(400 words for readers)

"Brother Tang, why don't you want to drink?" Another person named Mukai Yu said. When they get together and eat together, they all drink a little wine.

"I'm going to see the prince in a while, how can I do when I talk and my mouth is full of wine!" Tang Jingyu glared at him. Xiang Jingyu lowered his head and stopped talking.

After a while, the food was delivered, and they chatted while eating.

"Brother Tang, Brother Xu, they have also checked a lot of things about this prince these days, what is his temperament?" There is another man named Mo Li: "I only met a few times in Kaifeng Mansion that day, where can I find out the temperament of the prince?" So ask Brother Tang, if you see the prince in the afternoon, you won't violate his taboo. ”

"Also, I'm going to see King Runan soon, and I'm going to be on an errand under him in the future, be careful not to violate his taboos."

Tang Jingyu said: "King Runan likes to practice martial arts, and the first thing he does when he gets up every morning is to practice martial arts for an hour. After that, he took the guards out to play, drank and watched plays, flew dogs, and walked home before dark. Every month's money is not enough to spend, and Princess Zhou loves her youngest son, so she always gives him a little reward. ”

"This is a loser!" In the end, the man complained from Yuanhong: "Relying on the power and money in your own family, you don't do your job." ”

"Not quite." Tang Jingyu said again: "Although he spends money and spends a lot of money and is a loser, he never bullies others, and he once fought with the local rich in Kaifeng, but he didn't deal with that person after that, but the person who fought with him knelt in front of the Zhou Wang's Mansion for a long time after knowing it, and he didn't go back until His Royal Highness the King of Zhou personally came out to appease him." ”

"It's not bad." Mo Li said: "I usually look down on those who bully others, especially those who rely on their ancestors. As the king of the county, this king of Runan can not bully others, which is good. And he also likes martial arts, I think this prince is a good prince. Mo Li had a good impression of Zhu Youjiao.

"I said too," Xiang Jingyu also said: "According to what I said, practicing martial arts is much more difficult than studying, and those who can practice martial arts are capable people." ”

Xiang Yuanhong didn't speak, but looking at his expression, he thought the same as Mo Yuan and Xiang Jingyu.

Tang Jingyu glanced at the three of them a few times, and finally swallowed back the words he was about to say. He wanted to remind him again that they came all the way to the capital from Shandong to lurk in the Zhou Palace, not really to serve as a guard for Zhu Youjiao. But why should he always be annoying? Anyway, when it's time to use them, they'll know what to do.

After a while, they finished eating, checked out and continued to rush to King Zhou's mansion.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, in addition to the royal family's twenty-four eunuch yamen and six female officials, all the things needed can be produced by themselves and do not need to be purchased from outside, even if the Guogong family is not self-sufficient, and they also need to buy things from outside, whether it is grain, oil, fruits and vegetables or jewelry, they need to be purchased from outside. There was a great demand in these noble mansions, and naturally, a commercial street was formed near the noble mansion that specialized in selling a certain kind of goods for the use of the noble family.

At this time, they walked through a commercial street specializing in selling antiques, and saw countless shops with large signboards lined up on both sides of the road. The exterior of these shops is not very luxurious, but insiders can tell how good the store is at a glance. Tang Jingyu and Mo Li and the other three often go out on business trips, and they are also involved in this, so Xiang Yuanhong sighed after a few glances: "Just the few shops I just saw, I can't find anything comparable in the whole of Shandong." ”

"Isn't that! The richest people in the Ming Dynasty are all in the capital, and the most upscale stores are not necessarily in the capital. Mo Li said.

Xiang Yuanhong didn't pay attention to him, and continued: "I have also been in the antique shops in Jinan and other places, and I don't think there is anything; But I didn't dare to go in the few houses I walked by just now. ”

"Antique shops aren't pretty." Xiang Jingyu said: "I also went in and saw it, but they are all old things, which are boring." ”

"Everything in the antique shop is good." Tang Jingyu said: "Those are all inherited from ancient times, and they are all priceless things. "He had read books and had an understanding of the value of antiques.

"Brother Tang, does this antique shop only sell antiques from the Ming Dynasty?" Mo Li said suddenly.

"Of course. Those small barbarian countries have jewelry, how can there be any decent antiques? Tang Jingyu, who had a simple sense of national pride, replied.

"But Brother Tang," Mo Li's hand suddenly pointed to a shop on the street: "But when we talked about the door of that store just now, I heard two people talking about jade pendants unearthed from the Han Continent. ”

"The jade pendant unearthed in the Hanzhou Continent? Is that the continent that was just discovered last year? Xiang Yuanhong said. Although everyone doesn't think it has anything to do with themselves, it's still okay as a casual conversation. Especially recently, many officials have been sentenced to exile on the Han continent, which has made the common people talk about it more often, and it has spread faster. So Tang Jingyu heard about it when they arrived in Yangzhou.

"What was found last year? It was discovered in the fourth year of Jianye, but it was too far away from Daming, and the king of Xiang was only busy seeing how big the continent was, so he didn't send a ship back until last year. ”

"I heard that the continent is full of savages, and it is even more backward than the barbarians around Daming." Mo Li said.

"And what valuable antiques can there be in a place like this?" Xiang Yuanhong asked again.

"I didn't hear that they are descendants of Yin Shang, this jade pendant is also a jade pendant from the time of Yin Shang." Tang Jingyu said.

"The jade pendant of Yin Shang is very valuable?" Xiang Yuanhong said again. He didn't know what Yin Shang was.

"If it's true, it's worth it." Tang Jingyu said: "Yin Shang has been more than 2,400 years ago, and few antiques have been handed down, if they are really valuable. ”

"So valuable? Then I'll have to check it out. Xiang Yuanhong said.

"Go to King Zhou's Mansion first, and then look at this jade pendant." Tang Jingyu said again.

"Yes, Brother Tang." Xiang Yuanhong agreed. He also knew that Tang Jingyu was right, and he just said it casually. But he took a deep look at the store's sign, just in case he forgot it later.

'Fujin Anxuan, the payment is Suzhou Li's. ’

After that, no one said anything, and their group rushed to King Zhou's mansion as fast as they could. Soon walked to Hongwu Street, Tang Jingyu asked people again, and headed east. After walking for a while, they finally saw a glittering plaque about twenty zhang away, with three big characters written "Zhou Wangfu".

"It's done." Tang Jingyu exhaled and said.

They stopped where they were, rested for a while, straightened their clothes, wiped their sweat, and walked towards the palace with their feet raised.

When Tang Jingyu walked to the main entrance, he saw that Menzi was talking to the man who looked like a family of three, the man asked another question, Menzi answered, he bowed down and thanked a few words, and turned around with his wife and children.

When the family of three walked away, Menzi spat on the ground and said, "The people who came from somewhere, whether they understand the rules or not, actually asked the menzi of the palace for directions." If it weren't for the prince's repeated instructions not to bully others, no matter what your identity is, you must be kind, and you are asking about the Zheng Guogong Mansion, and you would have been beaten away. ”

muttering a few words, this man turned his head and saw Tang Jingyu and the others, seeing that they were men, women and children, thinking that they were also asking for directions, he was impatient, but he still asked, "I don't know what a few people do?" What is the matter with coming to the Zhou Palace? ”

"This eldest brother, we are the guards selected by His Royal Highness the King of Runan, and we have come to report." Tang Jingyu said with his fists clenched.

"The guards chosen by the Second Young Master? The guards of the second young master are all selected from the three guards, are you from the three guards? Menzi heard their Shandong accent.

"This big brother, we are the guards who were selected in November last year. At that time, we escorted a fellow villager back to his hometown, passing through Kaifeng, because of the ......, after which His Royal Highness the King of Runan chose us to be his bodyguard. Tang Jingyu knew that their situation must be rare, and quickly explained.

Although this man has been in the capital all the year round, he has also heard of Zhu Youjiao's temperament, although he has never heard of such a thing before, but when he thinks about it, he can indeed do it, and then looked at the documents they brought with the seal of the king of Runan, and said: "You wait here, I'll go in and report." ”

When the incident was reported, Zhu Youjiao was sitting and talking with his father and brother. Zhu Hu glared at him and said, "I only found out today that Yunxi allowed you to stay in the capital. Why don't you say it in advance? ”

Zhu Youjiao lowered his head and did not speak. The reason why he didn't say it was naturally because he was afraid that his father Zhu Hu would tell him all day long after he knew about it, and now Zhu Hu was going back to Kaifeng, and he had to take him back, so he said it when he couldn't help but say it.

Zhu Hu knew what he was thinking as soon as he saw him, and he was even more angry, and was about to reprimand, Zhu Youstew persuaded: "Dad, the second brother is also an unintentional mistake, so don't be harsh." ”

"You're still protecting him! What an unintentional mistake! Zhu Hu couldn't help but shout at Zhu Youstew.

"Dad, you are angry." Zhu Youstew didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he could only say so.

Zhu Hu turned his head and scolded Zhu Youjiao for a while, but this time he agreed very respectfully. Zhu Hu's anger subsided, and he said to him: "That's it, since Yun Xi wants to keep you in the capital and sends you on an errand, you can do it well." Cooperate with Yun Xi to uproot the White Lotus Sect. ”

"Yes, Dad." Zhu Youjiao agreed.

Zhu Hu said a few more words, looked at his second son, and his heart softened, and said: "The most important thing is my own life." Although my father told you like that, it doesn't matter if the things that Yun Xi told you can be done, you must ensure your safety and never lose. ”

"Yes, Dad." Hearing this, Zhu Youjiao also replied with some emotion.

Zhu Hu was about to say something more, when the subordinate at the second gate walked in and told them what he heard from the door, father and son.

"People have arrived in the capital? So fast? Zhu Youjiao was a little surprised. The road in winter is very difficult to walk, and he talked to Yun Xi about it before, and they all thought that they would set off after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it would take at least a month to reach the capital. Why did it come at this time?

"Second Young Master, this is from the door on the gate." The man replied.

Zhu Youjia was still surprised that they came so early, but Zhu Youwei immediately reacted and said, "Second brother, now is not the time to wonder why they came so early. ”

"Now that they have come, you have to settle down at once, no, you go out and meet them first, and see if they are the people, and then settle them down." Then immediately send someone to tell the fifth brother. ”

Zhu Youjiao also came back to his senses, stood up after saluting Zhu Hu, straightened his clothes, put on his shoes and walked out.

Zhu Yi looked at his back, and subconsciously muttered again: "The errand arranged by Yun Xi has begun, and Zhu Youjia is safe and sound." ”

"Father, the second brother will be safe." Zhu has stewed road.

"I hope so." Zhu Hu finally sighed.