Gao Ming felt that he was also despised by a group of ancients.

Inexplicably, my heart is a little blocked......

However, he did not become annoyed, but lowered his head again and looked at the agarwood in his hand, and then frowned.

"The color is dark green, it has begun to approach black, it looks like there is a lot of oil, and the aroma is also very strong, this kind of agarwood is definitely at the level of 10,000 yuan in later generations, how can it be inferior?"

Although Gao Ming has never really played agarwood, as an old net worm, his knowledge is still very wide, so he feels very confused.

"Okay, since you said it's inferior, I'll see what the medium looks like."

Thinking of this, he first put down the agarwood in his hand, which was called inferior, and then opened the bag in the middle and grabbed a few pieces of agarwood from it.

As soon as he grabbed the agarwood out, Gao Ming's eyes suddenly widened.

"The best agarwood!"

At this time, the few pieces of agarwood that Gao Ming was holding in his hand were all black and shiny, and there was a cold and greasy touch to the touch.

There is no doubt that this is a collectible-level agarwood, and it will be auctioned for future generations, and it will be worth tens of thousands of dollars per gram!

"Even this kind of agarwood is medium, so what does a high-quality agarwood look like?"

Looking at the cloth bag on the left, Gao Ming suddenly had a pilgrimage-like feeling, and after taking a deep breath, he opened the leftmost cloth bag.

After opening the cloth bag, a familiar fragrance suddenly spread in Gao Ming's nasal cavity, and he could tell when he left that the smell of agarwood in this bag was the smell he often smelled in the East Palace.

"That's right, this is it!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming put his hand into the bag, and then took out a piece of agarwood from it, but after he took out the agarwood, which was called "superior", he was stunned.

Not because of shock, but because of doubt.

"Is this agarwood?"

At this time, the agarwood in his hand was not like the green or black he had often seen before, but an orange-yellow color with black, like an old beeswax stained with soil.

If it weren't for the familiar smell, Gao Ming would have almost thought it was a fake.

Seeing Gao Ming frowning, the imperial doctor hurriedly bowed to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this is the high-grade agarwood produced in Annan this year, which was sent to Chang'an through the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate, and several people have already checked it, and there is absolutely no problem, His Royal Highness the Prince, please rest assured."

"Annan?"

Hearing this somewhat unfamiliar place name, Gao Ming immediately frowned, and then turned his head to look at the waiter.

"Waiter, where is Annan? Is it over there in Lingnan? ”

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, the waiter immediately nodded.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise, Annan is west of Lingnan!"

West of Lingnan?

Hearing the explanation, Gao Ming suddenly frowned again.

"Lingnan is on Hainan Island, and then west to Vietnam?"

This time, the servant didn't speak, and the imperial doctor standing opposite Gao Ming laughed.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may have misremembered, Annan did have another name before, but it was not Vietnam, but South Vietnam."

South Vietnam?

Hearing this name, Gao Ming was even more sure in his heart, this Annam was the later Vietnam!

Thinking of this, a smile suddenly appeared on Gao Ming's face.

"I didn't expect that Vietnam is also part of Datang now, and I must ask the old man for a map of Datang to take a good look at it and see where else in the world is our Smecta!"

Belch...... Doesn't seem quite right there?

Just when Gao Ming was a little stunned, he suddenly heard a subordinate voice behind him.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... Oh, His Royal Highness the Prince, the old slave can be regarded as having found you! ”

Hearing this voice, Gao Ming immediately looked back, and when he saw the person clearly, he immediately laughed.

"Huh? Lao Liu? What are you doing here? ”

The person who came was Liu Bing, and after hearing Gao Ming's words, he immediately laughed.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the old slave came to invite the prince to the imperial study by the will of the saint, and the old slave didn't see you when he went to the East Palace just now, and thought you were out of the palace, but the old slave asked the guards at the palace gate to know that His Royal Highness the prince did not leave the palace, so the old slave found here."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately glanced at the agarwood in Gao Ming's hand, and then laughed.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is looking at incense?"

Hearing Liu Bing's words, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"Well, the agarwood in the East Palace is running out, I'll see if there is a suitable one, Liu Bing, you see, this agarwood is not the best."

As he spoke, Gao Ming handed the piece of agarwood in his hand to Liu Bing.

In Gao Ming's opinion, Liu Bing has been in the palace for so many years, and his understanding of agarwood is much stronger than that of his own half-ass, so instead of pondering it himself, it is better to ask him to save trouble.

And Liu Bing saw that Gao Ming handed the agarwood to himself, he hurriedly took it with both hands, first looked at it carefully over and over again, then sniffed it again, and then shook his head.

"This is the high-grade agarwood that should have been sent by Annan, but it is not the best."

As he spoke, he handed the agarwood back to Gao Ming, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, in fact, since the sixth year of Wude, every year Annan will send a batch of agarwood, as few as a few stones, as many as hundreds of stones, among which there are indeed some very good colors, but it is not in the Shang Pharmacy."

Liu Bing's words stopped at this point, and Gao Ming's face also showed a thoughtful expression.

"If it's not in Shang Pharmacy, then it's in the old man's!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming suddenly patted Liu Bing's shoulder excitedly and smiled at him.

"Hehe, Lao Liu, you are really interesting enough, this will reward you!"

As he spoke, Gao Ming stuffed the piece of high-grade agarwood in his hand into Liu Bing's hand.

Looking at the fist-sized agarwood in his hand, Liu Bing's face suddenly showed a hint of joy.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince!"

Liu Bing's happiness is not pretended, but from the heart, because eunuchs have physiological defects, and they often can't hold back when they are urgent, so there will be a smell of urine on their bodies, and this situation will get worse with age.

In order to cover this smell, a lot of spices are needed, and Liu Bing usually uses sandalwood and musk, after all, Li Shimin will not use agarwood to cover his urine smell.

It was the first time for Gao Ming to directly stuff him with a lump of high-grade agarwood, so he was a little moved.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

Liu Bing originally wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Gao Ming to thank him, and show his loyalty by the way, but before he could make a move, a little eunuch next to him knelt down with a "poof".

Seeing this scene, Liu Bing was stunned, and Gao Ming was also stunned.

"Uh......"

However, Gao Ming reacted quickly, he patted Liu Bing's shoulder, and then laughed.

"Yo, Lao Liu, you're a good follower, haha!"

Gao Ming just said it casually, but Liu Bing's heart pondered for a long time, and his cold sweat suddenly came out.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this ......"

Seeing Liu Bing's frightened look, Gao Ming immediately shook his head with a smile.

"Don't be afraid, I don't mean anything else, I just feel that your little follower is quite clever!"

As he spoke, Gao Ming took out another piece of agarwood from the cloth bag next to him, and then raised his chin at the little eunuch who was kneeling on the ground.

"Hey, little eunuch, what's your name."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the little eunuch hurriedly replied respectfully: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the surname of the slave and maid, everyone calls the slave and maid Xiao Nianzi." ”

As soon as his words fell, Gao Ming laughed again.

"Okay, Xiao Nianzi, my habit has always been to see people, and for the sake of your cleverness, this thing will be rewarded to you."

As he spoke, Gao Ming stuffed the agarwood in his hand into the little eunuch's hand.

If Gao Ming used to treat agarwood as a treasure, then now he treats these things as grass, after all, when he thinks of the amount of thousands of tons per year, he can't come up with the idea of collecting.

And even if you want to collect, you have to collect the private goods left by Li Shimin, which is collectible.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately raised his chin towards Liu Bing.

"Let's go, go to the imperial study, don't go to the old man anymore, it's time to wait."

"Yes!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Liu Bing immediately ran to lead the way with a smile on his face.

The two of them were very fast, and they arrived at their destination after a while, and after Gao Ming entered the imperial study, Liu Bing immediately put away his gentle smile, and then squinted his eyes at the little eunuch behind him with a gloomy face.

"Xiao Nianzi, you come with our family."

"Yes!"

Seeing Liu Bing's unkind face, Xiao Nianzi hurriedly agreed, and then followed Liu Bing out of the courtyard.

Liu Bing's footsteps did not stop, and after leaving the courtyard of the imperial study, he took Xiao Nianzi through the forbidden garden, and after walking for a few minutes, he finally came to an empty courtyard.

Looking at this courtyard, Xiao Nianzi suddenly shuddered.

Liu ...... Grandpa Liu, what are you going to do when you brought me here? ”

Seeing the look of fear on his face, Liu Bing suddenly laughed.

"Xiao Nianzi, aren't you quite clever? Can't you guess why we brought you here? ”

If he heard Liu Bing praise his cleverness before, Xiao Nianzi would definitely be very happy, but now when he heard this, he was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he knelt in front of Liu Bing with a "poof".

"Father-in-law Liu spares his life, the little one will not dare next time, this is the agarwood that the prince rewarded the little one, and the little one is willing to pay filial piety to the little one."

As he spoke, he took out the agarwood that Gao Ming had given him just now and handed it to Liu Bing with both hands.

Seeing his action, Liu Bing suddenly closed his eyes, and did not pick up his agarwood, but let out a long sigh.

"Alas...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind-hearted and has no scheming, so he always likes to think about others for the good, the old slave has been in the palace for more than 40 years, and it is the first time he has encountered such a person like His Royal Highness the Prince, so our family will never allow anyone to play tricks in front of His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Bing suddenly opened his eyes, and then turned his head to look at Xiao Nianzi.

"Xiao Nianzi, you entered the palace in March this year, and you have been with our family for three months, when our family broke your leg, you still served our family, and our family is a grateful person, so I won't kill you, I brought you here just to let you tell you, don't forget our duty to be slaves."

"Father-in-law Liu, I ......"

Before Xiao Nianzi finished speaking, Liu Bing beckoned to the two princes next to him.

"Come on, bring Xiao Nianzi in to cleanse himself, this time he will be completely cut, don't leave anything at all!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Liu Bing's order, the two eunuchs immediately stepped forward, one of them grabbed one of Xiao Nianzi's hands, and then dragged him into the room.

At this time, Xiao Nianzi also reacted, and immediately cried while struggling.

"Spare your life, Father-in-law Liu...... Xiao Nianzi knew that he was wrong, the slave and maid would never dare to do it again, Father-in-law Liu spared Xiao Nianzi this time, don't cut me again, leave me a little...... Uh-huh......"

As Xiao Nianzi was dragged into the house, his shouting suddenly changed to a whimper, and it sounded like someone should have gagged him with a cloth ball.

Listening to the whimpering sound coming from inside, Liu Bing stood outside the door and closed his eyes again.

"Xiao Nianzi, don't blame our family, you dare to play tricks in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, if our family is not there, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is afraid that he will suffer your loss, I hope this knife can make you remember this lesson!"

In the Tang Dynasty, eunuchs pay attention to "exhausting their potential", and in Liu Bing's view, Xiao Nianzi belongs to the kind of person who has not been cut thoroughly.

So, in the face of such a situation, you have to cut it again!

About half an hour later, the door that had been closed opened again, and two eunuchs with blood in one hand walked out, and then saluted Liu Bing.

"Father-in-law Liu, it's been cut, it's been cut cleanly, and there's nothing left."

Hearing this reply, Liu Bing opened his eyes and nodded.

"It's okay to cut it clean, he will be disrespectful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future, okay, Xiao Nianzi will be handed over to you, and our family has to go back."

"Congratulations to Grandpa Liu!"

Looking at the two respectful eunuchs, Liu Bing nodded suddenly, and then returned to the imperial study.

As soon as Liu Bing entered the courtyard of the imperial study, he saw Gao Ming kicked out of the room by Li Shimin, and seeing this scene, Liu Bing was suddenly a little dumbfounded.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... What's the matter, Your Majesty? ”

Hearing Liu Bing's question, Gao Ming immediately sighed, and then shrugged his shoulders.

"Alas, it's actually nothing, didn't you say before that he had the best agarwood? So I was going to ask him for a little bit, but he didn't agree, and kicked me out, do you think he's too stingy? ”

Looking at Gao Ming's helpless look, Liu Bing suddenly showed a look of doubt.

"Wouldn't it? Your Majesty values His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so much, you shouldn't be angry with him for a little agarwood, right? ”

As soon as Liu Bing's words fell, Gao Ming nodded.

"Yes, I thought so at first, so I told him that he wanted a hundred stones of agarwood to go back and cook meat to eat, but he scolded me, saying that I was not cutting things like Yang Guang's old thief, and then he kicked me out."

"Uh......"

Looking at Liu Bing's sluggish appearance, Gao Ming immediately sighed.

"Alas, don't talk about these unhappy things, by the way, what about the little boy who followed you just now?"

Hearing Gao Ming ask about Xiao Nianzi, Liu Bing didn't dare to hide it, and immediately told the truth.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Xiao Nianzi didn't cut it clean last time, so the old slave sent him to cleanse, this time it was very clean, does His Royal Highness the Prince want to take a look?"

“……”