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Kuixing Tower is one of the famous landmark buildings in Jinling City, located on the left bank of the Qinhuai River at the south end of Huaiqing Bridge, the main building is a three-storey heavy eaves building, blue bricks and red columns, carved beams and painted buildings, outside the door is the bustling street of traffic, the pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard are towering to the sky, the south is not far from the famous Jiangnan Gongyuan and a large number of academies, and the building of the eaves and arches across the river is also located in the Bofu Qianzhuang general number at the intersection of the bustling intersection on the north bank.

The Kuixing Building, which is well-known in the north and south of the river, is unique, not like an ordinary restaurant and wine shop facing the bustling street, it looks more like a quiet garden covering a wide area, the stone gate is dignified and antique, and the walls of the evergreen ivy on both sides of the gate extend to the Qinhuai River, separating the hustle and bustle from the wall, creating an elegant atmosphere of quiet in the middle of the noisy.

The chefs in charge of the building are the industry's long-standing masters of cooking in the north and south, the three major cuisines are known as the three unique Jinling, there are also two quiet courtyards in the depths of the park for celebrities and dignitaries to gather, Zhu Daolin's four-wheeled carriage arrived outside the stone gate of the Kuixing Building, and was taken to the independent courtyard of Xihuayuan in the depths by Ying Changpei who had been waiting for a long time.

"I didn't expect there to be such an elegant courtyard inside, just the blooming plum forest outside the courtyard wall is extraordinary, it seems that I have to transplant a few plum blossoms across the courtyard."

As soon as Zhu Daolin got off the carriage, he was full of praise for the elegant courtyard surrounded by plum and bamboo.

Ying Changpei, who often spends time drinking here, pursed his mouth: "What is this?" After a few days, you will know that this place is not worth mentioning at all. ”

Zhu Daolin thought about it and felt normal.

The Zhan Garden of the Duke of Wei has long been the first garden in the south of the Yangtze River with a good reputation all over the world, and it is naturally not comparable to the small courtyard in front of him, but it is just another meaning revealed in Ying Changpei's words, which made Zhu Daolin quite surprised: "You said that you would go to the Duke of Wei Mansion in a few days?" How do you say that? ”

Ying Changpei explained a little impatiently: "A few days will be my precious sister's birthday, and Grandpa Guo will definitely take this opportunity to invite you to have a drink and get close to each other...... Okay, don't ask, let's go in, Grandpa Guo, Marquis Zhang, and Grandpa Wu are all waiting inside, don't bother if it's late. ”

Zhu Daolin looked at the jade tiger behind him who was holding two long wooden boxes and looking around, and then looked at the old history of talking and laughing with two middle-aged men in samurai civilian clothes not far away, and instructed the jade tiger to take out the four pairs of Yunguang 62-style binoculars hidden in the dark compartment of the carriage and follow behind, and then walked side by side with Ying Changpei to the full moon-shaped courtyard gate.

Lao Shi hurriedly came over and whispered to Zhu Daolin, and then pulled the carriage with the two leaders of Wei Guogong and Marquis Longping to the row of horse rings behind the side with a smile, and Zhu Daolin didn't need to bother him at all.

Walking through the small garden overflowing with plum fragrance, Zhu Daolin saw several richly dressed middle-aged and elderly people smiling out of the door of the main hall, among which there was a conspicuous figure without a beard but with a kind smile on his face, Zhu Daolin didn't need to think much to know that it was Gonggong Wu who was in charge of the Royal Jinling Tongyuan Bureau, and immediately walked to the bottom of the two-level stone steps and bent down deeply:

"Junior, Zhu Daolin, to meet all seniors! The juniors are late, please punish the seniors. ”

The laughter rose loudly, Wei Guogong and Marquis Longping, who were standing in the middle, glanced at each other, nodded silently, and looked at Zhu Daolin who bent down and saluted and did not dare to stand up straight again, and Ying Zhengqing, the old man, stroked his long beard and nodded frequently, seemingly satisfied with Zhu Daolin's respectful attitude, appearance and posture.

Only the tall and wealthy Gonggong Wu put down the shelf, walked down the steps, and gently helped Zhu Daolin up: "There is no need to be so polite, your little Zhu Daochang's name has long been thunderous in our family, and when I see it today, it is really worthy of its name, heroic, and talented!" Ha ha! ”

Under Ying Changpei's whispered introduction, Zhu Daolin solemnly took a step back and saluted Gonggong Wu again:

"The younger generation was so frightened, I always wondered, what does my father-in-law look like? Could it be a serious elder who doesn't smile? How should I compensate my father-in-law after meeting? But now, the younger generation's hanging heart has not only let go, but also deeply moved by the meticulous care for his father-in-law, thank my father-in-law! ”

"I beg my father-in-law to take care of me in the future, if there is anything that can make the younger generations serve, my father-in-law will directly order it!"

Everyone was quite surprised when they heard this, and they couldn't help but look carefully at the young man in front of them again, who was neither humble nor arrogant nor stage frightened.

After a short period of surprise, Gonggong Wu laughed and laughed very happily: "Okay! I didn't expect that the new generation of heroes of the Taoist Shangqing faction, who is famous and talented, would be so close to a eunuch in our family, and our family was moved, which made me feel comfortable! Let's go, let's go, it's windy outside, let's go in and have a cup of tea, sit down and talk slowly, haha! ”

"Father-in-law, please, wait."

Zhu Daolin shook the enthusiastic hands that Gonggong Wu took the initiative to stretch out, stepped back half a step again, and greeted Old Man Ying, Xu Hongji, Duke of Wei, and Zhang Gongwei, Marquis of Longping, who was stocky and ruddy, and asked for forgiveness for his belated sin.

In the laughter of several dignitaries like a spring breeze, Zhu Daolin also politely greeted Xu Wenjue, the eldest son of the Duke of Wei, and Zhang Dezhong, the eldest son of the Marquis of Longping, one by one, and apologized one by one.

After everyone sat down around the large round table covered with red velvet, Zhu Daolin turned around and called his junior brother Yuhu, and respectfully sent the two long wooden boxes to Wei Guogong and Longpinghou respectively.

Ying Changpei hurriedly went up, pointed to a pair of golden phoenixes inlaid directly below the box, and whispered that this box is very doorway, if you want to open it, you have to press the small buckle in the middle of the pair of phoenixes, and the two martial arts heirlooms suddenly realized, and the old man Ying, Gonggong Wu and the two sons on the side also surrounded them curiously.

The two nobles immediately pressed the buckle of the golden orb style, and after two "ticks", the exquisite box lid was opened, and the two majestic and domineering sheathed swords immediately came into everyone's eyes, and Zhu Daolin's expected exclamation and inhalation sounded again, and even the old man Ying, who had been a civil official for most of his life, shouted a good sword after sighing.

Xu Hongji and Zhang Gongwei took out their swords and looked at them carefully, their eyes were shining, their faces were full of surprise, and they said that they were too precious and beautiful, just the scabbard full of rare beasts and ancient clouds far exceeded their knowledge, and it was really the only one they had ever seen in their lives!

Zhu Daolin introduced in a low voice: "These two swords, both from the Song Dynasty relics gathered in the East China Sea Tianshu Pavilion sword casting master Zhang Yesheng, the sword shape from the legendary Zhan Lu sword, is Master Zhang's heyday of thousands of tempered work, even in the Tianshu Pavilion is also a handful, just to create a sword body with flowing water and dark lines, it took Master Zhang a year and four months, the younger generation to get these two swords quietly tried, a wave, twelve stacked copper coins divided into two, the blade is unscathed, sharp as ever, Grandpa Guo and Hou Ye might as well try it too. ”

The excited Zhang Gongwei turned around suddenly and shouted at her eldest son Zhang Dezhong: "Go!" Take a stack of freshly minted Chongzhen Tongbao. ”

Zhang Dezhong, who was about twenty-four or five years old and looked similar to his father, hurriedly ran to the coffee table on the wall, opened the thick square camphor wood box on it, and grabbed a handful of newly minted copper coins specially used for Zhu Daolin's purpose.