Duanmu Heng walked out of the gate of Guozijian, and Li Tingyou was already waiting at the gate.

The two made an appointment to go to the Mochizuki Teahouse a few days ago. Although the cousins are literate and martial, they are both upright, and the young people have fought a few times together, and the relationship is becoming more and more familiar.

Mochizuki Teahouse is a newly opened Jiangnan teahouse in Beijing, and the Suzhou Pingtan in it still has a bit of reputation, attracting many admiring guests.

Also includes Duanmu Heng and Li Tingyou.

What the cousins didn't expect was that before they arrived at the Mochizuki Teahouse, they met a few acquaintances on the street first, and they were all surprised.

The two teenagers hurriedly dismounted and stepped forward to greet each other.

The emperor who traveled in micro-clothes also planned to go to the Mochizuki Teahouse with Cen Yin, Duanmu Xian, You Junji and Jian Wang Junji. Duanmu Xian also saw the eldest grandson and Li Tingyou, and his face inevitably showed a hint of surprise.

"Master Mu." Duanmu Heng and Li Tingyou respectfully saluted the emperor.

The emperor, dressed in a royal blue brocade robe, seemed to be thinner than during the reception banquet, and his spirit was good.

The emperor had been sick for nearly half a month, and he was idle in the palace.

Just after the treasure sealing ceremony this morning, Duanmuxian and a few people came to see him, and it was rare for the monarchs and ministers not to talk about official business, chatting all over the world.

At that time, Cen Yin proposed whether to find a servant to play the pipa to help the fun, the emperor was tired of these things in the palace for a long time, and his expression was faint, so Cen Yin took the opportunity to mention that the evaluation of the Mochizuki Teahouse was good.

The emperor was interested, so he took them out of the palace, planning to come out to relax.

"That's a coincidence." The emperor looked at the two young men, a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and asked casually, "Duanmu Heng, I ...... I remember when you were working on an errand in the Rifan Yuan recently? ”

Duanmu Heng replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Master Mu, the student has returned to China as a prisoner." ”

The emperor didn't care, after all, the duty of the prisoner was to study, and it was natural to go back to study.

"I remember that you did well in the college exam last year, so you have to study hard and strive to be on the list next autumn!" The Emperor said with a smile.

Duanmu Heng responded seriously, and the emperor looked at Li Tingyou again and praised: "Li Tingyou, you have done a good job in the matter of salt introduction." The emperor was also quite satisfied with Li Tingyou, and felt that although he was born in a military general's family, he could even handle the affairs of Yanyin, and he could be regarded as both civil and military.

"Thank you, Master Mu, for your praise." When Li Tingyou faced the emperor, he was naturally polite, like an elegant scholar.

While talking, they arrived at the door of the Mochizuki Teahouse, and a young man in Tsing Yi walked out of the lobby briskly and greeted warmly: "A few guests, please, there is a seat on the second floor." ”

The lobby is very lively, a man and a woman are sitting in the center of the lobby, one is holding the three strings, the other is holding the pipa, while playing, singing, singing is a well-known "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness", this man and woman are Wu Nong's soft language, singing casually in the light and gentle string music, the tone is frustrating, eloquent.

"Guest, go this way." Xiao Er led everyone up to a private seat on the second floor, one side of the elegant seat faces the street outside, and the other side faces the lobby.

After Cen Yin ordered a table of refreshments at random, Xiao Er went down.

At this time, the two servants in the lobby just finished singing the song "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness", which attracted a round of warm applause from the guests around, including You Junji and Junji.

"Good!" Jun Ji applauded vigorously and commented on the softness, but this "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness" was heroic and quite enjoyable.

You Junji retracted his gaze, and said to Junji with some unfinished words: "Wonderful, wonderful." Brother Jun, the skills of these two people are not bad, especially the woman is very good at improvisation, and occasionally interspersed with some witty jokes and interesting stories, which is full of fun. ”

You Junji's hometown is in Jiangnan, and when he talks about this commentary, his face is full of color, foaming at the mouth, and he commented on the performance of the two people just now.

The emperor once went to Jiangnan, and he could understand Wu Nong's soft language in Jiangnan, and he also heard this commentary in Jiangnan, and now he listened to it again in the capital, and he couldn't help but recall the scenery of Jiangnan, and his interest was even higher.

The handle of the fan in the emperor's hand casually tapped twice on his left palm, wondering if he would go to Jiangnan again next year.

After a while, Xiao Er brought refreshments, and the fragrance of tea quickly spread in the elegant seat, and at the same time, the two servants who had rested for a while began to sing again.

This time, it was an unfamiliar tune.

Pingtan can sing traditional repertoire, or it can compile a new bibliography and bring forth the new.

The guests around them quickly fell silent and listened intently.

The two servants pulled the time to 500 years ago, saying that there was an emperor who was unethical and unreasonable, which led to continuous natural and man-made disasters, and the people were miserable, and many starved to death.

Seeing that the country was about to fall, a living fairy with a snow-white beard appeared in the clouds and descended in the palace to guide the emperor......

The emperor was still listening with great interest, but when he heard this, his face suddenly changed, and his eyebrows frowned slightly.

There was a gradual commotion in the lobby downstairs, and many people were talking to each other.

"Have you heard of the frequent snow disasters in various places this winter?"

"You've also heard about it, it is said that not only the capital, but also Liaozhou, Jizhou, Jinzhou and other places have been hit by snowstorms."

"Brother, can you know that Sun Zhenren of the True Yuan Temple?"

As soon as it came to "Sun Zhenren", the commotion in the lobby became even worse, and many guests looked at the old man who mentioned Sun Zhenren.

"Although I have not long arrived in the capital, I have already heard of Sun Zhenren's name!" The middle-aged merchant beside the old man said excitedly, and his voice couldn't help but raise slightly, "Sun Zhenren is really a living immortal!" I heard that Sun Zhenren watched the sky at night and found that there was a broom star passing by, which was a bad omen of natural disasters in the country. Fortunately, there is purple qi descending from the sky, and the phoenix girl from the sky can resolve this catastrophe! ”

The middle-aged merchant spoke eloquently, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

In the lobby, there were also other guests who also came over to talk to the middle-aged businessman, and every word you said to me was about to lift that Sun Zhenren to the sky.

The emperor's face sank, and his hands on his knees clenched the handle of the fan in his hand so tightly that it almost broke.

It's only been a few days, and these people are all worshipping that Sun Zhenren like a god, and behind it, Geng Hai is afraid that he is not less energetic.

Hmph, he had scruples, and he didn't make a move for the time being, but Geng Hai's courage was getting bigger and bigger, he was forcing himself step by step!

Cen Yin naturally saw that the emperor's face was not good, and suddenly stood up and closed the window facing the lobby.

In the private seat, there was silence, and the sound of comments and discussions outside was isolated on the other side of the window.

Duanmu Xian, You Junji, Jun Ji and the two teenagers secretly exchanged glances with each other, vaguely guessing something.

The emperor didn't intend to endure it, and reprimanded in a deep voice: "What a living immortal, pretending to be a ghost!" ”

The emperor didn't name him, but everyone knew that he was not talking about the one in the commentary, but the Sun Daogu.

Cen Yin smiled slightly, comforted the emperor and said: "Master, the people are more ignorant, and the son said: The people are foolish, and the country is stable." ”

The emperor likes to hear this, these foolish people are played around by a Taoist aunt, but it doesn't respond to Ah Yin's words.

If the people are foolish, the country will be stable, and it is wonderful.

The emperor's expression softened a little, and said with a smile: "It is also a few Aiqing who have done their best for the country, so as to protect my Dasheng country and the people's peace." Saying that, the emperor's eyes were fixed on Jun Ji, "Jun Ji, since you took over, the conscription has been orderly and very good." ”

"The lord has won the prize." Jun Ji hugged his fists and thanked the emperor.

The emperor laughed and picked up the white porcelain teacup in front of him.

Duanmu Xian's eyes flashed, and he felt that this was an opportunity, and said: "Master, the war in the south is chaotic, the war has not been settled for a long time, and the delay in the rear is always not timely, which also shows the various deficiencies of the military department today, and the authority of the military department is too low, so that it is difficult to transfer troops, and it should be restructured." ”

The restructuring is not something that can be decided in a few words, so the emperor casually asked: "Duanmuxian, do you have a belly case?" ”

Duanmu Xian looked at the emperor's face and proposed in a tentative tone: "For example, this military registration, the military department should also keep a copy of it......"

Duanmuxian's words, everyone's hearts moved.

The military registration was originally managed by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and keeping a file in the Ministry of War sounds reasonable at first glance, but it actually means that the Ministry of War also has the ability to restrict the Governor's Office of the Five Armies in terms of military registration, for example, if the military household wants to eliminate the military registration in the future, it will not only go through the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, but also go through the Ministry of War.

Where is the restructuring of the Ministry of War, it is clear that it is necessary to divide the power of the governor's office of the five armies.

As the saying goes, you can't get fat by eating in one bite.

I'm afraid that military registration is only the first step, so the next ......

Everyone else was startled and drank tea, and for a while, the private seat was quiet, and the lobby outside the window seemed to become more noisy.

It wasn't the first time Duanmu Heng had heard Duanmu Xian's words, but even if he heard it for the second time, he was still deeply shocked. When he heard the fourth sister say it that day, if he hadn't seen and heard it with his own eyes, he would hardly have believed that this was a twelve-year-old girl who came up with it.

The emperor's expression also became focused and thoughtful.

Now he doesn't dare to touch Geng Hai, isn't it because Geng Hai has military power in his hands?!

If you follow the method that Duanmu Xian said, you can strengthen the military department and gradually weaken the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

As the saying goes, whales swallow and eat......

The emperor's eyelashes fluttered slightly, his eyelashes were half drooping, and he watched the tea leaves in the tea cup rise and fall in the tea soup.

The question is, when this matter is mentioned, Geng Hai must be able to think of this, how can Geng Hai be willing to take the first step back?!

The emperor looked at Duanmuxian with a deep expression on his face, then raised his eyes and looked at Duanmuxian, and praised: "Duanmuxian, your idea is somewhat interesting, and in the next year, you will make a little more of it." ”

The emperor looked at Duanmu Xian's eyes full of appreciation, and thought: The Duanmu family is really a pure minister. He has read the list of gifts for Geng Hai this time, and there is no Duanmu family.

The emperor looked at Duanmuxian this time, and only then did he notice a deep green shadow in his eye sockets, obviously Duanmuxian should not have rested well in the past few days.

Hey, it's also hard for him, in order to share the worries of the king, he must have thought hard about it to come up with such a good idea.

The emperor's mood was a little better, a sharp light flashed under his eyes, and he said to himself in his heart, Geng Hai can't stay, for a while, the fairy girl, and the phoenix girl of the destiny for a while, and the trouble is getting bigger and bigger endlessly...... If this continues, the next step will be for him, and it will be time for him to choose the prince!

Duanmuxian felt a surge of tiredness, afraid of losing his honor in front of the king, so he hurriedly picked up the teacup, blocked it to his lips, yawned quickly, and thought unwillingly: The chess game with the four girls yesterday, he grinded all night, why did he lose again? !

Cen Yin was also drinking tea, and glanced at Duanmu Xian without a trace.

As soon as he heard it, he knew that this idea did not come from Duanmu Xian, I was afraid that it was the little girl from Duanmu family nine times out of ten, Duanmu Xian was shrewd, but he had always sought stability and did not dare to be radical, he would not take the initiative to risk restructuring.

Cen Yin's eyes couldn't help but appear in front of Duanmu Fei's eyebrows and eyes, and sighed in his heart: What a cunning little girl!

Not only Cen Yin guessed it, but Li Tingyou also vaguely guessed it. Since he first met Duanmu Fei two and a half years ago, he knew that his cousin was a little fox, and he didn't know how his brain grew.

The emperor made a gesture, and a small chamberlain who accompanied him opened the window again.

The second song has ended, and the third song "Taoyuan Righteousness" was sung in the lobby, and he was full of spirit.

Although the plot of "Taoyuan Righteousness" is familiar, this man's ventriloquist is good, and the righteousness of Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei is vividly expressed.

After more than an hour, the emperor and his entourage left the Mochizuki Teahouse, and Duanmu Heng and Li Tingyou also accompanied them, and accompanied the emperor to the nearby Huashang Street and Yijin Street.

The emperor playfully bought some guards and paintings, spring couplets, window paper, sesame oranges, pine and cypress branches, etc., and the lively New Year's flavor on the street also affected the emperor, making the emperor's mood better, and everyone laughed and laughed.

When the sun was setting, the emperor sent the others to get into a canopy carriage with Cen Yin, intending to return to the palace.

The streets of the capital were still full of people, the carriage was moving slowly, and the emperor and Cen Yin chatted casually, until the carriage became slower and slower after a left turn, almost like a turtle crawling.

The Emperor frowned, casually lifted the corner of the curtain, and looked outside.

The emperor was born in the capital and grew up in the capital, of course he recognized this street, this is Huayu Street, the street where the Weiguo Mansion is located.

From the carriage, you can see that from the streets of Huayu Street to the Weiguo Mansion in front, there are many horse-drawn carriages, and these are all people who come to the Weiguo Mansion to give gifts.

The emperor looked at the plaque in front of him, his eyes were slightly condensed, the corners of his lips hooked up a sneer, and said lightly: "Ah Yin, what do you think of the military reform that Duanmuxian said today?" ”

"The emperor must have counted it in his heart." Cen Yin said slowly.

The Emperor lowered the curtains, and the carriage darkened, and the Emperor's face became more and more gloomy.

Duanmu Xian is indeed good, but now that it comes, Geng Hai must also be able to see the weakening of Geng Hai.

"Geng Hai is afraid that he will not accept it." The Emperor muttered.

After passing through the most congested sections, the carriage began to pick up speed little by little, leaving the Patriotic Mansion far behind.

Cen Yin smiled slightly, and reminded the emperor meaningfully: "Your Majesty, if Wei Guogong wants his daughter to become a 'Heavenly Destiny Phoenix Girl', he must show some sincerity. ”

The emperor thoughtfully knocked the handle of the fan in his hand on the palm of his hand several times, moved his eyebrows, and hesitated: "Geng Hai, this old fox, I'm afraid I won't allow the crown princess, he won't back down this step......"

But if he really responds, Geng Hai's temperament will inevitably make everyone know that he is the son of heaven, and he will never regret it in the future!

"Your Majesty, who said that the 'Destiny Phoenix Girl' is the crown princess?" The smile on Cen Yin's beautiful face deepened, "It stands to reason that only the queen is the 'phoenix'." ”

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and tasted some deep meaning from Cen Yin's simple few words. Does Ah Yin mean to let himself ......

As if to verify the guess in the emperor's heart, he asked, "What does the emperor think of Miss Geng Wu?" ”

The emperor's mind naturally conjured up Geng Tinglian's delicate face, the sixteen-year-old girl's family had grown up, as her name suggested, clear and beautiful but not demonic, clear and moving.

The emperor's heart was hot.

Ah Yin is right, he can use the "Destiny Phoenix Girl" as a condition to make Geng Hai think that he promised the crown princess and agree to delegate power.

After the matter was completed, he accepted Geng Tinglian and promised to succeed him.

The so-called succession, of course, is to have a chance for the queen in the future to be corrected.

In this way, it is not considered that he has broken his promise, even Geng Hai can only eat Coptis dumbly!

There was a slight smile on the emperor's face again. He is also a tooth for a tooth, all of this is Geng Hai's own fault!

The emperor thought about it, and finally let go of a large stone that had been pressing on his heart for several days.

The Emperor's carriage continued to gallop in the direction of the Imperial Palace.

Everything will be in the next year......

The Emperor casually lifted the curtain on one side of the carriage again and looked outside.

The sunset is lower, and most of the head is exposed in the western sky, reflecting the sky red, with those red lanterns and red couplets hanging on the street, which makes people not feel cold at dusk, but have a feeling of joy.

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve.

The emperor looked at the big red lanterns of different shapes, and was a little interested, and was about to buy a few lanterns to return to the palace, when he saw a familiar little girl walking out of the lantern shop.

The emperor's gaze paused for a moment on the little girl holding the red pumpkin lantern, and blurted out, "Isn't this Duanmuxian's precious granddaughter?" ”

Cen Yin followed the emperor's gaze and also looked at the lantern shop across the street, and there was a girl wearing a red embroidered peony cloak on Duanmufei's left, the girl was more than half a head taller than Duanmufei, and her steps seemed to be much more vigorous than ordinary girls.

Cen Yin's eyes froze, and he immediately recognized the owner of this back, and there seemed to be a trace of ripples in his narrow and deep eyes, but then they settled down again.

Duanmufei, who had just come out of the shop, saw that a carriage in front of him on the right looked a little familiar, so he took a second look, and happened to meet Cen Yin in the carriage.

Lord Cen Governor!

Duanmu pursed his lips and smiled, smiling very cutely, and raised his hand and waved at Cen Yin.

The emperor naturally saw it, and thought that Duanmu Fei was waving at him, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he smiled casually: "This little girl is not only sharp-eyed, but also very clever." ”

"That's what the emperor said."

As they spoke, the carriage had already sped past the sisters, turning right at the fork in the road ahead......

Duanmujun felt that his sister hadn't followed, so he stopped, turned his head to look at his sister, and raised his eyebrows suspiciously.

Duanmu Fei pointed to the canopy carriage that was about to turn, and said with a smile: "Sister, I saw Lord Cen just now." ”

Duanmujun looked in the direction pointed by his sister, smiled, and quietly watched the carriage quickly turn the corner, and disappeared after a few breaths.

The sisters specially went to their embroidery village today and explained to the treasurer, tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, embroidery village will do business for half a day tomorrow morning, and then it will be closed for several days, until the sixth day of the new year, "the God of Wealth arrives", will open again.

After coming out of the embroidery village, the sisters planned to wander around the street and then return home.

Duanmu Fei continued to walk forward with Duanmu Jun in his arms, and said, "By the way, sister, Master Mu seems to be in the carriage too...... Lord Cen is really busy. "It seems that the emperor has left the palace out of the palace out of a sudden mood.

Duanmu Jun nodded thoughtfully, "The treasure will be sealed from today, and my grandfather will be able to rest for a few days, and I am afraid that Gongzi Cen will be even busier." ”

Isn't it? Duanmu Fei thought of something, his eyes flashed slightly, and he said casually: "It's going to be congratulated soon......"

The sisters said as they walked forward.

They walked another street, and they saw three familiar figures, and the two of them glanced at each other in some surprise, and walked forward quickly, "Grandfather." ”

The three people who came on were Duanmu Xian, Duanmu Heng and Li Tingyou.

Because he had just won the emperor's appreciation, Duanmu Xian was in a good mood, and when he saw Duanmu Fei, his eyes were almost squinted with a smile.

"Sister Jun, four girls, the New Year is coming soon, and my grandfather will take you to buy some New Year's goods." Duanmu Xian generously proposed.

Of course, Duanmufei would not refuse this kind of benefit from being sent to the door, so he sweetly agreed.

Li Tingyou was curious about the military system in his heart, and he was still thinking about whether to go to Duanmu Mansion tomorrow morning to find Duanmu Fei's detectives.

Li Tingyou immediately pointed to the front right and said, "Wuwei Street is now called Foreign Goods Street, how about we go there for a walk?" ”

As soon as she heard the Western goods, Duanmu's eyes lit up, and the Western clocks and pocket watches made her feel interesting.

A group of people talked and laughed and turned into Wuwei Street, since the opening of the sea ban, more and more new things have been transported to the capital, one after another, a lot of foreign goods shops have been opened here, and since then it has become a foreign goods street.

Walking on the street, all kinds of Western goods make them feel very fresh, dazzling, and dizzying.

Duanmu Fei noticed a row of bookshelves against the wall at a glance, took a copy of it, flipped through it, and it was full of horizontal lines and some tadpole-like patterns.

This is...... Duanmu raised her eyebrows with interest.

Although Duanmu Xian on the side didn't know what she was reading, when he saw the expression of his fourth granddaughter, he knew that she was interested in this book, and casually pointed to the bookshelf and said, "Man, wrap up these books." ”

The guy was stunned, after this batch of books arrived in the store, no one cared about it at all, and this was the first time that anyone wanted to buy it. The second brother hesitated to remind them: "Guest officer, this book is ......" is a Western book.

Before the man finished speaking, he was interrupted by the shopkeeper: "Don't hurry up and put these books up for the guests." The shopkeeper said to Duanmu Xian enthusiastically, "This master, I'll give you another box." ”

"Thank you, grandfather." Duanmu thanked Duanmu Xian with a smile, and then beckoned to the guy, "Man, is this a music score?" ”

The man's eyes widened in surprise, and instead of answering, he asked, "Girl, can you understand Western music scores?" ”

Duanmu Fei shook his head and said, "It's just a little bit of Western writing." ”

However, music theory is the same, and she will definitely be able to figure it out when combined with these Western books. Duanmu smiled with great satisfaction.

As soon as Li Tingyou heard Duanmufei say that he was "slightly clear", he knew that Duanmufei was being modest again, and his brows twitched. He casually picked up a music box on the side, opened the lid, and a clear and pleasant sound immediately flowed out of the music box.

Duanmufei's eyes lit up suddenly, "Is this a music box?!" ”

"Shopkeeper, how many music boxes do you have in your store?" Duanmu Xian immediately asked.

"This ...... This is already the last one. The shopkeeper said regretfully, and after a pause, he added, "However, it should be possible to go to five more ...... before the Lantern Festival."

"I want all of these five." Duanmu Xian said boldly.

The shopkeeper was overjoyed, rubbed his hands and responded: "No problem." I'll keep them for you. ”

The corner of Li Tingyou's eyes twitched again, he originally wanted to use these Western goods to distract a few other people, so he had the opportunity to whisper a few words with Duanmufei, but he didn't expect it to be self-defeating.