With a peaceful smile on his face, the eldest prince reached out and took the towel handed by the maid on the side, wiped his mouth clean, and then looked at Zou Mingyuan with a smile.

Zou Mingyuan, who was holding dim sum, was very weak when he saw it, his hand trembled, and the lotus crisp fell back to the plate along the chopsticks.

"Lord Zou, be careful." The eldest prince picked up the chopsticks and picked up the lotus crisp into the small plate in front of Zou Mingyuan.

Zou Mingyuan looked at the lotus crisp on the plate, he didn't dare to put down the chopsticks, and his body trembled like a sieve.

"The lower officials are terrified, I don't know what His Royal Highness the Great Prince has ordered to invite the lower officials?" Zou Mingyuan broke the jar and put down his chopsticks and said bluntly: "Please also ask His Royal Highness the Great Prince to make it clear." ”

The eldest prince chuckled: "Lord Zou doesn't need to be so nervous, I did have something to discuss when I invited my lord, but it is not a big deal." ”

The more he said that it was not a big deal, the more furious Zou Mingyuan felt in his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, he has been an official for many years, and he has not done things out of line, except for the last time he accidentally killed Hua Niang and was caught by Lu Cheng by his pigtails, there seems to be nothing else that can be caught.

His apprehensive heart calmed down a little.

The eldest prince got up and retreated: "I invited Lord Zou to come today, I want to ask Lord Zou to suppress Lu Xun's case." ”

"What does Your Highness mean?" Zou Mingyuan's heart was as clear as the mirror, but he pretended not to understand.

"Of course, he can't get the case over." The eldest prince sneered: "Lord Zou, don't you hold a grudge against what happened last time?" ”

"Your Highness...?" Zou Mingyuan chuckled in his heart.

"Lu Cheng coerced you with the matter of Hua Niang." The eldest prince leaned over and whispered: "I'm afraid you hate him to death, but you can't do anything about it." ”

Zou Mingyuan's fat face was crowded together, and his heart could be described as turbulent, this matter... How could the eldest prince know!

"Don't worry about refusing, Lord Zou, I'm not threatening you with this matter, I'm just discussing with you first." The eldest prince tapped the teacup lightly: "If this matter is under the hands of Lu Cheng's old horseman, I'm afraid there will be no discussion." ”

Zou Mingyuan scolded secretly in his heart, the eldest prince said that it was to discuss, but he didn't give him any chance to discuss at all!

Can he not compromise? If this matter is resolved in private, it will be a matter of few words, but if it is stabbed in front of Banzai, he Zou Mingyuan will definitely be disappointed!

"But by the orders of the great prince." Zou Mingyuan resigned himself to his hand and pushed forward.

Seeing that Zou Mingyuan was so knowledgeable and knowledgeable, the eldest prince said softly: "Lord Zou doesn't have to be too nervous, as long as the people who stop the prince can do it." ”

"What does Your Highness mean to stop the crown prince's person, and then sit on Lu Xun's murder case?" Zou Mingyuan speculated.

"You're smart." The eldest prince smiled: "I hope that Lord Zou can keep his mouth firmly in check, otherwise I won't be able to control what happens next." ”

"The lower officials will keep their mouths tightly in check." Zou Mingyuan hurriedly expressed his position.

"Lord Zou understands, that's the best."

...

After Zou Mingyuan left, a young man in red rashly came out from behind the screen, and enthusiastically hugged the shoulders of the eldest prince: "Cousin, I knew you would help me!" ”

The eldest prince frowned and brushed away the young man's hand, and said unhappily: "It's not big or small, be careful of being heard by those officials, and take it to your father to preach." ”

"This is my cousin's place, and there are no outsiders." The young man stepped forward again, with a smile on his face: "I don't say it, my cousin doesn't say it, how will those old horsemen know." ”

"Ma Wenrui!" The eldest prince said sharply: "This is Kyoto!" ”

"Table... Cousin. Ma Wenrui was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

"Who are you messing with, just messing with Lu Cheng's third son!" The eldest prince shook off the arm holding him and circled around the room anxiously: "Now so many pairs of eyes are waiting for me to make a mistake!" ”

"How long have you been in Kyoto? Just provoke such a thing, what do you want me to do! The eldest prince roared in a low voice.

He and Ma Wenrui are cousins, Ma Wenrui is the son of his maternal uncle, he has played with him since he was a child, and he has a deep relationship, if it weren't for this relationship, he wouldn't care if this fool lived or died.

"Cousin, dissipate, dissipate." Ma Wenrui took out the fan inserted in his waist and flattered the eldest prince.

The eldest prince pushed away the fan and said coldly: "You will stay with me honestly for the past few days, and wait for the wind to pass before going out." ”

"Don't make any more trouble!"

"Cousin, don't worry." Ma Wenrui smiled and swore an oath: "I will stay in the house honestly and never cause trouble for my cousin again!" ”

At the same time, Xie Fei and others in Dali Temple were restless.

"It's already noon, why hasn't Zou Mingyuan's old horseman come yet?" Xie Fei fanned the fan and poured all the tea in the cup into his stomach: "Is it to be absent from work, but to play the board!"

Who would have thought that the three of them drank tea in Dali Temple all morning, and their stomachs were so strong that even He Qiaoyi had made several trips to the thatched house.

"Lord Zou, I should be here in the afternoon." Jiang Banxia propped herself on the table with one hand, and she thought carefully about Zou Mingyuan.

Although he is not a clean official, he is a mediocre person, conscientious and conscientious, and never wants to come out on top, absenteeism is not quite like his style, Zou Mingyuan must have something, and it is not easy to solve.

"I'm starving." Xie Fei lay on the table: "Let's just wait here?" ”

"It's not appropriate to leave now." Jiang Banxia said: "On the first day, the matter of meeting the chief cannot be perfunctory. ”

"Little cousin, you're too serious, aren't you? Zou Mingyuan is just a person, he has no temper, and it doesn't matter if he waits or not. Xie Fei bounced up from the chair with a carp, and he took out the broken silver from his sleeve and threw it to He Qiaoyi: "I saw that there is a chaotic old man selling a furnace in the alley outside Dali Temple, and you took the silver and asked him to come in and make a few bowls of hot wontons to eat, and the rest of the money is all for your errand expenses." ”

Xie Fei made a generous move, the amount of broken silver was enough to buy a table of banquets, and He Qiaoyi, who took the silver, smiled without a nose and eyes: "Little Junwang, you just wait to eat hot wontons!" ”

Dali Temple is an official family, and the old man who took the wontons heard that he was going to go inside to make wontons, and he couldn't live or die, He Qiaoyi added money and said a series of good things, but the old man just refused.

"Old man, a rough person like me, I really can't enter!" The old man with patches on his clothes stood in front of Dali Temple with a stove in his hand.

"Uncle, if you want to eat your bowl of wontons, just go in and make it." He Qiaoyi's tone was slightly deep: "Are you waiting for the noble person to come out and invite you!" ”

He Qiaoyi threatened: "Don't blame me for not saying ugly things in front!" ”

After a lot of threats, the old man was willing to follow into Dali Temple, and he was very light on his feet, for fear of stepping on the dirty ground.

"This way." He Qiaoyi led the old man to the little county king, and before the person approached, the old man fell to the ground and kowtowed in fear.

"Don't kneel, get up and cook wontons."

Xiaojunwang was also interested for a while, and he had seen a picker selling wontons before, but he had never tasted this kind of roadside food, so he was very interested.

"Uncle, what kind of stuffing do you have for this ravioli?"

"Back to my lord, only... It's only stuffed with shepherd's cabbage...", the old man stammered uneasily.

"Okay, let's make three bowls to taste first." The little king waved his hand.