Chapter Twenty-Six: Old Friends
Zhao Ran asked: "Niu Xiaogong, I don't know what the Queen Mother wants to ask Poor Dao?"
Niu Shaoyi: "The Queen Mother asked, when does Daochang Zhao plan to leave Xingqing?
Zhao Ran said: "Today, I have resigned from the lord of the country, according to the rules, the salutes are all packed up, and I plan to leave later." ”
Niu Shao nodded: "Dao Chang, wait a minute, the slave will go to reply to the Queen Mother now." ”
The pavilion is not far from the palace, and the little yellow door Niu Shaoyi quickly rushed back, panting all the way.
"Zhao Daochang, the Queen Mother said, I don't know if the long can return to the back, the Queen Mother wanted to invite the Taoist into the palace in a few days, and asked the Taoist in person for calligraphy. ”
Zhao Ran smiled: "Since the Queen Mother has an edict, how dare the poor Dao not obey it? I don't know when I will enter the palace?"
Niu Shaoyi: "The meaning of the Queen Mother, the name of the Taoist book is resounding at home and abroad, if you are in a hurry, others will also say that I am slow and slack in Daxia, so I have to prepare carefully, how can it take five to seven days." ”
"Then bother Grandpa Niu to reply to the Queen Mother, and Poor Dao is here to wait for the Queen Mother's summons. ”
After Xiao Huangmen left, Zhang Juzheng came up: "Dao Chief, what does this mean?"
Zhao Ran explained: "In the Western Xia court, there were imperial parties and later parties. ”
Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up: "So, the lord of the country wants to drive us away, but the Empress Dowager Gao does not agree? What is the pattern of the two sides now? Is there an opportunity to take advantage of it?"
Zhao Ran said: "Then let's look more, ask more, and think more." Since the Queen Mother has opened her mouth to keep people, we can live openly and honestly, and we don't have to go back in a hurry...... Well, it's time to get out and walk around, too. ”
Zhang Juzheng asked, "Where does the Taoist chief plan to start visiting?"
Zhao Ran said: "Naturally, he is a friend of the poor road, and the big owner of the Jinbo Club is Cheng'an." ”
Zhao Ran wanted to visit the Jinbo Club, and his friend Cheng An's request to meet was reported to the Golden Needle Hall, which was quickly passed by the Golden Needle Hall, and Xingzhen came to the official post to inform Zhao Ran that he could go to the Jinbo Club during his stay in Xingqing Mansion, but every time he traveled, he and Mingjue must accompany him.
Zhao Ran will definitely not refuse this condition, in exchange for the Ming Dynasty, if the Buddhist envoys want to go wherever they want, they will also be accompanied and supervised by the chief monk, and it will be the same wherever it is placed.
This is a private visit, the visitor came to the Jinbo Club as a "mountain guest", so there is not so much attention, not like the previous days of travel, the front and back hugs, soldiers and horses to open the way, just arranged a few officials of the Imperial City Division to wait, Zhao Ran and Zhang Juzheng all the way to the Jinbo Club.
There are some things that are hidden and hidden to arouse suspicion, so Zhao Ran simply made a big deal about his relationship with Cheng An - Cheng An was frank and did not lie, he said that we are best friends, and we are, so don't suspect him of panicking about other things. Of course, it is unknown how much effect it can have, but in short, it will not make Cheng'an's situation worse than it is now.
Looking at the Western Xia dignitaries who came out to greet him outside the foyer of the Jinbo Club, Zhao Ran stopped Cheng An's introduction: "Cheng Dong's family and Poor Road are friends who are irreversible, and his Cheng Ji shop, Poor Road has also been on the door, but I didn't expect to meet in Xingqing today." Cheng Dongjia and Poor Dao had a lot of correspondence, mentioning several friends he had made in Xingqing, saying that everyone was handsome for a while, and Poor Dao had been admired for a long time. Today's visit, let's not talk about state affairs, only about personal friendship, when getting along, let's be more relaxed, don't be busy introducing first, and let the poor road guess, I don't know what you think?"
Seeing Zhao Ran's Yaxing, everyone was amused and nodded in agreement. Only Cheng An secretly rolled his eyes, who are you blinded by!
Zhao Ran looked at the rich and noble man in front of him, who was relatively young and elegant: "This person has a high and flat forehead, a generous ear and nose, and has been rich and noble all his life.
Last year, Gao Yanei officially became the lord of Rou'an, and he is now a concubine.
Gao Yanei laughed and bowed: "I've seen the Taoist Chief, I've seen the mountain guests!"
Zhao Ran looked at the strong man beside him again: "This thick eyebrows are raised, if he is in the army, he will be a hero, but he has a hook in his eyebrows, and it should be a little uncomfortable in recent years.
Yeli Huaide was stunned and muttered, "Dao Leader really ...... Some of the doorways ......"
Zhao Ran looked at the other one again: "This Yin Tang is slightly narrow, there were many hardships in the early years, but there is a bit of purity in the eyebrows, this is the auspicious appearance of the nobleman in his life, catch the nobleman, and he can't run away from the rich!
Listening to Zhao Ran say it one by one, even saying five or six people, all of them, everyone was suddenly amazed, and there was a little more awe in their eyes when they looked at Zhao Ran. Only Cheng An knew the inside story, and he couldn't help but slander for a while.
After such a bustle, the distance between them suddenly shortened a lot, and everyone surrounded Zhao Ran into the gate.
Zhao Ran asked, "Why don't you see the two great monks Longyang and Wulan?"
Cheng An said: "The two of them are in the clubhouse, but they don't like this kind of ushering and sending, does the Taoist want to see them?"
Zhao Ran said: "I originally wanted to ask about Tianma Pharmaceutical...... Next time, I always have to stay in Xingqing for a few more days, and when the time comes, I will go directly to the villa outside the city to meet each other. ”
Cheng Anxin comprehended it, and immediately said, "Then it's set for tomorrow?"
Zhao Ran agreed. Subsequently, under the guidance of Cheng An, Zhao Ran visited Jinbo Auction House, bulk goods counter, tea house, back garden and other places.
In the back garden, Yeli Huaide also invited him to play a game of "wood shooting" on the spot - that is, Zhao Ran's improved bowling. Zhao Ran didn't have to hide his cultivation now, and casually played a three-hundred-point slam, which made Yeli Huaide a little depressed.
In the past few days in Xingqing, Zhao Ran, as the Taoist envoy who escorted Xuanci Hong's body, has long been a household name, not to mention that most of the guests who can come to Jinbo Club to enjoy it, many of them have seen Zhao Ran, so when Cheng An and others accompanied Zhao Ran all the way to "visit" the various courtyards of the club, it immediately caused a lot of sensation, and many people took the initiative to come around to greet Zhao Ran, and followed them around. Gradually, the crowd gathered more and more.
Zhao Ran looked at so many acquaintances in the crowd, playful, began to meet each other, and brought out the other party's past in a few words, and at the same time that countless eyeballs were shocked, his reputation for being good at divination spread on the spot. Many people wanted Zhao Ran to calculate the future, but they were all rejected by Zhao Ran, and the reason was easy to find - they didn't dare to reveal the secret of heaven.
In the evening, a servant of the club came to Gao Yanei and whispered a few words in his ear, Gao Yanei smiled and said: "Daochang Zhao, there is a noble person in my Xia country who admires the demeanor of Daochang, and I want to see Daochang, so I can ask for advice on the spot, I don't know if the chief can move?"
Zhao Ran thought for a moment and asked, "But the county lord of Rou'an?"
Gao Yanei pointed his finger and praised: "The Taoist is really a god and a man!"