Chapter 24: The cannon was not set by Chen Jing
Prime Minister Chen's Mansion.
The people in the house suddenly stopped and pointed to the purple fireworks in the east of the city.
"That's... What is it? ”
"It can't be our son's fireworks, right?"
Prime Minister Chen Mansion has only one son Chen Jing, very precious, since he lost Chen Jing once when he was a child, the prime minister and the prime minister's wife who have a son have become more and more worried, for fear that their only son will have any accidents.
When Chen Jing was recovered, he asked Chen Jing and his personal servants to carry purple fireworks bombs with them, and if there was any danger, they would immediately set off fireworks bombs.
This fireworks bomb is nothing else, it flies high, and the purple smoke is thick, even if it is ten miles away, it can be seen. And because of the high cost of this purple fireworks bomb and the unique craftsmanship, only their sons have it in Chang'an.
Right now, someone in the east of the city has set off a purple fireworks bomb that only their little son has, isn't there something wrong with his son?
The subordinates were panicking and were about to report to the prime minister's wife, but they saw Chen Jing leisurely carrying a birdcage from the west courtyard.
The subordinate was dumbfounded.
Chen Jing saw several subordinates staring at him with wide eyes, thinking that it was the bird in his hand that attracted them.
and proudly raised the birdcage a little,
"This thrush is hungry for the master's food during the day, and he flew into the master's cage by himself, you look at this fur, this figure."
Chen Jing was still showing off, and the subordinates couldn't help it and asked,
"Childe, you set off the fireworks?"
As soon as Chen Jing touched his body, the fireworks bombs were still there.
"What nonsense, Childe, my fireworks bombs are still on my body."
The next person is busy,
"But there were fireworks just now."
"Didn't you put it, Childe?"
Chen Jing frowned, looked up and saw that there was still purple smoke in the sky not far away.
But how could he set off fireworks?
Didn't his personal servant put a bullet indiscriminately?
No, I didn't go out today, and I haven't given him fireworks yet.
It is expected that he will not dare to let it go.
This fireworks bomb is unique, so where can there be the same fireworks?
Chen Jing suddenly remembered that this fireworks bomb was not only on himself.
He usually straps one on the horse he rides, but the horse he rides on weekdays has never been released at home.
Chen Jing suddenly thought of a possibility,
Won't it ...... It can't be the one on Dansha!
Chen Jing patted his head,
"Hurry, hurry! Tell my father that Dansha has been found! ”
The subordinates were surprised, did not dare to delay, and hurriedly reported.
Jiangfu.
After Wen Guqi finished setting off the fireworks, Jiang Boqi said angrily,
"What kind of system is it to set off fireworks outside the study!"
"I think you're getting more and more unruly!"
"Come on, put Miss Seven in the yard! Grounded for half a month, she is not allowed to be released without my permission. ”
The little guy said busily,
"Yes."
The little guy stepped forward and said with a smile,
"Miss Seven, the slave doesn't offend you, please do it yourself."
Wen Guqi glanced up at the sky lightly, and there was still unfinished purple smoke.
He walked out, and when he reached the antechamber, a little servant hurried in to report it.
The people in the front yard were all boiling, and their expressions were all shocked and excited.
As soon as Jiang Boqi sat down, he listened to the report,
"Sir! The Prime Minister is here! ”
Jiang Boqi was startled and stood up,
"Who are you talking about?"
The little guy said busily,
"It's the Prime Minister! I'm still waiting outside the door! ”
Jiang Boqi patted the little guy's head,
"I don't have any eyesight! How can you let the Prime Minister wait outside the door! ”
"Don't let the Prime Minister in!"
The little guy held the hat that was crooked by Jiang Boqi and got up,
"Yes, yes! Minions, let's go! ”
The little guy ran away with a smoke.
The porter got the order, and hurriedly opened the middle door to welcome Prime Minister Chen in.
On the carriage carved with golden silk nanmu, there is a dark blue woven gold brocade curtain, embroidered with the divine beast Xuanwu, lifelike.
A vigorous, slightly wrinkled hand lifted it up.
The servants hurriedly set up a stool in front of the carriage, and the people in the carriage showed their heads, stepped on the stool and got off the carriage.
Dark dark clothes, a Chinese face, upright eyebrows, solemn expression, not angry and arrogant.
The subordinates of the Jiang family saw this grandeur, and they didn't dare to make a loud noise when they gasped.
Prime Minister Chen asked the attendants beside him in a low voice,
"Are you sure it's this one?"
The attendant hurriedly said,
"In order to be able to accurately locate it, the purple fireworks are straight up, they will not be offset, and there will be mistakes if the location is improper, and there is only this one in the vicinity that is inhabited, and the mansions of the three households on the left and right have not been sold, so it can't be wrong."
Prime Minister Chen nodded, and then entered the Jiang Mansion.
These subordinates in the courtyard of the Jiang Mansion actually knelt down to greet them, after all, they had never seen such a big man as the Prime Minister before.
When Prime Minister Chen walked into Jiangfu, everyone's hearts beat like thunder, and they didn't dare to move.
Prime Minister Chen frowned.
I wanted to cut through the mess quickly, but when I asked, why was this mansion so lifeless, and he didn't even dare to look up at him.
And the host didn't come to greet him.
How did Prime Minister Chen know that in order to leave a good impression on Prime Minister Chen, Jiang Boqi was in a hurry to put on the most decent clothes and choose a jade jue that was the best on the table, where could he come over to welcome the guests so quickly?
On the contrary, Wen Guqi took advantage of the fact that everyone was in a hurry, and when he arrived in the court, he saw Prime Minister Chen, and first bowed generously, not frightened or afraid.
"The Prime Minister came suddenly, and he couldn't meet him from afar, it's really the master, please forgive me."
Wen Guqi was not surprised or shocked by Chen Chengxiang's attitude, let alone trembling and rude.
Compared with the maids in this courtyard, it is more generous and calm.
Chen Chengxiang was an elder who was familiar with Wen Guqi, and when he saw his kind cousin, how could he be as shocked and frightened as the rest of the Jiang Mansion?
And others don't have this kind of bearing, there are those who are frightened and afraid, and there are those who are curious and looking.
Compared with other people in the court, Chen Chengxiang had a good impression of the down-and-out girl standing in the court for no reason.
Chen Chengxiang said,
"The girl is the owner of this mansion?"
Wen Guqi stretched out his hand and made a gesture to invite him into the hall,
"My father was busy, so he lost his manners in order not to make the guests wait for a long time, so he asked the little girl to come first to entertain the guests. Among them, it is rude, and I ask for forgiveness from adults. ”
Chen Chengxiang listened to these decent words, and saw that the girl in front of him was just a good person, and she could be so independent, and she felt that the courtyard in front of her was not ordinary.
Thinking about it carefully, the plaque hanging in front of this house seems to be Jiangfu?
Could it be the Jiang family's side room?
Thinking like this, Chen Chengxiang became more and more fond of Wen Guqi.
Sure enough, it is a member of the Jiang family, even if she is such a young girl, she is also generous and calm in the face of the guests.
Chen Chengxiang went straight into the knife with a single knife, without going around the bend,
"Actually, there is a reason why I came here today, I wonder if there are purple fireworks in the house?"
Wen Guqi said calmly,
"Yes."
"So, the nobleman came by the fireworks?"
Chen Chengxiang's face was calm,
"That's true, I don't know where you got the purple fireworks?"
Wen Guqi's tone was not hurried or slow,
"Actually, it's a shame to say that the fireworks are hanging on a horse, today the little girl traveled, the horse followed the little girl, rampaged, so as not to frighten the passers-by, but for some reason, the horse was docile to the little girl, in order not to disturb the people, can only lead the horse back to the house first, so as not to let it hurt passers-by."
The little servant brought the tea tremblingly.
Wen Guqi continued,
"The horse is like blood, with long legs and a wide voice, very handsome, and at first sight you know that it is worth a lot of money, and you think it is a golden horse, although the horse is very dependent on the little girl and docile, but the little girl does not dare to focus on other people's things."
"I wanted to put up a notice to look for the horse, but when I saw a firework gun on the horse, the little girl thought, maybe it was put on the horse by the owner's family, maybe as soon as the fireworks are released, the owner will be able to follow it."
Wen Guqi smiled lightly, becoming more and more polite,
"Sure enough, the master is now here."
After hearing these words, Chen Chengxiang understood this "beginning and end" in his heart.
I have a good impression of the girl in front of me.
His index finger rested on the armrest and tapped it gently.
The value of dansha is not only the price of a thousand gold?
In the Jokhang, I am afraid that there will be no horse of such a color.
As long as you know horses, you can't wait to come up and touch it. If you can keep it for yourself, you are even more happy.
It is very rare that this girl in front of her can recognize her extraordinary appearance and is willing to return it.
And it was not because he knew his appearance, guessed that his owner was either rich or expensive, and wanted to borrow and return the horse to climb the dragon and the phoenix, but because he was afraid that Dansha would hurt people in the market.
This kind of heart is very rare.
Prime Minister Chen couldn't help but admire,
"The girl is really benevolent, and when she first lost this horse, she was also restless, for fear that it would be so violent that it would hurt people in the market. Fortunately, the girl stopped the disaster in time. Didn't let it lead to tragedy. ”
Wen Gu looked at Prime Minister Chen Cheng fixedly, with a somewhat decent smile,
"The benevolent, the knot of the world, is not only the way of the saints, but also the way that ordinary people should try their best to do, this is just something that a thousand people meet and a thousand capable people will do. I really don't dare to ask for credit. ”
"And this horse is obedient to me alone on the street, and no one else understands, so naturally it is up to me to do it."
When Wen Guqi said this, his eyebrows were stretched and generous, and he didn't mean anything deliberate, as if he was open-minded and agreeable.
Chen Chengxiang didn't expect the girl in front of him to be able to say such a truth, which was quite surprising.
"Listening to your opinion, have you read Mencius?"
Wen Guqi said modestly,
"It's really a little rough reading, but it's just unbearable to take the school exam, and the class is just getting an axe."
Hearing this, Prime Minister Chen Cheng became more and more impressed by the simplely dressed girl in front of him.
Although he is young, his demeanor is so extraordinary.
Sure enough, it was the Jiang family, even if it was a side branch, they were taught to have a noble temperament.
This is Prime Minister Chen Cheng, but he doesn't know the person in front of him, is the son and nephew he admires the most on weekdays, the same soul, but with a different shell, his vision and insight are still the same.
And he knows best what kind of talent he admires, what he likes to hear, and how can he not say what Chen Chengxiang likes?
Jiang Boqi finished changing his clothes and hurried over, but when he saw that his seventh daughter, who he didn't like to see, was sitting in the hall talking and laughing with the prime minister, his legs were weak in an instant.
This evil girl, don't look at what the situation is now, it's the prime minister sitting opposite! Is this the time to mess around!
Jiang Boqi stepped forward, looked deeply at the prime minister, and said in a panic,
"I don't know if the Prime Minister suddenly came, and I missed the welcome, so I also invited the Prime Minister Haihan."
The prime minister looked at Jiang Boqi in front of him and frowned, feeling that the person in front of him was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
Jiang Boqi hurriedly said,
"The little girl is stubborn, she doesn't know the rules, she came to greet guests, she lost her etiquette, and I hope that the adults will not be annoyed, and the lower officials will let people take her back and punish her heavily."
Jiang Boqi waved his hand and wanted his subordinates to take Wen Guqi away.
Chen Chengxiang admired Wen Guqi very much, and was talking with Wen Guqi very happily, but he was quite puzzled and unhappy when he heard this sentence.
If you think about it, you can only guess that it is a word of humility.
Prime Minister Chen Cheng also politely gave the steps down,
"How so? Presumably, it was also because Ling Ai was the one who picked up the horse and returned home, so she was sent to explain the situation. Moreover, it makes love to talk extraordinary, and has a broad heart, which also makes the official very useful, and there is no loss of etiquette. ”
Jiang Boqi was really stunned when he heard that he was picking up the horse and returning home.
Horse?
Is it the fiery horse in the backyard?
But what does it mean to pick up the horse and go home?
Didn't Jiang Hong bring this horse back, why did Jiang Ruofu become the person concerned?
Jiang Boqi didn't know the secret, and he couldn't guess what Wen Guqi said to Chen Chengxiang.
But it can also be seen that Prime Minister Chen Cheng has no dissatisfaction.
Jiang Boqi didn't dare to speak falsely, for fear that there would be a discrepancy with Wen Guqi.
After Jiang Hong told him the origin of the horse that day, he was frightened into a cold sweat, and tried every means to send the horse away, and then thought of a perfect explanation.
But as far as the eye can see, he, the seventh daughter who is usually quiet, came out and gave the prime minister a perfect explanation, which made the prime minister believe it.
If she speaks by herself now, I am afraid that she will pierce her lies and make mistakes.
It's hard to climb to the prime minister, but you must not make a mistake.
Even if Jiang Boqi was angry and annoyed in his heart, he knew that it was better for him to keep his mouth shut.
But on the one hand, he was afraid that Wen Guqi would offend the prime minister by saying some nonsense, and wanted to drive Wen Guqi down, but on the other hand, because the prime minister had just spoken, he was afraid and didn't dare to drive people out.
Jiang Boqi gritted his teeth,
Moreover, now only Jiang Ruofu knows what rhetoric he used to prevaricate the Prime Minister, if he is the only one who receives the Prime Minister, he will definitely show flaws.
This seventh daughter is really too bold, and even the prime minister dares to fool her.
Seeing that the Prime Minister was sitting on his left hand, Jiang Boqi could only watch the Prime Minister and Wen Guqi talking, Jiang Boqi became more and more like a pins and needles, thinking that after the Prime Minister left, Wen Guqi must be severely punished. lest you be so bold and reckless in the future, and cause trouble.
Wen Guqi got up and said,
"Presumably, the Prime Minister is busy with official business, so there will be no more time to delay the Prime Minister. The little girl then brought the horse and asked the prime minister to take it back. ”
Wen Guqi saluted and walked out of the front hall.
Jiang Boqi was already in a cold sweat, and the evil girl was finally gone.
Jiang Boqi hurriedly greeted him and said,
"I didn't expect it to be your horse, Prime Minister, if I had known, the lower official would have personally sent the horse to the door. Lord Ho Lao personally came to this trip? ”
This was said flatteringly, and Chen Chengxiang frowned dishappily.