Chapter 228: The Lost Dog
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/p> The lobby of the Shen family's pear orchard is full again. Zhu Gaoxu went upstairs and sat down, and couldn't help but praise. The big shopkeeper Xu Cailiu said that it is not every day that there are so many guests, but as long as it is Li Louxian's play, it is usually this scene.
After waiting for a long time, Shen Xu finally came. She was wearing a cloth dress with a cyan base and a dark red edge, the dark cotton fabric looked a little old-fashioned, but fortunately Shen Xu had snow-white skin and elegant temperament. The stand-up collar coat wrapped her tightly, and Zhu Gaoxu felt that her dress was deliberate.
After Shen Xu saw the ceremony, he poured tea into both small cups, and Zhu Gaoxu picked up one cup.
"Childe, wait a minute." Shen Xu said, "The concubine drinks first." ”
Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and drank the tea in the small cup in one sip. Seeing this, Shen Xu glanced at him and poured tea for him again.
"There was an accident last time, but I don't think Mrs. Shen will harm me." Zhu Gaoxu said.
Shen Xu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and suddenly said in a playful tone: "The son's status is noble, so he is not afraid that the things outside are not clean?" ”
Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly and said casually: "The conspiracy is not terrible. ”
Shen Xu looked at Zhu Gaoxu with interest, her eyes were very bright, and her appearance was also very serious, "Why did Childe say this?" ”
Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice: "How many people in the world have not died well, how many have been poisoned and assassinated by conspiracy? Most of them were blatantly taken down, knowing that they were going to die, but there was nothing they could do. ”
Shen Xu muttered: "The death row inmates in the prison, don't they dare to love because they committed a crime first? ”
Zhu Gaoxu said: "If those sins can be applied to all people in the world, I agree that the cause of their death is guilt." ”
Shen Xu's gaze, something tangible, brushed over Zhu Gaoxu's face, and she said softly, "Childe seems to be a little troubled today?" ”
Zhu Gaoxu said: "I'm just casually saying some empty words. ”
Shen Xu said in a casual tone: "We have met several times before, but Childe has never spoken like this. ”
Zhu Gaoxu no longer spoke, and looked at the stage slightly. The sound of the actors singing and the noise of the officials were just right, which did not affect their conversation on the balcony, but also covered up the sound of the conversation here so that it would not be heard by outsiders.
After a while, Zhu Gaoxu turned around and said, "I came to see Mrs. Shen today, I have something to ask for." Please Mrs. help me get a road guide from Kunming County, businessman, a man in his twenties, tall and strong, with a northern accent. Thank you very much. ”
Shen Xu said calmly: "If you can find such a person in the Shang Gang, you will send someone to the palace after two days." With a gesture, the son doesn't have to be polite. ”
Zhu Gaoxu said: "The matter of the copper mine in Lijiang Prefecture last time, I have already sent someone to send a letter to the political envoy of Yunnan, is it done?" ”
Shen Xu smiled and said, "Thank you, Childe." ”
After a while, Shen Xu said softly: "When Li Lou finishes singing this scene first, the concubine will tell her to accompany her son, and I hope that her son can forget his troubles and be happier because of this." ”
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu laughed "heh", "Mrs. Shen is kind and understandable." ”
Shen Xu said quietly: "The things in our place are not available in the palace, and the prince doesn't want to taste the strangeness?" ”
Zhu Gaoxu shook his head slightly, and said in his heart: I said as if I hadn't repaired a car.
He said: "Strange is strange, but after doing such things, my heart will always be empty." I've not been in the mood lately, so I'll talk about it later. ”
"It's fine." Shen Xu was a little embarrassed, and then laughed quietly, "Childe thinks that what do you want them to do to make people feel good?" ”
Zhu Gaoxu said: "That's impossible. It's like I played Li Louxian, or gave money, or owed Mrs. Shen a favor, and there was no bullying in fair trading. But my troubles are still there, can Li Lou solve them first? What's more, I have nothing to do with Li Louxian and have no affection, does she really care about my distress? ”
He paused, and sighed with some emotion: "If my troubles are that I have lost my gambling money; And then spending money to do this is to add insult to injury, which is tantamount to drinking water to quench your thirst. There is no cure for man's troubles. ”
Shen Xu nodded thoughtfully, "It seems that the concubine wants to tell Xu Cailiu that she has to let the girls have more affection." ”
"It's all fake." Zhu Gaoxu said casually. He hugged his fists and said, "I will stay soon, and I hope that Mrs. Shen will keep the matter of Lu Yin secret." ”
Shen Xu got up and said, "Don't worry, the concubine will definitely do it well." The concubine sent her son out. ”
"Madame, stay." Zhu Gaoxu said.
Shen Xu suddenly said again, "The concubine is looking forward to talking to the prince again, it's really interesting." ”
…… When Zhu Gaoxu got up in the morning, he first went to the study on the side of the carrier hall to look at the official documents and newspapers.
At this moment, a eunuch entered and said, "Outside the gate of Tiren, someone sent a letter and asked the prince to take a look. The little ones detained the people in the gatehouse first. ”
Zhu Gaoxu said: "Disassemble." ”
The eunuch tore open the envelope and presented the paper with both hands. Zhu Gaoxu unfolded it and took a look: Nearly two years after the deceased parted, can you see it?
Just two lines, the language is unknown. But when Zhu Gaoxu saw it, he felt an inexplicably ominous feeling in his heart.
"Let the detained people go, and pass on the king's honor." Zhu Gaoxu immediately ordered.
The eunuch hugged the dust and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”
When Wang Gui entered, Zhu Gaoxu asked him to prepare an ordinary carriage. Then Wang Gui drove the car, and Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the palace from the Tiren Gate in the east and walked east along the street.
Zhu Gaoxu lifted the curtain and observed the pedestrians and scenes around him.
After a while, a stout man wearing a big hat suddenly came out of an alley on the side of the street. When Zhu Gaoxu saw that figure, his face already showed a sad expression. The carriage did not stop at all, and the man grabbed the door panel behind him with great dexterity, smashed through the planks and curtains, and climbed up.
Although he was wearing a wide robe, the man's extremely thick and strong body still couldn't hide it, and the muscles on his shoulders held up the loose sleeves of his robe. The man took off the big hat on his head, revealing a familiar face...... Isn't it peace?
"Why is Brother Ping'an in Yunnan Mansion?" Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help blurting out the first sentence.
The flesh on Ping'an's face twitched, and he smiled bitterly: "It's a long story. When the King of Han asked me to remember, I still remember, did the King of Han forget? ”
Zhu Gaoxu shook his head, patted the wooden board of the carriage and said, "Wang Gui, go to the Banyan Street stronghold." ”
The Banyan Street stronghold is close to Mufu, which is not a good place to go. But after the people were evacuated, it was now an empty courtyard; Things were in a hurry, and Zhu Gaoxu thought of that place, at least he would not let Ping An come into contact with people again, and he had a place to hide for the time being.
Zhu Gaoxu got out of the car at the gate of the courtyard first, picked up half a brick from the ground, knocked off the copper lock directly, and then asked Wang Gui to drive the carriage into the courtyard. On the brick floor in the courtyard, there are still some broken porcelain pieces, Zhu Gaoxu remembers, it is the thick bowl brought back from the Agu Temple last time, it was broken and checked, and the fragments have not been cleaned until now.
Zhu Gaoxu and Ping'an walked into the hall and asked Wang Gui to take a look.
They sat down on a bench beside the square table, and Ping'an said, "I have just arrived in Yunnan Mansion, and I have only entered the city this morning, and I will immediately come to find the King of Han." If the King of Han is afraid of being implicated, he will escort me back to Beijing, anyway, I only have half my life left to live! ”
Zhu Gaoxu said: "A while ago, I sent someone to Beijing to send medicinal materials to my mother, and I heard about something. Although Ping An was impeached, he also became an official in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies? Why is it so urgent? ”
"it!" Ping'an scolded first, "The person who falsely accused me is just a thousand households in Beiping." When I arrived in Beijing, I found out that the thousands of households had been promoted to the third grade of Beiping, and they were in command! It's just to treat me like a donkey, I'm not that stupid, don't you know what it means now?
It didn't take long for me to find that there were people hanging around all day long, and I don't know how many people were trying to make false accusations against me so that I could be promoted and make a fortune! If I don't run, will I run away? ”
Zhu Gaoxu groaned: "I see. ”
Ping'an said again: "The eunuch Wang Gui is a person from the King of Han, and he met him outside the imperial city. Wang Gui greeted first, and I said a few words at the risk of death. If it weren't for the urgency of the situation, I wouldn't have said those things to a eunuch. ”
Zhu Gaoxu pondered, it was useless to blame Ping'an for being hasty now, he only said: "General Ping came to Yunnan, there must be witnesses along the way, and sooner or later he will be found by the imperial court, your appearance is too peculiar." ”
Ping'an frowned and said: "What the prince said is very true, it is too easy to be recognized, so I came to Yunnan, otherwise I can find a place to hide incognito!" ”
There was a look of frustration in his tiger eyes, "If the King of Han is difficult, just send me back, and you can still show your loyalty to the present." I have no reason to blame you. ”
"General Ping, don't worry." Zhu Gaoxu stood up and paced back and forth in the dilapidated hall with his hands behind his back.
The two were silent for a long time, and Zhu Gaoxu spoke: "I want to save General Ping, not to disobey my father...... However, you and I have fought many times in the battle formation, and it is inevitable that we will sympathize with each other; What's more, General Shiping listened to my advice in the Battle of Lingbi and didn't fight with me, and I owe you a great favor. ”
Ping'an glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, nodded and said, "What King Han said is true." Although I asked Wang Gui Qu Neng about his father and son, I don't believe that it was done by the king of Han, you are the son of today, why do you want to do those things? If King Han comes to the rescue today, it is also for the sake of personal friendship, and the general will remember this great kindness, which is unforgettable! ”
"Good, that's it." Zhu Gaoxu nodded.
Ping An asked tentatively, "King Han wants to protect me?" ”
Zhu Gaoxu said: "Of course I want to protect you!" I was trying to figure out a way just now, you think I'm hesitating? Peace came suddenly, and everything was outside of my deployment, and I was not ready for a while. ”
Ping An hurriedly got up and hugged his fists and said: "If the last general can pick up this life, in the future, it will be sent by the King of Han!" ”
Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: "Does Ping An know whose house is the mansion next door to the east?" ”
"I don't know." Ping An shook his head.
"Mu Sheng." Zhu Gaoxu sighed, "The fathers of Ping'an and Mu Sheng are both adopted sons of Taizu, but your circumstances are very different. ”
Ping An was stunned, speechless.
(End of chapter)