Many of the people below didn't know how to cook, so they simply bought food from outside.

Speaking of coarse tea and light rice, it is really coarse tea and light rice, one meat dish, two vegetarian dishes, plus a pot of crystal clear soup, the rice is white rice.

Gongzi Xie had never eaten such shoddy food at home, but here, he was holding a bowl of rice, eating not so delicious food, which was actually very sweet.

Zhang Ru is accustomed to it, running back and forth among the nine sides, and eating steamed buns and dry food on the road is commonplace, not to mention the food that he ate in the cold palace when he was a child and basically had to be sent to the bucket. These meals are already very good for him.

Because there are guests, Zhang Ru specially added a jar of not expensive soju, this wine has no name, and the biggest feature is only one, that is, strong. Of course, no matter how strong this wine is, it can't compare to those distilled spirits in the previous life, and it is only twenty or thirty degrees at the top of the sky.

For him, a person who can drink wine as water, a few bowls of wine have no feeling in the stomach, but for Xie Qianjin and his son, a few bowls of water and wine in the stomach are not very comfortable.

After drinking a few bowls of wine, Xie Jie's words gradually increased, regardless of his father's darkening face, he climbed on Zhang Ru's shoulder and began to call him brother.

Even Fan Tong admired the courage of this stunned young master Xie, few ordinary people dared to climb on Zhang Ru's shoulder and shout brother. It's not that there is no such person in this world, but that person is now the prince of the East Palace of the Ming Dynasty in Yuqing Palace.

Zhang Ru was also drunk, and put his hand on Xie Jie's shoulder with a ruddy face, and the two looked like old friends who had known each other for many years.

Xie Qianjin coughed several times, but he couldn't bring his son back to his senses, and in the end he had to let it go.

Time passed little by little, and soon, the cups and plates on the table were messy, and Fan Tong and Jiang Wei, who had sat down and drank a few glasses of water and wine, stood up and patrolled around, Xie Qianjin stood up and planned to leave when he saw this: "Thank you for the hospitality, the time is not early, Xiao Lao'er is now saying goodbye." ”

So saying, he reached out to pull Sheje.

But Xie Jie hung on Zhang Ru like an octopus, and he didn't dump his father at all.

Zhang Ru arched his hand and said, "If Master Xie doesn't dislike it, let's stay in this eunuch's mansion for one night!" Brother Xie and I hit it off at first sight, and it was rare for us to get together. ”

Xie Qianjin said very respectfully: "The dog is informal, please forgive the commander, this is an official residence after all, and the little old man is just a flat-headed commoner, and he doesn't dare to live there." ”

Zhang Ru said with a smile: "Uncle Xie doesn't need to see outside, Brother Xie and I are both called brothers, how can Uncle Xie still be a commander." The word commander, that is for outsiders to call, we are our own people, you can call me Huzi. ”

Xie Qianjin didn't dare to say anything, and insisted on leaving, obviously, he didn't believe that Zhang Ru would become so approachable just because he had a drink with Xie Jie.

But Xie Jie was reluctant to leave, and in the end, Xie Qianjin had no choice but to agree to Xie Jie to stay.

After Xie Qianjin left, Zhang Ru pulled Xie Qianjin to sit down again, and took out a jar of spirits, Xie Jie's drunken eyes suddenly became a lot more sober, and he slowly poured the wine bowl full: "The commander stays behind, is it for revenge?" ”

Zhang Ru smiled, snatched the wine jar from Xie Jie's hand, poured a bowl for himself, and shook his head and said: "I'm not so careful, but the pretending kung fu is not shallow, and I deceived your old man." ”

Xie Jie glared at Zhang Ru dissatisfiedly: "There are not many such spirits in Xuanfu or even Daming, and being drunk like this by you is simply a tyrannical thing." The old man usually didn't care about me, he did whatever I wanted, he didn't know how much I could drink, and I never drank in front of him. You didn't keep me here for revenge, did you really want to have a good time with me? ”

Zhang Ru took a sip of the liquor and sighed: "Aren't you happy to talk to you?" ”

Xie Jie picked up the wine bowl and raised it to Zhang Ru: "Very happy." ”

Zhang Ru smiled: "I kept you down, but I just gave others an attitude, which is enough to make your Xie family's business go to the next level." ”

Xie Jie frowned and asked, "The commander shouldn't simply want to help my Xie family!" If it's to apologize, we just need to return those closed shops to us, so why bother. ”

Zhang Ru said lightly: "If it weren't for the fact that your old man promised to transfer grain from Jiangnan and Huguang to Xuanfu, I wouldn't have done this." If you don't want this kind of face, I will let you hang you outside for a day tomorrow, and I guarantee that your Xie family's business partners will be a lot fewer in the future. ”

Xie Jie waved his hand and said a little anxiously: "Don't, the bigger my family's business is, the more help I can give you, the Governor of the Nine Sides, you can't do this kind of thing." ”

Zhang Ru smiled: "It seems that you still care about your family's business!" I told you why I wanted to keep you, should you tell me why you want to stay? It can't be because I, the young governor, show an unusual closeness that makes you want to get close! ”

Xie Jie shook his head like a rattle: "You think you are a flower!" Although I, Xie Jie, am known as a gentleman in Xuanfu, I am not the kind of person who has no brains. It's just that I don't want you to embarrass my father, so I stayed to make you angry. ”

Zhang Ru said angrily: "If I want to be angry, I won't let you get up, anyway, a big prince kowtows at the door, and it's not me who makes people look embarrassed." ”

Xie Jie smiled: "Okay! I admit that I do have ulterior motives to stay, and you don't have to scold me, the matter is very simple, I, Xie Hongtu, am also a hot-blooded young man, as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, although he is white, he also has the heart of serving the country with fists. It was your words that made me stay. I want to see if a young man under the age of twenty is really as dedicated to the country as you say.

It's not for me to think about who is behind you, and the people behind you won't deal with a little person like me anyway.

It's you, who can be regarded as a wonderful thing in the 100 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, which always makes people want to understand you.

If Ling Tian's kid hadn't been pursuing Miss Su with you, it is estimated that you would have become friends long ago. It's a pity that that kid can't wait for you to disappear into Xuanfu now, I am afraid that it will be difficult for you two to become friends. ”

Zhang Ru's tone became cold: "It seems that Grand Master Xie really knows the identity of the general!" Knowing the identity of Ben Jiang, he was so insulting to Ben Jiang, did he think that the Xie family was rich enough to go against the imperial court. ”

Xie Jie pursed his lips disdainfully: "Don't scare me with your bureaucratic style, before tonight, I didn't know what your identity was." Ling Tian is just a small officer of the Jinyi Guard. If I had known your identity, you would have given me ten dares, and I wouldn't have dared to provoke you.

A young man like you is not something that we ordinary people can afford to provoke.

Jinyiwei is not easy to mess with, I know, but Jinyiwei is not a great force, at least in Xuanfu, there is General Zhang pressing, and the person surnamed Chen does not dare to offend my Xie family. ”

Zhang Ru laughed at himself: "I really didn't expect that for Tang Ao's unknown guy, you knew that Jinyiwei was not easy to provoke and provoke me." ”

Xie Jie said lightly: "That's my friend." ”

Zhang Ru asked: "For the sake of friends, the Xie family may fall into a situation from which they will never recover, do you think it is worth it?" ”

Xie Jie smiled bitterly: "What is worth it, just do it when you think of it, how can you have so much time and energy to think about it." Besides, didn't you treat the Xie family well! ”

Zhang Ru picked up the wine bowl and raised it to his mouth: "Just for your righteousness to your friends, I will give Gongzi a glass." ”

Xie Jie raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you afraid that I'm lying to you?" If you want to gain my trust, you don't have to think about anything, and it's not a good idea to pretend to be too similar. ”

Zhang Ru shouted angrily: "If you don't drink it, if you don't drink it, you will pull it down, and Lao Tzu will drink it alone." ”

Xie Jie smiled: "Drink, the dignified Governor of the Nine Sides asked me to drink, how dare I not drink!" But if you want to make friends, you'd better not put on a show with me as the governor of the Nine Sides, and if you annoy me, I'll beat people. ”

Zhang Ru raised his fist: "Come on, let me see how many catties and taels the first son of Xuanfu has, anyway, I haven't fought with anyone for a long time." ”

"Rude!" Xie Jie sneered: "Don't hand over to me Gongzi Xie, if you can afford it, just call me a grand plan." ”

Zhang Ru smiled and patted Xie Jie's shoulder, this time he almost didn't pat Xie Jie down: "Okay, I won't be crowned until next year, but my deceased teacher gave me a watch, you can call me Wenxuan in the future." ”

Xie Jie looked at Zhang Ru like a monster for a while before saying, "Such a rude person can take such an elegant expression, I'm really drunk." ”

Zhang Ru pushed him angrily: "Yes, go to bed quickly when you are drunk." ”

Xie Jie spread his hands: "Where do I sleep?" You'll have to arrange it for me, no. ”

Zhang Ru shouted: "Jiang Wei, come here, please ask Gongzi Xie to go down and rest." ”

Jiang Wei limped in, glanced at Zhang Ru in surprise, and then wondered: "My lord, there is no place to sleep in our house." ”

As soon as he reminded him, Zhang Ru remembered that his room had been given to Su Qiqi, and even he could only settle in the study. At what time, the scene became a little awkward.

Xie Jie quipped: "Seeing that your hall is quite big, let someone send the futon over, and we will stay here for one night." ”

Jiang Wei looked at Zhang Ru in embarrassment, this is not hospitality, but now there is really no place for Xie Jie to live.

Zhang Ru said freely: "Go get the quilt here, Lao Xie and I will be here for one night tonight." ”

Jiang Wei said: "My lord. This."

Zhang Ru's eyes widened: "What are you talking about, let you go and get it, don't talk nonsense." ”

In desperation, Jiang Wei had no choice but to ask someone to fetch the futon over, the adult drank wine and said drunken words, and he was not good at persuading Zhang Ru at this time, after all, in his opinion, there was also Xie Jie, an outsider, present.