Bright Spring

He looked around, then tiptoed to the dining table, glanced at the evidence of dust on the stool, and saw a teapot on it.

Zhu Gaoxu took a closer look and found that the teapot had been moved, because the dust-free area around the bottom of the pot was not exactly in line with the current position of the teapot.

He took out a white silk scarf, put it gently on the teapot, reached out to pick it up, looked at the handle and the lid of the teapot carefully at the window, and then put it down again.

Zhu Gaoxu looked around the mansion for a long time, but found nothing left, so he exited the house again from the kitchen.He put the wooden wedge in a good position, and slapped the outside to shake the door panel. He repeated this many times, and luckily once, the wooden wedge inside was shaken into the latch.

He climbed over the wall again, got into the felt car without saying a word, and took the cat and bird back home.

... If within a few days, the woman who entered the mansion was Yao Ji, the matter would be complicated.Because the mansion is the place of Monk Qingyuan; Monk Qingyuan is a spy of King Yan's Mansion; most of the spies of King Yan's Mansion are controlled by Yao Guangxiao, Yuan Gong and others.

Zhu Gaoxu thought about this from time to time, but after two days, he still didn't ask Yao Ji.If there was indeed such a thing, he hoped that Yao Ji would take the initiative to talk to him, so as to leave a little room for both of them.

The rain stopped, and today was the ten-day holiday, so Zhu Gaoxu and Du Qianrui went out in a carriage, and Wang Gui drove the carriage.

The car pulls over at the side of the street.Zhu Gaoxu said to Du Qianrui: "Gao Xianning is romantic and often hangs around in the fireworks and willow alley. Qianrui pretended to be a girl from Zuixianlou and came to find Gao Xianning. When you see Gao Xianning with your own eyes, you can give him this post again."

Zhu Gaoxu gave Du Qianrui a piece of stuff, and described Gao Xianning's general appearance.

Du Qianrui agreed, got out of the car and walked towards the nearby mansion...

Zhu Gaoxu waited in the felt carriage for a long time, and sure enough Du Qianrui brought Gao Xianning into the carriage.

"It's a pleasure to meet King Gaoyang." Gao Xianning cupped his hands and said.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, patted the wooden boards of the carriage, and said, "Jade Street."

A group of people arrived at the shop that Zhu Gaoxu bought before.Wang Gui opened the door of the passage, and drove the car from the passage downstairs to the courtyard.Zhu Gaoxu got out of the carriage, brought Gao Xianning to the study as usual and sat down.

"Qi Butang's autographed letter was sent back a long time ago. But I haven't been able to find Editor Gao, so I just gave it to you today." Zhu Gaoxu handed over an unsealed letter.

Gao Xianning took it with both hands, glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, "I'm sorry." Then he took out the letter paper to observe on the spot.

After a while, Du Qianrui brought tea and a lit candle.

In broad daylight, the jade shop was closed and the lighting was not very good. The light in the study was a bit dim, but it was not enough to light candles.Gao Xianning glanced at the candle, then stretched out the letter and lit it.Zhu Gaoxu immediately handed over an inkstone, and Gao Xianning put the burning letter paper into the inkstone upon seeing this.

After the two came in, they didn't talk much, but Zhu Gaoxu found that he and Gao Xianning had a tacit understanding in trivial matters. Although they were not very familiar with each other, it was very worry-free to make friends.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu took out another half of jade and handed it over, "there is a gap beside the door of this shop, and there is a gap by the window. If editor Gao wants to find me, he will vote for this half jade. If I want to find editor Gao, I will give it to you The other half can be closed."

Gao Xianning was stunned after hearing this, and after a while, he clasped his fists and said, "I understand."

So the two talked about the recent official affairs, Zhu Gaoxu already knew many things, so he focused on asking about the Shandong chief envoy.Gao Xianning is from Shandong and is a student. He can go in and out of many yamen at will, travel around at will, and has a good understanding of many things in the local area.

Soon Zhu Gaoxu caught useful news...

Not long after, Du Qianrui came into the house, and said in a million blessings, "Does the prince want to entertain friends here? Because there is no food in the kitchen, I want to ask the prince to go out and buy some food. What does the prince want to eat?"

Gao Xianning hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Don't dare to bother King Gaoyang, I don't care about food, go home and have lunch."

Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "Then editor Gao, don't regret it, Ms. Du's craftsmanship is quite good."

Gao Xianning also laughed and said: "I hope that next time I will have a good meal."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't force it, so he sent Gao Xianning downstairs to the courtyard.He also ordered Wang Gui to send him back to the mansion.

"Miss Du made a good salted duck last time." Zhu Gaoxu watched the carriage leave the corridor, turned his head and said with a smile.

Du Qianrui said softly: "That was the first time I did it, and it wasn't good enough. Thank you for your praise. The salted duck made by my concubine is really not as good as the chef in Fuleyuan."

"When Ms. Du said that, I really want to try it and compare the taste." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Du Qianrui raised his head and glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, his eyes were a little strange... Where is Fuleyuan?He ran to eat, perhaps only Zhu Gaoxu could do such a thing.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1 Easier said than done

On the corridor of the Prince's Mansion, which was sunny after the rain, Guo Wei walked up, surrounded by shouts and hugs. The eunuch Huang Gou next to him bent over with a respectful look, "Mother, slow down, your feet are not flat."

At this moment, Yao Ji walked towards her with a cat in her arms.Everyone turned their attention to Yao Ji, and Guo Wei became a little nervous.

However, when she was still far away, Yao Ji took the initiative to step aside, and when Guo Wei approached, she folded her hands in front of her belly and performed the ceremony silently.

Guo Wei waited for a group of people to walk over, and suddenly no one said anything, and everyone looked at the little yellow cat in Yao Ji's hand.The cat in Yao Ji's arms was smaller than the one that killed the parrot, obviously not the same one.

Guo Wei walked past Yao Ji, and couldn't help turning her head to look at her.Even if Guo Wei is a woman, she still feels that Yao Ji exudes a seductive aura, from the shiny jade white skin to the outline of the body, they are all so graceful and moving, Guo Wei couldn't help but glance at her chest , and felt very high, she really had the urge to touch herself in contrast.

Yao Ji performed the ceremony, and when she found Guo Wei was looking at her, she raised her head to meet Guo Wei's gaze.Those eyes were bright and penetrating. Although Yao Ji bowed her knees and saluted, her eyes did not mean to be resigned at all.

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At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was upstairs in Fuleyuan, the largest brothel in the capital, and ordered salted duck when he came up.

As soon as they arrived here, women came to talk to Du Qianrui one after another.With Zhu Gaoxu's permission, Du Qianrui simply went out of the private room to talk to those acquaintances.

Today, at this location, there is a street outside the window, which is the bustling area of ​​the capital, and the outside is bustling with traffic and horses.

Suddenly there was a commotion below.Zhu Gaoxu was waiting for the salted duck and Du Qianrui, since he had nothing to do, he looked at the scene below with great interest.

Over there was a door without flags and plaques, a young man was being held up by a few fierce-looking men, who were cursing and throwing him on the street, there were vague words of various female relatives floating over , which caused a crowd of pedestrians to watch.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the young man lying on the street, he was probably only in his teens, he was relatively short, but he was fair-skinned... That guy must not have been framed for eating the overlord's meal.If there is a food shop in the door opposite, there must be a banner signboard, because the food shop is not a shady business.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately understood what that place was for, a job he was familiar with: a gambling house.

It turned out that the old man on the ground was also a fellow, but he didn't seem very stable.

The younger generation got up, cursed a few words at the door of the gambling house, and spat out "Yah", carefully patted the dust on his body, and then walked towards the door of Fule Courtyard.Usually this kind of people lose everything, but they still want to come to Fu Le Yuan?Zhu Gaoxu was even more curious about what he was going to do.

As soon as the young man walked to the gate of Fule Yuan, suddenly a young lady with disheveled hair knelt down in front of him and suddenly saved the young man's leg.Zhu Gaoxu poked his head up to see them clearly.

The little mother cried, "Brother, just buy the slave's house!"

The younger generation was stunned and said, "Your honor, why should I buy you? Besides, am I like someone who can buy slaves?"

Wiping her tears, the young lady said: "Fu Le Yuan is so expensive, my brother can come here, so I can definitely afford it! I don't want my family to be sold to a kiln, so my brother can buy it."

When the young man heard that Xiaoniang was going to be sold to the kiln, he was taken aback for a moment, and said, "You wait here for me, don't go."

"Why are you going, little brother?" the little mother asked.

"Wait!" The young man dropped a sentence impatiently, turned around and went back to the door of the gambling house.

The guy sneaked a few glances into the gambling house, then slipped in.After a while, he actually came out holding a ceramic idol... the idol held a model of Yanyue Dao in his hand, it must be Guan Yu!

Whenever there is a sense of chaos in the rivers and lakes, they like to enshrine the statue of Guan Gong, but most of them are worthless.If it was valuable, how could that fellow easily steal it?