Zhu Di hesitated, Yao Guangxiao asked with a little curiosity: "I heard that the boss of Songzhu Zhai is just a teenager who is not as weak as the crown?" Did you get this painting from him? ”

"Exactly." Xu Qiu An hurriedly explained, "This painting was collected by his master. It was only because he asked me that he was willing to borrow me for a look. ”

"Why do I feel that this painting is unreliable the more I listen to it?" Zhu Di raised his eyebrows. "What do you think?"

Yao Guangxiao stared at "Red Bamboo" for a moment and said with a smile: "Your Majesty." The young painter had a point. ”

"Huh?"

"Let's say this painting is copied by a master. As long as the original picture is not available, the painting is genuine. Yao Guangxiao looked at Qiu An, "Third Prince Xu, you think so too, right?" ”

Xu Qiu'an nodded like pounding garlic, and said with great emotion: "The national teacher is wise!" After a pause, he looked at the emperor pitifully and whispered, "Your Majesty is more wise and more powerful!" ”

"Get out!" Zhu Di couldn't help laughing!

"Your Majesty?" Xu Qiu'an looked at the peach blossom eyes, looking puzzled.

"Go back to your Wei Mansion!" Zhu Di said impatiently, "Do you want me to send someone to send you?" ”

"No, no, no." Xu Qiu'an stared at the painting, "I have to return this painting to others—"

"Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pay 30,000 taels of silver." Zhu Di snorted, he didn't believe that the stinky boy didn't explain it to others. Since Songzhuzhai dared to let him send the painting into the palace, this business has been negotiated!

Xu Qiu'an was dumbfounded: "Thirty thousand taels?!" "It's cheap to practice begonia!

Zhu Di sent Xu Qiu'an away, and after appreciating the red bamboo in a good mood, he ordered someone to put it away. The eunuch changed the tea for him and Yao Guangxiao. Zhu Di smelled the fragrance of tea, and suddenly remembered something: "Songzhu Zhai - Qin Xuan's incident a while ago, is it also related to his family?" ”

Yao Guangxiao tasted the tea and said: "The Lanxue tea jointly launched by the young boss of Songzhuzhai and the Qin family has become popular in Kyoto. ”

Zhu Di was greatly dissatisfied: "I treat Qin Xuan well. I also helped him suppress the impeachment of him. I didn't know he had good tea, and he didn't know how to send some to me! ”

Yao Guangxiao blew away the fine foam on the tea surface and smiled: "It's him who is wrong." ”

"By the way, what's that kid's name?"

Yao Guangxiao glanced up at the emperor, as if he didn't expect the emperor to be interested in this person.

"The official volume contractor in the city, Lian Shixuan's grandson Lian Baitang."

Zhu Di let out a long sigh. Lian Shixuan, he was not impressed. But Lian Baitang, Tuo Qin Xuan's lawsuit has long been marked in his heart.

"Qiu An's temperament is a little restless, but it is simple and straightforward, don't be deceived by the kid of the practitioner family!"

Yao Guangxiao took a rare sip of tea, looked at the emperor and smiled in horror. Xu Sangongzi is simple and straightforward? Your Majesty's bias is too blatant!

"Tell Jinyiwei to pay attention to Lian Baitang's movements." Zhu Di muttered, "The young boy is the true work of Xincha and Wentong." He has so many tricks! ”

Yao Guangxiao is actually more curious about the supernatural master in the legend of Lian Baitang! It is rare for such a high-ranking person in the world to be willing to remain incognito and indifferent to fame and fortune to this extent. It is more likely that it was a certain family's Confucian coincidence and whim who concealed his identity to teach Lian Baitang. He is a natural strategist, and he often thinks about things deeper and more complicated: why did this great Confucian choose to practice Baitang? Is there any other purpose?

When Yao Guangxiao left the palace, it was late.

Back to the Qixia Temple where I lived, it was almost noon. The little monk who delivered the meal entered the room with a food box. A plate of cold fungus, a serving of vegetarian eight-treasure tofu, a plate of steamed eggplant and a bowl of vegetarian soup. Yao Guangxiao has a good appetite and basically doesn't eat any leftovers.

After he finished his meal, the great monk Puji in the temple respectfully asked to see him and reported to him: "National teacher." The lord of the Gao family in the city recently handed over a post and wanted to set up a dojo in the temple. ”

Yao Guangxiao changed into a plain monk's robe, and said lightly: "This matter can be handed over to the abbot for disposal." ”

Pu Ji responded, and said, "Senior Brother Abbot wants to push this matter." After all, running a dojo is full of people and things, which hinders the purity of the national teacher. However, the Gao family was full of sincerity this time, and the few people invited were all extremely famous mages. It was quite a dilemma for the abbot. ”

Yao Guangxiao sat cross-legged on the futon, holding the Buddha beads and asked, "Gao family?" Which Gao family? ”

Pu Ji's gaze fell on a stack of bright yellow scripture papers on the table: "It is the Gao family who specializes in Tibetan scripture paper in our temple." ”

"It's them." Yao Guangxiao couldn't help laughing. Look at today's fate, the palace just had a back and forth with the Lian family, and when they returned to the temple, the Gao family followed closely.

It's just that in the dispute between the two families, the Gao family has fallen behind and wants to catch up in another way? Yao Guangxiao is impatient with these mundane things. He only said: "If the abbot pushes but can't do it, he should inherit it." ”

Pu Ji hurriedly smiled: "Yes." The national teacher is compassionate and considerate of the abbot and monks. After he stepped back, Yao Guangxiao sneered: Compassion? I don't know how many people in this world scold him for his own selfishness and poison the world's creatures!

He picked out the Tibetan scripture paper of the Gao family on the table and grinded it carefully. Tibetan scripture paper is hard and yellow and heavy, the front and back wax are repeatedly calendered, the paper is fine and crystalline, the writing is hearty and vigorous, and it is immortal for a long time.

The Gao family, who has such exquisite craftsmanship, can really be embarrassed by a teenager from the Lian family?

Or are they ambitious and want to take the Qixia Temple one step further?

***

When Xu Qiu'an left the palace, his mind was still a little cloudy.

Is this considered a pass?

The emperor knew that there was a mystery in this painting, but he still accepted it!

Thinking of the words of the national teacher "as long as the original picture is not out, this painting is the real work", I am extremely proud: the real work has been destroyed, and he has no worries about the crime of deceiving the king!

He returned home very happily, and before anyone entered the middle gate, Xu Qin, the Duke of Wei, had already heard his voice: "Big brother! I am back! ”

Xu Qin smiled with a smile: Listening to his younger brother's tone, things must be done well.

"Big brother!" Joan shook the whip in his hand proudly. "Your Majesty has taken the painting I found! You and your mother can rest assured!"

"Then did Your Majesty arrange an envoy for you?"

Xu Qiu'an's smile stiffened, how could he forget this! His eyes rolled in circles, and he said nonsense: "This-Your Majesty said it, and he wants to find a suitable place for me." lest I have done evil to my fellow soldiers. ”

Xu Qin was speechless: Are you embarrassed to say this?!

That's it! As long as this younger brother can find an official and a half-position in the court, in the future, he will be pressed by the emperor and the lower officials, and he will always be able to collect his bones. Find him a reliable lady who can control him. He is also a successful retirement as a big brother.

When he thought of his fiancée, his heart warmed slightly. couldn't help staring at his younger brother from top to bottom: Qiu An looks good, handsome but not half girly. His life experience is one of the best in Nanjing. What kind of girl is worthy of him?

If you are too dignified and honest, you will definitely not be able to do it, and you will count the silver for him if you are deceived by him. It's not good to be too lively and jumpy, one stubborn is enough, and the family can't afford a pair of children who don't have a home! Either he is a daughter with brains and skills in the civil government, who can fight wits and courage with him. Either it's a girl with a military general's personality and kung fu that is even more powerful than Qiu An. Suppress by direct force!

But Qiu An is already so old, and her mother has also looked for a few young ladies before, but the hatred makes people fool the past. Who made this kid's reputation too stinky, and he spent his days being bohemian and fighting cocks and lackeys? Xu Qin hated it, and his face was difficult to look at.

Qiu Anke didn't know that his brother was already worried about his family.