Chapter 221: Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger
The two couldn't, so they had to take her with them.
The three of them came to the palace gate, and sure enough, they saw seven or eight sedan chairs parked outside. Wang Wenyan stepped forward to inquire, and it was the sedan chair of the British public Zhang Weiying, Zhou Jiamo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Sun Ruyou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Yang Lian didn't have a sedan chair because of his small position, he came on foot.
Although these people are all high-ranking and powerful compared to Yang Lian, they are so specially summoned by the emperor, and no one knows the blessings and misfortunes. The family members who came with them also knew that the master would have something big this time, but they didn't know whether it would be a blessing or a curse. None of them dared to speak casually, but waited silently with bated breath for news from the palace.
After about an hour, the people who went in continued to come out. The first to come out was Sun Ruyou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, then Zhou Jiamo, and then Zhang Weiying. I just didn't see Yang Lian come out.
These people are not as usual, walking and talking. Everyone walked silently with their heads bowed, no one spoke, no one spoke, as if they never knew each other.
Yu Ren looked at the dignified expressions of these important ministers of the empire from a distance, and had a premonition that something earth-shattering would happen to this empire.
Yang Lian was the last person to walk out of the palace gate. Although his expression was equally solemn, his steps were firm, as if he had made up his mind.
Seeing Yang Lian leaving the palace without a look, and seeing him like this, Wang Wenyan didn't bother him anymore. And Yang Lian didn't notice Wang Wenyan's existence at all, so he walked in front of the three of them with his head down.
Back at Wang's house, perhaps due to the influence of the atmosphere just now, the three of them did not speak again.
Yu Ren had no other friends in Beijing, let alone relatives, so he naturally lived here with Wang Wenyan. But Zhao Rui can go back to Yang's house to live. Because it was her nominal in-law's house. But she didn't want to go either. As a result, they still live together with Wang Wenyan.
Wang Wenyan didn't have any opinions, anyway, the small courtyard he added in Beijing also had seven or eight rooms, and Yu Ren and Zhao Rui lived in it, so it was not in the way.
In the next few days, Wang Wenyan was so busy that he couldn't come back until late at night almost every day. Yu Ren originally came to Beijing with Wang Wenyan, wanting to take advantage of the new emperor's accession to the throne and overturn the case for his father. Unexpectedly, the new emperor fell ill within a month of ascending the throne.
Everyone is busy, only he and Zhao Rui are the most idle. In order to appease Zhao Rui's dissatisfaction, Yu Ren happened to take advantage of the free time of the past few days to accompany her to have a good walk in Beijing.
Zhao Rui's hometown is in Hebei, in fact, she has been to Beijing several times before. Therefore, he is more familiar with this than Yu Ren. It is not so much that Yu Ren took Zhao Rui to play, but that Zhao Rui took Yu Ren to play.
In the past few days, Zhao Rui has visited Chang'an Avenue the most. It is known as the most prosperous street in the world, and the shops on both sides are all set up here by the most powerful merchants in the country, specializing in high-end luxury goods. Their most important customers are those dignitaries, princes and nobles in the capital.
Therefore, the status of people who can come to this street to buy things is definitely not low. If you are not a person with a huge amount of money, you will not dare to come. Zhao Rui has a wish in her heart that she has never told Yu Ren, that is, to open a Yu family money bank on this Chang'an Street.
Her greatest wish or ideal is to open the Yu Money Village founded by herself and Yu Ren to the whole country, and Chang'an Avenue in the capital is a place with strong symbolic meaning and representativeness. If the Yu family could open a branch here, the reputation of their bank would skyrocket overnight.
But Zhao Rui also knows that with their current strength, it is okay to open an ordinary shop on Chang'an Street, but if they want to open a money bank, they do not have the strength. There are many dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital. If you don't have enough financial resources, it is extremely dangerous to open a bank here.
The two stopped in front of a jewelry shop, and were about to enter when they saw a young man who was described as obscene walking in.
When he entered the door, the man at the door stopped him.
"I'm sorry. We are not open to regular guests. ”
The lewd man looked up and glared at the fellow, but the fellow still blocked the way and did not retreat. The man reached out and slapped the fellow.
"You don't have long eyes, do you know who the master is?"
As soon as I saw that the guys were beaten, two guys from the store immediately ran over. One of them pointed at the lewd man and said, "How do you hit someone?" ”
"Beat someone, Lao Tzu will still beat him, what can you do. It's you who don't have long eyes. After that, he went up and hit the guy again. Several other guys in the store were busy holding him up. But no one dared to fight back, he didn't know what the identity of this person was.
Doing business in this capital has to be careful. Otherwise, maybe one day you will offend a person who can't be offended, make a good fuss, don't do business, make a bad fuss, and even your life will be put into it.
Because of this, almost all of the people who can open shops on this Chang'an Avenue have some backers. He doesn't want to cause trouble, but he can't be afraid, otherwise this business will not be able to continue.
The shopkeeper saw that someone was making trouble, so he hurriedly walked out. He arched his hand to the lewd man, "This brother is invited." I don't know where you got involved? Can you ever know Zheng Daguan? ”
The lewd man glared at him, "Are you talking about that kid Zheng Yangxing?" ”
The shopkeeper couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard that he was so rude. Zheng Yangxing is Zheng Guifei's nephew. For decades, the Zheng family has been the backer of most of their shops on Chang'an Street. Of course, this is because of Concubine Zheng Guifei's favor in front of Emperor Wanli, even the crown prince at that time and the emperor now, who grew up watching her face. And now, although Emperor Wanli is dead, Concubine Zheng Guifei has received a promise from the emperor to make her the queen mother.
Therefore, the power of the Zheng family in the capital can naturally be imagined.
This shopkeeper has been doing business in Beijing for decades, and he has never met anyone who dares to provoke the tiger of the Zheng family. Today, the lewd man in front of him can be regarded as the first.
"You kid ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall, right? Even the name of Zheng Daguan dared to be straightforward. Beat me, beat me to death. ”
As soon as the shopkeeper heard that this person was so rude to Zheng Yangxing, how dare he slack off, so he quickly ordered someone to beat him. You must know that most of the shops on this street rely on the Zheng family to support them behind their backs, and if others hear that there is a guest here and scold Zheng Daguan on the spot, he will let this person go. It is estimated that his shop will not be able to open tomorrow.
Therefore, as soon as the shopkeeper heard this person's words to be rude to Zheng Yangxing, no matter what his identity was, let the guy call him first.
The men got the order of the shopkeeper, rushed up, and pressed the lewd man to the ground and were about to start beating. This lewd man is not tall, and he is pitifully thin, and he is simply a complete malnutrition, where is the opponent of these fellows. With almost no resistance, the lewd man was pushed to the ground by several shopkeepers who were strong enough to use cattle.
The man was pressed to the ground and cried out, "It's the other way around!" You are such a slave, can you bully people casually with his Zheng family? Do you know who Lao Tzu is? ”
"Who do you care?" A guy stepped forward and punched the man, the same guy he had just slapped.
"I'm Hou Jingru, and my father is Hou Er."
When those guys heard this, they were even more unkind. The fists had already rained down. "It doesn't matter if your dad waits two or three."
That Hou Jingru was immediately beaten and his mouth and nose were bleeding, and he couldn't speak. But the men refused to let him go, and continued to fight to the death.
Yu Ren and Zhao Rui, who were standing outside the door, watched this scene quietly. Although Yu Ren didn't like this obscene man very much, seeing that he was beaten like this by these guys, it was estimated that if he didn't interfere again, these people would be able to beat him to death directly.
Thinking of this, Yu Ren took a step forward and walked into the jewelry store. He stepped in front of everyone in three or two steps, and pulled a few of the guys who were fighting hard.
What kind of person is Yu Ren, the strength of his arms is no less than five hundred catties, these guys are naturally not his opponents, and they are all lifted up by him like chickens and thrown aside.
Those guys were fighting energetically, and suddenly saw someone interfering, although they were not very happy to be disturbed, but seeing that the other party made an extraordinary move, they only reached out and grabbed their more than 100 catties, and they all stopped. However, the guy who had just been slapped didn't seem to be relieved, and after he was pulled away by Yu Ren, he pointed at Yu Ren and said, "Who are you?" Dare to meddle with our business? ”