"Have you found out what the details of the guard surnamed Wan are?"

Xu was tired and tired for several days in a row, and the emperor had no dreams all night and slept very sweetly.

Fang Yong finished breakfast, and when he saw Qiao Gongshan coming to serve, he remembered the matter of his investigation yesterday.

"This person's name is Wanji, a person from Qingzhou, and he is not a big family. It was his aunt who became the daughter of Emperor Taizu, and there was no male in his family at that time, so the woman's brother, that is, Wanji's great-grandfather, attacked a guard. In his generation, because it was more than ten years to go back and forth to Yan'an Palace, it was not an important errand, until a few years ago, I didn't know what luck I had, and the first emperor was promoted from the deputy promotion of the seventh grade. ”

It doesn't sound like this person has any special origins, and his family doesn't have much power.

"That's it." The emperor had gone through the matter several times in his mind and decided to put the matter aside for the time being.

"It's almost the end of the year, let's go out of the palace today."

"My master", Qiao Gongshan muttered, glancing at the small stack of notebooks stacked on the bookcase.

The emperor knew what he meant, and put his shoulders on the shoulders and said:

"Let's go, there is a popular saying among the people, sharpening the knife is not wrong for the woodcutter, and it can't be delayed."

Qiao Gongshan hesitated for a while, and under the urging of the emperor, he had to find a few private clothes to wait for the emperor to change, and he also changed into an ordinary scribe's robe.

In the end, he felt that it was very inappropriate, so he insisted on finding a few guards to accompany him from afar, and took the opportunity to order a guard to secretly go to the Wei Mansion to tell Cheng Ye.

As it is approaching the end of the year, it is the time of year for people in Kyoto and the surrounding areas to purchase New Year's gifts and new goods, and several bustling streets are full of people.

Qiao Gongshan's two arms were wrapped around the emperor one after the other, so that he would not be bumped into by others, and only half a street down, the person was already panting like a cow, and his face was sweating like rain.

The emperor also laughed, knowing that going out of the palace without permission really brought a lot of trouble to the people around him, so he had to turn around and turn into a relatively deserted alley.

It's still cold in the mornings in Kyoto, and the air smells of sulfur after firecrackers have been set off.

At this time, there are still children playing with firecrackers in the streets and alleys, so no matter where you go, there will always be sporadic firecracker sounds in your ears.

Crackling.

The sound is very close, not from firecrackers, but human voices.

The Emperor looked up and saw a ten-year-old urchin lying on the edge of the wall, and when he saw the two of them looking at him, he grinned as if he had succeeded in horror.

Qiao Gongshan frowned, this kid is also a skin monkey.

I was about to raise my feet and continue walking, but I saw that the emperor was still standing in place, looking at the urchin with great interest.

"Hah, scaring you, right?"

The urchin climbed the edge of the wall with his hands and feet, and jumped neatly off the low wall to stand in front of them.

He paced two steps in front of the emperor vividly, and then groped for a paper tube-shaped object from his trouser pocket and handed it to the emperor.

"Do you have a fire break?"

Qiao Gongshan laughed, thinking that this firecracker should have been secretly hidden by the naughty boy, but he still couldn't light it without a fire fold, so he actually lay on the edge of the wall and asked passers-by to borrow fire.

He was about to open his mouth to refuse, but he heard the emperor speak first:

"Of course I have, but if you want to borrow my things, you need to agree to one condition from me."

Qiao Gongshan was stunned, dignified son, what conditions to talk to a naughty boy on the street.

He looked at the naughty boy, and when he saw that he was also surprised, he subconsciously put the firecrackers he took out back into his trouser pocket and held them tightly.

"I'm going to light this firecracker — that's my condition."

"Emperor......" Qiao Gongshan opened his mouth to dissuade, and the emperor waved his hand to interrupt him.

The urchin immediately looked guarded and took a few steps back, while the emperor waited with a good look on his face.

Qiao Gongshan sighed, he had really been locked up in the deep palace for a long time, and he was still in the mood to fight with a child when he ran out secretly.

The naughty boy struggled again and again, and finally took out the firecrackers in his pocket again, and handed them to the emperor tremblingly, with childish stubbornness in his tone:

"Then you have to wait for my order, and I will let you order you again."

The Emperor readily agreed, "Good." ”

Qiao Gongshan sighed again, took out the fire fold from his waist and handed it to the emperor, while he took a few steps back and stood silently under the wall.

The Emperor and the Naughty Boy carefully placed the firecrackers under the wall, and the Naughty Boy also took a few steps back, covering his ears with his palms.

"Listen to me," the urchin cried out, covering his ears, staring at his precious cannon for a long time before shouting "ignition".

The Emperor quickly folded the fire that had been lit into the twist on the cannon core, and when he ignited it, he jumped out of the way, staring like a child with wide eyes as the cannon burst into the air.

Who knew that the sound of firecrackers that the three of them had been looking forward to was delayed, and a burst of blue-black smoke suddenly appeared on the core of the firecracker and then disappeared.

Looking at the emperor's slightly lost expression, Qiao Gongshan almost laughed.

What is this, I have never seen the emperor so disappointed when I was offended by King Yanling at the sutra banquet before.

"Wow", the naughty boy suddenly cried at this time, I don't know if it was for the lost artillery battle, or because the artillery battle was silent.

The emperor walked up to him, stroked the red satin knotted hair on his head and coaxed, "Don't cry, buy you new ones."

"Ahou."

Not far away, the narrow dark door creaked open, and a young woman's voice came.

The emperor and Qiao Gongshan looked up and couldn't help but be stunned.

The girl was dressed in a Mulan green skirt, and her hair was simply tied with a ribbon of the same color, her face was like a spring flower, her nose and lips, especially a pair of eyes like water, and there seemed to be a clear spring blowing through her heart between the flows.

"The little girl is really a good color."

Qiao Gongshan couldn't help but praise softly.

When the woman saw the emperor and the two beside her, she didn't say much, but only bowed her head and blessed her, and the emperor smiled and bowed back.

"Ahou, go home quickly, if you let my mother know, you will still have to fight the board."

The girl's voice was crisp and tactful, without a trace of irritation.

She stretched out her hand to hold Ahou, and then turned and walked towards the narrow gate.

The emperor and Qiao Gongshan also turned around and walked out of the alley, and when they were about to enter the alley, the narrow black door creaked again, and half of the head poked out from inside and quickly looked at them, and Mulan's cyan head rope flashed.

Out of the alley, the emperor turned south into a crowded street.

Qiao Gongshan, who was following behind, smiled clearly, and finally arrived, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Sure enough, after walking about 100 steps away, I saw the shop sign of Dechang Ji boxwood carved gold characters.

The emperor has been in Beijing for more than ten years, and he only travels in the palace all the year round, and the only thing he is most familiar with in Kyoto is Dechangji.

The shop is a small wooden building, the first floor of which is extended to sell dim sum, and the second floor has a simple private seat for dine-in.

As soon as the two of them stood in front of the store, they saw Cheng Ye sitting on the second floor, waving to them through the window.

The emperor turned his head to Qiao Gongshan and smiled:

"It must be the ear of the great companion who reported to God that the news of my departure from the palace was spread."

After saying that, he entered the store, stepped up the stairs in a few steps, and sat on the table by the window with Cheng Ye.

Cheng Ye saw that the hall was full, and Qiao Gongshan kept standing at the table according to the rules, so he tried his best to invite him to sit with him, but Qiao Gongshan couldn't refuse, so he had to sit next to him.

The emperor and Cheng Ye asked for a few fine snacks and a pot of hot tea together, and talked about the things of the past few days.

Qiao Gongshan sat idly unintentionally, looking under the window, directly below is the shop of Dechang Kee, at this time it is noon, in front of the shop is still gathered to buy dim sum, has lined up a long line.

On closer inspection, most of the people waiting in the queue were dressed as small servants, presumably sent by the host's family to buy snacks, and occasionally a few women with children.

At the end of the procession, the street was already winding into the street, where passing pedestrians and vehicles moved slowly, making the streets particularly narrow and noisy.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure at the end of the line, and he couldn't help but let out a "huh".