When Zhang Zhiji saw this, he immediately took Yu Dachuan's hand and said, "This Brother Yu is also a soldier?" In Xia Zhang Zhiji, he is now a captain in Beijing. ”

Yu Dachuan saw that this person was quite close to His Royal Highness the Prince, and he didn't dare to lose his respect, "Captain Zhang, disrespectful, in Xia Yu Dachuan, he used to be a soldier of Datongwei, and now he has left his nationality." ”

Zhang Zhiji said: "Listening to the meaning of Brother Yu's words, there are also important people around him who have passed away?" Alas, we really have the same disease, if we don't drink a few more drinks with Brother Yu, we really live up to this fate. ”

Zhu Youzhen, who was on the side, looked at Zhang Zhiji's appearance and said funny: "Ziyu, you don't have to find any excuse if you want to get drunk, just drink it openly, release all the grievances tonight, and be an upright soldier in the future." ”

Zhang Zhiji pretended not to hear, pulled Yu Dachuan and left, and didn't know what Zhang Zhiji and Yu Dachuan said, so the two of them walked to the garden with a wine jar in their arms.

After almost three rounds of drinking, the people of Zhu's Mansion have eaten almost all the wine and food, and they have all left the table to go back to duty, and the porter first went to get the bolt of the door, but as soon as the door was opened, he was startled, and saw an old man curled up and sitting at the door.

As soon as he heard the sound of the door opening, the man at the door immediately turned around, saw someone coming out, quickly stood up, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "How are you on duty?" I've knocked on the door for so long and I haven't seen the door, oops, I'm freezing to death. ”

The person at the door was none other than Li Jinzhong, the eunuch in the palace.

Seeing this person get up, the porter glanced at this person's outfit and recognized that this was the palace attendant, and the porter hurriedly asked, "I don't know what is the important matter for my father-in-law to come here?" ”

Li Jinzhong said: "Naturally, there is something to do, quickly lead me to see the fifth master." ”

The porter was worried that he would miss a major event by eating and drinking, so he hurried to lead the way.

When he arrived in the courtyard, Li Jinzhong saw the people in the courtyard, and he didn't know what the situation was, so he followed the porter all the way to Zhu Youjian's table.

Seeing Zhu Youzhen, Li Jinzhong immediately changed his respectful face, and when he saw that Zhu Youxiao was also there, he hurriedly saluted and said: "The old slave has seen His Royal Highness and the Fifth Master." ”

Zhu Youzhen turned around and saw Li Jinzhong and asked, "Why is Xiaoliu free to come over today?" But what's the matter? ”

"It's nothing important, it's just some small things, it's not too late to talk about it after the fifth master finishes the banquet, the main thing is that the old slave hasn't seen the fifth master for a long time, so I'm here to say hello to the fifth master!"

Zhu Youzhen pointed to Zhang Zhiji's vacant position and said, "You came at the right time, sit down and have a glass of wine together." ”

Li Jinzhong said: "How dare the old slave sit at the same table with His Royal Highness and the Fifth Master, the old slave is waiting." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "This is not the palace, if you feel constrained by sitting at the same table with us, you can find a seat to sit on your own." ”

"Your Highness Xie, it's better for the old slave to be respectful."

Zhang Zhiji and Yu Dachuan had left for an hour, and the banquet was about to disperse, Zhu Youzhen saw that the two of them had not come back yet, and he was also a little worried that the two of them were not familiar with the house, and they were afraid that they would fall into the water after drinking too much wine, so they called Gao Sheng and Gao Han to look for them in the direction they had left before.

Thanks to the lanterns lit in the back garden of the house at night, otherwise it would be really difficult to find such a large mansion, and after looking for a long time along a few paths in the back garden, Zhu Youzhen found Zhang Zhiji and Yu Dachuan in a waterfront pavilion.

The two wine jars that Zhang Zhiji and the others were holding when they left the table were already empty, one of the wine jars could still stand, and the other fell to the ground, these two jars of wine were twenty catties, and they were all drunk by the two, at this time Yu Dachuan was already lying on the stone table in the pavilion and was drunk unconscious, but Zhang Zhiji looked at Zhu Youzhen who came from outside the pavilion with a sluggish face, and his eyes did not blink.

Zhu Youzhen saw Zhang Zhiji's cute appearance and laughed and teased: "Ziyu, I didn't see that you drank so well before?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Zhiji was still sluggish and didn't react, Zhu Youzhen held Zhang Zhiji's head with both hands and shook it vigorously a few times, "Ziyu, are you sleeping with your eyes open?" ”

Zhang Zhiji only reacted a little at this time, he glanced at Zhu Youzhen a little confused, and said with a big tongue: "Fifth brother, they all say that wine can be intoxicating, and talk about forgetting worries, why do I drink too much, my mind is still clear, let alone forget my worries, wow." After speaking, Zhang Zhiji spit it out, but fortunately, Zhu Youzhen hid quickly, so he didn't vomit.

Zhu Youzhen bypassed the filthy~ thing, stepped forward and patted Zhang Zhiji's back, and Zhang Zhiji vomited one after another.

It didn't get better until Zhang Zhiji couldn't vomit, and when he raised his head, his face was full of tears and snot, and when he turned around and saw Zhu Youzhen, Zhang Zhiji cried out with a "wow", and then hugged Zhu Youzhen.

"Alas, I still haven't dodged it, let's wipe it well." Zhu Youzhen sighed in his heart.

Zhu Youzhen let Zhang Zhiji cry in his arms, seeing Zhang Zhiji like this, Zhu Youzhen sighed and said: "You only heard that wine can forget worries, but you don't know that lovesickness has the ability to tear your heart and wrinkle your face and white hair. Cry, cry, it'll be fine after tonight. ”

By the time Gao Sheng and Gao Han found here, Zhang Zhiji had already fallen asleep in Zhu Youzhen's arms.

It took a lot of effort for the three of them to drag the two drunk men back to the front yard, and it was difficult for them to wake up no matter how much they tossed.

After Zhang Zhiji and Yu Dachuan were settled, the banquet had dispersed, and only a few family members and cooks were left to clean up.

Jinxiu saw that Zhu Youzhen was busy with his work before he stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, Gonggong Li is waiting in the study." ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Well, I know, you go to rest first, I'll go over." ”

When he arrived at the study, Zhu Youzhen saw Li Jinzhong sitting there bored, "Little Liu, what's the important thing after waiting for so long?" ”

Li Jinzhong saw Zhu Youzhen coming in, and hurriedly got up and said: "Back to the fifth master, the old slave doesn't know if this matter is important, but I just want that if the fifth master uses it, the old slave will not run in vain." As he spoke, Li Jinzhong took out a blue-skinned thread-bound book from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen took the book, only to see the cover with the three big characters of "Jin Yilu" written in seal, Zhu Youzhen didn't know what it meant, and flipped through the contents of it, this look was even more confused, all the words written in it were some messy words, although he recognized many words, but even together he couldn't read a sentence.

Zhu Youzhen closed the book and asked Li Jinzhong with some doubts: "What kind of book is this?" ”

Li Jinzhong replied: "The fifth master has never seen this, so it is naturally difficult to understand, and it is used in the secret recording technique of the East Factory, many of which are in secret text, and the main ones are the accounts of the Ordnance Bureau." A few days ago, the following people came to tell the old slave that someone was secretly investigating the Ordnance Bureau recently, and then followed the person into the Fifth Master's Mansion, and the old slave was afraid that someone would talk too much about the Fifth Master's affairs, so he suppressed this matter. ”

Zhu Youzhen asked, "Then what's going on with this ledger?" ”

Li Jinzhong said: "The Ordnance Bureau was almost hollowed out many years ago, the original Ordnance Bureau had nearly 3,000 craftsmen, and now even the number of 1,000 is insufficient, the Ordnance Bureau used to have the most oil and water, and everywhere wanted to come in and intervene, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, the East Factory, and the Jinyi Guard, all of them were a lot, but the other places were at most just a few craftsmen, and the East Factory arranged a lot of supervision and supervision, and the Ordnance Bureau was fished out in less than a year with only a shelf, and the craftsmen went to two, and even the number of people who supervised the construction was about to catch up with the craftsmen, and then there was no oil and water. Those who hung up the name of the superintendent in the Ordnance Bureau, and the bolder ones thought of a different way to use shoddy, but this required the cooperation of the people in the Beijing camp, so later even the right guard of the government army and the people of the Shenji battalion were involved, at first they only used some flawed firearms to shoddy, with the protection of the Shenji battalion, and later the bold ones directly took some scrap iron from leftovers to enter the account. This is the account of all the purchases, minting, disposal, and receipts and expenditures of the Ordnance Bureau from last year to the present. It was secretly recorded by one of the old slave's righteous sons, and the old slave thought that if the fifth master was sending someone to inquire about the accounts of the Ordnance Bureau, then the fifth master of this account book would be able to use it. ”

Zhu Youzhen listened to Li Jinzhong's words, nodded and said: "I can really use this account book, since you have the heart, I also want to remind you, if you are involved in the affairs of the Ordnance Bureau, erase the traces as soon as possible, don't leave any handles, this time the matter is very important, you go back first, let the people below you keep their mouths in check." ”

Li Jinzhong hurriedly responded: "Xie Wuye mentioned that except for the old slave, no one else knows the details of this matter, but when the old slave came today, the door of the fifth master's mansion was closed, and the old slave was afraid of delaying the fifth master's matter, so he had been waiting outside the door, and the palace gate had been locked at this time, and the old slave couldn't go back today." ”

Zhu Youzhen is also a human being, so he naturally understands that Li Jinzhong is inviting merit, and there are few eunuchs in the palace who have some status outside the palace, but if you see through it, Li Jinzhong can personally send this account book over, and Zhu Youzhen will not brush Li Jinzhong's intentions, and said, "In this case, you can stay here tonight, and it is not too late to go back early tomorrow morning." ”

"Fifth Master Xie!"

Early the next morning, Zhang Zhiji woke up with a splitting headache, and only remembered that he dragged Yu Dachuan to the pavilion in the backyard to drink last night, and he couldn't remember anything about the aftermath, and he didn't even know how he came back.

Seeing Zhang Zhiji wake up, the maid waiting outside came in with a basin and said, "Your Highness has prepared the morning meal, and the slave maid is waiting for the little grandfather to change his clothes." ”

I drank too much wine last night, and my eyes were still a little blurry when I got up at this time, and I actually felt that the maid in front of me was a little watery. Zhang Zhiji shook his head, trying to make himself sober, and when he looked at it again, he was just a servant girl who had nothing to do with the color of the water.

Zhang Zhiji hurriedly freshened up, and then followed the maid to the hall, at this time Zhu Youzhen was drinking some tea after eating.

Seeing Zhu Youzhen and Zhang Zhiji, he said excitedly: "Fifth brother, I made the first words for water color in my dream last night, I didn't expect that I Zhang Zhiji would also compose lyrics, I'll read it to you." ”

Zhu Youzhen saw Zhang Zhiji's appearance, and he was very happy in his heart, at this time he and yesterday had completely judged the two of them, if it weren't for the scar on his face, it seemed that he had changed back to the cynical little grandfather in the past.

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "Ziyu's words, then I really want to listen to them, you read them." ”