Chapter 3 The beginning of the king list! Zhu Gaoxu's test!
"Brother, you are bold, you dare to reveal this king list."
"Little brother, I advise you to think about it again, don't be blinded by wealth."
"I heard that Zhu Gaoxu, the second son of the Yan Palace, is very powerful, and several people have been beaten and can't get out of bed..."
In the city of Beiping, when Li Xiao unveiled the king's list, many people around him looked at him with the eyes of a fool.
After all, marrying an ugly monster, even if you have glory and wealth, you also lose the fun of being a man.
And that Zhu Gaoxu is not easy to mess with, if he doesn't do it, he will offend the Yan Wangfu.
Want to get rich and marry a concubine?
Don't even think about it!
Who doesn't know that in Yandi, Zhu Di is the same.
If he dares to marry a concubine, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, will definitely want his head.
can only live a life of ugliness and monsters, which is simply a man's sorrow.
But Li Xiao didn't care about these cool words at all, and after revealing the king's list, he inquired about the location of Yan Wangfu and walked towards Yan Wangfu.
That's right, after a series of ideological struggles last night, Li Xiao finally made up his mind.
So before dawn, he rushed to Beiping Mansion.
When the guards guarding the city gate heard that they had come to unveil the king's list, they looked at him with strange eyes, and let him in without saying a word.
"This is Beiping, the capital of the future Ming Dynasty."
"Now the Forbidden City has not yet been built...."
Li Xiao looked at Beijing hundreds of years ago and couldn't help but sigh.
Who would have thought that in a few years, King Yan would become the legendary Yongle Emperor.
If you can really marry the county lord, you will become a concubine of the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of the opportunity to meet the legendary Zhu Di, Li Xiao was still a little excited in his heart.
Not much.
Li Xiao came to the gate of King Yan's mansion.
The gate of Yanwang's Mansion is really magnificent, the four gates are ten zhang wide, and the two majestic stone lions at the door declare that this is the most powerful mansion in Beiping!
After explaining his intentions, the guards did not dare to slack off, and immediately went to report it.
After a while, the door creaked open.
A handsome young man came out of it, and this person was Zhu Gaoxu.
"You're the one who unveiled the list?"
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Li Xiao, and his first impression was not bad.
He has dark skin and a handsome appearance, which is a fight with what he has.
The main thing is to look loyal and honest, giving people a sense of intimacy.
"Exactly."
Li Xiao hurriedly surrendered his hand.
Zhu Gaoxu asked, "What's it called?" Where? What to do"
Li Xiao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "Under Li Xiao, the people of Wanping County, Beiping Prefecture.... Now he is working as a farmer at home. I don't know what your name is?"
Zhu Gaochu looked at Li Xiao and said, "I am Zhu Gaoxu, the second son of King Yan, come with me first!" ”
With that, he turned and entered the mansion.
Although it can be seen at a glance, this young man should have no background.
But this time to recruit a son-in-law, I didn't plan to find the right person, I just needed to be a good candidate for the county lord.
"Yes."
Li Xiao arched his hand and followed.
There are many buildings in the mansion, magnificent, carved beams and painted buildings, there are mountains and rivers, the roads are all white bricks, and you can also see the octagonal pavilion in the excellent scenery.
Seeing such a mansion for the first time, Li Xiao couldn't help but be surprised.
Compared with his own earthen house, it is simply a cloud of mud.
This is the future Han King Zhu Gaoxu... That yellow stewed chicken.... He is indeed heroic.
Li Xiao followed behind Zhu Gaoxu, and came to a palace in a circle.
"Please be seated."
"Someone, make tea."
Zhu Gaoxu instructed, and then sat down on the upper seat by himself, and Li Xiao found a stool to sit down.
Soon the maid brought tea and set it up.
"Don't worry, take a sip of tea first."
Zhu Gaoxu picked up the teacup and didn't look at Li Xiao.
"Yes, Prince."
Li Xiao was neither humble nor arrogant, picked up the teacup and began to taste tea.
I have to say that good tea is sweet in the mouth, and the lips and teeth are fragrant.
The two drank tea silently, slightly silent.
It seems that it is not so easy to marry the county lord, you must pass the pass of Zhu Gaoxu.... Also, how can a dignified county lord marry a country man casually?
While Li Xiao was drinking tea, Zhu Gaoxu was secretly looking at the other party.
People in this kind of imperial family have their own set of standards for looking at people, and they should look at them first from words and deeds.
Li Xiao gave Zhu Gaoxu a feeling that it was not bad.
A farmer doesn't have any great skills, but he has a kind face, so he doesn't know if he can resist the test later.
"By the way, how old are you?"
After a while, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly asked.
"In the next year, there will be one in twenty, and in another month, it will be twenty-two."
Li Xiao replied truthfully.
Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu was slightly surprised: "Why hasn't Twenty-two married a wife yet?" ”
Generally speaking, in this kind of peasant family, a man marries a wife and has children at the age of seventeen or eighteen.
Li Xiao was prepared and said: "Because my parents are not in good health and need to be taken care of, my lifelong events have been delayed, and my parents died a year ago, and they were delayed because of filial piety." ”
"I can't imagine that you are still a dutiful person."
Zhu Gaoxu has another good impression of Li Xiao.
"Prince Xie's praise, it's just a matter of duty." Li Xiaodao.
Zhu Gaoxu smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "Drink tea, come here, serve tea." ”
That's it.
As soon as I drank this tea, it took half an hour, and Li Xiao wanted to go to the toilet after drinking it.
Half an hour later.
A subordinate hurriedly entered the hall, beside Zhu Gaoxu, and said in his ear:
"Found it.... This person's name is Li Xiao, and he is a native of Dashukou Village, Wanping County, under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture, and has been a farmer for generations. ”
"This person is 21 years old this year, his parents both died of illness last year, and now he is alone in the family."
"I haven't married a wife and had children, and my family background is innocent...."
It turned out that Zhu Gaoxu was waiting here, just waiting for someone to investigate Li Xiao's origin.
This kind of thing must be investigated clearly, so as to avoid the scum of those who marry wives and have children abandon their wives and children and pursue wealth and nobility.
"Both parents died, the era is a farmer, and the family background is innocent...."
Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly, quite satisfied with such a family background.
After all, her sister is disfigured, and she doesn't consider her family background, anyway, she doesn't have the power of Yan Wangfu, so she just wants someone who is good to her.
And this kind of carefree person can save a lot of trouble.
Of course, the premise is that it can stand the test....
Suddenly, Zhu Gaoxu's face changed greatly, he stood up suddenly, stared at Li Xiao and said, "Okay, you Li Xiao, a mountain village man also wants to climb our Yanwang Mansion, say, what is the purpose of you?" ”
Is this Zhu Gaoxu's test.... Li Xiao was slightly stunned.
The other party is the son of the prince, with a noble status, who has practiced riding and archery martial arts since he was a child, and looks heroic.
Ordinary people can definitely be frightened by such a reprimand.
But Li Xiao was mentally prepared last night and thought of various ways to deal with it.
In addition, he was a human being in two lives, and his psychological quality was okay, and he quickly came back to his senses.
Li Xiao said calmly: "Prince, this is a bad word. ”
Zhu Gaoxu snorted and said, "Isn't what I said wrong?" ”
"Of course not!" Li Xiao vetoed.
Zhu Gaoxu glared, didn't expect this kid to be so tough?
I actually dared to refute myself, I don't know how much better than the previous few stupid people.
Zhu Gaoxu asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Li Xiao arched his hand towards the sky and said respectfully:
"In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, today's saint once said: Everyone says that agriculture is the foundation of food and clothing, but abandon the original and chase the end, and there are few people who save their disadvantages..."
"If the peasants don't come out, they will lack food, and if they don't work, they will lack their work, and agriculture is the foundation, so how can farmers be called 'mountain village husbands'?"
"Such a title is simply contrary to the concept of the Holy One, and it is a great disrespect!"
As soon as this statement came out.
Zhu Gaoxu was stunned.
This kid.... Something, huh?
Is this really the words that come out of the mouth of a farmer?