Zhu Houyu, the king of Zhao, saw that Du and his daughter were interceding for the two slanderers, so he had to signal the attendants to let the two passers-by go.

After the two passers-by kowtowed to thank him, they were so frightened that they ran away from here.

Because of the lessons of the two, naturally no one in the city dared to mention the matter of the county lord Zhu Qi again.

After arriving at the palace of King Zhao, Zhu Houyu, the king of Zhao, naturally held a banquet to entertain Du Buyi, after all, Du Buyi, who had just won a big victory over Tatar, once again spread all over the country.

At the banquet, Zhu Houyu toasted Du Yi with a glass of wine:

"This king is here today, congratulations on the defeat of the Tatars again this time, and the fame of Du Wangye will be passed down through the ages. ”

Du did not forget to return a glass to Zhu Houyu:

"King Zhao, you really compliment, you call me King Du, I really don't dare to be, I have already written to the emperor, let it cancel the title of King Du for me. ”

Zhu Houyu looked at Du Cheng with some curiosity:

"Since ancient times, it has not been everyone's goal to worship the king, why do you always refuse the title of prince Du Tanhua?"

Du did not forget to say:

"Lord Zhao, you should have heard the story of Wang Muying, the only one with a different surname in our Ming Dynasty, you don't need to say this in Xia Ming!"

Zhu Houyu smiled at Du Yiyi:

"Of course I know about Lord Mu, I didn't expect Du Tanhua that you are really like the legendary civil and military, and you have only met people, this king really admires, admires!"

Then he looked at his daughter Zhu Qi on the side:

"If the little girl is not married to Yan Gongzi, I will definitely marry the little girl to Du Tanhua. ”

Zhu Qi was a little unhappy after hearing this:

"Father, do you still want to marry Qi'er and me to Yan Shifan?"

Zhu Houyu looked at his daughter Zhu Qi and replied decisively:

"Of course, your relationship with the Yan family was agreed with Yan Shangshu a few years ago, and it was because of Qi'er's deliberate delay, and now the Yan family has begun to send people to urge marriage, don't you know?"

Then he continued:

"I told the Yan family last time that you went to Hengshan to become a monk, but the Yan family gave me a piece of news, that is, Yan Shangshu had already told the emperor about your marriage with Shifan, and now your family affairs have belonged to the emperor, so I was planning to go to Hengshan to pick you up, but I didn't expect you to come back by yourself. ”

Du did not forget to ask:

"When did the emperor give the marriage?"

Zhu Houyu replied:

"January of the seventeenth year of Jiajing!"

Du Don't forget to calculate, it is now November of the sixteenth year of Jiajing, so January of the seventeenth year of Jiajing, isn't it two months later? Looking at Zhu Qi, Zhu Qi at this time suddenly burst into tears and shouted:

"If you want me to marry Yan Shifan, I'd rather die!"

Zhu Houyu yelled at Zhu Qi very excitedly:

"Even if you die, your body must be sent to Yan's house in January next year. ”

Zhu Qi ran over and hugged Du Buxing's sleeve and cried:

"Brother Du, don't you really help me?"

Du didn't forget to look at Zhu Qi, then got up and walked in front of Zhu Houyu, King of Zhao:

"Lord, this family business, although it is approved by the emperor, but the county lord is unwilling to marry the Yan family, I think it is better to do this, I will go to Beijing to visit Yan Shangshu and Yan Gongzi, and by the way, I also go to the emperor to ask for a favor, I think this family business, as long as Yan Shangshu agrees to cancel, it should be no problem." ”

Zhu Houyu looked at Du and said:

"But ......!"

Zhu Qi immediately walked over and said:

"Dad, Du Gongzi has agreed to help me intercede, do you still insist on letting me marry the Yan family?

Zhu Houyu held his breath:

"Okay, since Du Tanhua agreed to help, then this matter must be fine, after all, Du Tanhua is a person who has just made great contributions to the imperial court. ”

At this time, after Zhu Qi wiped away his tears, he instantly ran over and hugged Zhu Houyu, who had just gotten up:

"Father, I knew that you were the best for Qi'er!"

After the banquet, Zhu Houyu invited Du Buyi to his study alone.

At this time, as soon as Du Buyi entered the door, he found that there was a square bronze tripod in the middle of Zhu Houyu's study, which was as tall as a person, and the four legs were like deer's feet, and a big bird was engraved in each ear.

Du did not forget to go to Dading and take a look:

"Lord Wang, you don't seem to be from this dynasty!"

Zhu Houyu replied:

"This tripod is indeed not from this dynasty, but we are digging a farmer in Zhangde Mansion when digging the field, I heard that it is the thing of the king of Shang, anyway, I don't know, I just think that looking at it every day, can make me feel good, so I put it in this study. ”

Then he walked to the front of the Dading, pointed to the side of the Dading, decorated with a group of people who seemed to be meeting a leader, and said:

"Du Tanhua, look how domineering this Dingzhong person is!"

Du did not forget to take a closer look at the pattern, and suddenly found that there seemed to be some strange words on it.

Since Du did not forget that he had read a lot of Shang and Zhou texts before, he couldn't help but read these texts:

My Emperor B, pray to God, bless me Yin Shang for thousands of generations, immortal, the new Xibo Hou Ji Chang, eagle eye wolf Gu, known as the wolf ambition, reuse the villain Jiang Shang, I am afraid of betraying the business, so I Emperor Yi specially made this tripod, to town Ji Chang's rebellion.

After Zhu Houyu listened, he smiled at Du Yiyi:

"I always thought it was a pattern, but I didn't expect it to be a text, Du Tanhua, you are really Botong ancient and modern!"

Du did not forget to stroke the squatting tripod and said:

"I didn't expect that thousands of years ago, even if Emperor Yi of Shang made the tripod of Ji Chang in this town, it was a pity that he still couldn't help his son Di Xin. ”

Zhu Houyu looked at the pattern in this big ding, and then said:

"Yes, there is no absolute thing in this world, I think Emperor Taizong originally intended to elect a person as the crown prince among the wise and martial Han King Zhu Gaoxu and my ancestor Zhu Gaosui, but unfortunately too many important ministers in the court objected, which led to the tragic death of the future Han King Zhu Gaoxu, and my Gaozu finally died unjustly. ”

Du did not forget to sigh:

"Yes, back then, the Han King Zhu Gaoxu and your ancestor Zhu Gaosui's literary and martial arts were indeed not inferior to Emperor Renzong, but Emperor Renzong was the elder, which no one could change, just like Yin Shang had accumulated a lot of difficulties when he was Emperor B, even if he moved the capital, it was only a few decades of survival. ”

Zhu Houyu couldn't help but say:

"So we King Zhao have always been cautious, even if King Ning sent people here to lobby in every way, and even proposed to share the world with our Zhao Wangfu, I refused, and the news that King Ning was going to make a rebellion was also the one I ordered someone to inform the emperor quickly. ”

At this time, someone came over to make tea, and Zhu Houyu invited Du Yifu to sit at the desk on the side:

"Du Tanhua, what do you think of Qi'er?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Lord Qi'er is lively, kind and true, and she is a rare good girl. ”

Zhu Houyu smiled at Du Yiyi:

"Then Du Tanhua likes my family Qi'er?"

Du did not forget to smile at Zhu Houyu:

"Of course, who in the world doesn't like the county lord of Qi'er like this, otherwise the Yan family would not insist on marrying the county lord of Qi'er!"

Zhu Houyu suddenly said:

"If Du Tanhua can persuade the Yan family to cancel this family business, I hope to marry Qi'er to Du Tanhua!"

Du did not forget to hear it and was stunned for a moment.

At this time, Zhu Houyu saw that Du did not forget such an expression, so he asked:

"Could it be that Du Tanhua, you don't look down on our Qi'er?"

Du did not forget to quickly explain:

"Of course not, you should also know that I have been married three times, and these three times have been unfortunate things, I am afraid that I will affect the county lord of Qi'er in the future. ”

Zhu Houyu looked at Du Yiyi:

"But I found out that Qi'er likes Du Tanhua very much, are you willing to let her down?"

At this time, Zhu Qi suddenly broke in and said to Zhu Houyu:

"Dad, I don't want to get married, I don't want anyone to marry in my life!"

After saying that, he ran out with tears in his eyes.

Du Buyi immediately got up and said to Zhu Houyu:

"Lord Wang, I'll take a look!"

After seeing Zhu Houyu nodding, Du did not forget to chase after Qi'er in the direction where he left.

chased until he reached a tea shop in the east of Zhangde City, and at this time, Du Yi found that Zhu Qi was sitting in the tea shop drinking tea, and there seemed to be two bags of luggage next to him.

Take a closer look, isn't this one of these burdens your own?

So Du did not forget to sit opposite Zhu Qi and looked at her:

"Qi'er, when did you bring all your luggage?"

Zhu Qi smiled at Du Yi at this time:

"I was pretending just now, I want you to accompany me to Jingshi to find the Yan family now. ”

Du did not forget to reply:

"Isn't this okay? The prince treated me like this, I just said goodbye without saying goodbye, and kidnapped his daughter, how will I explain it in the future?"

Zhu Qi glared at Du Yiyi:

"I hate red tape the most, when did you learn the same as my father? If you don't take me away now, in case my father repents and forcibly asks me to marry Yan Shifan, then you will never see Qi'er and me again. ”

Du didn't forget that he naturally missed the white lotus, so he said:

"But I'm in a hurry to go to Hangzhou to do big things, after all, the life and death of my two apprentices are uncertain, and there is no news about Ling'er for more than half a year. ”

Zhu Qi got up with his luggage a little angrily and said:

"Okay, then you go to Hangzhou to find Sister Ling'er, and I'll go to Beijing by myself. ”

Du did not forget to say at this time:

"Okay, then let's hurry to Jingshi now, and after helping you get out of your family, I have to go to Hangzhou. ”

Zhu Qi's face was happy at this time, turned around and ran over, holding Du Yi's arm:

"Then let's hurry to Jingshi, what are you still doing standing here?"

The two of them bought two horses outside the city, and then went north to the capital.

In the seventeenth year of Jiajing, in the capital in December, heavy snow fell, and there was a weather of a prosperous year of snow and snow.

Du didn't remember how many times he came to the capital, anyway, he remembered that when he first came to the capital, he was still a prisoner of the country, but he didn't expect that after so many years, there was still a crowd of people outside the gate of the prison.

At this time, Zhu Qi pulled Ladu and did not forget the sleeve:

"Brother Du, what do you say Yan Shangshu is doing in Guozijian now? We've been waiting for it for a long time?"

Du didn't forget to look at Zhu Qi who was a little impatient:

"Yan Shangshu is in Guozijian, of course, the students are in class, we have spent so long in this Jingshi, and we don't care about waiting for this moment and a half. ”

Zhu Qi snuggled up to Du Buyi's shoulder:

"Brother Du, aren't you cold on this snowy day?"

Suddenly, at this time, an official walked out of the gate of Guozijian, walked over quickly and greeted Du Buxing, and Du Buyi looked embarrassed at this time.