Originally, I didn't know where the eunuchs pulled the carriage, but when he really got into the carriage, Xu Xun had a number in his heart.

The metal parts of the four walls of the carriage are gilt and inlaid with silver, and the walls seem to be made of a whole piece of wood, and it is almost difficult to see the occasional joints. The windows on both sides of the car are hung with spotted bamboo curtains, the spotted bamboo curtains are pasted with light yarn, and in the middle of a small number there is a fixed dead Dan lacquer carved peony flower box, on one side of the two shelves, one side is a silver kettle and four wine glasses, one side is a soft towel gargle, the place behind the wall is a wide seat that can accommodate at least two people to sit together, and there is a shady rattan mat on it, and the open space in front of it has no room for anyone to sit at all, only two soft cushions are placed, depending on the situation, only people are allowed to kneel or sit cross-legged to serve.

Where is this carriage that was found casually, I'm afraid it's the carriage of Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning! Otherwise, even if it is an ordinary prince, there may not be such luxury.

Zhu Houzhao lazily reclined on the wide seat, and saw that Xu Xun was stunned as soon as he got on the car and looked around for a while, neither advancing nor retreating, so he patted the empty space next to him angrily and said, "What are you doing in a daze, come and sit and talk to me!" ”

If someone else, since he had weighed Zhu Houzhao's identity, how could he be sincerely afraid to say that it was so disrespectful and so on, however, Xu Xun, who didn't find any other place to sit, naturally wouldn't have wronged himself by kneeling all the way, and immediately arched his hand with a smile and said: "Since it is the order of the little marquis, then I will be respectful and obey my fate!" ”

Seeing Xu Xun just come over and sit down beside him generously, Zhu Houzhao was immediately very happy, leaned on the cushion and looked at him with a smile for a while, then suddenly tilted his head and said, "Yes, you are good...... By the way, what did you say your name was before...... That's right, it's Seo Hoon! Hey, it's strange, I seem to have heard about you, who said that......"

Zhu Houzhao said that he took his fist and gently pounded his little head, but after thinking about it for a while, he didn't think of anything. At this moment, Xu Xun didn't know that Xiao Jing was probably already working hard, so he coughed dryly and reminded: "I just called Nanjing, how could the little marquis have heard of my name?" ”

"Nanjing...... By the way, it's Nanjing, ah, you're the famous filial son! ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly forgot that this was in the carriage, and stood up suddenly, but this stop was not tight, but he was not small, and he slammed his head into the carriage board on the top, and then fell down with a sigh. At this moment, the carriage stopped suddenly, and in a short time the door was pulled open, and a nervous head poked in.

"Little Marquis, you didn't ......"

Before the last word could be spoken, the old eunuch who was driving stopped with a sluggish face, and looked at Xu Xun who was standing bent over and rubbing Zhu Houzhao's head in disbelief. Seeing Zhu Houzhao raise his head and impatiently waved to him in a gesture of rushing people, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and gave Xu Xun a warning look again, then retracted his body and carefully lowered the bamboo curtain first, and then closed the car door.

As the carriage set off again, Zhu Houzhao, who had hit his head, finally recovered. He grinned and took a breath, but then he didn't care about this little accident, stared at Xu Xun for a long time, and then asked with a strange expression: "Xu Xun, let me ask you, I heard that your father was a famous good man in Nanjing, rich and powerful, and how to say that he was also from a famous family, but your father later was a poor man, how did you think of recognizing him?" ”

Xu Xun thought that Xiao Jing was trying to open the joints of Emperor Hongzhi, but he never expected that Zhu Houzhao, who didn't even remember his name completely at first, would know the origin of his two fathers. At this moment, even if he was as astute as he was, he didn't know where to answer, and countless thoughts instantly turned in his mind. It wasn't until he found that Zhu Houzhao's expression was focused and his eyes were condensed, and he was not as casual or talking to himself as before, that he vaguely felt that his answer was only extremely important to Zhu Houzhao, that he finally made up his mind.

"Does the little marquis want to hear the truth or lie?"

This rhetorical question immediately stunned Zhu Houzhao, and then asked suspiciously: "What about the truth, what about the falsehood?" ”

"If you want to tell a lie, of course, blood is thicker than water, and flesh and blood are deep. Even though my adoptive father has raised me for many years, it is still not as good as my biological father's blood. Xu Xun said this seriously, and seeing Zhu Houzhao nodding and motioning for him to continue, he smiled bitterly, "If you want to tell the truth, that is, people's hearts are flesh and blood, my adoptive father left my son for many years and ignored him, even if I encountered a great calamity and saw that everything was gone, he was still nowhere to be seen." And my father first fought hard to save my life, then he was framed for my sake, and then he fought hard to save me from the siege when someone assassinated me......"

"Wait, you wait!"

Zhu Houzhao interrupted Xu Xun suddenly, and then asked in shock: "Didn't you say that you blocked an arrow to save him, why did it become that he struggled to save you from the encirclement?" ”

"Little Marquis, that's what my father said to the outside world when I was unconscious, when I woke up, the wood was already in the boat, and it was said that it had been reported to the court, I told the truth at that time, who could believe me? Whenever I think of being praised for this sin of deceit, my heart goes up and down......"

Xu Xun knew that this was another gamble, but when he saw Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized, he nodded happily at him, looking very appreciative, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued: "If there is no such situation, even if the human and physical evidence is conclusive, I really recognized my father because of blood, and I will inevitably have a pimple in my heart." But even so, after all, my adoptive father in front of me has provided for my expenses for many years, so I discussed with my father that if he has a son in the future, he will pass one to my adoptive father, so that he will not die. ”

This remark is naturally no problem in later generations, but in today's Ming Dynasty, it can be said to be shocking. Confucian etiquette is extremely strict, but decades of nurturing grace is not as good as blood, so in the play, abandoning adoptive parents for the revenge of their biological parents, and even trapping adoptive parents in danger for revenge, and even recognizing that a thief is a father for many years but violently kills his father, this is all true.

After listening to Xu Xun's affection, Zhu Houzhao sat there and muttered for a long time, and then he didn't speak for a long time, and his brows furrowed into a big pimple. Until Xu Xun, who was sitting stiffly, moved his shoulders unnaturally, and only heard the little prince beside him suddenly ask a sentence in shock.

"Then let me ask you, if it is a big family, the head of the house has no son, so she borrowed the womb to give birth to a child, and held a maidservant's child under his knees, and this son occasionally knows his own life experience when he grows up, what should he do?"

What does that mean? Could it be ...... God!

If he met Zhu Houzhao before, Xu Xun already had a dizzy feeling of pie falling from the sky and hitting his head; So at this time, Zhu Houzhao asked such a question, he almost wished that the thunder in the sky would directly stun him, so he could avoid the trouble of such a plan that could trap the dead. He couldn't help complaining in his heart that he hadn't been able to read a lot of books in the past, he only knew that Emperor Zhengde went down to the south of the Yangtze River to play the dragon and the phoenix, and he only knew the names of those top ministers, but he had never heard of such a bloody family ethics drama.

However, it is too late to regret it and think about it again. Through a thin layer of carriage walls, he couldn't be sure whether the old eunuch driving outside could hear this, and if he heard it, he would report it, so he could only take a deep breath, and then stubbornly said: "Little Marquis, what you said, it depends on the situation. ”

Seeing that Zhu Hou looked at himself and didn't make a sound, Xu Xun pretended to analyze objectively: "First of all, what you say is true or false. It must be known that there are often all kinds of unbelievable gossip in the family compound, and it cannot be ruled out that someone deliberately fabricated the facts to make this son suspicious of his mother, so he took the opportunity to separate the feelings of their mother and son. ”

Listening to Zhu Houzhao's ears with a little exhortation and reminder, he couldn't help but feel a little disliked, and he frowned at the moment. And Xu Xun, who was observant of words, would not fail to see this, but he had to strike while the iron was hot and said: "Little Marquis, don't think I'm alarmist, this is a precedent. At that time, Empress Zetian of the Tang Dynasty gave birth to four sons, the second of which was Li Xian, who first became King Yong and later became the crown prince, because he believed the absurd rumors of the eunuch palace people, he regarded himself as the son born to Mrs. Han, so the mother and son turned against each other, and the final result, I don't say that you should also know the little marquis. ”

Zhu Houzhao was in the palace, and those teachers talked about history all day long, and he listened to it, but he always didn't think so. At this time, listening to Xu Xun break out this paragraph, he didn't like to read but remembered his surname well, he immediately recalled it carefully, and vaguely remembered that there was indeed such a paragraph in the "New Tang Dynasty Book" that Li Dongyang had said, and his face immediately calmed down, and he waved his hand with satisfaction.

"Well, yes, you go on."

"Secondly, if it's true......" Xu Xun, who knew the deep feelings of Emperor Hongzhi, said that he didn't want to mention this fake possibility at all, but Zhu Houzhao wanted to hear it, so he had to continue to talk with his heart, "How is the father of this family to his son?" How does the mother of this family treat her son? Whether this is true love or not, anyone with a discerning eye can see it. It's like what I said before, people's hearts are flesh and blood, if this son still remembers the situation when he was a child, there should always be a judgment. ”

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was finally a little moved, Xu Xun took a deep breath, leaned into Zhu Houzhao's ear, and threw out the final killer feature almost in a mosquito-like voice: "Moreover, if that son really wants to confirm those rumors, why not pretend to be sick?" These biological parents are all the most concerned about their children, if this son is sick......"

With this last sentence, the carriage under him stopped abruptly, and a respectful voice came from outside: "Little Marquis, Guozijian Street has arrived." ”

The next moment, the car door was opened, and then the layer of spotted bamboo curtain was pulled up little by little, and the respectful smiling face of the old eunuch who drove the car was immediately revealed. Finding that Zhu Houzhao was pondering there, the smiling old eunuch glanced at Xu Xun, suddenly nodded with a smile, and then stretched out his hand to help Xu Xun get out of the car first.

The old eunuch pinched Xu Xun's arm vigorously, but his voice was lower than the sound of mosquitoes, "Young Master Xu, what you said to the little marquis in the car just now, I Liu Jin didn't hear a word!" ”

(To be continued)