After returning from the border pass, after returning from the border pass, they should hand the fold to the emperor and report the affairs of the border pass. If the emperor intends to summon him, he will announce it to the palace to ask; If there is no summons, the eunuch can return home after the message.

So Fu Yunkai hurriedly ate a few bites of food, rinsed his mouth and entered the palace.

At this time, it was the end of the day, Xiao Qi was correcting the recital, and when he heard Fu Yunkai coming back, he summoned him to meet him. However, after asking a few words and caring about the border soldiers, Fu Yunkai retreated.

"Do you know where the Second Highness is?" Out of the palace, Fu Yunkai asked his entourage.

The entourage knew that every time Fu Yunkai came back from the border pass, after meeting the emperor, he had to go to Xiao Lingpu to drink and chat.

But when the soldiers came back from the border pass, they couldn't contact the prince first and then meet the emperor, so he waited for Fu Yunkai to enter the palace before sending someone to find out Xiao Lingpu's whereabouts.

"Master, just now the villain sent someone to inquire about the second highness's courtyard, and I heard that the second highness and the fifth highness are now in a teahouse in the south of the city." He said.

"Teahouse?" Fu Yunkai was very surprised.

Xiao Lingpu is a very self-disciplined and diligent person. He never indulges in lustful dogs and horses, and every day he either deals with official affairs or reads books and practices martial arts, and he is very strict with himself.

Places like teahouses and theaters, he would never set foot in. According to him, that is, "if you have that time, it is better to read a few more pages of books, make two more trips, and go to the market more to understand the people's livelihood and people's conditions."

He himself is like this, and his requirements for his younger brother are even stricter, for fear that Xiao Lingyan will take the wrong path and become a royal gentleman, so Xiao Lingyan is not allowed to go to this kind of place.

"There are a lot of teahouses in the south of the city. Do you know where it is? He asked.

"Yes. The porter of the Second Highness said the detailed address. ”

The entourage gave an address.

Fu Yunkai understood now: "Isn't this the address on the invitation that Yun Lang gave me?" Isn't that Western drip just sold in this teahouse? ”

The attendant nodded: "That should be it." ”

Fu Yunkai turned over and got on the horse: "Go, lead the way." ”

The group went to the south of the city.

When I arrived in the south of the city, I walked for a while, and the entourage pointed to a two-story shop and said to Fu Yunkai: "Master, this is a shop that has been very prosperous recently, selling safes, and Mrs. also bought a title deed for jewelry a few days ago." I heard that this shop was opened by the emperor. ”

Fu Yunkai took a look, and saw a plaque hanging on the door of the shop, on which three big characters were written: Bao Ning Xuan. The payment is Xiao Qi.

However, it was only dawn at this time, and the other shops were still open for business, but this Bao Ning Xuan was closed.

He asked, "Why don't you open the door?" ”

"Business is so good." The attendant smiled, "His store only provides a dozen safes every day, and he sent people to line up before dawn when he bought the safes." Within a quarter of an hour of opening, more than a dozen safes were sold out. There is no goods to sell, why are the shopkeepers and guys still guarding the empty shop? Naturally, the doors were closed. ”

Fu Yunkai has never cared about these things, even if this shop was opened by the emperor and his mother bought one, he didn't care.

But when he heard this, he was also curious: "What kind of cabinet is this selling?" Why do so many people buy? ”

"It was an iron cabinet with a new style of lock. At the beginning, ...... "the entourage said the grand occasion of unlocking in front of Dali Temple some time ago.

"Although the price is not cheap, it is not a problem to buy one and use it for tens or hundreds of years. Who doesn't have anything valuable to put in them? In addition, this transaction is still the emperor's, so the dignitaries and nobles in the capital came to buy it. ”

Xiao Lingyan glanced back and wondered, "According to what you said, this cabinet has also been sold for a while, right?" Do we have so many wealthy families in Beijing who want to buy this safe? ”

Could it be that the wealthy families in the capital are all so rich that each family needs more than a dozen safes to hold gold, silver and jewelry?

"Hey, isn't that a comparison? If the safe is left open and sold, it will be fine. Isn't it hard to buy? Naturally, I am proud of what I bought, and I always have to take it out and talk about it. ”

The entourage laughed: "Those big families are all in the same house for the third and fourth generations, and the family has a large population. A few old men under the old lady, seeing that the big house was bought, should I buy the second house? The fifth young grandmother saw that the third young grandmother bought a safe for the dowry, should she also buy one, so that others would not think that she had a worthless dowry and laugh at her? ”

"When outsiders look at it, the wealthy and powerful in the capital buy it, if they have one, not only can they hold things, but also have more face, do they have to find a way to buy a few? Isn't this business of this shop booming? ”

Fu Yunkai was speechless.

Fu Yunkai followed his parents at the border when he was a child, and he suffered for several years. When he was eight years old, his father was promoted, and the family moved to the capital, where he stayed with his mother for a year.

Therefore, what Fu Yunkai saw in his eyes, and what he usually came into contact with, were all the soldiers at the border pass and the poor people there. He is very unaccustomed to the extravagant atmosphere in the capital.

But it's not used to it, and it's not easy to criticize, after all, each has its own way of living. Moreover, it is also a trouble to be heard.

He didn't want to talk about it, so he looked ahead and asked, "Is this the street?" Which house is it? ”

The other guy was afraid of missing the place, so he kept looking left and right.

At this time, he pointed to the front and said, "Master, it's here." ”

The plaque on the house was covered with red cloth, but there were two guards standing in front of the gate of the house, who usually followed Xiao Lingpu, and Fu Yunkai's people were very familiar with them.

The two guards also saw them, and when they saw Fu Yunkai dismounting, they hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "General Fu, are you back?" ”

Fu Yunkai threw the horse rope to his entourage and asked, "Are the Second Highness and the Fifth Highness inside?" ”

"Yes, yes." One of the guards said, "Lead General Fu in." ”

Fu Yunkai followed him in, turned the screen at the door, and he saw Xiao Lingpu and Xiao Lingyan at a glance. The two of them were pointing to the table with their backs to the doorway.

Fu Yunkai walked over and called the two of them.

"You're back?" Xiao Lingpu was pleasantly surprised, "I guess you should be home in the next few days." ”

The three of them whispered a few words, and Fu Yunkai pointed upstairs and downstairs and said, "Fifth Highness, what are you doing?" ”

"Didn't Yun Lang tell you? It's a deal I made. Xiao Lingyan said with a smile.

Xiao Lingpu saw that his friend was not clear, so he led him upstairs, found a box to sit down, asked someone to serve tea and snacks, and explained the auction to him in detail.

Xiao Lingyan had something to ask Zhang Luo, and seeing the excitement of the two of them, he said "unaccompanied" and continued to be busy with his own business.