After the envoy was still stationed in the camp near Tang County at that time, it has been two years since Fu Xunyu once again set foot on the land of Henan.

Since the Hui and Revolution thieves were frustrated and fled south, and Zhao Yingqi Hun Camp sat in Huyang Town, the road from Zaoyang County to Tang County into Henan has been much smoother. Along the way, the official road because of the re-repair is much more plain than before, passing cars and horses and passengers are also crowded, southern Henan, northern Chu are densely populated areas, this is also the normal scene in the peaceful season.

Fu Xunyu knew very well that the reason why the situation between Chu and Yu could gradually stabilize was inseparable from Zhao Ying's guards. A sense of pride inspires him to be full of fighting spirit for the mission to be accomplished next.

There were still more than ten horsemen who passed with him, and except for one foreign pedestrian, the rest were all entourage. The foreign affairs banker's name is Zheng Shihao, and he has not been in the Foreign Affairs Department for a long time, but his ability is very outstanding, so he is fortunate to be Fu Xunyu's only partner this time.

The three Zheng Shihao brothers all served in Zhao Ying, and he was the eldest brother. The second brother, Zheng Shixin, practiced martial arts and was a sentry officer in the training barracks. The third brother, Zheng Shiqi, was recommended by Mu Gongchun, the commander of power, because of his outstanding literary talent, and was appointed as the deputy envoy of the command not long ago, and currently has the highest status among the three brothers. As a native of Mengjin, Henan, Zheng Shihao is very familiar with all parts of Henan Prefecture, and this time he accompanied Fu Xunyu, both as a deputy and as a guide.

"Did your second brother go to Suizhou?" Fu Xunyu likes to chat, knowing that Zheng Shihao has a brother in the army, a few days ago, the military ordered to Fanhecheng to mobilize the training camp to help Suizhou, he also heard about it, so he asked.

Zheng Shihao replied: "I didn't go, his post didn't train this month, and he was preparing for the autumn harvest." ”

"Spring planting and autumn harvest, and most of the year has passed." Thinking of the scene when he met the young and vigorous Ma Guangning in Tang County, it was like yesterday, Fu Xunyu couldn't help but sigh. If a person must come down, time will pass very quickly, and the same applies to Zhao Ying. After taking root in northern Chu, the people in the camp, including Fu Xunyu, often had the illusion that they did not have enough time.

"Have you ever been to Luoyang?" Fu Xunyu thought of the mission of this trip again, and casually asked Zheng Shihao.

Zheng Shi smiled and said: "Of course, Luoyang is 'in the middle of the world', and the subordinate buildings near the water get the moon first, so there is no reason not to go." He added, "But now, the city is less than nine miles around, and it has long since lost its glory." ”

"It's not as good as Jiuli ......," Fu Xunyu stammered, "Isn't that even the Fuwang Mansion incomparable?" ”

Zheng Shihao said: "That's not comparable, the Fu Fan is the closest family of today's saints, 'the land of Henan is half into the domain' is not a lie, how can a little Luoyang compare to the palace." ”

Fu Xunyu smiled helplessly: "The world is unreasonable, so much so." Luoyang Yunyun Li Shu has no strong walls to guard, and a royal family is worth these tens of millions of people. ”

The two chatted, and the conversation turned to the mission of the trip.

There are many relatives of the Ming family in Henan, but the most famous is none other than the Fu Domain, the head of the "Three Relatives Domain".

Zhu Changxun, the current prince of the Fu Domain, is the third son of Emperor Zhu Yijun of Wanli, and his mother Zheng Guifei is the most favored by Emperor Wanli. The son is more precious than the mother, and Emperor Wanli even once moved the idea of giving up his eldest son Zhu Changluo and canonizing Zhu Changxun as the crown prince. However, such a matter of abolishing the elders and establishing young violated the provisions of the "Emperor Ming Zuxun", and was strongly opposed by the ministers, especially the officials of the Donglin Party, and the Wanli Emperor was extremely displeased, which also became one of the reasons why the Wanli Emperor was negligent for nearly 20 years. Although Zhu Changluo still became the crown prince under the intervention of the Empress Dowager Cisheng in the end, Emperor Wanli continued to favor Zhu Changxun, and Zhu Changxun went out of the Beijing domain, and the rewards of gold and silver, and acres of land far exceeded all the vassal kings of the same period.

Since the apocalypse, and Zhichongzhen, he has also taken great care of Zhu Changxun and Fu Fan, and turned a blind eye to all kinds of harm to the people in Henan. After decades of operation, Fu Fan has become the largest owner of land and wealth in Henan, and it is especially insufficient to say that the money is too much to be Beidou and the rice is rotten.

Fuwang Zhu Changxun is 55 years old this year, and his eldest son Zhu Yousong's birthday is a few days later on the Midyear Festival. Zhao Dangshi once went to Xiangwang's Mansion as a guest, and saw that the mansion was packing up the gifts sent to Luoyang Fuwang's Mansion, and after inquiring, he also moved the idea of taking the opportunity to make friends. immediately asked for a letter of recommendation from Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang, and found Fu Xunyu and asked him to go to Luoyang to make a point for Zhao Ying, and by the way, he also visited Shaolin Temple to bring Zhao Dangshi's greetings.

Fu Xunyu's plan was to go to Fufan first and then to Shaolin, so he went all the way north, passed through Nanyang and Ruzhou, and arrived in Luoyang the day before the Midyear Festival.

Fuwangfu is outside Luoyang City, Fu Xunyu and others found the periphery of Fuwangfu, and found a pair of white marble stone lions in the local population that "there is a big stone lion is the palace". The stone lions are mighty and majestic, and among them is the road to the palace.

Similar to the Qin Mansion of Xi'an, the Mansion of Shu of Chengdu and other large domains, the Fuwang Mansion of the first pro-domain of the Ming Dynasty today has a moat dug in the outermost part, and in addition to the inner city built of bricks, it also surrounds the outer city built of rammed earth, called "Xiao Wall", and the centipede wood is also laid in the wall soil to strengthen the overall strength. The Xiao wall of King Fu's mansion is more than nine miles around, and the scale is close to the imperial palace. The inner city wall is called "palace wall", Zhou also has five miles, far more than the three miles stipulated by the patriarchal law, there is a gate on each side of the southeast, northwest and northwest, the south gate is the main gate, called "Duanli Gate", and the remaining three gates are called "Guangzhi", "Tiren", "Zunyi". The castle tower is decorated with green and gold, and the supporting corridor is smeared with the color of green daisy. The inner and outer walls are both two feet high and nine feet high, standing majestically.

After Fu Xunyu and Zheng Shihao and others entered from the outer city, they soon arrived at the Duanli Gate, which was lined with red lacquer and coated with gold and copper nails. During this time, there were many guests, and several rows of horse-tied horses were full at the door, and piles of ox carts and carriages were parked in a large open space on the side. There were already people waiting in front of the door, and after the steward took the name handed by Fu Xunyu and checked it, he personally led them into the house.

Within the palace walls are the palaces of the palace. After entering the door, you will be greeted by the carrying hall of the top, the Chinese painting cockroach and the auspicious flower of the Phnom Penh octagonal.

Fu Xunyu, Zheng Shihao and others were brought into the hall first to wait. The front hall of this palace is eleven bays, extremely wide, in addition to Fu Xunyu and them in the palace, there are actually many guests who are also waiting, but falling in the four corners of the huge space, people seem sparse. But see the front and back halls are all decorated with red lacquer gold cockroaches, the curtain around them is a red gold cockroach, and the back wall of the seat is painted with cockroaches, colorful clouds and swimming dragons, full of colors, very blurry dreams. Where had the entourage who followed Fu Xunyu seen such a luxurious palace, in their lives, the Three Military Mansions in Fan Hecheng were already surprisingly magnificent, but compared to this Fu Wang Mansion, they were immediately dwarfed, as if they had placed the loaches in front of Jiaolong.

The hall was large, but no one raised their voices, but it seemed very quiet. Fu Xunyu chatted with Zheng Shihao for a few words, and another steward came in, counted and collected the gifts first, and then left the entourage in the hall, only taking Fu Xunyu and Zheng Shihao, who had a head, out of the hall and went to the inner courtyard. Along the way, each hall is covered with cyan glazed tiles, and occasionally the buildings such as the community altar, the dining house, the flattery department, and the grain collection hall are lined up one after another, and there are many corridors and pavilions, which are almost dazzling. If it weren't for the familiar steward who led the way first, Fu Xunyu was sure that he would not be able to see King Fu in ten days and half a month.

I don't know how long I walked, in short, Fu Xunyu felt that his feet were sinking, and he was adjusting his breath, when a stone shadow wall with a vermilion background with a large green edge and carved algae appeared. Bypass the shadow wall, wear a high gate building, and the gate tower plaque is written in elegant "Deer Garden" two words cursive. Walking in, the vision immediately changes greatly, the first thing to enter is a large pool, the big pond is gentle, there are a number of small islands, on each small island, there is a pavilion, elegant and lovely. The stone bridge on the water is like a return, and the railing bridge deck is made of elm stone, and the light is shining brightly. With the large pond as the center, the rockery trees are dotted with groups, which contrast with each other. Under the sound of cicadas, the ground is paved with fine white sand, reflecting the sunlight, making the entire garden surrounded by tall corner towers on all sides bright and open.

Fu Xunyu had only walked a few steps, and not far away, an object rushed in front of him, looked at the person with clear eyes, and then drilled into the peach forest not far from him. The steward said: "This is a sika deer raised in the palace, and there are more than ten deer in the entire deer park. They are afraid of life, and it is rare to see people who often walk around in the palace a few times, and your Excellency has seen them here, which is really lucky. ”

At this time, a sedan chair suddenly stopped behind him. Fu Xunyu wondered in his heart, obviously all the guests' carriages and horses were parked outside the wall, how could anyone still come in a sedan chair. Fu Xunyu saw that the man was about thirty years old, medium stature, plump physique, neat and refreshing appearance, and his dress was also extravagant and magnificent.

The steward gave the man a proper salute and introduced Fu Xunyu: "This is the prince of the world, King Dechang." ”

Fu Xunyu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly saluted: "The last Fu Xunyu, see His Royal Highness the Prince." The person in front of him is the eldest son of Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, and Zhu Yousong, the king of Dechang. Since he was named the "Prince of Fuwang" at this point, he is the heir of the Fu Domain.

Fu Xunyu heard Zhu Yousong bow his head and secretly asked the steward: "What is the origin of this person, can he go to Luyuan?" ”

The steward reported the identities of Fu Xunyu and Zheng Shihao, and Zhu Yousong nodded lightly. His voice was low and powerful, and after greeting Fu Xunyu with a smile, he said, "Father is in the garden, and Your Excellency can go with Xiao Wang." ”

Walking slowly on the sand, many maids along the way curled Tingting, shuttled through the forest, saw Zhu Yousong, all prostrate and bowed, Zhu Yousong only did not see, and acted as before. Fu Xunyu accidentally caught a glimpse of several maids kneeling, panicked and didn't have time to stretch their skirts, and the hem was curled up because of curling, but a little spring light was exposed under the skirt.

The steward who was walking on the side saw Fu Xunyu's face surprised, and approached and explained in a low voice: "In the palace, the maids and concubines are not wearing obscene clothes, and the crotch is hollow, so it is convenient for the prince to temporarily come to luck." ”

Fu Xunyu thanked him, swallowed his saliva, and didn't see it at the moment.

After a while, the eaves protruding from the depths of the woods, and when you look closer, you can see that there is still a small palace inside. Although the palace is not big, it is exquisitely decorated, the eaves are steep and the phoenixes are in pairs, and the beams and pillars are carved with beads, which are gorgeous and exquisite. There is a platform in front of the hall, where several dancers in wide robes and long sleeves are dancing, and on both sides are the troupe members who play music and sing harmony.

Between the palace gate and the platform, spread a splendid high couch, surround the high couch, all kinds of officials and maids in the house are accompanied by singing, dancing and laughing, Fu Xunyu looks at it, but sees that in the middle of the high couch, there is a man lying down. The man wore a Xuanluo hat on his head, a brand new azure crepe pleat, and silk shoes and socks under his feet, but the whole body was extremely fat, and it was thick and collapsed like a mountain of meat, which was quite terrifying at first glance.

The fat man was watching the dance with his huge head in one hand, Zhu Yousong went up to meet first, Fu Xunyu and Zheng Shihao then went up together, knelt down and bowed, and shouted: "Worship the prince Chitose, I wish the prince blessings such as the East China Sea, peace and auspiciousness!" ”

The fat Fu King Zhu Changxun looked at Fu Xunyu and the others, his body was motionless, and he said, "Get up." The next day is the birthday of King Dechang, and it is not the king's, so there is no need for a big gift. "If you don't say a few words, you're a little out of breath.

Fu Xunyu said yes, observing Zhu Changxun at close range, he found that his face was abnormally red, knowing that it must be caused by long-term use of aphrodisiacs, nodding secretly, taking out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and said: "This is the medicine of the toad cake proposed by the golden toad in northern Chu during the Dragon Boat Festival this year, which is a great supplement for the body, and is specially dedicated to the prince to prolong his life." ”

The Dragon Boat Festival toad hunt is an old example in the Ming Palace, and the toad cake taken out can be made into a powerful aphrodisiac. Fu Xunyu came prepared, did not hand it over in the carrier hall, and deliberately hid it and handed it over to Zhu Changxun in person.