It has been two days since Suzhuang's poetry meeting, and in the past two days, Zhu Houwei has also become famous, although not all of them are good.

There were so many people present that day, and there were not a few who were very proficient in music. Although Zhu Houwei only played and sang it once, so many people present still restored the song. This song quickly spread in the backyard of dignitaries and nobles, and the daughter of the boudoir to be married, the concubine who was not favored, and the wife had a soft spot for this song.

Among the scholars, Zhu Houwei's reputation is not so good, what kind of grandstanding, reading the book of sages in vain, insulting Sven or something, putting on Zhu Houwei. Fortunately, it was just a civil condemnation, but no one really went to the court to impeach him. Hongji is just two dragon eggs, and the favor of his two sons is understood by ministers who have a little vision.

Zhu Houwei stayed at home for the past two days, didn't go anywhere, had a good rest, and didn't know that danger was quietly coming.

In the evening of the third day, it was time for dinner. Zhu Houwei is very much looking forward to today's dinner, why, it's almost October, you can eat big crabs, crab roe and crab paste, crab meat is full, I drool when I think about it.

Soon, the meal was served, and the other dishes were nothing special, but the plate of steamed yellow crabs attracted the attention of diners, especially Qingmei, who swallowed their saliva unconsciously. At dinner today, Qingmei Xiaohuan, Steward Xiao, and Huang Gonggong were all pulled to the table by Zhu Houwei, otherwise it would be too lonely to eat alone.

Lao Cai, the head of the palace dining room, is in his early fifties, and has been working here for two years, he used to be the cook of the imperial dining room in the palace, conscientious and superb, Zhu Houwei is still very satisfied. He is loyal and honest, and he is also very prestigious in the palace.

Today's Lao Cai is different from the past, his expression is still the same as usual, but his eyes are a little fluttering, Zhu Houwei inadvertently saw that Lao Cai's forehead was slightly sweaty, and there were some oil stains on the cuffs. You must know that when Lao Cai usually comes, he has to dress up meticulously all over his body, and he has never been so out of shape.

Zhu Houwei pretended not to care and asked, "Lao Cai, have you had any interesting things recently?" Lao Cai bowed his head slightly, "Back to the prince, there is nothing special recently." "Why are you sweating on your forehead?"

Lao Cai's head lowered, "Back to the prince, maybe the fireplace in the house is burning too hot, and it's hot." Zhu Houwei nodded slightly, and before he could say anything, he heard someone outside the house shouting, "Can't eat, can't eat dinner." ”

Zhu Houwei heard it, this was Hong Yu's voice. The room suddenly fell silent, Zhu Houwei just stared at Lao Cai, and with a plop, Lao Cai collapsed to the ground. The other two cooks who served the food didn't understand what was going on, but when they saw Lao Cai's appearance, they immediately knelt on the ground.

With a "bang", the door was kicked open by Hong Yu, followed by two palace guards, each holding a sword. Lao Cai seemed to have lost his soul and didn't say a word. The two cooks cried and cried out. Hong Yu yelled, "Shut up." Suddenly, the two women fell silent.

Zhu Houwei didn't talk nonsense, and said directly, "Take them down for interrogation." The two guards who followed Hong Yu in replied and took the three of them down. At the same time, another guard walked in with a booklet.

There was no dinner left, so Zhu Houwei asked him to go to the imperial doctor Huang Deliang to come over and check the food, and then looked at Hong Yu, who was in the dust.

Hong Yu glanced at the guard who had just walked in, and the guard immediately stepped forward and handed the booklet to Huang Gonggong, and then gave it to Zhu Houwei. Steward Xiao took the two maids out of the living room.

Zhu Houwei looked at Hong Yu's appearance and shook his head helplessly, and then said to the guard, "What's your name?" "Back to the prince, his subordinate Zhou Ting, his home is in Huangzhuang, and he used to be a small flag of the water and land camp, and later Commander Dong saw that his subordinates were a little smart, so he transferred his subordinates to the palace." The guards looked like they were just out, medium-sized, ordinary-looking, but with a loud voice and a round voice, they could be broadcast hosts or something in the future.

Zhu Houwei smiled and said, "You follow Hong Yu in the future, this guy is too lazy and doesn't want to say more." Although Hong Yu still had a cold face, a look of happiness flashed in his eyes.

"Yes." "Tell me, what's going on?"

"Back to the prince, we followed Luo Qing's son all the way to the south, and when we arrived at the border of Texas, we finally caught up, fought with the people who pursued them, and won a great victory under the leadership of Hong's guards. So Hong Guards took Luo Qing's son and his party to eat first and rest for a while. As a result, the big shopkeeper who first first happened to be there, and then the shopkeeper Qiu gave us some information, and we followed the map to destroy a business in Texas of the people behind the scenes. The mastermind behind this time is the eldest son of the Liu family from Hangzhou, named Liu Xuan. From the secret letters of the firm, I learned that this trip to the north was to do a big thing, and it is unknown what it was. Returning to the capital in the afternoon, Hong Guards first went to the monitoring point near Shuangping Village, and then learned that Lao Cai's wife and child living in Yajia Village, a foreign teacher in the capital, were kidnapped this morning, so Hong Guards thought that this Liu Xuan wanted to be unfavorable to the prince. So his subordinates rode back to the palace at a gallop. ”

Zhu Houwei sneered, "Liu Xuan? Sure enough, there is no good thing to be handsome. Then he turned his head to Hong Yu and said, "You are so powerful, if you want to talk about martial arts, I am not surprised, but how thoughtful is it?" Hong Yu looked at Zhou Ting and said slowly, "A lot of it is what he thinks, it's too smart." ”

Listening to praise him, but the meaning of the beating is self-evident, Zhu Houwei also looked at the worried Zhou Ting and said, "Don't bring those little cleverness to the palace, it's you who do it boldly and say it, no one will rob you of your credit, especially your boss, he is not a person who likes to listen to sycophants." In my place, I'm not afraid that you have the ability, understand? Zhou Ting knelt down and kowtowed, "My subordinates know their mistakes, and they will never make them again." Zhu Houwei said lightly: "Get up." Hong Yu, it seems that you are giving me the life of a guard for the rest of my life. Hong Yu listened, the corners of his mouth twitched a little, and there was joy in his eyes.

Zhou Ting continued: "Old Cai's wife is young, there are our people watching there, do you want to go and rescue them now." Zhu Houwei nodded, "Save it, it doesn't matter if you startle the snake, as long as you don't escape Liu Xuan." ”

Hong Yu spoke, "Liu Xuan has brought a lot of people to the capital, be careful." "Oh, who are they? Aren't you staring? Zhou Ting bowed his hand and said, "Lord Wang, according to the news of Shopkeeper Qiu, many of the people who followed Liu Xuan to the capital this time are Jiangyang thieves and outlaws from Nanzhili, Shandong, Jiangxi and other places, and the number is no less than 100 people. Although his whereabouts are hidden, he has to pass through the boundary of Shandong and has not concealed it from the shopkeeper Qiu. ”

Zhu Houwei smiled, "It's possible, after all, they still have a lot of eyeliner in Shandong." In this way, gather the palace guards to prevent the thieves from coming hard. Zhou Ting, you will take my handwritten book and go to the palace to find the prince, hurry. Zhou Ting immediately replied, "Yes." ”

After Zhou Ting left, the guards were almost assembled, all of them were fully armed, and even the armor was put on, looking quite like that.

Although the guards of the palace were decided by Hongji, when they were transferred, the military department would select and send manpower, a total of 300 people. Since the "Jing Nan", the number of guards of each prince of the Ming Dynasty has plummeted, and there was even a prince with more than 5,000 guards before, but now, at most, it is more than 1,000 people. Although Zhu Houwei was named King Fu, he had not yet gone to the fiefdom, and he didn't need so many guards to stay in the capital, so Hongzhi decided to give it to three hundred people.

At this time, it was about ten o'clock in the evening, except for some fireworks restaurants in the capital, all the other places had quieted down, and the palace gate had been closed. Zhou Ting stood under the palace gate of Gundam at this time and called the door, but without Hongzhi's will, this palace gate could not be opened, even if Zhu Houzhao spoke to the prince, it was useless. Time passed minute by minute, Zhou Ting rubbed his hands and stomped his feet from time to time, one was really cold, and the other was anxious.