The streets of Jinling are still prosperous, and it seems that no matter where the war is fought and how many people die, it has nothing to do with Jinling.

Vendors put jewelry, silk and other beautiful objects on wooden carts, spitting stars and shouting how rare their treasures are. Some passing laborers will stop in front of the jewelry cart, grit their teeth and take out the accumulated broken silver and copper coins from the money bag, buy a piece of high-quality and cheap jewelry, hide it in their chests for fear that others will snatch it, but their faces can't stop smiling, thinking how beautiful their own lady would be if she was matched with such a beautiful piece of jewelry.

In this day and age, it is not easy for people to maintain their physical needs, and it is a luxury to have spiritual comfort.

On the street, there is a boy wearing a white background silver silk lotus pattern robe, with a cyan hosta tied up his long hair, and a long knife around his waist.

Brother Gongzi was followed by a man in a black robe, the two were of the same age, but the man in the black robe looked respectful to Brother Gongzi.

"Yan Gang, what do you think of this hairpin?" Zhu Huan casually took out a silver hairpin inlaid with turquoise jade from the wooden frame of the cart and smiled at the man in the black robe.

Yan Gang was a little embarrassed: "Wang ...... Childe, you said that it is naturally okay to let Yan dance with a knife and get a gun, but don't you sincerely want to laugh at Yan when you pick out jewelry. ”

"Forget it, it's useless to ask you." Zhu Huan asked the boss: "How much is this hairpin?" ”

"Hey, master, you really have a vision, this hairpin is made by a famous craftsman in Fuzhou, and the jade on it is from the Western Regions, which can be described as a high-quality good product." The boss smiled and said: "This sixty taels is indeed a bit 'expensive', but it's worth the money." ”

Sixty taels of hairpins, this is not a small price.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, 1 tael of silver could be exchanged for about 1,000 large copper coins, and a large copper coin was equivalent to 10 small copper coins, and a small copper coin could buy two steamed buns. These sixty taels are a full 20,000 big white steamed buns!

In the Ming Dynasty, "in order to cherish the lives of the people, all officials who embezzle more than 60 taels of bribes will be executed, and they will never be lenient", these sixty taels of silver are enough to behead corrupt officials!

"Okay, wrap it up for me, and pick a nice box." Zhu Huan picked out a piece of silver of the right size from the money bag and threw it to the boss.

"Yes, sir, wait a minute."

……

"Lord Wang, where are we going now?" Yan Gang asked.

Zhu Huan held the sandalwood box containing the silver hairpin in his hand and said, "Of course, I went to the Yanwang Mansion and sent this hairpin to my sister-in-law, otherwise would this king buy this hairpin and wear it himself?" ”

The two walked along the street and around the corner into an alley, but Zhu Huan stopped.

"Lord Wang, what's wrong?" Yan Gang was a little puzzled.

Zhu Huan didn't say anything, just stared at the front.

In the narrow alley, the walls of the blue bricks are moist with moss, and the rain and dew on the black tiles slowly slide down the eaves, falling on the water of the jet-black stone slabs, splashing a burst of water.

Jinling's naivety is fickle, obviously the sky was clear just now, but now it is covered by black clouds, and even the air seems to be clenched by an invisible hand.

At the mouth of the alley, a group of people wearing black cloaks and covering their faces with masks walked in, holding long knives in their hands, blocking in front of Zhu Huan and Yan Gang.

Zhu Huan looked behind him, and was also blocked by people wearing black cloaks and holding long knives. Zhu Huan and Yan Gang stood in the middle of the alley, and the retreat route had been sealed.

"Yan Gang, you said that this king is too aggrieved, just after returning to Jinling, a large group of cats and dogs came to the door." Zhu Huan smiled, his right hand was already on the handle of the short knife on his waist: "Guess who is going to kill this king this time?" ”

"I don't know." Yan Gang stared coldly ahead.

"Although I don't know who the people behind the scenes are, but just a few people, I don't underestimate this king." Zhu Huan grinned: "He thinks, why does this king go out without a personal guard?" ”

The black-clothed people at both ends of the alley walked slowly forward, their eyes full of murderous intent exposed by their masks.

In an instant, Zhu Huan had already drawn his knife!

The silver dagger was drawn from its scabbard, carrying the sound of steel rubbing against the scabbard, announcing the beast's release from its cage!

……

Hu Mansion

"It's going to rain."

Hu Guang looked at the gloomy sky, his robe was blown by the wind, and his eyes were calm, like a waveless lake.

As if in response to Hu Guang's words, as soon as his words fell, there was a flash of lightning, followed by the roar of thunder.

After the thunder, the heavy dark clouds finally could not hold up the majestic rain, and let the heavy rain fall.

"There will be dead people today, either King Qi or the two of us." Sitting behind Hu Guang was Xie Jin, who was demoted to a guard in Hezhou by Emperor Jianwen.

"Mr. Xie, Hu is very curious, why do you want to get involved?" Hu Guang turned around and looked at Xie Jin: "Hu did this because Hu was picked up by His Majesty." High-ranking officials and world-class honors are all given by His Majesty. What about you? You were appreciated by the previous emperor, but you were demoted to a guard by His Majesty today, why did you want to do this murder with Hu? ”

Xie Jin sipped a little wine and closed his eyes silently.

Hu Guang continued: "Mr. Xie, I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, when Hu heard that King Yan had entered Beijing, his first thought was to surrender to King Yan's mansion. ”

Xie Jin opened his eyes and said: "Neither of us can laugh at anyone, Xie is more shameless than you, when King Qi seized Jinling City, Xie was already thinking about picking a Ming master to defect to him." ”

"Then why did you give up on this idea in the end?"

"Xie feels that Mr. Hu should be in line with Xie's thoughts."

Hu Guangda smiled and said: "Eat the king's luck, be loyal to the king's affairs, and bear the king's worries." ”

"Cheap."

In the face of Hu Guang's heroic and righteous words, Xie Jin just said these two words lightly.

"Hu is not afraid to be a disloyal minister who has been stinking for thousands of years, because Hu only asks for the word 'profit' in his life."

Hu Guang said with a smile: "But Hu also wants to do something earth-shattering." ”

"If you want to do something earth-shattering, you should kill King Yan, not King Qi." Xie Jin said.

"You can't kill it." Hu Guang shook his head and said: "The guards on King Yan's mansion can drown Hu with a mouthful of spit, Hu knows that he doesn't have that ability, but King Qi is different, King Qi has always brought only one guard when he travels." If it weren't for that, Hu wouldn't have the courage to kill a vassal king. ”

Xie Jin drank all the wine in the cup and sneered: "It's a pity that you are so calculating and don't become a businessman." ”

"What is the difference between Mr. Xie and me?"

"It's no different, I'm also a greedy person who is afraid of death, but I want to be famous."

Two rats who are afraid of death, pain, and no money, but they have done something that is enough to punish the nine clans.

And those who claim to be arrogant literati, how many of them are as good as the two of them?