and he is much more outstanding than others without dressing, the third brother is afraid of heat and is very easy to sweat, so his mother used Xue Jin to help him cut two clothes, and our food and clothing on weekdays are the same as the eldest brother." ”

Gu Heng glanced at Gu Hengxiu in surprise, and was about to refute, Gu Hengxiu stepped on him fiercely, and said with a smile: "The people in the captain's camp are all born and died on the battlefield with the uncle, they are in difficulty, the eldest brother should help make up for it, if the eldest brother is in need, I can also contribute." ”

Gu Hengxiu said polite words, sure that Gu Hengzhou would not ask them for money, but he underestimated the degree of Shen Bai's cheekiness, and when he finished saying that, Shen Bai gasped, raised his left hand and stretched out his five fingers in front of him: "The second young master has a great heart and righteousness, it is really rare, the school captain's camp is just a little short of food, I don't know how much silver the second young master can take out to help right now?" ”

The corners of Gu Hengxiu's lips twitched, ignoring Shen Bai, looking at Gu Hengzhou, hoping that Gu Hengzhou could say something fair, how could he reach out and ask his younger brother for money?

As Gu Hengxiu wished, Gu Hengzhou pulled Shen Bai's hand back, and Gu Hengxiu wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but heard Gu Hengzhou say coldly: "I thanked the second brother for the soldiers of the school captain's battalion, and the second brother gave the silver money to Gu Sangu Si, and then I will ask someone to make a detailed list and tell the second brother what the money is used for." ”

Gu Hengxiu's expression stiffened slightly, and he asked in disbelief: "Big brother, are you really here?" ”

Gu Hengzhou didn't answer, and turned his head to look at Gu Hengdu: "The third brother should also have a lot of private money, so it's better to donate a little." ”

Gu Heng was definitely afraid that Gu Hengzhou was more afraid of his father than he was afraid of his father, and his feet were still trampled on and hurt badly, he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, nodded curtly, and glared at Gu Hengxiu fiercely.

pretending to be smart all day long, and giving away all the money, this time it's really smart!

The two of them stopped after being taken aback, Ye Wanyu and Gu Huaijin obviously felt that the atmosphere was not right when they entered the living room, and glanced at Gu Hengxiu and Gu Hengduel inquiringly, the two of them didn't dare to say what had just happened, they were silent.

On the second day, Gu Hengxiu and Gu Heng each took one hundred taels of silver tickets and put them to Gu San, and Gu Hengzhou went to the school captain camp with the silver tickets that afternoon.

Zhou Deshan was not lightly injured, he was recuperating at home for the past few days, Zhao Dingyuan was grounded at home again, and the affairs of the lieutenant camp were all managed by Gu Hengzhou alone.

Shen Bai asked Li Shan to go back to the Taifu Mansion to send a letter to Shen Ruxiu, before the Sun family gave birth to a child, she would not return to the Taifu Mansion again, if Shen Ruxiu wanted to force her to go back to the mansion, she would reveal her identity.

With this handle, Shen Ruxiu didn't dare to say anything, only asked her to pay attention to safety, and asked Li Shan to bring back some silver, for fear that she would wronged herself by lacking food and clothing in the Guogong Mansion.

Shen Bai collected the money happily, drank the various tonic soups sent by Ye Wanyu, and looked forward to Gu Hengzhou's return from the lieutenant's camp like a fushi, and he could say a few words to him.

On this day, Gu Hengzhou had a rare rest, took a shower and changed his clothes, and just went to the living room to sit down and prepare for dinner, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and the people in the house looked out of the door at the same time, and the porter led Sun Yuehai, the head of internal affairs, to walk in.

Sun Yuehai is an old man who waits in front of the emperor, and he is the most good at watching dishes, and as soon as he enters the door, he happily bows to Gu Hengzhou: "The slave has seen His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Gu, Mrs., and the two young masters." ”

Although the second room has been taking care of the affairs of the Guogong Mansion, it is Gu Hengzhou who is in charge here, Sun Yuehai has a clear heart, so he naturally gave Gu Hengzhou a gift first.

Ye Wanyu's face immediately pulled down, but she didn't dare to say anything.

After seeing Shen Bai for a while, Sun Yuehai smiled even more on his face: "Yo, Young Master Shen is also here." ”

Shen Bai had a lot of dealings with Sun Yuehai in his previous life, and grinned: "Listen to what Mr. Sun means, do you want to go to me if you get the order?" ”

Sun Yuehai also laughed: "Young Master Shen is really a smart person. After speaking, he took out a roll of yellow and clear holy decrees from his sleeve pocket.

The room full of people immediately got up and knelt down, Sun Yuehai opened the holy decree and read it aloud: "Your Majesty has a decree, summon Gu Hengzhou, the prince of Zhenguo, and Shen Bai, the only son of Taifu, to enter the palace to face the saint~"

Lord Zheng of Dali Temple entered the palace a few days ago to present the progress of the case, and only now did the palace come to summon people, and the action is still as procrastinated as ever, it should be that the rumors and rumors in the capital have finally reached the ears of those people above, making them unhappy.

Shen Bai secretly pondered in his heart, Gu Hengzhou stretched out his hand to accept the order, and Sun Yuehai said sharply: "Your Majesty specially asked the imperial dining room to prepare lunch, Your Highness, Young Master Shen will enter the palace with the slaves." ”

Gu Hengzhou took Shen Bai and Sun Yuehai out together, the carriage from the palace stopped at the gate, the two walked to the side of the carriage, and immediately a little eunuch lay on the ground as a footstool, Gu Hengzhou didn't like this kind of rules of practicing people, so he jumped directly into the carriage and grabbed Shen Bai's left arm to carry the person up.

Sun Yuehai saw it next to him, and kicked the little eunuch with a smile: "What are you doing lying on your stomach, His Royal Highness doesn't like your flattery." ”

Sun Yuehai followed into the carriage, but he didn't dare to come in, so he sat on the wheel outside.

The carriage was a single ride, there was not much space in the car, Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai were sitting facing each other, and their knees touched together, a little crowded.

Shen Bai didn't feel uncomfortable at all, staring at Gu Hengzhou directly, Gu Hengzhou stiffened his face, he could still be Shen Bai didn't exist at first, but Shen Bai's eyes became more and more scorching, Gu Hengzhou still couldn't help but speak: "There is something on my face?" ”

Shen Bai shook his head like a rattle: "No." ”

Gu Hengzhou's expression was cold: "Then what do you see?" ”

Because you're good-looking, of course.

Shen Bai replied in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it directly, pretending to be worried, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Gu, what do you say Your Majesty wants to do when you summoned us?" ”

Gu Hengzhou sat up straight and replied with a straight look: "As a minister, you must not speculate on the holy will, Your Majesty has your own reason for summoning your Majesty, and you will know it when you see Your Majesty." ”

Gu Hengzhou didn't deliberately lower his voice, Sun Yuehai was sitting outside and heard it, laughed lowly, and said, "His Royal Highness is reasonable, Young Master Shen doesn't have to worry, everything will be known when he sees His Majesty." ”

The road was unimpeded, after a stick of incense, the carriage drove to the gate of the palace, Sun Yuehai showed the golden order to the Praetorian Guard, the Praetorian Guard let it go, the carriage drove directly into the palace, after the seven palace gates, the carriage arrived near the Yizheng Palace, Sun Yuehai took Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai to get off, bypassed the Yizheng Palace and walked for another quarter of an hour, and came directly to the Imperial Garden.

The imperial garden is very large, and all the lotus flowers in Huaqing Pond will be unreleased, and the air is full of light and good lotus fragrance.

Sun Yuehai took the two of them for a while, and an octagonal pavilion appeared in front of him, with four Rui beasts on the top of the pavilion, and a copper bell was hung on each of the eight corners.

The pavilion used mats on all sides to block the scorching sun, and also blocked the view from the outside, and when they arrived at the pavilion, Sun Yuehai asked the two of them to wait for a while, and bowed his waist and reported inward: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince and Young Master Shen have arrived." ”

The voice fell, and a calm and powerful voice came from inside: "Enter!" ”

Sun Yuehai opened the mat, and Gu Hengzhou led Shen Bai in.

When the curtain was opened, Shen Bai felt a coolness, and it was even cooler after entering, Emperor Hengde Zhao Heng sat in the center of the pavilion, and a pot of ice cubes was placed in the corner of the pavilion to cool down, and a slender low table was placed in the middle, and the table was full of delicacies.

Gu Hengzhou didn't look at the food, lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down: "Weichen greets Your Majesty!" ”

Shen Bai knelt down, unable to salute, and kowtowed directly: "Shen Bai to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live, long live, Shen Bai was injured by a gangster, and his hands can't move, please forgive Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Heng is fifty this year, although the doctor from the Tai Hospital helps him recuperate with medicinal food day and night, and because he is busy with government affairs, his temples have become white.

In Shen Bai's opinion, Zhao Heng, the emperor, has done a very mediocre job, not to mention that he has not made any political achievements for many years, and he has raised all the people of these big families to be selfish and bold, otherwise after his death, the new emperor will not be restricted everywhere and cannot do anything.

But now I am still very happy to see Zhao Heng and Shen Bai, Zhao Heng can live for many years, with him in town, there is still a lot of room for maneuver in many things.

Zhao Heng waited for the two of them for a long time, looked at the two of them for a while, and said gently: "Get up, the food is almost cold, eat something first." ”

Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai got up and sat opposite Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng didn't pass on anyone to come in to cloth vegetables, and Shen Bai was not pretentious, so he barely used his left hand to hold chopsticks to eat.

Zhaoling is a state of etiquette, paying attention to food and not sleeping, when eating, Zhao Heng does not speak, and Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai do not speak.

Zhao Heng's appetite is not very good, Rao is imperial dining room changes his tricks every day, and he doesn't want to eat a few bites.

Seeing Zhao Heng put down the chopsticks, Gu Hengzhou swallowed the things in his mouth and put down the chopsticks, but Shen Bai hadn't eaten two bites because of the injury to his hand, so he didn't want to put the chopsticks, but instead stuffed two chopsticks into his mouth, stuffing both cheeks bulging, like a little hamster who kept eating.

Zhao Heng glanced at Shen Bai twice, and the corners of his lips unconsciously smiled: "I haven't seen you for a few months, but the Shen family Xiaolang is more calm than before." ”

The last time Zhao Heng saw Shen Bai, it was when Shen Bai fell in love with Tanhualang to the front of the royal saint, and the impression left by Shen Bai that meeting was that of a confident and conceited young man, this is the edge that teenagers of this age have, Zhao Heng has seen it in many young people, but unfortunately the edge of many people was quickly worn out by reality.

Seeing Shen Bai again this time, Zhao Heng keenly found that Shen Bai had a calm and cold aura on his body, which made this young man less conceited and a little more urban.

Shen Bai sped up and finished eating what was in his mouth, and took another sip of tea to relieve his tiredness, before he spoke: "Your Majesty Xie praises, Shen Bai will continue to work hard to improve himself." ”

Shen Bai's tone was not too happy and proud, he was very calm and calm, Zhao Heng's eyes flashed with appreciation, and he finally cut to the chase: "Do you know what I called you into the palace today?" ”

Gu Hengzhou adhered to the principle of not speculating on the holy will, and did not answer rashly, but Shen Bai asked with great interest: "But Dali Temple caught the real murderer behind the scenes?" ”

Zhao Heng didn't answer, but asked, "There have been some rumors in Beijing recently, have you heard about it?" ”

Gu Hengzhou shook his head: "Captain Zhou was injured at home, and Weichen has been staying in the captain's camp for the past few days, and he doesn't know what happened in Beijing. ”

Shen Bai also looked innocent, shrugged his shoulders and said: "I have been recuperating in the Guogong Mansion for the past few days, and I haven't even stepped out of the door, but what happened to me, why does even Your Majesty know about it?" ”

Zhao Heng didn't investigate whether the two really didn't know or pretended not to know, and said in a deep voice: "There are rumors in Beijing that this case was deliberately done by Zhao Dingyuan, deputy of the lieutenant battalion, because he was at odds with the lieutenant Zhou Deshan and had a deep personal grudge. ”

Zhao Dingyuan and Zhou Deshan gambled in private, Gu Hengzhou had already written a fold and presented it to Zhao Heng, and Shen Bai also helped copy it.

At this time, Shen Bai's eyes widened, and he looked ignorant: "Your Majesty, doesn't you know about the gambling contract between Captain Zhou and Vice Wei Zhao?" ”

Mr. Storyteller has spread the ins and outs of the whole thing all over the streets and alleys, where else does Zhao Heng not know?

He didn't ask Shen Bai about the gambling contract, but looked at Gu Hengzhou and directly concluded: "I know that Zhou Deshan has suffered some grievances, I can dismiss Zhao Dingyuan, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War can be demoted by one level, and you can put forward any other requirements, but this case can not be further investigated." ”

Gu Hengzhou really hadn't heard what those storytellers said, and suddenly heard Zhao Heng say this, his brows furrowed, this case has not been concluded, and the real culprit behind the scenes has not been caught, why can't it be investigated?

Zhao Heng thought that Gu Hengzhou would not give up, his eyes flashed awe-inspiring, and he said coldly: "Xingyuan, you are still young, and when you take on more responsibilities on your shoulders in the future, you will know that many things in this world are not as clear as black and white, I believe that you will be the pillar of Zhaoling like Zhenguo Gong, and I promise you that as long as I reign for one day, I will never let people treat the people of the school captain camp badly." ”

The weight of Zhao Heng's promise was not light, and Shen Bai bumped Gu Hengzhou's arm: "Brother Gu, this is a great thing, don't you want to thank Your Majesty Longen?" ”

Shen Bai secretly glanced at Gu Hengzhou, Gu Hengzhou's jaw tightened, and he thought for a moment before he spoke: "Weichen Xie Your Majesty Longen." ”

Zhao Heng nodded with satisfaction, and looked at Shen Bai again: "What does Shen Xiaolang want?" ”

Shen Bai didn't dare to ask for royal things, and took the initiative to confess: "Shen Bai is worried that Captain Zhou will be tricked, and leaving the camp without permission is already disregarding the holy will, and he doesn't dare to ask for a reward, but he asks for merit and demerits, please forgive Shen Bai for his innocence." ”

Gu Hengxiu and Gu Heng decided to see Shen Bai that day, it is difficult to guarantee that the two of them will not make a fuss about this matter, rather than being poked out, it is better for Shen Bai to confess first.

Gu Hengzhou also mentioned this matter in the recital, but he took the fault on himself, saying that it was not good for his own governance, Zhao Heng glanced at Gu Hengzhou, and saw that his expression was light, as if he had not heard Shen Bai's words, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly: "There is a reason for the incident, and you should be forgiven for your innocence." ”

Shen Bai thanked: "Your Majesty Xie is very tolerant. ”

After speaking, Zhao Heng looked at Gu Hengzhou and asked, "Can the cavalry in the captain's battalion be trained?" It's the autumn hunt soon, and I want this cavalry to accompany the Praetorian Guard, how about going far? ”

Gu Hengzhou's eyebrows were deep, and he replied unswervingly: "Everyone in the captain's camp is ready to be sent by His Majesty at any time!" ”

Zhao Heng's brows were slightly relaxed, and he finally showed a little relief: "This autumn hunt, if Xingyuan can win the first place, I can let Zhenguo Gong stay in the capital for an extra month, and Xingyuan must prepare carefully." ”

"Good!"