Chapter 47: Acting (I)
Huitong had clearly restated Emperor Hongzhi's holy decree before, so Xu Xun knew very well in his heart that whether he was willing or unwilling, the only way to send people to the palace was to send people to the palace when Rayson's secret was likely to be known. And in that kind of place where you can't see the sky, trying to enter the Prince's East Palace is undoubtedly a shortcut. Although he knew that Latham was honest to the point of stubbornness, he still wanted to try the possibility that there was almost a theoretical glimmer of hope.
Therefore, the various crafts such as sumo wrestling and spitting fire mentioned earlier are all the miscellaneous people raised by Huitong said that the East Palace, but the answer he got under the casual question surprised him a lot.
"Learn to speak to women? What does it mean to learn to speak to a woman? ”
Ryson flinched for a moment under Xu Xun's unusual gaze, but then suddenly took a deep breath, just stood up, and spit out a delicate female voice: "My lord, everyone is gone, how can you still be so serious?" **Bitter is short, the night is long and the dream is ......"
This time, before Ruisheng could finish speaking, Xu Xun suddenly burst into an uncontrollable laugh. It took him a long moment to stop laughing, and when he saw that Ruisheng was still standing there in a daze, he couldn't help but straighten up and step forward, and slapped the little guy's thin shoulder twice.
"I don't see you still have the skills. Where did you learn these words? ”
"Yes...... ...... on the lightboat of the Qinhuai River" Rayson didn't notice that Xu Xun was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and said, "Dad asked an acquaintance to send me to the lightboat to serve tea and let me pretend to be a little girl, and this is three years." There was no other pastime, so I repeated what I had heard from the girls and guests. Later, I met a drunk old man...... I escaped by jumping into the river, and my mother died not long after I got home, so my father sent me to that place, and then ......."
Hearing this, Xu Xun's smile gradually disappeared. After a long time, he asked softly, "You said that you learned this skill from the girls and guests, and what else can you say?" ”
"I can learn how to speak adults...... Ruisheng wiped his eyes, and then he raised his head, but his mouth was two righteous words, "Although the servant is not talented, he is still full of righteousness, and he is willing to attach his adult tail." If you can get rid of this annihilation of the party, you will not hesitate to break your bones! ”
Looking at the little guy standing straight in front of him, Xu Xun couldn't help but reach out and rub his head vigorously, but the next moment, he suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in his mind, and the plan that he had originally discussed with Huitong to make a prototype was immediately overturned by him, and was replaced by a bold and crazy idea.
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The experience of the Ying Tianfu Ya is not busy among the many affiliated yamen of the entire Fu Ya, but it is by no means idle. Cheng said that he had to deal with a lot of paperwork and case files, and he was also in charge of the small examination in the government, so even if Xu Yu was an old man who had been immersed in silver for a long time, he was almost not idle every morning. Coupled with the fact that he had two things in his heart yesterday, he always felt uneasy and indecisive, and now he finally had a little space, so he immediately threw everything to the people below.
However, as soon as he returned to the Houyaguan Mansion, Zhu Sihai hurriedly greeted him. After seeing his salute, he looked around, knowing that this henchman must have heard some news, and he saw that the surroundings were still empty and could not hide people, so he immediately nodded and said: "There are often people in and out of the study, so you can talk about it here." ”
"Master, the little one has put a lot of effort into the people around Wang Gongzi, and finally asked for a great news!" Zhu Sihai didn't care about his master's angry gaze that blamed him for selling Guanzi, took a deep breath, and then stammered, "Prince Wang...... Wang Gongzi and the Seventh Young Master met in Qingping Building on the Qinhuai River. ”
Qingping Building?
Xu Zhen suddenly remembered that after the Gao Sheng banquet on the Kuiyuan upstairs before, Xu Xun had mentioned to him that someone had given him a big red name thorn, although he was worried about it at that time, but then there were so many things, and he left it behind for a while. At this time, Zhu Sihai mentioned it, and he suddenly had thousands of thoughts, and it took a long time for him to suddenly realize that Zhu Sihai was still not true, and immediately shouted angrily: "What the hell is going on!" ”
"Master, it's Grandpa Fu, Grandpa Fu is guarding Nanjing!" Zhu Sihai was horrified when he heard those words, and even his voice trembled slightly, "Gonggong Fu set up a banquet for the Seventh Young Master on the Qingping Tower, and he also issued a note to call Xiao Niangzi's famous teaching team. The prince had already made an appointment that night, and then the two sides competed, and the prince left in embarrassment when he heard the name of Gonggong Fu. The small one also went to Qingping Building to investigate, although he couldn't ask too much, but it should be right. ”
Even if he started as a junior official at the beginning, Xu Zhen knows everything about this top and bottom figure in Nanjing. At this moment, even he couldn't help but settle down, and infinite awe aweed in his heart. He is not a genuine Jinshi background, and he is a side of the family, even if that Gonggong Fu has been guarding Nanjing for many years, but for him, he is still a big man who is a higher level than Wei Guogong - after all, Wei Guogong has been hereditary for many generations, and where can he be favored by this Da Jue who has been in the palace for many years!
After being in the officialdom for a long time, he naturally cultivated a seven-trick exquisite heart, and after the initial shock, he had to carefully think about the connection between Fu Rong and Xu Xun, and in the end, his heart suddenly moved, and he left Zhu Sihai in a hurry. When he hurried back to the study, he went straight to the letter he had received yesterday, read it carefully, and then slowly sat down.
"The second brother had a wide range of friends and a big hand, maybe it was really who he helped at that time, and now that person has a prominent official residence, so he finally remembered Xiao Qi's child? The Fu Guild came forward, perhaps also to see the person's face. If that's the case......"
Muttering to himself, he suddenly clenched the thin letter in his hand and calculated it over and over again. Just as he was still hesitating, there was a soft knock on the door outside. He was very displeased when he was disturbed by his thoughts, and immediately shouted in a deep voice: "No matter who it is, what it is, let it go for the time being, don't bother me!" ”
There was only a moment of silence outside the door, and then Zhu Sihai's low voice came: "Master, the Seventh Young Master is here." ”
Xu Yi was full of impatience and was about to scold again, when he suddenly realized who Zhu Sihai was talking about, and immediately Huo Ran stood up and rushed towards the gate quickly. Because the action was too hurried and too fast, the corners of his robe were hung by a chair, and he was impatient and he tore it open with a wave of his hand, and when he opened the two doors at once, and saw Xu Xun standing behind Zhu Sihai, he realized his identity as an elder again, and the anxiety on his face suddenly turned into a warm smile.
Although it is not the first time he has met Xu Xun, Xu Xun is still amazed after witnessing the sixth uncle's change of face. After smiling and greeting Xu Zhen, he entered the study, and after talking to Renxu and the snake for a while, he said: "I invite the sixth uncle today, I am entrusted by someone." My uncle is just free today, and I want to invite the sixth uncle for a while in the evening. ”
If it was a few days ago, Xu Zhen would have to weigh it in his heart even if he still remembered the words, but the secret that Zhu Sihai had just heard was so appalling that he even completely threw away the habit of hesitation and hesitation in the officialdom, and actually agreed with his mouth. It wasn't until Xu Xun said the time and place that he realized that he was too anxious, but it would be more inappropriate to want to pose again at this time, so he had to press down on his frustration and personally sent Xu Xun out of the official house.
In the evening, in front of the eunuch's mansion on Changfu Street, the courtyard was deserted, and there was no sign of the grand gathering of waiters at the east gate of Yingtianfu Ya on Fudong Street. However, this is not to say that Fu Rong, the Nanjing garrison, is not hot enough, but because there are not many people who are qualified to disturb here, and to contact this Fu Gonggong, the people in the official and business faces have to go through a long time of secret contact, so that they can occasionally break through and quietly flash into this huge mansion through the inconspicuous back door.
In the north-south alley of Huapailou, which intersects with Changfu Street, outside a small teahouse with seven or eight tables, Xu Xunzheng and Huitong stood under the shade of a tree, looking at the narrow shop hall with almost no other customers from a distance. Looking at the young man sitting on the threshold at the door, and the old shopkeeper behind the counter who was dozing off and seemed to be no different from ordinary people, Xu Xun felt that this was a bit subverting his consistent understanding of the factory guard.
"That's really what ......"
"You've asked a few times!"
Huitong put down the teapot impatiently, and then said angrily: "Although my eyeliner is already an old man twenty years ago, one of them has said that he is angry, and he will be about to enter the ground by a while, but the factory guard has a unique secret mark, so it will not be wrong." Although the West Factory is abandoned, but since the emperor ascended the throne, the East Factory and Jinyiwei have hardly been prosperous, and as soon as Li Guang died, they all clamped their tails and behaved. It's like Chen Lu, the commander of the Nanjing Jinyi Guard, who is very close to Gonggong Fu, and the people under his command who can command it, including eyeliner together, will not exceed twenty people! At present, this place is set up by Chen Lu for the safety of Grandpa Fu, after all, Grandpa Fu likes to come over to drink tea in his spare time, but there are only two people in it except for the copper cylinder that is being monitored. ”