Chapter 885: It takes no effort to get it

As soon as the emperor returned, the celebrant and eunuch Fan Hong Jinying and the admiral Lu Feng of the Dongchang had to eat a thunderous reprimand and each fined him for one year. Although he never used the big board to hurt his muscles and bones, it was an extremely face-hurting thing after all, so there were more people who stammered in front of the royal eunuch Wang Jin. Those who are one round older than him dare to recognize their godson, and those who are about the same age as him salivate and recognize their godsons, and people come and go all day long, and the threshold of the small courtyard of the royal prison is almost about to be broken.

"Those guys who don't have long eyes, they don't know how to look at the style, and now is the time to think about fighting for power and profit?"

Wang Jin took another sip of tea impatiently, thinking of the emperor's situation in the past few days, he couldn't help but be worried. The queen mother's illness has improved greatly, today at noon the emperor in Guanglu Temple to give a banquet to a hundred officials, and at night he also used a car to push the queen mother to the Donghua Gate tower to watch the lanterns, but although he looked at the appearance of the mother and son's filial piety, he couldn't help but think about Sun Guifei and the crown prince, as well as according to Fan Hong Jinying, who died inexplicably in Lushang Palace. Putting down the boiling tea, he took out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead, which had fine beads of sweat, thinking about the reason for today's incident.

The night ban outside was lifted, and the key to the palace gate was also late tonight, so many eunuchs in the palace also slipped out to go to the lamp market. For this matter, Yang Shiqi did not hesitate to admonish, but he was stuffy in the palace all year round, and no one could stand it. After waiting for the Queen Mother to rest early tonight, the emperor said that he was going to the lamp market, and he naturally accompanied him, but the emperor actually arrived at the Ten Princes' Mansion first, and after entering the county lord's mansion, he sat in the room for a while, and actually left him and left him directly through the back door, leaving him and those brocade guards in front of him in a daze!

The county lord has always been the most cautious and careful person, and this time the emperor will mess around! There is also Fang Ling, which actually led people to answer the emperor in the back!

He was worried that this gap would be taken advantage of, so the people in the county lord's mansion thought that the emperor and the county lord were talking in detail, and he was ordered to find Zhang Yue, so he could only stay here at this time. I only hope that Zhang Yue will have better luck and get people back as soon as possible.

In the lamp market, Zhang Yue looked at Lian Sheng, and his originally elated face suddenly became angry. This Wang Jin is really messing around, the people who follow the emperor all day long, they actually lost people at this time, and they also sat in their own house and asked him to help find someone, why didn't he go to Shuntian Mansion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses? Annoyed and annoyed, but thinking that there was Zhu Ning following, he finally resisted the urge to scold, and asked in a low voice: "The prince can say it, who else is following?" ”

Lian Sheng hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and whispered again: "The prince didn't say it, but I look at his appearance, maybe the emperor didn't bring a few people out!" ”

At this moment, Zhang Yue was really frightened, and immediately asked: "Who else knows about what the prince said?" ”

"Gone, gone!" Lian Sheng hurriedly shook his head, and his voice was lower, "The executive's family is old, and he happened to be sick before the Chinese New Year, so the master let the little one take care of the house, this time because the family went to see the lantern festival, the prince was the little one who received him as soon as he came." He asked the little one's name, and immediately said it, and asked the little one to hurry to the lamp market to find the young master. The little one also wondered, the prince had the kung fu to come to the house, why didn't he ask a few more people to look for it in the lamp market? ”

"You don't have to think about this, go back and say to the prince, I will try my best to bring someone to find it, but there is no guarantee in the hour." Zhang Yue figured out the reason why Wang Jin didn't dare to make a big fanfare, and his heart also woke up, so he instructed Lian Sheng, "Tonight, set off fireworks everywhere, light the lamp, you go back and let people pay extra attention, be careful of the candles." ”

The middle-aged shopkeeper hadn't left yet, and saw the person who came forward and whispered to the young man for a while, and then left quickly with two followers, and saw the young man stretch out his hand, and soon more than a dozen people came up around, and he was even more sure that this person must have some background, so after the order to stop, he stepped forward with the carved lacquer box with a smile on his face. first thanked the other party for not exhausting the color head to the end, and then invited the young man to sit in Qiongfang Building. Seeing that people were not interested at all, he had to retreat in annoyance, and couldn't help muttering.

"Our Qiongfanglou is not such a pickled place, all of them are nobles with status and face, and Wan Shucao, the former staff of the Ministry of War, has also come, and the elegant seat is also full of friends at this time, and it will not humiliate you!"

Zhang Yue was far away and didn't hear clearly, but Xiao Wu's ears were extremely sensitive, she was originally standing next to Du Juan, she stepped forward with an arrow, grabbed the middle-aged shopkeeper and asked, "Who is the person you just said?" Wan Shucao of the Ministry of War, is it the Wanshi Festival? ”

The middle-aged shopkeeper didn't dare to raise his eyes to look around, but his face showed a slightly proud expression: "That's right, it's that Wan Shucao!" Not only did he take a few adults from the military department to eat upstairs with us, but he also wrote a word to the shop with a stroke of his pen, and now that word is still hanging on the second floor! A group of nobles just came, led by a young man who praised the good writing of the word, saying that it was better than the famous Beijing master Xiao Zhang Shilang, and our owner was overjoyed, but the elder of the son made fun of a few words! ”

Zhang Yue was worried about where to find Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Ning, and when he saw that Xiao Wu was still entangled with people here, he couldn't help but come over angrily and funny, but when he heard the shopkeeper say that someone was commenting on his words and the words of Wanshijie, a thought suddenly popped up in his heart. When the shopkeeper spit out the word elder again, he immediately asked, "The elder of that son, but he looks about the same age as him?" ”

"Hey, is that an acquaintance of Childe?" Seeing that Zhang Yue hesitated for a moment, the middle-aged shopkeeper nodded slightly, and immediately echoed with a smile, "That's right, I happened to be waiting next to me at that time, and I heard that son call Auntie." ”

"Alright, you're all back!"

Zhang Yue raised his hand to stop Niu Dang, Zhang Bu and the others, who were about to go around to find someone, and smiled at Du Juan and the others who were wearing hats: "I originally thought that I would have to step on the iron shoes and find nowhere to go, but now it seems that it takes no effort to get it." Since Lao Wan has been here before, let's go and see what words he inscribed on this Qiongfang Building. ”

Before Du Juan could answer, Xiao Wu snorted hatefully on the side: "Of course you have to go and see, that guy ......"

Fortunately, Du Juan pulled her beside her, and she swallowed back the second half of the words that came to her mouth - it's okay to mess with the inscription outside, and it's nonsense!

During the day, the market is a bazaar, with hundreds of shops selling everything, but at night, these shops are naturally closed, and they are replaced by all kinds of restaurants and restaurants. It is now the beginning of the year, and due to the cancellation of the night ban and guessing lantern riddles, several buildings are surrounded by all kinds of people. Qiongfang Building is not the tallest and most magnificent one, and it is even inconspicuous in the middle of a large number of three-story restaurants. However, the lanterns in front of the door of Qiongfang Building and the riddles of various colors are the most, and there are twelve extremely delicate lanterns hanging in front of the door, which is said to be the most riddles can be taken home.

Guessing lantern riddles and gambling on the lottery is the most popular folk drama, and the riddles of several restaurants are turning over tricks every year, except for a few simple ones, the others are obscure and difficult to guess. There are more people who guess the lantern riddles, and the popularity will be strong, which can not only enhance the reputation, but also attract those who have spare money to drink and eat upstairs to watch the excitement, why not?

This lantern riddle has both literary and coarse, but it is suitable for men, women and children, but the master who is good at this way has long been caught by several restaurants to make lantern riddles, and naturally will not come to smash their own signboards, and most of the readers disdain to worry about these small profits with the peddlers and pawns, so it is a game for ordinary people. And the twelve lamps in front of Qiongfang Building are all gorgeous, light and colorful silk yarn plus five-color beads and bright corners, not to mention ingenious, but it is also rare.

Zhang Yue was given a palace lamp made by the royal supervisor before the festival, and Du Zhen got two, and other women and children also saw too much of such delicate things, so they only looked at it a few more times and went upstairs. Stepping on the floor slab on the second floor, he found that this was a corridor set up in an inverted L-shape, with several neat boxes, only the aisle outside, and the sound of silk and bamboo playing and singing everywhere. However, his eyes immediately fell on the wall facing the staircase, because there was a very bold word hanging on it.

"The freshest in the world!"

Wanshijie is not as good as Zhang Yue, who was born in a wealthy family, and traveled to the world in his early years, relying on selling calligraphy and painting for a living, so he is not like Zhang Yue, who only learned a good regular script, and has a good hand in cursive writing even if it is a seal character. At this time, the neatly framed and hung on the wall was a row of grass, the ink was dripping with teeth and claws, and it had a bit of momentum. Therefore, the group of people couldn't help but stop there for a moment, and it wasn't until the shopkeeper spoke up that Zhang Yue withdrew his gaze.

"This son, how about it, I didn't say anything just now, the payment at this head is genuine, after all, Wan Shucao is also a famous figure in the capital, who dares to fake it? Are you going to open a separate box, or are you going to visit......"

Zhang Yue originally came up to find someone, so he admired the calligraphy masterpiece of the Wanshi Festival, and when he heard the shopkeeper ask, he asked him to take Du Juan and others to sit in the private seat box on the other side, and led him to meet the group of people mentioned earlier. Sure enough, after walking a few steps forward and turning a corner to the door, he saw several familiar faces. Fang Ling, who was at the head, was stunned when he saw him, and then immediately walked to the door and whispered, "Childe, Zhang ...... Zhang Gongzi is here. ”

"What a fast ear, such a fast leg!" A surprised voice came from inside, and then quickly ordered, "Let him in, can you still drive him away?" ”

In the kung fu of speaking, Zhang Yue had already had a brief conversation with Fang Ling. Knowing that the emperor had indeed arranged for Fang Ling to wait at the back door of the county lord's mansion, he couldn't help but sigh at Zhu Zhanji's stubbornness, and then entered according to his words. I saw that this box was leaning against the wall on one side and facing the window on the other, and I could just see the brilliant lights of the entire Dengshi Hutong and the beautiful scenery of tourists. Zhu Zhanji was sitting right by the window, and next to him stood a young eunuch with a vaguely familiar face. On the chair on the other side was Zhu Ning.

Seeing that Zhang Yue was about to salute, Zhu Zhanji drank him angrily: "Where is this place, let people outside see it, and there may be how many things to say at that time." I'm going to ask you, how do you know we're here? ”

"That's a coincidence."

Zhang Yue was not polite, Zhu Zhanji pointed to a seat for him, he went straight forward and sat down, and then ran Wang Jin directly to his house, and told him what he had just guessed the lantern riddle outside. As soon as he heard this, Zhu Ning, who was full of helplessness, glanced at Zhu Zhanji, sighed and said, "I didn't expect you to guess the lantern riddle with your family." As soon as he came, he enthusiastically asked the next guy to take a bunch of riddles to guess, and the result was a lot of guesses, but many of them had been preempted by others, and in the end he quit, and he only got three gilt silver hairpins, but a table of banquets took several times. ”

"Isn't it just to take a walk around during the Lantern Festival? There have been too many things to worry about recently, and I am helpless in big things, and I am naturally true in small things, otherwise this trip will be in vain, and it took me a lot of effort to get rid of Wang Jin and them. Zhu Zhanji nodded, and the young eunuch next to him hurriedly stepped forward to pour tea, he took a sip, and then said to Zhang Yue, "He is the new Ruan Lang, you should have seen it in Jingyitang last time, and he used to work in the inner study hall." ”

As soon as he said this, Zhang Yue thought about it, and only glanced at it and didn't pay attention to it anymore. Since the second floor is not actually set up as a completely partitioned box, except for the outside door and partition, it is separated by a screen, so the sound can be faintly heard everywhere, and a few people can't say anything important, just a few small talks.

As he was talking, Zhu Ning asked about Du Juan and the others. Knowing that Zhang Yue's wife, concubines, children, and all the children were here, Zhu Zhanji reluctantly raised a little interest, so he motioned for Zhang Yue to call everyone over, and then sank his face without waiting for him to shirk.

"Your eldest son is not as old as when you saw me, but he is not small. Don't hide at home, let me see if there's a difference. If that's really good......"

Zhang Yue dared to wait for the Son of Heaven to finish his last half of the words, and quickly stood up and agreed, and slipped out of the door in a moment. And Zhu Ning glanced at Zhu Zhanji with a smile, and said softly: "I have seen the Jing official of his family, he is indeed well-behaved and clever, and Wan'er teaches the child very well." It's just that if you want to fight that idea, Zhang Yue and them will pass the level, and others may not. ”

"You're right, it's not like your children's in-laws can get married if they want to."

Although Zhu Ning's words were straightforward, Zhu Zhanji didn't know what they meant. If it weren't for that, how could Zhu Ning rather raise two children than marry easily? Seeing that Zhang Yue hadn't come back yet, he pondered for a while, and then whispered to Zhu Ning: "Since I happened to meet his family here, after meeting someone, I will go to your house and sit again, I have something to say to Zhang Yue." ”