The fat man choked, and then his face turned pale. He suddenly realized what he was doing. The younger brother picks the lock of his brother's house, which is not good to say, not to mention that his brother is the crown prince of the dynasty, and he is the prince of the royal family, and now he is squatting at the door of the cellar of his brother's house like a thief, studying how to pry the door lock open, and the fat man thinks this thing is too ridiculous.

Standing up straight quickly, the fat man coughed, and arched his hand towards Fang Zheng and Xiao Huaiyuan, who were locking: "...... Busy two, I've got to leave beforehand,...... I didn't see anything. ”

After saying that, he turned around and raised his legs to leave, he only hoped that these two thieves who specialized in the great cause of locks would wave their hands absentmindedly and let him disappear quickly, so that no matter what earth-shattering bullshit these two did, he could treat it as if he didn't know, and it would save him the embarrassment when facing the prince. After all, although the relationship between the fat man and the prince is not very good, he has maintained a lukewarm relationship for so many years, no matter how secretly he is at odds, but it is not to the point of stealing his family's things, as a prince, it is too embarrassing to do so.

It's a pity that the sky doesn't obey people's wishes, and a hand stretches out out and pulls him strongly. The fat man turned around and saw Fang Zheng looking at him with a face that was purer than a lily flower, and the fat man sighed in his heart, knowing that this kid would not let him go.

"Once you have entered the treasure mountain, how can you return empty-handed? A hundred years of good wine, aren't you tempted? Don't want to try it yourself? Fang Zheng's eyes flowed with brilliance, as if he was hypnotizing the fat man.

The fat man swallowed his saliva, and tried hard to refuse: "This is taken out by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to entertain guests, maybe someone will be sent to pick it up soon, if we are discovered, I am afraid that we will be embarrassed to see people in the future, Brother Fang, let's hurry up......"

"That's right! So let's hurry up and get rid of this lock, fat man, your reminders are always so timely, in terms of foresight, you are much better than me......" Fang Zheng interrupted the fat man's words and said with great interest.

"Huh?" The fat man was dumbfounded, and hurriedly explained inarticulately: "No...... I didn't mean that......"

Fang Zheng ignored him, squatted down and urged Xiao Huaiyuan, who was locking with wire, and said, "Hey, can you do it?" I haven't been able to get it in for a long time, so if you really can't get it in, let me come. ”

Xiao Huaiyuan smiled bitterly: "Brother Fang, what you said is easy to misunderstand, I'm just locking it, don't say it so ambiguously?" ”

Fang Zheng stood up and patted the fat man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'll steal the wine later, let you taste it first." ”

The fat man looked nervous and couldn't stop looking back, for fear of being caught, and wiped his sweat when he heard the words, and smiled: "...... No, I recently suddenly believed in Buddhism and quit drinking......"

Fang Zheng hooked the fat man's neck and squeezed his eyes at him with an obscene expression: "There must be a lot of treasures in the prince's cellar, maybe there are still gold and silver jewelry, Spring Palace albums, peerless divine soldiers or something, don't you have any ideas?" ”

Before the fat man could answer, Xiao Huaiyuan said excitedly: "Grandma's!" Finally let me get out of the way! ”

Fang Zheng was overjoyed and hurriedly ran over.

When the fat man heard that the lock had been opened, he looked even more anxious, looked up at the sky, and suddenly seemed to remember something very important, and patted his thigh and said, "Oops! I suddenly remembered that the concubine at home stewed soup for me, and was waiting for me to go back to drink it, and she would be sad if I didn't go back, everyone, there will be a period later......"

After speaking, the fat man didn't wait for Fang Zheng to react, as if he was burning his buttocks, his fat and bloated body seemed as light as a swallow, and he disappeared as soon as he slipped through the smoke.

Fang Zheng and Xiao Huaiyuan glanced at each other in surprise, and after a while, Xiao Badyuan opened his mouth and praised: "...... What a light work! ”

Fang Zheng nodded and agreed: "Riding the dust, ......"

Xiao Huaiyuan glanced at Fang Zheng and said lukewarmly: "He is His Royal Highness King Fu, right?" ”

Fang Zheng exclaimed, "How do you know? ”

Xiao Huaiyuan sneered: "Except for the prince's respect, who would call the wife of the family 'concubine'?" What about when I'm a fool? I can't hear this, I've been fooling around for so many years. ”

Fang Zheng said lazily: "Now there are only the two of us left, let's say, what is the purpose of you running here to pick the lock?" Don't tell me you're here to steal wine, it's okay if you insult my personality, but don't insult my intelligence. ”

Xiao Huaiyuan's eyes flickered and said, "I'm really here to steal wine......"

Fang Zheng said with a smile: "Forget it, we don't need to talk nonsense with our eyes open, it's quite boring." Let's go ahead and see. ”

After speaking, Fang Zheng pushed open the door of the cellar and walked in first.

Xiao Huaiyuan smiled with relief and followed Fang Zheng inside. I only heard Fang Zheng walking in front and muttering dissatisfiedly: "If you don't tell the truth to Lao Tzu, if you steal the wine later, you will go to sue the prince, it all depends on your ......"

Xiao Huaiyuan's smile immediately froze.

The cellar was dry and well ventilated, with long rows of shelves against the wall on which a lot of things were placed. Fang Zheng had always thought that the cellars of the ancients were only used to preserve perishable food, such as seasonal vegetables, fruits, bacon or something, but now he realized that he was wrong. Basically, everything that needs to be properly preserved is kept in the cellar.

For example, the original calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, the collection of unique books, and the porcelain that is easily damaged are all placed in the cellar.

Fang Zheng's eyes widened, looking at the dazzling array of various precious things in front of him, and his heart began to value these things at an astonishing speed.

Tsk, the prince is really rich, if I get a few carriages, empty this cellar, take it back and sell it, let alone hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, I can't run away, or I'll run to the prince to intercede now? Let's just say that Young Master Ben wants to steal your things, please let me bring the carriage in, otherwise it will be too troublesome to move again and again......

After careful consideration, Fang Zheng still gave up this tempting idea,—— the prince probably disagreed......

As soon as Xiao Huaiyuan came in, he walked towards the shelf where the books were placed, pulled out the books on the shelf, and flipped through them one by one, as if he was looking for something important.

Fang Zheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, what are you looking for?" Say it, I'll help you find it. ”

Xiao Huaiyuan carefully put the book back in its place, turned his head and said, "Brother Fang, I can't say it, but you have to believe me, I'm not a bad person......"

Fang Zheng didn't wait for him to finish speaking before he "snorted": "If you are not a bad person, then wouldn't I be a saint?" Lao Xiao, it doesn't matter if you don't want to say your secret, but it's not right to put gold on your face, can you tell the difference between good and bad people in this world? If good people have a loyal and patriotic face, how can those traitors live? Like me, look at me like this, like a bad person, right? And it's the kind of bad guy who has sores on the top of his head and pus on the soles of his feet, right? But the truth is, I'm a good guy! Where do you think I'm going to reason? This world is so chaotic that it doesn't matter, good people must not live bad people, all of them are sanctimonious, all day long poetry, pretending to be like the first generation of filial sons and grandsons, once you see the beauty, see the gold and silver, what you chant on weekdays will all be thrown out of the clouds, just like the fucking flower picking monk chanting Amitabha, all become a slogan, a child ago I dreamed of Confucius, I asked him how this world is like this? You still don't care? The old guy of Confucius spread his hands and said, "I don't have a problem...... Hey, I'm asking what the hell are you looking for? How did it get to Confucius? Don't interrupt the line? Ay! Wake up! What happened to you? ”

Xiao Huaiyuan looked at Fang Zheng blankly, he didn't know why the sentence "not a bad person" caused Fang Zheng to complain so much, and he blamed him for interrupting, how did this person's brain grow? Xiao Huaiyuan believed that if he opened the book and asked Fang Zheng with the word "shameless" at this time, he would definitely not know it......

Swallowing his saliva with difficulty, Xiao Huaiyuan said cautiously: "Brother Fang...... Are you done? He rarely used honorifics, he felt that he could talk about the topic of "good people and bad people" together for a long time, but the audience did not know what to do, such as a person who fell into the clouds, it must be very simple, such a person at least he can't provoke, must be respected.

"That's it." Fang Zheng let out a long sigh of relief, smacked his mouth, and seemed a little unsatisfied: "...... After getting down to business, I'll tell you about the dialectical relationship between good guys and bad guys, and when you figure it out, I'll be relieved. The son once said: When you hear the Tao, you can die at night. That means I'll get the truth out to you this morning, and you'll be able to die in the evening......"

Xiao Huaiyuan was the same as the fat man just now, his face was a little pale, and he stammered: "I...... Why should I ...... Die? ”

Fang Zheng snorted: "How fresh is the question, how do I know?" This is what the Son said, and you ask him to go......

“………”

Shaking his head vigorously, Xiao Huaiyuan felt that it was better to get to the point quickly, and if he continued to talk about it, he would become a madman.

Cautiously looking towards the door of the cellar, Xiao Huaiyuan lowered his voice and said, "Brother Fang, you also know that Pan Shangshu has been unstable recently, right?" ”

Fang Zheng was shocked, how did he know? At present, the people who know that Pan Shangshu is going to rebel, except for the emperor and himself, are only a few one or two people in the shadow, and it is estimated that even the vast majority of people in Lao Pan's camp are kept in the dark, where does this kid know?

Blinking, Fang Zheng looked confused, and asked suspiciously: "Old Pan is unstable? What do you mean? Is it unsteady walking or riding in a car? It's normal for the elderly to be unstable when they're old, what's there to say? ”

Xiao Huaiyuan couldn't cry or laugh: "If you pretend to be confused again, I won't say anything, just do whatever you like." ”

Fang Zheng quickly put on a sycophantic expression, and said with a flattering smile: "Brother Xiao, how do you say this, who are our brothers with whom, why bother to see each other?" I didn't do anything to you when you stepped on my little gray ash last time, come, tell me, what's going on? ”

Xiao Huaiyuan glanced at him weakly, and sighed: "Pan Shangshu may be rebelling recently, you may have known about this for a long time." But I'm sure you don't know which generals in the army secretly colluded with Pan Shangshu to usurp the throne, right? ”

Fang Zheng's eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, yes, I really can't find out about this, don't you know?" After speaking, Fang Zheng looked at him with great anticipation, and secretly made up his mind: if this kid really knew, he would have to arrest him for anything, torture him, get the list in hand, and then go to the emperor to ask for credit......

Xiao Huaiyuan smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "I don't know either." ”

Fang Zheng's face collapsed when he heard this, and he said in an unkind tone: "It's fun to play people, right?" I don't know if you're still so mysterious, trying to tease me? ”

Xiao Huaiyuan smiled: "I don't know, but the prince knows." Although Pan Shangshu and the prince are said to be a teacher-student relationship, they have been obviously in a hostile situation recently, Pan Shangshu rebelled, but it was the prince's country that he wanted to rob, how could the prince tolerate him? Therefore, I believe that the crown prince must have secretly used his power to check Pan Shangshu, and it is more likely that the prince already has a complete list of Pan parties in his hands,—— including the generals in the army. ”

Fang Zheng was puzzled: "Since the prince knows that Pan Shangshu is going to rebel, why didn't he give the list to the emperor?" ”

Xiao Huaiyuan's smile was full of ridicule: "The emperor's throne is a good thing, the prince estimates that he has the idea of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, no matter who loses or wins, it will be good for him, the snipe and the clam are fighting, the prince wants to be the fisherman, and he handed in the list, how can he benefit?" ”

Fang Zheng suddenly, in terms of political sensitivity, his current level is about the same as an idiot, he has been an official for so long, if he doesn't have the emperor to cover him, a hundred heads are not enough for others to cut off, it seems that he will have to be shrewd in the future.

Glancing around, Fang Zheng said, "As soon as you came in just now, you rushed to the books in the cellar, do you think that the list found by the prince is hidden in these books?" ”

Xiao Huaiyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm just coming in to try my luck, after all, I've searched all the places I can find in the Prince's Mansion, I haven't been to this garden yet, I want to try to find it......"

"Did you find it?"

"Do you look at my expression, like I found it?"

"No, it's a bit like my wife ran away with someone,—— I'm very disappointed, right? Think green? ”

“………”

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Xiao Huaiyuan was busy working, Fang Zheng was not idle, he searched around, and finally found the legendary century-old wine at the bottom of the shelf.

Overjoyed, Fang Zheng picked up the wine jar and carefully smashed the mud lid of the sealed jar, and suddenly a rich aroma of wine filled the entire cellar.

Xiao Huaiyuan snorted and exclaimed, "It's so fragrant!" ”

Fang Zheng smiled proudly: "A hundred years of good wine, of course it is fragrant." I don't know which fool buried it, and I didn't want to drink it after a hundred years of burial, it's good, it's all cheap for me, haha......"

Xiao Huaiyuan swallowed his saliva and hurriedly corrected: "Wrong, it's cheap for us, you can't eat alone......"

In fact, the wine is only half a jar, no matter how tightly sealed, so many years have passed, the wine in the altar has also volatilized a lot, take a closer look, the wine is amber, like a large piece of natural agate, in the altar full of brown light. After years of fermentation, the wine has become so thick that it shakes slightly, like a jar of slimy paste. Although he had never drunk a hundred years of good wine, Fang Zheng knew that this jar of wine must not be drunk directly, and it is said that it must be mixed with three percent of the new wine in a ratio of seven to three to drink the taste of the new wine.

After looking around, Fang Zheng finally found a few more jars of new wine, mixed the new wine into the old wine in proportion, shook it, and then patted Xiao Huaiyuan: "Hey, you come and taste it, see if it tastes good, be careful not to spill it, this wine is on this altar all over the world, and sprinkling a drop is a crime against all mankind......"

Xiao Huaiyuan's wine worm was on his brain, and he didn't pay attention to Fang Zheng, he happily picked up the wine jar, took a sip carefully, and then stood with his eyes squinted, not moving, as if he couldn't catch his breath, Fang Zheng was startled, damn! Could this wine be a set set by the prince, and it was poisoned, right? Luckily, he drank it first......

After a while, I saw Xiao Huaiyuan breathe out for a long time, his eyes were shining, his face was radiant, and he praised: "It is worthy of being a century-old good wine, and it is worthy of its reputation!" ”

Turning his head to look at Fang Zheng, Xiao Huaiyuan wondered, "Why don't you drink?" ”

Fang Zheng's eyes rolled, and he said with a strange expression: "...... I'm not in a hurry, I'll drink it later. ”

A pillar of incense time passed.

Fang Zheng took a closer look at Xiao Huaiyuan's face, and then asked, "Is there anything uncomfortable about you?" ”

Xiao Huaiyuan thought about it, shook his head and said, "No." ”

Fang Zheng smiled with satisfaction, picked up the wine jar, took a small sip, tasted it carefully, and praised loudly: "Good wine, drink it once in this life, it's worth dying!" ”

Xiao Huaiyuan was puzzled: "Why didn't you drink it just now?" Why are you drinking it again now? ”

Fang Zheng smiled: "If there is poison in it, wouldn't my death be as light as a feather?" So I'll have to wait, if you don't die after drinking, it's not too late for me to drink again, hehe......"

What about this kid testing me for poison? It's so shameless!

Xiao Huaiyuan snorted dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you say that it was worth dying after drinking?" What kind of poison are you afraid of? ”

Fang Zheng was stunned and said: "What I said is just a scene, do you believe this?" Too naïve, right? ”

“………”

The two of them have been in the cellar for a long time, Xiao Huaiyuan has not been able to find what he wants, after discussing it, the two decided to retreat, otherwise it will not be good to be discovered, Fang Zheng is now an official, and the prince will definitely not do anything to him, but Xiao Huaiyuan's fate is more miserable, strictly speaking, this guy belongs to the category of "house thief", and it is a dead word in anyone's hands.

Seeing Fang Zheng walking out happily with the wine jar, Xiao Huaiyuan finally began to worry after realizing it.

"Hey, Brother Fang, isn't it okay to taste this wine? Why do you still take it away? Do you really want to steal it? ”

Fang Zheng gave him a strange look: "Are you okay?" I've been busy for a long time now, just for this jar of wine, and if I don't take it away, do you want me to finish it here? ”

Xiao Huaiyuan smiled bitterly: "What if the prince sends someone to fetch it to entertain guests?" ”

After snorting, Fang Zheng said, "Didn't you see it?" I found an identical jar and put it there, filled with new wine, anyway, it was drinking, and the new wine and old wine were not all the same. ”

Can that be the same? Xiao Huaiyuan rolled his eyes: "What if the prince finds out?" ”

Fang Zheng was dumbfounded: "What's the matter with me?" You found the cellar first, you opened the lock on the door, you turned the books on the shelves, and even the wine was drunk first......"

After speaking, Fang Zheng looked vigilant, glared and said, "Could it be that you want to frame me?" ”