"This is it, isn't it?"

Looking at the courtyard in front of him, Zhu Houzhao compared it with other families in Zhuangzi, although in his opinion, it was still a small family, but it was indeed the largest courtyard in the vicinity.

Thinking of this, he jumped off the horse and tidied up his clothes, and Gu Da next to him stepped forward and wanted to help knock on the door, but was dismissed by Zhu Houzhao, "Go aside, the palace will come by itself." ”

According to his assumption, that is, if he looks at the thatched house three times, then this sincerity must be enough, and according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the first time he comes to the door will be in vain, and there will even be a scholar in it, telling him that his husband is not at home.

In the courtyard, Xia Yuan and the three of them held a bench, sitting in the courtyard to bask in the sun, hearing the sound of horses' hooves from far and near, and stopping in front of the courtyard gate, Xia Yuan opened his eyes, "It's coming." ”

"Then the student is going to open the door for him?"

"Go ahead."

Wang Shouren got up and walked towards the courtyard gate, while Zhao Yuerong habitually picked up a small bench and walked into the house.

When she entered the house, she took off her shoes, stood on the chair and looked out of the window, although she could not see the outsiders as a lady, but she was still very curious, just now the husband said that there was a fat sheep who was going to deliver silver.

She was eager to see what the fat sheep looked like.

Zhu Houzhao, who was outside the courtyard, was about to knock on the door, and when he saw the courtyard door open, he subconsciously took two steps back, and then Wang Shouren's expressionless face poked out, "The teacher let you in." ”

"Let me in?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned at first, and then excited, does this mean that you can apprentice?

Oops, but this is just a look at the thatched house....

Originally, I was ready to take three looks, six looks, and even nine looks, but I didn't expect it to happen for the first time, and I was a little disappointed to give him the whole inexplicably.

But soon, this disappointment was diluted by the excitement, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to cross the threshold and enter the courtyard, Gu Dayong and the two guards didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly followed in.

When he saw Xia Yuan sitting in the courtyard, he directly shouted: "Master is above...."

"Stop!"

Xia Yuan hurriedly stretched out his hand and made a pause gesture, and then said with a blank face: "Without the apprenticeship, you are not allowed to call the master." ”

"Apprenticeship?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, do you still want to apprentice? There are so many masters in his East Palace, why haven't I seen anyone ask him to have an apprenticeship.

"What is an apprenticeship?"

Gu Dayong hurriedly replied in a low voice: "The apprenticeship ceremony is a gift for the apprentice. ”

If it weren't for Xia Yuan's presence, Zhu Houzhao really wanted to kick him, "Who doesn't know that it's a gift from the apprentice, this young master is asking you what this apprenticeship ceremony is." ”

"It's bacon, longan, lotus seeds, and other bundled gifts."

"So shabby?"

"How can it be so shabby!"

Hearing the conversation between the two, Xia Yuan directly interrupted in a loud voice, "Bacon, longan is used by Mr. Confucianism, let me ask you, what do you want to learn from me as a teacher?" Is it to study literature or martial arts? ”

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he hurriedly cut the railway: "Of course it's to learn martial arts!" ”

"Since you are learning martial arts, then you should have heard of the poor and rich martial arts, right? What does this sentence mean, it means that you can give some bacon and longan to Mr. Wenxue, but if you worship Master Wuxue, you have to use something valuable, understand? ”

Zhu Houzhao was a little embarrassed, "This is what the poor and rich martial arts mean?" ”

"What else does that mean?"

"I thought it was a poor scholar and a rich martial artist."

"Oh, you can't be wrong about this understanding, which means that this sentence actually has two meanings."

"I see." Zhu Houzhao was stunned, and praised with a smile: "I can't imagine that the master knows a lot of knowledge in addition to martial arts. ”

"Of course, well, let's not talk about that."

Xia Yuan waved his hand to stop the topic, and sighed pretending to be compassionate: "Originally, I didn't want to accept you as a disciple, but for the sake of being so persistent, I can't bear it, so I'm ready to accept you as an apprentice, but this apprenticeship should always have it, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhu Houzhao did not doubt him, nodded immediately, and asked hesitantly: "Then I don't know what valuable things the master wants as an apprenticeship?" ”

"Seeing that you came in a hurry, I guess I didn't prepare anything valuable, so I will just charge you five hundred taels of silver, well, for your sincere sake."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, five hundred taels?

Although he is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he usually doesn't look like he is four or six, and he always causes trouble, Zhu Youzhu is usually busy with government affairs, and he has no time to teach him, so he simply controls his money bag.

As the crown prince, he does not have the right to withdraw his internal money at will, and he has to receive monthly money every month like a child.

It's not much, and you can only receive three hundred taels a month.

And Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that it would cost five hundred taels to worship a teacher, and it was so cheap that he could apprentice in less than two months?

"You can apprentice for only five hundred taels of silver?"

"Only?" Xia Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then pinched his thigh, damn, it's going to be less.

Taking a deep breath, he barely managed to squeeze out a few smiles, "Of course, as long as five hundred taels of silver, you can immediately apprentice." ”

"But I don't have five hundred taels."

"No?!" Xia Yuan's face quickly darkened, and he was almost angry, didn't you pretend to be a beep with me just now?

"That, don't worry, and let the apprentice get together, get together."

Zhu Houzhao has always been used to spending lavishly, and he doesn't know what it means to save money, and a month's monthly money is usually spent before the end of the month.

But this is the beginning of the month, just a few days after receiving the monthly money, and he still has a good habit, he has always carried the silver on his body, and at this time he took out of his arms, a stack of Daming treasure money.

The denominations were all one hundred taels, and when they were counted, there were twenty-three sheets, two thousand three hundred taels.

It seems that it is more than enough to worship a teacher, but the Daming treasure banknote does not maintain its value, and it is basically in a ratio of ten to one with silver, and these treasure banknotes can be exchanged for about two hundred taels of silver when they are on the market.

He pinched the treasure money in his hand, turned his head to look at Gu Dayong and the two guards, the meaning couldn't be more obvious, take out the money!

Seeing this, the two guards gritted their teeth and took out the money bags from their arms, and whispered: "Humble, humble, that's all there is to it." ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Houzhao was not polite at all, accepted all the orders, and looked at Gu Dayong, Gu Banban, as a eunuch, lost his happiness, and there were only two things left in his life, one was silver, and the other was power.

Now it is still Emperor Hongzhi, and he has not yet pursued power, but he has saved some money by frugality.

And for fear of being stolen by thieves, they usually hide it on their bodies.

Seeing His Highness's gaze, Gu Dayong's face suddenly became bitter, and he was entangled again and again before he reached out and took out a money bag from his arms, "Young Master, the small one, the small one is all for here." ”

Zhu Houzhao ignored him, opened the money bag and looked inside, frowning, "Where are your gold bars?" ”

Gu Da's expression froze for a moment, and then he said with a smile: "The young master is really good at laughing, where did the little one get the gold bars?" ”

"Pull it out."

“........”

After being silent for a while, Gu Dayong sat on the ground, took off a boot and shook it on the ground, and then fell out of the boot with a gold bar weighing ten taels.

Then he picked up the gold bar and handed it over aggrievedly.

Zhu Houzhao opened the money bag with a disgusted look and caught it, and remembered something: "Don't you have two?" What about the other one? ”

Hearing this, Gu Dayong directly slammed his head to the ground, and then cried, "Young master, spare your little life!" ”