The white sand in the "Squeak ......" hourglass kept falling downward, a very thin line of sand, falling very slowly, but never stopped. Time is sometimes the sand in an hourglass, sometimes the drums on the towers, sometimes the yellow calendar printed on paper.

Zhu Gaoxu leaned on the table and stretched out two fingers to pinch the sand line in the glass bottle, as if he wanted to control time. He thought to himself that he could not control the time, but he could try to control the urgency of the development of things.

He exhaled, lifted the pen and licked it on his tongue, and laid the pen on the account in front of him. After a while, he got up from his round stool, reached out and took up a bundle of colorful silk, put it under his armpit, picked up a small wooden box on the table, walked out of the storeroom, turned and locked the door.

"Where's Miss Du?" Zhu Gaoxu met Aunt Wang and asked.

Aunt Wang hurriedly bent down: "I just saw her go into the back hall and said to collect the prince's dirty clothes." ”

Zhu Gaoxu walked into the middle gate building, came to the upper room, and sure enough, he saw Du Qianrui's figure, so he beckoned: "Miss Du, you stop what you are doing first and come over to say a few words to me." ”

Du Qianrui turned around, put down the clothes in her hand, walked outside the screen, and curtsied.

Zhu Gaoxu put the things in his hand on the mahogany coffee table and said, "Miss Du, I didn't use you as a maid." As I promised you last time, I went to the storeroom today to find something, and I hope you can use it. ”

"No merit, how can the slave be embarrassed to ......" Du Qianrui's face was red.

Although she was refusing, the glowing eyes betrayed her. There is hardly a woman who doesn't like beautiful clothes and jewelry, and there is no woman who doesn't want to be pampered...... Men giving things is the most brutal and effective way to show affection.

"Let's see." Zhu Gaoxu pretended to be indifferent and raised his chin. In fact, he still cares a lot, that kind of Daming treasure banknote is paper, he doesn't feel it at all, but the jewelry is very substitutional...... If you had such things in your hands in your previous life, why bother with a small loan?

Du Qianrui lowered her eyes and cautiously reached out to open the wooden box. She did not take the gold, silver, and pearls inside, but first took a green bracelet.

"It's a pity that it's Hetian jade, if the jade bracelet can be full of emerald, it will be priceless." Zhu Gaoxu said.

"Emerald?" Du Qianrui was surprised.

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, guessing that there was no such thing as jade at this time, and he didn't explain, and said: "Even if Hetian jade is full of jade, it is not valuable." ”

Du Qianrui picked it up with her fingers and glanced at the window, "If you buy it with treasure money, it will cost two hundred to three hundred yuan, which is also very valuable." ”

Zhu Gaoxu listened, and said in his heart: It is worthy of being born in the Teaching Workshop Division, he has seen the world, and he can see the value at a glance.

At this moment, a dark-skinned, big-handed girl walked to the door and said in a hoarse voice: "Lord, the prince ordered the slave to tell you that Professor Hou asked to see you. ”

Hou Hai returned from Nanjing? When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Du Qianrui, and a trace of guilt appeared in his heart.

But he pretended to be very casual and said, "I'm out of company, I'll go out." ”

Du Qianrui said: "The prince's business is important, and the slave and maid are leaving." These things, slaves and maids are really ashamed ......."

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but interrupt her, and was determined to send it, so as to make up for the feeling in his heart, so he said, "Don't refuse again and again, I'm annoyed!" ”

"Yes, it is better for a slave to be respectful than to obey her fate." Du Qianrui lowered her head shyly.

Zhu Gaoxu strode out, passed through the middle gatehouse, corridor, and hall, and came to the courtyard behind the wall, and sure enough, he saw Hou Hai standing there with a dusty appearance. Hou Hai looked over and looked at it.

Zhu Gaoxu beckoned to him, and then walked into a living room on the opposite side of the wall.

"Close the door." Zhu Gaoxu said when he saw Hou Hai coming in, and pointed to the Taishi chair at the bottom, "Professor Hou is tired, sit down and speak slowly." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Hou Hai bowed again, although his face was dusty, his eyes were radiant, and he seemed to be very happy to do this kind of errand.

Hou Hai sat down, pondered for a moment, and said, "This trip is really interesting!" Where to start? said that he was ordered by the prince that day, and he pondered when he was humble, where is the capital master? When you go out and bump into someone casually, I'm afraid it's also three or five grades, who can you find from the nine grades in the past? ”

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, just nodded his head from time to time, and then looked at him, indicating that he was listening.

Hou Hai continued: "Before leaving, I met Wang Gui first and asked him what the relationship between the prince and the prince in Beijing was hard enough, so that he could find someone to help. When Wang Gui said that he had no way to do his job, he could find Wang Zhenliang, the son of Princess Huaiqing. ”

Zhu Gaoxu coughed and said, "These people, you'd better not talk nonsense everywhere." ”

"Don't worry, the prince is humble and sensible!" Hou Hai hugged his fists and said, "Anyway, when I arrived in Beijing, I was not familiar with the door, so I had to inquire about Wang Zhenliang's mansion first and go to him first."

Wang Zhenliang heard that he was on an errand in the prince's mansion, and he really met him. He told his own affairs in a humble position, but Wang Zhenliang actually refused, saying that he was on an errand in the Governor's Mansion and couldn't manage the affairs of the Teaching Division! ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded again.

Hou Haidao: "It's hard to see him, and he just left?" Fortunately, I was able to hear the interesting things below!

On that day, at the palace, the prince asked about the major events in the world, and the lowly post said a few new officials in Beiping, and the prince seemed to be very interested...... When I saw Wang Zhenliang at that time, I inquired about the details of the three or four people by the way. It doesn't matter! Wang Zhenliang said a hidden truth. ”

"What's the secret?" Zhu Gaoxu heard that it was a matter of Peking University members, and he also became interested.

And Hou Hai's eyebrows danced, obviously more interested in what "hidden feelings" than Zhu Gaoxu. He owed, stretched his neck and said: "Zhang Xin, the commander of the capital of Beiping, originally had a holiday with Qitai, the secretary of the military department......

Don't look at Qi Tai is now in a high position, the official is still in the military department, and he is poor when he reads! In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Qi Tai entered Beijing to take the exam and lived in a dilapidated inn. That kind of inn not only has food and accommodation, but also Sister Yao.

Qi Tai naturally didn't have money to find Sister Yao, but Sister Yao looked for him...... Qi Tai was handsome and tall when he was young, and he was still white and clean, and he read books on the inn every day. Sister Yao listened to him read every day, and she actually fell in love, and took the initiative to give a pillow, not to collect money, not to say, but to post upside down!

Sister Yao gave all the money she had saved to Qi Tai and funded his scientific research. Qi Tai was so poor that he didn't expect to meet such a person who treated him wholeheartedly, so he cursed and swore that when he passed the Jinshi examination, he would definitely come back to repay his kindness. ”

Zhu Gaoxu still nodded expressionlessly, patiently listening to how he had anything to do with Zhang Xin.

Hou Hai finally said to Zhang Xin: "Soon Zhang Xin also found the inn and came to find Sister Yao...... This, his father was a high-grade military attache back then, why Zhang Xin wanted to go to that dilapidated place to find Sister Yao, it's not clear. If it weren't for the long time of time, the lowly position would have been found out. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: It seems that Zhang Xin's hobby didn't happen overnight, and now in Beiping, won't he go to the "Poor Man City" to find Sister Yao?

Hou Hai continued: "Zhang Xin and Sister Yao couldn't put it down after a night of Spring Festival, so they had to buy Sister Yao from the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper received the money, naturally regardless of whether Sister Yao was willing or not, let alone whether Qi Tai was willing or not, Zhang Xinwufu was born, beat up Qi Tai, who was making trouble, and bought Sister Yao away.

Later, I heard that Sister Yao arrived at Zhang Xin's house, and Zhang Xin quickly got tired of it. Once she fell out of favor, she was bullied by the main house twice in three days, and was beaten by Zhang Xin, and died soon after......"

"Oh!" Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up, "Isn't this a rumor?" ”

Hou Haidao: "It shouldn't be, the two people involved, one is still a scholar and the other is a commander, who dares to arrange them?" Wang Zhenliang won't! ”

Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath and pondered for a moment: "In this way, doesn't Qi Tai regret it for life?" What I didn't get is the most regrettable. ”

Hou Haidao: "That's inevitable!" I guess there is another thing for Zhang Xin......"

"What?"

"Hate!" Hou Haidao.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't speak for a while, and then couldn't help asking, "So you're back?" ”

Hou Hai glared and said, "How can it?" Isn't it to check the details of Du Qianrui, it will definitely not be like this! ”

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say a word.