The garlic flavor dispels the fishy smell of the oysters, which is very fragrant and delicious, and the rice wine is refreshing. You don't have to gobble it up, just taste it slowly little by little, and you won't feel tired of eating a meal for a long time.

Of course, it still depends on who you eat with, and that's the most important thing.

In a quiet room in the downtown area, in the elegant and sparse bamboo curtain, Du Qianrui played the pipa with a soothing rhythm, which was crisp and beautiful. Between the conversations between Zhu Gaoxu and Wang Zhenliang, he ate a bite of oysters, tasted a sip of rice wine, and then listened to the pipa rhythm for a while, and did not feel bored for a moment.

He picked up the wine jug with a thin neck and poured wine, admiring the looming posture of the beauty in the bamboo curtain, and couldn't help but say: "Life is just a process, even if we have something to do, we don't have to make the process so boring." ”

This is the day he has always longed for in his previous life, instead of wearing a heavy iron sheet and sleeping in a tent all day long.

Wang Zhenliang thought about it after hearing it, and although he didn't agree, he listened with interest.

Since the establishment of the Wen Dynasty, Wang Zhenliang has been in Beijing, and he has also worked as a military general in Jinyi, and knows a lot about the ministers of the court. So they chatted with a lot of people one after another, and when it came to Qi Tai, the "big traitor", Zhu Gaoxu became more and more interested.

At that time, there were many ministers who advocated the reduction of feudal domains, most of them were civil officials, and Qi Tai was also one of them. Zhu Gaoxu found that what Qi Tai had done was different from Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru. Qi Tai didn't have Huang Zicheng's words, and he didn't have Fang Xiaoru's Shilin status, but he was more pragmatic, and most of his strategies made sense in hindsight.

Zhu Gaoxu doesn't like those civilian officials who talk about big truths, but admires people like Qi Tai very much.

This person came from a humble background, and when he was young, he and the military general Zhang Xin fought for a kiln sister and did not win, but he was selected by Taizu as one of the ministers of Gu Ming, which was not in vain.

But Qi Tai has the biggest problem: his name is on the list of traitors of "Jing Nan", and it is impossible to be forgiven by Jinshang. As soon as the Battle of Jingjing is over, Qi Tai will be nailed to the pillar of shame of the traitorous ministers forever!

Can such a person be used? He thought about it and thought he could try. Because according to the long-term "career plan" that Zhu Gaoxu planned for himself before, collecting the waste resources of the Jianwen Dynasty was a strange way for him to expand his strength.

People like Qi Tai are so scrapped that they can't be scrapped anymore.

Zhu Gaoxu asked casually and quietly, "Qi Tai is not dead yet?" ”

"It's going to be soon." Wang Zhenliang said, "After leading the troops across the river today, the general trend has gone, and Qi Tai actually claimed to recruit troops to continue to resist, and after leaving Beijing, the people disappeared." I think he's making excuses to run......"

"Huh!" Zhu Gaoxu suddenly laughed, "Actually, there's nothing wrong with being afraid of death. It is in human nature to have the desire to survive. Otherwise, everyone is not afraid of death, go out openly, can there be order and governance in this world? ”

"King Gaoyang is right." Wang Zhen nodded and said, "But it's useless to be afraid." Qi Tai's family is not good, there are no powerful relatives and friends, the court has offered a reward, where is he going? ”

Zhu Gaoxu unhurriedly picked out a piece of oyster meat, dipped it in some garlic paste, and asked casually after eating, "Then where is he running now, is there any news?" ”

Wang Zhenliang shook his head and said: "Recently, I don't dare to deal with the original Jinyiwei brothers, if you inquire, maybe there are some clues." ”

"No, I'll just ask." Zhu Gaoxu said.

He still has a way, he originally wanted to curry favor with his nobody Ji Gang, but now he is actually the commander of the brocade guards! When Zhu Gaoxu met him back then, the relationship was not deep, but it was not bad, and now he is an acquaintance.

Wang Zhenliang said again: "Qi Tai has a student who has received Qi Tai's great kindness, and few people know about it. I also found out about it when I was working as a brocade guard, and it didn't matter, I don't know how I remember...... Oh yes! Before, King Gaoyang sent a civil official named Hou Hai to Beijing to ask about Zhang Xin, and Zhang Xin had a grudge with Qi Tai, so I checked Qi Tai by the way. ”

"Students?" Zhu Gaoxu asked curiously.

Wang Zhenliang said: "That student's name is Gao Xianning. ”

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said: "The person who wrote "Zhou Gongfu Becomes the King" in Jinan City? ”

"Exactly." Wang Zhenliang said, "That's why I remembered this person." I also remember that article, and I was about to summon him to Beijing to be an official, but he was gone! ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly.

The meal lasted from noon to afternoon, and Zhu Gaoxu saw that the hour was not early, so he asked Chen Dazhui to drive and send Wang Zhenliang straight to Xiaozi Street. Wang Zhenliang got off in the small courtyard and got on the bus from the yard, and he didn't even show his face here from beginning to end.

…… Zhu Gaoxu also returned to the county king's mansion before dark. slept in Yao Ji's room that night, but he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and thought about the news he heard from Wang Zhenliang during the day.

Yao Ji didn't fall asleep, she lay there on her side, but she didn't say anything.

The next morning, Zhu Gaoxu didn't go out, and walked around the palace again. He had long been familiar with this mansion, and the three brothers had been locked up here for a few months in Beijing a few years ago. Zhu Gaoxu felt that it was not as good as his county palace in Beiping...... The main reason is that there is a large area of illegal gardens in the palace of Beiping County.

At this moment, a voice said, "Lord Wang." ”

Zhu Gaoxu turned around and saw that Wang Gui was finally back!

"Follow me." Zhu Gaoxu said directly. He paid attention to the maids in the house all the way, and took Wang Gui to Du Qianrui's room. Du Qianrui came up and curtsied, with surprise on her face, "The prince is back!" After I arrived in Beijing, I found that the prince was not there, and it was difficult to ask. ”

Wang Gui said: "Thank you Miss Du for remembering, our family has something to do in Beiping, and we will come back late." ”

When Zhu Gaoxu and others fled back to Beiping from Beijing, there were Wang Gui and Du Qianrui on the way, and after arriving in Beiping, Wang Gui and Du Qianrui met for a lot of time, and they were indeed more familiar.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Wait a while, you will be old, I will go slowly with Wang Gui first." Miss Du closed the door and sat outside the warm pavilion for a while, watching if anyone approached. ”

"Yes." Du Qianrui replied softly.

So Zhu Gaoxu and Wang Gui went into the ear room next to Du Qianrui's bedroom, which was originally for the maid on night duty, and there was no window.

Wang Gui whispered all the experiences of Qu Neng's father and son along the way, the paradise they found, and how to transport grain in disguise.

Qu Neng also saved two little girls, but he was tortured too much by the mountain bandits, and he died of illness within a few days.

Wang Gui said in an almost whispered voice: "The exit of the Nuna Stone Cave is on the cliff, very high from the valley, there is only one road carved out of the stone wall, and the lower section has to climb rattan down, which is the only way out of the mountain, General Qu's father and son jointly pushed a big stone to block the entrance of the cave......"

Zhu Gaoxu listened to Wang Gui's description in the ear room, listened very carefully, and the two talked in a whisper for a long time.