Chapter Ninety-Six: The One Who Was Born to Know
"It's been a long time, so that's what happened?!" Chen Ruolan also learned the whole story of Wang Hong's violent death on the spot from the fat master's mouth, and only then did she realize that she was the only one who was kept in the dark.
"Didn't I have time to tell you in a hurry?" Chen Jin explained.
"Come on, you're going to hide it from me! That's it, but you can't leave me behind!" Chen Ruolan was afraid that these two people would do big things behind her back.
"I said Ruolan, this is a bit like you! Although you don't have much money outside the palace, you have a lot of support every month, why are you short of money recently?" Chen Jin is still relatively familiar with his imperial sister, and Chen Ruolan, whose life is not luxurious, rarely cares about money.
"The Queen Mother's 60th birthday, I spent a lot of time preparing for the birthday gift, and I originally found a piece of Han Dynasty jade pendant, but I didn't expect to collide with what Chen Fang's guy prepared. According to the meaning of the mother's concubine, I changed it again, and asked someone to buy a famous painting of "Hundred Longevity Pictures" from several rich people, and the result was exactly the same as the birthday gift prepared by Chen Yue! I put in a few thousand taels of silver, and the offerings were already spent, and I relied on my own family to carry them. This man, when he is unlucky, he even stuffs his teeth when he drinks cold water!" Chen Ruolan pinched her Qingming acupoint, and she had a headache when she thought about it.
"Chen Fang and Chen Yue are fully prepared, see how I compare the two of them this time!" Chen Jin snorted and said.
"The people in the hospital said that the Queen Mother is sick and has to recuperate for a while, and this birthday ceremony may have to be pushed back, if I still can't think of what birthday gift to give, my father is afraid that he will expel me from the palace!" Chen Ruolan sighed and said, and then as if she remembered something, she turned her head to look at Chen Jin, who was not worried about it, and asked, "What about you? What is your birthday gift? Tell me before I run into your stuff again!"
"Well, I got a pair of superb glass beads, just to give to the Queen Mother as a birthday gift!" Thinking that he had prostituted such a good baby for nothing, Chen Jin's face was unconsciously filled with joy.
"Glass beads? Glass is the treasure of Buddhism, every year it is shipped from Liangguo, and there is no market, even those rich people who have a lot of money may not be able to buy it, how do you get it? It's a pair when you buy it, I'm afraid it will cost you 18,000 taels of silver, right?" Chen Jin's words caught Chen Ruolan's attention.
"Hehe, I'm not a rich man, how could I spend so much money on that thing? Let me tell you the truth, I got that pair of glass beads without spending a penny!" Chen Jin said proudly.
"But why? Did you give away your King Yu gold medal?" Chen Ruolan asked puzzled.
"What a felony I can't afford! It's just that Zhou Yu was seen by me when he was burning that thing once, so I asked him for two." For Chen Ruolan, Chen Jin didn't need to hide anything.
"Isn't it? He also makes glassware? There are only two of us craftsmen who have such ability, and Master Fei is already over eighty years old and can no longer make tools himself. Now there are still Mi Daren who have inherited this kind of craftsmanship, but Mi Da is also almost in the age of ear shun, and the work is much slower than before, and a piece of glazed ware is afraid that it will take a month or two to complete. If Zhou Yu can enter the craftsman as a supervisor, then the glass production of my Wenguo will be the successor!" Chen Ruolan said.
As Chen Ruolan said, this rice master is the only person with the official ability to make glass, but because the speed of production is too slow, usually Emperor Wen will only send him one or two glassware production tasks a few months before the important sacrificial ceremony, and he can't do it anyway.
"I've seen a lot of glass cups made by Master Mi, and in terms of craftsmanship, I'm not sure who is better Zhou Yu or his old man; But if you only look at the quality of the glass, what Zhou Yu gave me is probably the best in the world!"
"Is it so powerful? Show it to me!" Chen Ruolan couldn't wait to say.
"How could I possibly carry something so valuable? You'll see when you come to my house another day!" Chen Jin waved his hand and said.
"What are you going to do another day?" Today's business is done today, go now!" Chen Ruolan made up her mind.
Chen Jin said cautiously, "Let's talk about it first, let's take a look
But you are not allowed to take it!"
"Alright, it's like I covet your glass beads! I just want to see if what he Zhou Yu made is as good as you say......
"Don't worry, it's more than that!"
Chang'an, the capital city, in a remote suburb.
A man galloping on horseback noticed that there were two women, an old man and a young woman, standing not far ahead, the other's eyes were always on him, and they were also wearing weapons, and they did not seem to be ordinary passers-by.
"Pilot!" The man stopped the horses and asked alarmedly, "Who are you, and why are you in the middle of the road?"
"It doesn't matter who we are, we just want to ask you about something, and I hope you can tell you the truth." The old woman said calmly.
"You are not from the government, so what right do you have to interrogate me? The acquaintance quickly flashed away, delaying my trip, and you all have to walk around without food!" The man was a little angry.
"I don't have a lot of ability, but I don't have a small temper!" The young woman sneered, and suddenly rose into the air at random, kicking the man off his horse and knocking him to the ground. The horse was frightened and ran forward. The man who fell to the ground clutched his chest in pain, obviously having the skill of that kick just now.
"As I said, we're just asking you something, and I hope you don't ask me a second time. Where is that old thing hiding in Jin Lingyue?" The old woman still asked without wavering.
Hearing the words "Jin Lingyue", the man glanced at the old woman in shock, and then quickly took out a poison dart from his arms and wiped his neck with lightning speed.
"It's not good, this is the poison that seals the throat with blood!" The old woman frowned and said.
"I didn't expect this dog thing to be a hard bone! Master, the clue is broken, what should we do now?" Li Yunhan asked.
"He doesn't have to be a hard bone, it's just that Jin Lingyue is extremely demanding on the subordinates beside him, if they are not strict in their tone, they will inevitably be destroyed by the Golden Phoenix Pavilion. It won't be a matter of human life...... "Shadow said.
"A killer organization like the Golden Phoenix Pavilion that has done all the evil things can still stay in the capital safely, isn't this a tiger on the side?"
"When the emperor was alive, he once sent officials and troops to encircle and suppress this killer organization, but there were still some people who escaped the catastrophe, including this Jin Lingyue. He is the grandson of the chief of the house of the former head of the Golden Phoenix Pavilion, and he has been a martial artist since he was a child, and was rescued by a group of dead soldiers during that encirclement and suppression, avoiding the search. Until a few years ago, the power of Wang Cheng's family became more and more prosperous, and Jin Lingyue, who had been hiding in the rivers and lakes, led a group of veterans of the Golden Phoenix Pavilion to return to the capital and meet Wang Cheng secretly. With the help of Wang Cheng, the female prime minister, he quickly gathered a group of killers to rebuild the Golden Phoenix Pavilion. Even today, the power of the Golden Phoenix Pavilion has spread to most of the country, if some people want to do bad things, the Golden Phoenix Pavilion is their right-hand man! Therefore, for the sake of the safety of the Holy One, sooner or later we will have to get rid of Jin Lingyue, the traitor! As long as he dies, the dragons of the Golden Phoenix Pavilion will be leaderless, and they will no longer be able to shake up any strong winds and waves!" The information in Liuying's hand is very comprehensive, and even Li Yunhan, who gets along with her day and night, can't fully know the source of her information.
"But Jin Lingyue is hiding again now, we can't kill at the feet of the Son of Heaven, right?"
"For the sake of today's plan, I'm afraid I can only go back to the capital to investigate, even if we can't get rid of it in the short term, as long as he doesn't dare to act rashly, Your Majesty's throne will be worry-free. When he lets his guard down, we'll take him down in one fell swoop!"
"Okay, what do you always say......" Li Yunhan said indifferently, anyway, it's not once or twice to do this kind of thing.
The capital, the palace of the king of Yu.
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed there was anything so pure in this world! This pair of glass beads is truly a treasure in the world!" Chen Ruolan looked at the two crystal clear balls in the box and said with great emotion.
"It's true for us, but he Zhou Yu doesn't think this thing is so valuable!"
"What does that mean?" Chen Ruolan asked.
"He burned a dozen beads that time, but he just picked two random ones for me, and gave the rest to her two ladies." Chen Jin replied.
Chen Ruolan: "......"
Chen Ruolan was really shocked, what kind of monster is Zhou Yu? How can things that are difficult in the eyes of others be as simple as eating and drinking water in his eyes?
If Wenguo is engaged in a selection activity of "National Top Ten Outstanding Young Persons", Zhou Yu will be designated to be on the list! No, it's not just about being on the list, he's definitely going to be the top of those ten!
Sage: No one is perfect, no gold is naked. Even if Zhou Yu can touch the sky, it is impossible to be born to know it, right? How many things in this world will he not do?
So Chen Ruolan asked tentatively, "What is his level of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?"
"This...... Well, I don't know, but he's very good at those three! At the end of the year, his Spring Festival couplets can be sold for ten taels of silver! And I don't know how many times I have played against him, even if he plays chess with me while directing the maids to work, I can't win......," Chen Jin said with a bitter face.
Chen Ruolan was stunned for a long time when she heard this, and then said to Chen Jin: "I'm going back to the palace, I'll come back to you in three days, you remember to call Zhou Yu!"
Before leaving, Chen Jin advised, "Don't mention in front of your father that he will be in the Ministry of Engineering......
"I know." Chen Ruolan left without looking back.
Of course, she would not make this suggestion, because she wanted to personally verify whether Zhou Yu really had a grand strategy that was enough to determine the country's security as Chen Jin said, and if it was true...... That little ministry did make him a little condescending.
"Ahh Zhou Yu touched his nose.
"The weather hasn't warmed up yet, so you can't loosen your clothes at this time!" Su Wen intimately instructed.
"I haven't been caught in the cold lately......" Zhou Yu said to himself.