Xiao Fan and the three of them entered the wing room, the wing room is very elegant, built with bamboo stems all around, there are several former calligraphy paintings and monuments hanging on the inner wall, a few pots of peonies are planted in the corners of the surrounding walls, and there is a mahogany table of eight immortals in the middle of the room, and the table has already been filled with all kinds of delicacies.

Zhu Di sat down in the main seat first, and Xiao Fan and the others sat in the guest seat respectively.

Zhu Di regained his smiling face, stood up and faced south, and wished the current emperor Zhu Yunwen, who hated him so much, that the current emperor in the Beijing Division, was blessed and blessed with a long life.

In the second glass of wine, Zhu Di, as the host, respected Xiao Fan, who also hated him so much, that he was tired of thousands of miles, and ate it well.

Xiao Fan has been in officialdom for more than two years, so he is naturally familiar with officialdom etiquette, Zhu Di toasted Xiao Fan hurriedly stood up and was sincerely afraid, and he didn't dare to give up.

Zhu Di saluted Fang Xiaoru and Taixu again, and after a round of salute, Zhu Di sat down, and then glanced at Xiao Fan with his eyes.

Everyone is in the officialdom, so they naturally understand the rules, and after the host has finished toasting, it is now the turn of the guests to salute the host.

Zhu Di sat on the main seat and waited for Xiao Fan to serve the cup.

Xiao Fan is embarrassed,—— is it respectful or disrespectful? Or rather, to drink or not to drink?

It is undeniable that Xiao Fan is a gentleman, although others do not agree, but he himself does think so, but-when a gentleman should be a villain, he still has to be a villain, especially in matters related to surnames, he must be more cautious.

Rolling his eyes, Xiao Fan picked up the wine in front of him, handed it to Taixu with a smile, and said with a kind smile: "Master, taste it, try it, this is a strong wine in Beiping, compared to the daughter of our Jingshi, it has a wonderful taste......"

Taixu's eyes lit up, and he took the wine glass and took a sip without hesitation, and then smacked his lips unsatisfied.

"Come, Master, drink a few more glasses......" Xiao Fan temporarily put Zhu Di aside, but frequently persuaded Taixu to drink.

Taixu naturally didn't understand these officialdom etiquette at all, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with the apprentice toasting to the master, so the wine was dry, and the comer did not refuse, and drank several glasses in a row.

Xiao Fan persuaded a few glasses and then stopped persuading, put down the wine glass, and stared intently at Taixu's reaction after drinking.

Zhu Di looked at Xiao Fan with a dissatisfied face, and couldn't figure out what kind of fame this guy was doing for a while, he had been in officialdom for two years, so he wouldn't even understand the rules of officialdom, right? If you don't respect your master, why do you always respect your master?

After a long time, Xiao Fan stared at Taixu's face without blinking, and said cautiously: "Master, are you okay?" What do you think? ”

Taixu smiled and said, "Yes, good wine!" ”

"Don't have a headache and brain fever?"

"Nope."

Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled easily from the bottom of his heart: "Then I'll rest assured......"

Then he stood up, looked up to the sky and snorted, and said with a smile: "The prince is too polite, the lower officials are really ashamed, they don't say anything, they have deep feelings, and they are ...... sullen."

Zhu Di didn't say a word, his face gradually turned green, and finally turned iron-blue, and his teeth were gritted loudly: "............"

- This bastard thing, going around such a big circle, is actually afraid that I will poison the wine, first use his master as a test......**************************************************** all the respects that should be respected, and those who should be respected, after three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere in the banquet is slightly warmer.

Taixu drooled when he looked at the delicacies on the table, and no matter what the etiquette of the occasion, the surname Suo abandoned the chopsticks and didn't use them, and directly reached out and tore half of the salt chicken, chewed it big, and the appearance was particularly ugly.

Fang Xiaoru tasted the wine slowly, looking elegant and calm.

Xiao Fan said with a smile: "Lord Wang, Xia Guan came to Beiping this time, in fact, to convey the greetings of the Son of Heaven to the emperor's uncle, the same blood of the Heavenly family, the prince is an elder, the Son of Heaven was still short when he ascended the throne, and many things were inevitably not done thoroughly. ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, it's the same as Zhu Ming's lineage, this king and the Son of Heaven are uncles and nephews of in-laws, and this king should spare no effort and assist with all his heart." ”

"In this way, the lower official thanked the prince on behalf of the Son of Heaven."

Zhu Dipi smiled a few perfunctory words, suddenly looked solemn, stared at Xiao Fan without blinking, and said: "Since Lord Xiao is a messenger, this king wants to ask Lord Xiao, does the Son of Heaven have the intention of cutting the domain?" ”

Xiao Fan was secretly surprised, although the matter of cutting the feudal domain had already spread among the feudal kings and the Manchu Dynasty, but this matter was too sensitive, and someone with a heart heard it in his ears and remembered it in his heart, no one had ever asked so directly, and now Zhu Di actually ignored the rules and asked bluntly, is he tempting, or does he have another plan?

In a flash of thought, Xiao Fan laughed, and said with a relaxed expression: "The policy of the vassal king was established by the first emperor when he founded the country, and it was intended to make the royal prince guard all over the country, follow the example of the Han Gaozu to divide the kings, and secure the territory. ”

Zhu Di smiled meaningfully: "But...... This king heard many rumors in the court, saying that the first major thing to be done after the Son of Heaven ascended the throne was to cut off all our imperial uncles from the domain, relieve the military power, and order him to return to Beijing to settle down. ”

Xiao Fan's eyelids jumped, and he laughed and said: "The rumors stop at the wise, the prince has always been wise, do you really believe these nonsense?" The Son of Heaven ascended the throne at a young age, and it was when he needed all the emperor's uncles to defend and support Zhu Ming's country, how could he make a move to cut off his arm? The rumors are not credible, my lord! ”

Zhu Di suddenly realized: "Oh, the so-called theory of cutting the feudal domain turned out to be all rumors!" Hehe, those people with big mouths and long tongues are really hateful, isn't this just afraid that the world will not be chaotic, this king heard the rumors of cutting the domain, and he was also very puzzled, the Son of Heaven didn't need his uncle to help him defend the territory, did he want to hand over the military and political power to those foreign ministers who didn't know the roots? If an ambitious minister takes over the military power and wants to raise an army to rebel, it will be dangerous for the first emperor to painstakingly create and operate the Ming Dynasty for decades, and it would be too stupid to cut the feudal domain......"

Xiao Fan said with a smile: "That's natural, the Son of Heaven also heard these rumors when he was in Beijing, at that time, Long Yan was furious, scolded the rumor-mongers for ulterior motives, and wanted to separate the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Family, and his crime should be punished by the nine clans, and the Son of Heaven was afraid that the emperor's uncles would be uneasy when they heard these rumors, so he hurriedly sent his most trusted and most favored courtier,—— that is, the lower officials, to personally inspect the northern border on behalf of the Son of Heaven, firstly, in order to reward and comfort the kings, and secondly, to explain to the princes that the policy of the vassal king was established by the first emperor, and the Son of Heaven was a filial and simple person, and would never dare to go against the national policy established by the first emperor. Please believe that the Son of Heaven has no intention of cutting the domain, and the Ming Dynasty has established a new monarch, and please assist the princes a lot. ”

Zhu Di smiled with relief: "It's a rumor, it's okay to explain it, this king and all the royal brothers and brothers are ordered by the first emperor to defend the domain for my Ming Dynasty, resist the Northern Yuan Dynasty outside, and the people of internal security, and now the Ming Dynasty is politically harmonious, the border is peaceful, there is no internal chaos, and there is no humiliation outside, and our vassal kings also have some meager contributions, haha, to say something old, the Son of Heaven is small, but this king watched him grow up, his benevolence and kindness are similar to his father, how can he not make such a ruthless and unrighteous act, Lord Xiao, are you right?" ”

Xiao Fan said with a smile: "The prince said very much, the so-called cutting of the feudal domain is completely nonsense made up by those people with ulterior motives, making something out of nothing, and his heart can be punished!" ”

Zhu Di's eyes glanced at the verdant bamboo forest outside the wing, and suddenly said with deep meaning: "The bamboo has no heart, and the branches and leaves outside the festival are ......."

Xiao Fan's eyes flashed, and he quickly replied: "Although the lotus root has holes, the chest is not stained with dust." ”

Zhu Di paused, and then laughed loudly: "Xiao Daren is brilliant, no wonder the first emperor was so fond of you when he was alive, you really have some ability." ”

Fang Xiaoru on the side also showed admiration and stared at Xiao Fan tightly.

Xiao Fan hurriedly raised his glass to toast, Zhu Di also drank it all very boldly, the two lit up the bottom of each other's glasses, looked at each other and smiled, each smile had a deep meaning.

A sensitive political issue is resolved invisibly in a pair of couplets with its own pointers.

In the middle of summer, the south of the Yangtze River is scorching, by the Qinhuai River in Beijing, the cicadas and frogs are singing among the weeping willows, and the emerald green willows are lazily hanging in the continuous calm river, but the beautiful picture has a little more irritability in the hot summer.

Chen Ying'er is very irritable now.

Holding the qin while yawning, while listlessly fanning Chen Ying'er, Chen Ying'er leaned on the window upstairs of Taifeng Grain Store, staring blankly at the boats shuttling on the Qinhuai River outside the window, and an inexplicable irritability lingered in her chest.

Turning around, Chen Ying'er glanced at the piano and said angrily, "Didn't you eat?" Can't you fan faster? It's hot and deadly! ”

Baoqin pursed his mouth and complained: "Miss, I've been fanning for half an hour, my hands are so sore......"

"Humph! Dare to talk back! It's all that...... That guy used to spoil you......"

Baoqin's eyes darkened, and her cheerful expression suddenly became dim, she glanced at Chen Ying'er carefully, and Baoqin said tentatively: "Miss, uncle, he ...... Oh, no, after that guy surnamed Xiao drove you back to Jingshi, your temper became so great......"

Chen Ying'er glared at her and snorted, "What? Are you not satisfied? ”

Baoqin smiled: "Where do you dare to ...... slave?"

Chen Ying'er looked back at the blue waves on the Qinhuai River, and her teeth suddenly bit her lower lip tightly, and her eyes were slightly annoyed.

"That hateful fellow! What does it matter to you that I go out to play? Why do you care about me? What about the commander of the Jinyi Guard? Why is it so wide? Hum! Actually...... You still beat me, beat my ......"

Baoqin said curiously: "Miss, did the surnamed Xiao beat you?" Where did you hit you? ”

When Chen Ying'er heard this, her cheeks were suddenly stained, her pretty face became red, and her round and straight buttocks seemed to have passed through an electric current at this moment, itchy and numb, and a little ...... Comfortable.

"Miss......"

"What?" Chen Ying'er didn't have a good airway.

"Your face is so red......"

"You...... Shut up! Don't say it again! Chen Ying'er was extremely embarrassed.

While the master and servant were talking, a respectful voice suddenly came from the grain store downstairs: "The shopkeeper, the king shopkeeper of Beiping Dafeng Rice Bank asks to see you." ”

Chen Ying'er said: "Wang Gui? Isn't he in Beiping? Why did you come to Jingshi? ”

After settling down, Chen Ying'er ordered: "Tell him to come upstairs." ”

Downstairs, there was the sound of footsteps, and a thin middle-aged man walked in, with a smile on his face, and his smile was full of flattery and respect.

Chen Ying'er looked at him and said lightly: "Wang Gui, what are you doing in Beijing?" Lord Xiao arranged for you to go to Beiping to open a grain store, didn't you tell you to avoid people's eyes and ears, and not to have any dealings with my Chen family's firm? ”

Wang Gui hurriedly smiled and said: "Shopkeeper, there are no outsiders here, although I Wang Gui became a shopkeeper in Beiping, but the villain eats the salary of the Chen family, this time the villain entered Beijing, but there is no need to avoid people's eyes, because the villain's grain ship just arrived in Jiangyin and got the urgent letter of King Yan, he suddenly increased the amount of grain purchased to Beiping, the quantity is much larger than before, the villain is not looking for a grain merchant to buy, so the villain came back to find the shopkeeper, but it is dignified. ”

Chen Ying'er's expression was awe-inspiring: "King Yan has increased the amount of grain purchased? How much was added? ”

Wang Guidao: "In the past, the grain sent to Beiping Mansion was about more than 1,000 stones, but this time King Yan asked the villain to buy 10,000 stone of grain, and in the future, it will be purchased according to this routine every month, and it will be 10,000 stones per month. ”

Chen Ying'er's expression became more and more solemn, and she frowned and said, "What does King Yan do when he suddenly wants so much grain?" Although he has a lot of soldiers under his command, he can't eat 10,000 stones a month......"

After settling down, Chen Ying'er stared at Wang Gui and said, "Have you reported this matter to Jinyiwei?" ”

Wang Gui scratched his head and said: "Not yet, Lord Xiao once instructed to try to have as little contact with Jinyi Wei as possible, so as not to expose his traces, and besides, it is common for King Yan to increase procurement, and there seems to be no need to report it, right?" ”

Chen Ying'er said coldly: "Is it worth retribution, is it up to you to judge this matter?" My grain store currently does not have much grain in stock, only a few thousand stones, you first take it all, and then you find those grain merchants in Beijing to buy, I am inconvenient to come forward in this matter, but I will send someone to Jinyi Wei Yuan Qianhu to report this matter, and ask him to send a secret letter to inform Lord Xiao who is inspecting the northern Xinjiang, after you have finished the grain procurement, the grain ship will take the waterway, and you will take the land route to quickly return to Beiping to see Lord Xiao, and ask him to decide, understand? ”

Wang Gui saw Chen Ying'er's serious expression, and hurriedly said: "The villain knows, the villain will do it." ”

The wing room behind the Baihua Building in the west of Beiping City.

The banquet continued, Xiao Fan raised his glass and frequently exchanged respects with King Yan, the atmosphere during the banquet was once extremely warm, the two of them were talking and laughing, and the intimacy was like having made friends for many years, and there was a sense of falsehood in the joy and noise.

Taixu ate with a round belly, listening to Xiao Fan and Zhu Di praising each other's politeness, the taste of hypocrisy made Taixu sick to his stomach for a while, and he couldn't tell whether he was tired of eating or disgusted by these two goods, he pursed his lips, leaned on the chair and burped a few times very inelegantly, and then wiped his mouth with the sleeves of his dirty robe, "Two, Poor Dao is full, you continue to eat, Poor Dao will solve it later......" Taixu grinned.

Zhu Di held the wine glass and said suspiciously: "What does the Taoist solve?" ”

Taixu rolled his eyes and said, "It's rare for the poor Dao to be so elegant, you can't understand it...... Solve it, it means that I just ate too much and want to! ”

Burst!

Burst!

Xiao Fan and Zhu Di turned their heads together and sprayed each other's faces full of wine.

Then the two looked at each other's wet faces, and their faces were quite embarrassed.

Tai Xuan smiled evilly: "Don't stop, keep eating......"

Then the figure flashed and ran to the back of the wing.

Xiao Fan and Zhu Di looked at the table full of delicacies, their expressions complicated.

After a pause, Zhu Di put down his wine glass and said expressionlessly: "This king is full." ”

Xiao Fan also put down his wine glass and said with a straight face: "Lord Wang, do you want to eat fried Taoist priests?" The lower official is treated. ”

Taixu turned the screen with a wicked smile on his face, went out of the back door of the wing, just lifted the hem of the robe, took out the indecent things under his crotch and waited for the flood, and suddenly heard a monk sitting in the corner of the wall not far from the left, listening intently to the movement in the wing room with his ears on the wall.

Taixu was taken aback, and at this time, the monk also happened to turn his head and saw Taixu who was teasing the robe with one hand and holding the little bird with the other.

The two looked at each other and immediately exclaimed, "It's you!" ”

Taixu suddenly became shocked and angry: "It's your good manly bald donkey!" ”

The monk also said angrily: "It's just a bald donkey, which eye of you old miscellaneous hair sees me as a good man?" ”

Tai Xu's eyes widened: "Ho! Dare to talk back! You peeked at the Taoist peeing, isn't it good to be masculine? How unfortunate it is that Daoye's baby was seen by you, a dead bald donkey! It wasn't enough to be beaten in the first place, was it? Dead bald donkey, look at the move! ”

After saying that, Taixu shook his palm, drew a few illusory circles, and struck at the monk seemingly weakly.

The monk was a person who knew the goods, and he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the move, and his figure quickly retreated.

"What are you doing?" A female voice like a yellow warbler out of the valley asked curiously behind the monk.

The sound fell into the palm, and the palm that was avoided by the monk hit a woman in a lake-green dress impartially.

Rao is too vain to see the opportunity to retract her strength, and the woman was still beaten by the palm force and her delicate body was soft, and she slowly fell to the ground.

Taixu was furious: "Dead bald donkey! How dare you dodge and hurt innocent people! Poor Dao is now said to have accepted your wickedness! ”

"You...... You're still unreasonable! It's obviously you who did it! ”

"No matter! Poor Dao will beat you to death and reason with you, look at the tricks! ”

In the wing room, Zhu Di's expression suddenly became a little ambiguous, and he leaned next to Xiao Fan and laughed in a low voice: "Lord Xiao is ordered to inspect Northern Xinjiang, you might as well play a few more times in Beiping with peace of mind, this king has a gift for Lord Xiao, please smile and accept ......"

Xiao Fan said: "What gift?" ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Lord Xiao came to Beiping alone, no one around him added incense to fan, how inappropriate, this king has a peerless beauty for Xiao Daren, Lord Xiao may wish to chant poetry and music with her in his spare time, and work together in the ...... of flying."

Xiao Fan's face twitched a few times, and his father-in-law pimped his son-in-law, and he did ...... Gee.

Xiao Fan said embarrassedly: "The prince is polite, the lower officials are not good at this......"

Zhu Di said with a smile: "The twenty-eight best people are like crispy ...... Lord Xiao is in his youth, and it is the time to be greedy for beauty, so why not enjoy the joy of life, and don't live up to the good night? ”

Beauty Trick!

Xiao Fan raised his vigilance at the moment, and smiled indifferently: "Lord Wang, it's not that the lower officials don't know how to lift, and the lower officials really don't have much interest in Fengyue's affairs......"

Zhu Di couldn't help but say: "How can that be?" A must, a must! ”

"Lord, I ......"

"Lord Xiao, don't say anything, if you don't want to, you won't give face to this king, this king will be very unhappy."

Xiao Fan sighed bitterly and muttered, "That's the ...... It's that interesting? ”

Zhu Di didn't raise his eyebrows, and said leisurely: "Yes, ......"

After speaking, Zhu Di raised his hands high and slapped his palms twice towards the back of the wing.

………… I waited for a long time, but there was no response.

………… Zhu Di's face suddenly felt a little unbearable, and he slapped it twice.

This time there was a reaction, and the back door of the wing room suddenly slammed loudly, and a ragged monk stumbled as if someone had kicked him in.

Xiao Fan and Zhu Di were taken aback for a moment, and said in unison: "Dao Yan? ”

Dao Yan's snow-white monk's robe was covered with footprints, as if he had been hit by many Foshan shadowless feet, and there was also a footprint on his bruised and swollen face, seeing Zhu Di was like seeing a savior, and he said with tears in his eyes: "Lord Wang, back, ...... behind"

Xiao Fan pointed at Dao Yan and said in astonishment: "Lord Wang, this ...... Is that what you call the twenty-eight beauties? ”

Zhu Di said embarrassedly: "This ......"

Xiao Fan said with gratitude: "The prince is really righteous and thin in the sky, in order to entertain the guests, even Master Daoyan gave it to me, although the lower official does not like to take the dry road, but the prince will accept this gift, the lower official will definitely accept it......"

Dao Yan was in a hurry, looked at Zhu Di and said quietly: "Lord Wang......"

Zhu Di wiped his sweat in embarrassment: "This ...... Lord Xiao may have misunderstood......"

As soon as he raised his head, Zhu Di looked left and right, and his voice was mixed with anger: "What about that woman?" ”

Just as he was asking, Taixu staggered over with a woman dressed in lake green clothes.

Zhu Di seemed to have seen a savior, pointed to the dying woman, and said with great joy: "Yes! It's her! That's her! Lord Xiao, it's not Dao Yan who this king wants to send you, it's this woman......"

The woman was supported by Tai Xu, raised her head, smiled weakly at Xiao Fan, and said as if she had confessed her last words: "Slave family...... Zhang Hongqiao, I've seen ...... I've seen Chincha-sama......"

After speaking, Zhang Hongqiao fell to the ground softly and fainted.

Xiao Fan looked at her in surprise, then circled around her, and after looking carefully, he raised his eyes to look at Zhu Di and Dao Yan.

"Lord Wang, the gift you want to give me is her?"

Zhu Di said with relief: "Yes, it's her." ”

Xiao Fan was silent for a long time, and said quietly: "Lord Wang, do you want me to sleep with her, or do you want me to save her?" ”

(To be continued)