Chapter 90: The Thirteen Princes

Before Bao Qing could react, an entourage dressed as a lieutenant beside the man known as the prince directly stretched out his hand and was about to push Bao Qing.

Jin Wandao happened to be on the side, turned around and immediately grabbed the hand stretched out by the entourage, and with a burst of strength, the entourage was directly pulled over.

"Presumptuous!" Jin Wandao and the entourage beside the prince shouted in unison.

"Why, this jewelry store only allows you princes to enter, not my lords?" Jin Wandao said.

Bao Qing didn't quite understand, according to his thoughts, weren't the princes of the Great Song Dynasty all kept in captivity in the capital? Bao Qing remembered that some people in later generations commented on the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, saying that the prince of the Great Song Dynasty was the most boring prince in history. If anyone becomes a prince in the Great Song Dynasty, he is not even as good as an ordinary Beijing official. Why? Because I'm afraid that the prince will rebel! The Song Dynasty looked at the army very tightly and nipped all possible rebellions in the bud. Therefore, letting literati lead the army was also common practice in the Song Dynasty.

Although such a comment is a bit excessive, the status of the princes of the Song Dynasty is generally not high, and they are relatively low-key. Therefore, in later generations, it is common to see some online articles, and it is common to travel through what dynasty to be a prince, and I have not seen anyone wearing back to the Song Dynasty to be a prince. It shows that the prince of the Song Dynasty does not want to see him, and this statement is still reasonable.

But this is strange, Bao Qing couldn't help but wonder a little, where is the prince so arrogant, and this is still in this Liao people's shop.

"Forget it, there is no need to argue, it is the king's person who is wrong!" The prince of the Chinese costume bowed his head to Bao Qing.

Seeing this, Bao Qing arched his hand to the prince in the Chinese costume and said: "Under Bao Qing, there is a lot of rudeness, and I collided with the prince!" ”

After Bao Qing finished speaking, the prince of the Chinese costume glanced at Bao Qing very seriously. I don't know why, when Bao Qing looked at the prince in the gorgeous clothes, he saw a kind of realization in the eyes of the prince, and also saw a trace of sadness. That kind of realization should be where this prince should have heard of himself and knew himself. But I don't know where this sorrow comes from.

"Okay, the misunderstanding is cleared up, if you don't dislike it, go inside and have a cup of tea." The noble lady of the Liao people said.

Bao Qingqian gave in and followed the prince into the inner room of the store.

It is said to be an inner room, but it is actually a well-furnished room. The furnishings in the room look quite luxurious, with all kinds of antique porcelain and famous paintings. Of course, I don't know these Bao Qing.

Seeing Bao Qingdong looking around, the noble lady of the Liao people unconsciously said: "This should be called Lord Bao, the slave family just listened to what you said." Just now, the adult asked the name of the slave family, not that the slave family did not say, but that the slave family did not have a name, and the slave family husband reverted to the surname Yelu. ”

"Oh, Yelu is a big surname in Liao! Then it should be called Lady Jerod. As for me, I actually think that I don't know each other's names when we meet, and next time I see them again, I don't know what to shout, how awkward it is. Just now, this brother, no, this prince said that I Bao Qing lost the face of the Great Song Dynasty, and I really don't know it. ”

"Haha, good! It is the fault of this king, Lord Bao is really different from ordinary people, and his words are even more unique. The prince of the Chinese costume smiled.

"Hearing the prince say this, it seems that he knew each other earlier. This is not good, since the prince knows the prince, but he doesn't know the prince! Bao Qing said.

"Earlier, I heard of Lord Bao, Zhao Dexin, the thirteenth son of this king Taizong!"

"Thirteen princes? Disrespectful and disrespectful, Bao Qing was really rude just now, please bear with me! ”

"Lord Bao doesn't need to blame himself, my descendants of Taizong have long seen the ridicule of the world, and there are really few people like Lord Bao who insist on apologizing!" Zhao Dexin said.

Bao Qing was slightly stunned, this thirteen princes should have complaints in their hearts!

"Seeing that the two of them can talk like this, it is better to taste the tea that the slave family brought back from the capital recently. You know, two! This tea was only willing to be taken out by the most important guests of the slave family, and the two of them were blessed. When Mrs. Yelu finished speaking, she already had two cups of tea in her hand.

"Good tea! This tea king has also tasted it! ”

Seeing this, Bao Qing unconsciously felt a little funny, no matter how good the tea of the Great Song Dynasty is, it may not be so good, unless it is fried tea in his own treasure tea house.

Bao Qing took a sip, how does it taste similar to fried tea? Grandma's, no patent kills people, so soon out of the cottage.

"Mrs. Yelu, this tea king guesses that it must be from the Treasure Teahouse in the capital!" Zhao Dexin said.

"The prince is really powerful, indeed! It's a pity that the slave family can't buy much! ”

"I heard that this treasure teahouse was opened by a few strange women, not only to drink tea, but also to listen to the pipa. Just listen to music in the treasure teahouse, but the rules are unique, there is a big stage in the middle of the hall of the treasure teahouse, every time the pipa fairy music appears, it is separated by four screens, and I didn't see the elegant person who played! Zhao Dexin said.

The lady next to Zhao Dexin was probably the princess, and she said with a smile: "Lord, you should be satisfied." In the Nabao Tea House, I not only drank good tea, but also heard the fairy sound. Our prince has a hobby for tea and music. ”

"It's a pity, it's hard to drink that good tea in the future, and it's hard to smell that fairy sound." Zhao Dexin couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

At this time, Cao Yun was a little unhappy, pulled Bao Qing and asked, "Brother Bao, didn't you bring us to buy jewelry?" How to talk about tea and music. ”

"Don't worry, the slave family will come up with the best jewelry for the two of you." When Mrs. Jerew was done, she turned around and went to get her jewelry.

Zhao Dexin looked at Bao Qing and said lightly: "I don't know why, this king seems to be very close to Master Bao." Lord Bao received the emperor's order this time, but he didn't expect this Yaxing to visit the jewelry store. ”

Bao Qing saw that Zhao Dexin's expression was calm, not like a fake, and he also smiled: "After receiving the order, I have to pass the day!" Besides, a small official like me, who is the size of a grain of rice, even if he wears this Qincha robe, he still can't change the Xi surname of the Shengdou Xiaomin. ”

As she spoke, Lady Nayelu brought a dozen kinds of hairpin headdresses. Cao Yun and Zhanfang immediately surrounded them, and the princess was also reserved and left, and several women went to choose.

"The prince is a frequent customer of our red whisk jewelry store, but Lord Bao is a rare customer! The slave family sees that Lord Bao is not like a local! There are slave shops everywhere! Lady Jerod said.

"Really? Then presumably there should be both Beijing and Luzhou, right? Haha, if Madame goes someday, she will look for me! ”

"Brother Bao, I also picked one for Xiaowen and Yanran, do you look good?" Zhan Fang was holding two golden hairpins in his hands.

"I also picked one for my sister, take a look!" Bao Qing saw that Cao Yun was holding a rather large phoenix-shaped golden hairpin in his hand, and there were more than a dozen pearls hanging from the tail of the golden hairpin.

"Heh, this is the item of our Great Liao Imperial Palace, and it is owned by our Great Liao Xiao Queen." Mrs. Yelu said.

"Why, your Liao country is short of money and is like this? Actually took out all the gold hairpins in the palace and sold them? Bao Qing couldn't help but be a little surprised, aren't the items in the royal family can't flow out of the palace casually?

"Our Empress Xiao of Daliao is a heroine among women, and she said that such valuable jewelry has an impact on riding and shooting, and it is better to sell it for some money to enrich the treasury."

"Your country's Empress Xiao is really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows go, and she has such knowledge!" Zhao Dexin sighed.

Bao Qing couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and said: "You can enrich the treasury by selling a piece of jewelry?" Then the enrichment of the treasury should rely on taxes, that is the right way, when to sell things! ”

"Nonsense, Lord Bao is talking about tax increases? That's not a misery for the people! "Zhao Dexin.

"Where is the tax increase, is to expand the source of taxes, there are so many merchants in the Great Song Dynasty, every merchant earns a lot of money, but only needs to pay a small amount of taxes, and some also evade taxes." Bao Qing suddenly found that his topic was wrong, so he had to pause and said with a smile, "What do you do when you say this, I'm just a pusher, and I don't care about this, don't talk about these mundane things." ”

Then Zhao Dexin asked: "Hey, don't say anything, how can the Great Song Dynasty be strong." ”

Bao Qing suddenly thought of the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty that he had heard about, so he blurted out: "It's useless to say it, redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses are stubborn diseases of the Great Song Dynasty, and if you don't eradicate it, you will never be able to talk about prosperity." ”

If these words came from a certain important minister, Zhao Dexin might also praise it, these three redundancies summarized the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty very incisively. But what he was in front of him was just a magistrate who decided the case, which made Zhao Dexin a little unbelievable.

"Okay, let's not talk about state affairs! Drink tea. Lady Jerod said.

"If a scholar doesn't talk about state affairs, then talk about elegance!" Zhao Dexin seemed to be interested in Bao Qing.

"Okay, when the slave family saw Lord Bao enter the inner room, they carefully looked at the calligraphy and painting decorations in the slave family's room. Then let's talk about calligraphy, painting, poetry, and writing. Many of our aristocratic businessmen in Daliao advocate the culture of your country, especially our Empress Xiao, who is not only good at calligraphy and painting, but also can compose poems. Mrs. Yelu said excitedly.

When Bao Qing heard this, he secretly thought to himself, this Mrs. Yelu should be a nobleman of the Liao Kingdom, and she should have some influence on the royal family. Looking at her understanding of Queen Xiao and being able to get the golden phoenix hairpin, it can be seen that this woman has a lot of relationship with Queen Xiao.

But when it comes to calligraphy, painting, poetry and writing, Bao Qing is at a loss, although he is a reader, only he knows the true level of this reader.

At this moment, Bao Qing really wanted to leave, first, because he didn't understand poetry and left a shame, and secondly, he should go to Zhizhou Zhuang Leina. But it doesn't make sense to leave like this.

Just when Bao Qing was hesitating, he heard Cao Yun shouting: "Brother Bao, we have bought everything, when will we leave." ”

Bao Qingru was pardoned, and hurriedly said: "Wait and go, the prince is discussing calligraphy, painting, poetry and literature with me." ”

Cao Yun looked unhappy and said: "Calligraphy, painting, poetry, and writing, my Cao family has a lot, my father has always looked down on sour and rotten readers, and those paintings are only collected and played." You see, how ugly the woman in that painting is, and our Cao family also has a painting like that. ”

Bao Qing followed Cao Yun's pointing and looked, it was a picture of a woman in spring, a woman among the flowers, not beautiful but bewitching. When Zhao Dexin heard this, he walked to the painting, gently lifted the painting with his hand, and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help laughing.

"What the girl said was that it was not a good painting! This is a Tang Dynasty Zhou Fang's "Lady Yu Chun Tu", but this painting is a fake, maybe the girl's family is genuine. ”

"Fakes?" Mrs. Yelu was a little surprised, "This is what the slave family bought back at a high price!" ”

However, none of this was enough to surprise Bao Qing, who was not interested in painting. But Bao Qing was surprised that when Zhao Dexin opened a corner of the painting scroll, the copper ring exposed under the painting.

This copper ring, which Bao Qing knows, should be the pull ring that opens the secret room.