The crossed scholar

From a distance, two waterwheels had been erected, and Zhu Xiaobao was instructing those craftsmen to build houses, and another battalion of female soldiers was helping him carry wood and stones.With more people, it is faster to do things. In just two days, the prototypes of several houses have been up. In addition, Zhu Xiaobao also specially designed a toilet for the female soldiers, or set up two waterwheels.Zhu Xiaobao is also very dedicated to the female soldiers.

Seeing Ji Zhizhen, Zhu Xiaobao was very happy, this guy can be regarded as Zhu Xiaobao's most compatible bad friend!But Ji Zhizhen looks a bit embarrassed!

"Oh, I don't want to mention it. I was scolded back by the princess for no reason. Tell me, what's wrong with my second line?" Ji Zhizhen was not polite, grabbed the sauced beef on the table and stuffed it into his mouth, then And poured himself a glass of wine.

"Hehe! The confrontation is very neat, but the style of painting is very strong. Isn't it the pose that those brothel girls often pose?" Zhu Xiaobao asked with great joy after hearing this. Download less.

"Hmph! You know it very well!" I didn't expect such a crucial sentence to be heard by someone, and it was Zhu Xiaobao's most troublesome person--Wu Yue!

Chapter 74 Six Harmonies Pagoda

The female barracks was several miles away from the nineteenth princess's house. Ji Zhizheng came by running, while Wu Yue came back on horseback, so she and Ji Zhizheng came back almost at the same time.The princess explained the task, and Wu Yue was of course the first to find it!

"No, no, no! It's not me, it's him, he told me, if you don't believe me, you can ask him!" Zhu Xiaobao pointed at Ji Zhizheng and said.The scene of being sneaked back by Wu Yue at the gate of the brothel is still vivid, so Zhu Xiaobao feels a little nervous.

"Me? Did I say that?" Ji Zhizhen was a little dazed. He knew all these difficult moves, and he might talk too much when bragging with Zhu Xiaobao, but he couldn't just sell himself, right?Ji Zhixuan said resentfully: "I didn't think about these things when I was talking about the second couplet. I just got on it as soon as the inspiration came!"

"Hmph! Anyway, you are not a good person, don't think I don't know about you on the road!" Wu Yue actually doesn't understand this kind of thing, but she has never had a good impression of Ji Zhizhen, let alone this time. On the way, Ji Zhizhen was still messing around in the carriage unscrupulously. Of course the princess didn't know about it, but those new female soldiers had already reported to Wu Yue!

"Hey! That's not right, why are you here again? I didn't prepare your lunch!" Zhu Xiaobao realized at this time that this is his room, and the food he prepared is not at all. It's not enough for Wu Yue and Ji Zhizhen to share food.Especially Wu Yue, who eats twice as much as he eats.

"Hey! You think I'm willing to come. The princess asked me to come. Let me ask you, can you come up with the right one. The Xia City Lord has already been right several times!" Wu Yue didn't intend to leave at all. , sat down and started eating, and poured himself a glass of wine by the way.

"Oh? Hehe, I'm afraid the general you admire is not the right one, right? There are quite a few of them right. I can match hundreds of couplets with one mouth like Lao Ji's!" Zhu Xiaobao suddenly rolled his eyes, thinking I thought about it, and then I understood a little bit, so I said gloatingly.To say that for Xia Zixiu, Zhu Xiaobao and Ji Zhizhen are on the united front, and they don't have a good impression of them.There is a feeling of gold and jade.

"Impossible! You were not there at the time. City Lord Xia was very powerful at the beginning. He may not be as good as you, but he is definitely not worse than him!" Wu Yue said angrily, pointing at Ji Zhizhen. Xiaobao belittled the princess' sweetheart, but she also faintly felt that Xia Zixiu was really wrong?The princess has not been happy these two days.He intuited that Xia Zixiu's ability was really inferior to Zhu Xiaobao's.

"What do you mean by no means worse than me? My second couplet just now is also very neat, okay! Xiaobao, don't you think so?" Ji Zhixuan immediately jumped up, reciting poems is his strong point, and he once fought against Duanmuqi .

"Hey! The generals have already matched up, so why do you need me as a little cook? I'm too lazy to use this brain!" Zhu Xiaobao smiled slyly, and simply started eating and drinking.

"Let you be right, you are right, where is there so much nonsense? Be careful, I will make those female soldiers stop and stop helping you!" Wu Yue has her own way to deal with Zhu Xiaobao.And now often can win several times!

"Okay! Let me ask you, is there a pagoda in King Ming's fief called Liuhe Pagoda?" Zhu Xiaobao suddenly asked.

"Yeah, everyone knows this! It was when King Ming was crowned king, and the Eldest Prince sued him for the purpose-built building!" Wu Yue was a little surprised, why did she ask this all of a sudden.

"How many floors?" Zhu Xiaobao asked again.

"Seven floors."

"That's all right!" Zhu Xiaobao nodded, then took a homemade charcoal pencil, and wrote three words on a piece of white paper: Six Harmonies Pagoda

Don't look at Zhu Xiaobao's brush calligraphy is not good, but the characters written with this kind of charcoal brush are flamboyant, very pleasing to the eye.

"En! Take it, and give this to the general." Zhu Xiaobao handed the blank paper to Wu Yue.

"What's this? I'm asking you to talk to the second line. Why did you give me these three characters? To show that your handwriting is beautiful?" Wu Yue asked very annoyed.

"Hey! Just tell the general that the second couplet is here! He is so talented, he can understand it at a glance!" Zhu Xiaobao said with a smile. In fact, Zhu Xiaobao wanted to write the second couplet directly just now, but suddenly wanted to leave Check out Xia Zixiu's literary talents!But I guess it should be right.

After watching from the sidelines, Ji Zhizhen slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Wonderful! Master Xiaobao, please accept my worship!"

Wu Yue was still in a daze, but seeing Ji Zhizhen's actions, she couldn't help snorting: "Postposing, playing tricks!"

But Wu Yue didn't ask any more questions, it was too tiring to play charades with these literati, and she was not that material either.Since Ji Zhizhen can understand it, then Xia Zixiu should be fine!

Wu Yue picked up the white paper, and then began to eat happily, Zhu Xiaobao looked a little silly, the appetite seems to have increased again?

A quarter of an hour later, Wu Yue took the blank paper and left. She was very present, and went directly to Princess Nineteen's study, and then handed the blank paper to Princess Nineteen.

"What is this?" Princess Nineteen asked with three words written on it, a little confused.

"Couple! Didn't you ask Zhu Xiaobao to match a couplet, and he gave me these three words, saying that this is the couplet." Wu Yue said bluntly.

"Oh? You go down first!" Princess Nineteen pondered for a moment, and then said to Wu Yue.Then Princess Nineteen hurried to the City Lord's Mansion to find Xia Zixiu!

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Zhu Xiaobao and Ji Zhizhen started to eat again, and Wu Yue ate up all the food just now, so Zhu Xiaobao had no choice but to cook some more. In addition, Ji Zhizhen came back, so he had to get a few more Good food, let's entertain!

Anyway, Lu Tong is already very capable now, many things are done more carefully than Zhu Xiaobao, and the speed is also very fast.Lu Tong and Lu Fang stayed by Zhu Xiaobao's side all the time, which was also the meaning of Manager Wu, after all, Zhu Xiaobao's safety is still the first!

What is the house over there for?Don't you live here?Ji Zhizheng asked very curiously.

"Hmm! That's the toilet and bathroom I built for the female soldiers!" Zhu Xiaobao was a little helpless, he was eating, and talking about these indecent things affected his appetite a bit.

"Is it the same as yours in the Princess Mansion? The one with a flushing water?" Ji Zhizhen asked the bottom line relentlessly.

"Almost!" Zhu Xiaobao said, frowning.

"Wouldn't that require more than 1000 toilets? What a spectacular scene!" Ji Zhizhen exclaimed.

"Will you fucking let me eat?" Zhu Xiaobao shouted angrily.Lu Tong and Lu Fang next to him also looked at Ji Zhixuan with embarrassment and anger, and this guy was not at ease when he saw it!

"I... just curious!" Ji Zhizheng said with a little embarrassment.

At this moment, Wu Yue also rushed in angrily, and threw the blank paper to Zhu Xiaobao: "What the hell! City Lord Xia said it, but I don't know what to say!"

Zhu Xiaobao and Ji Zhizhen immediately looked at each other, both a little surprised, Zhu Xiaobao asked in disbelief, "Didn't he see a little trick? But the princess should be able to see a little trick!"

"The princess didn't go at all, and asked me to send this piece of paper! The princess went to pay a visit to General Zhao Meng!" Wu Yue snorted angrily.

"Okay! Yueyue, let me tell you very seriously, you should not only judge people by their appearance, but by their essence, just like me! This Xia City Lord is probably really an embroidered pillow!" Zhu Xiaobao felt a little proud, He said with a sincere expression on his face.

"Nonsense! You must be wrong, so use these three words to fool people!" Wu Yue immediately retorted.

"Okay! I'll leave the words here. If the Xia City Lord doesn't agree, you can take these three words to King Ming, and I promise to let the princess pass the test!" Zhu Xiaobao said very confidently.He returned the paper to Wu Yue again.

At night, Princess Nineteen was still staring at the three words in a daze. She saw the way to it, but she couldn't integrate the words well. !

On the third day, Princess Nineteen and Xia Zixiu went to King Ming's fief together. They were newcomers and had to pay a visit to King Ming, not to mention that King Ming had already come here first!As the nineteenth princess, she had to pay a return visit, and the nineteenth princess also prepared a gift for King Ming, which was exactly the same as King Wen's, to show that she was impartial.

Xia Zixiu was a little helpless, he had no choice but to follow, as the most trusted person of the nineteenth princess, and also the city lord of Xiyuan City, he couldn't shirk it.But he was very uneasy. Although he had hidden a few good couplets in his sleeves, Xia Zixiu was a little embarrassed to take them out to be honest.He thought that if it didn't work, he would simply admit defeat!

The group hurried on, and in less than half a day, they had already appeared in King Ming's fief. The soldiers on duty were very knowledgeable. When they saw that it was the nineteenth princess, they immediately knelt down and saluted.Then he sent someone to lead the way, and went to Ming Palace.

"Oh? The nineteenth sister and Xia Zixiu are here? Okay, invite them in. Somebody, bring me Liu Shiyan!" Ming Wang shouted excitedly when he was bored.

Seeing King Ming, the Nineteenth Princess hurriedly saluted, and then said very softly: "Little sister just got settled yesterday, so I came two days late to see Second Brother, please forgive me!"

"Hahahaha! Nowhere, Nineteenth Sister is too impatient, why not come back after a few days of recuperation!" Ming Wang also laughed loudly. To be honest, this Nineteenth Sister is quite attractive.That Xia Zixiu is a bit annoying!

"This is a small gift prepared by my younger sister. Second brother, please don't dislike it!" Princess Nineteen was very smart, so she turned King Ming's attention to the gift first!The nineteenth princess is still very caring about her gift.

"Oh? Is this the kind of Linglong Carved soap? Let me take a closer look!" King Ming was immediately attracted.Those concubines of his these days are almost grinding his ears into calluses, and the 20 yuan soap bought from the imperial city made King Ming's harem really noisy for a while, so he had to give up the bought soap The second reason is that this matter has finally been settled temporarily. Of course, the princess still has a whole bar of soap. Just like that, the princess is still complaining about King Ming every day!So now, can King Ming not be tempted?

But it was really not King Ming's turn to do it. The princess had already rushed forward and opened the brocade box first. Immediately, the maids and concubines who followed behind were all amazed. This kind of soap used as a gift is much more exquisite than the bought ones. Yes, and the carving is exquisite, people can't put it down!

The concubine had nothing else in her eyes. As for the tea, the concubine didn't even look at it.With a flick of his hand, he handed a piece of jade silk in the brocade box to King Ming.King Ming was a little dumbfounded, this is too embarrassing!

But King Ming looked down at the brocade silk, and there were three characters written on it: Six Harmonies Pagoda

Chapter 75 Six Harmonies Pagoda

King Ming saw the three words on the brocade silk, he couldn't help being taken aback, and asked in puzzlement, "Nineteenth sister, what do you mean?"

"Second brother! Didn't you leave a couplet in Xiyuan City? I want to ask Mr. Liu, whether this brocade can solve the confusion?" Princess Nineteen said with a smile. Of course she couldn't let King Ming deal with it. Otherwise, wouldn't it be tantamount to making things difficult for King Ming, and even if King Ming couldn't answer, it wouldn't be embarrassing for King Ming.So the nineteenth princess turned to Liu Shiyan very cleverly.

"En!" Ming Wang nodded, and handed the brocade to Liu Shiyan casually, but Liu Shiyan was very nervous. If he couldn't see the way in it, wouldn't it ruin his future?

Liu Shiyan looked at the words on Jinbo, just three words?Six Harmonies Pagoda.Liu Shiyan's brain started to work quickly, and intuitively this was the answer.

Liu Shiyan walked slowly with his hands behind his back, and looked at the towering and imposing Liuhe Pagoda outside the window, and was suddenly startled.He quickly walked up to King Ming, and whispered in his ear: "Master Ming, the upper couplet you left, they are matching!"

"Oh?" Ming Wang looked at Liu Shiyan, as if he was judging whether this kid was playing tricks, couldn't answer, and was fooling himself?

"..." Liu Shiyan hurriedly whispered a few more words in King Ming's ear, and then quietly stepped aside, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. If you are alert, you will be killed by the words "Nineteen Princesses"!

"Hahahaha! That's right, it's great that you didn't expect your nephew! Well, I'll spare you the task of fodder for three months. Come and have a feast!" King Ming couldn't help laughing.

Although his Shanglian was broken, King Ming was in a good mood, and his subordinates were not just for nothing.And now the nineteenth sister's gifts are about to cause chaos in his harem, so he simply waved his hand and loudly ordered the people to hold a banquet, which also reminded the princess and other concubines to stop for a while.

In fact, to King Ming, the lack of fodder for these three months was nothing at all, and his fief was not short of fodder.It just let Xia Zixiu delay for three months!Zhao Meng, the General of the Seventh Princess, is currently guarding Xiyuan City. Could it be that he really asked his soldiers to ride horses to Xiyuan City to release their horses?Isn't that tearing face off with Princess Seven?

As for the answer to the couplet, no one said it out. This is what literati and scholars pay attention to.If anyone still asks stupidly now, it will be a shame!

But who would have thought that at this time Xia Zixiu looked confused and annoyed, unexpectedly the three words sent by Wu Yue were actually the second couplet.

But even now, Xia Zixiu didn't come up with the most suitable second line, he just had a direction.He is entertaining in his spare time, and he can be said to be quick-witted when he is spending time before the moon, but at the critical moment, when he is nervous, he is slow to react, so his father has already concluded for him: it is not good for use!

Before Xia Zhongkun died, he told Xia Zixiu not to take over Xiyuan City, but to return to his original place and keep his family business.It's just that Xia Zixiu has always been unconvinced and insisted on taking over Xiyuan City to prove himself.

"Thank you, Second Brother!" Princess Nineteen was very pleasantly surprised, as Zhu Xiaobao saw, as soon as these three words came out, it broke King Ming's Shanglian.Seeing that Xia Zixiu was still looking a little lost, he couldn't help feeling anxious, and quietly gave him a hand.At this time, even if you are pretending, you have to pretend to be high-spirited!

Fortunately, King Ming didn't notice these details at this time, because the concubine stepped forward and held the hand of the nineteenth princess very enthusiastically: "Good sister, sit down quickly, your second brother has already said that my sister is smart and capable, And she is beautiful and beautiful, I saw you today, it is really like this, come, come and be by my side!"

In fact, Mrs. Ming is not close to the nineteenth princess. She wants more soap. Seeing that the 20 yuan soap is about to cause chaos in the harem, can she not be in a hurry, let alone she wants to keep a few more yuan!

Of course the Nineteenth Princess knew what Wang Hao was thinking, but she was able to deal with it with ease. Not only did she have a heated chat with Wang Hao, but she also kept complimenting King Ming: "Second brother is really lucky, the wife of Wang Hao is so beautiful, elegant, and noble. Extraordinary! All the sisters are also beautiful!"

"Hahahaha! It's easy to say, this king has always managed the family well!" Ming Wang is in a good mood, people still like to hear these compliments!King Ming was no exception.

"Hey! Good sister, from what you said, my sister is old! That's comparable to your age!" The princess was also very happy when she heard that, but she was still a little emotional. After all, she was in her thirties and had crow's feet around her eyes. I can't hide it anymore.

"You're not old at all, it's fine, my soap can also beautify, whiten and moisturize your skin!" Princess Nineteen said with a smile.

"Yes, yes! But this kind of soap is too little, it is not enough at all, sister, can you send more? Don't worry, money is not a problem! Your second brother has always been very generous!" Mrs. Wangfei Immediately follow the words of the nineteenth princess.

"Hmm! What kind of money does my family have to raise? Thanks to my sister's love, I will send 50 yuan of soap to my sister every month. What do you think?" The nineteenth sister waved her hand lightly, and said very well-behaved.

"Ah! Really? That's great!" The princess suddenly exclaimed in surprise. Even the concubines next to her couldn't help but smile.

"Nineteen sisters, I think you should give your share of the 300 yuan soap to Brother!" Ming Wang said a little greedily, Seventh Princess took [-]%, and he wanted to take the remaining [-]% .

"It's not impossible! Second brother, how about I hand over the rest of the share to you, and you give me one hundred thousand catties of iron and stone every month, what do you think?" Princess Nineteen said without thinking, iron stone is actually iron stone. Ore, although the quality of the iron ore in King Ming's place is very average, but the output is huge, and it is one of his main sources of wealth.

"Eh! This...hahahaha, it's a family banquet now, no business, no business!" King Ming's heart moved. When it comes to iron ore, he has to be cautious, because it can be used to make weapons.Although the nineteenth princess can also buy iron and stone with money, but giving her one hundred thousand catties for nothing every month is equivalent to thousands of weapons.That's still up for debate.

Everyone was satisfied with the meal, only Xia Zixiu was silent, because the protagonist of the banquet was the nineteenth princess, he didn't say a few words at all.It was Liu Shiyan who exchanged pleasantries with him from time to time, but Liu Shiyan seemed to be testing Xia Zixiu all the time, and Xia Zixiu quickly excused himself by saying he was unwell.

At the end of the banquet, the princess brought all the concubines and personally sent the nineteenth princess out, holding hands reluctantly.King Ming also gave a gift, he was not stingy, he gave the nineteenth princess a snow-white BMW.The last thing he lacks here is a war horse.Of course, there are other jewelry and jade articles, etc. Anyway, King Ming will not lose his face, and he is very generous!

When the nineteenth princess was sent away, the concubine Wang and others went back happily, then King Ming frowned and asked, "Why does she want so many iron stones?"

"Of course it's for building weapons! She's just here, so she has no strength. Of course, she urgently needs to recruit troops to build weapons." Liu Shiyan immediately said, he is now a celebrity in front of tomorrow night, and he has participated in King Ming's family banquet twice!

"Is that deal worth it?" Ming Wang asked hesitantly, referring to the soap-for-iron-stone deal.

"No! Although that thing is very good, it is just a woman's plaything after all, and the pros and cons of it should be considered by King Ming!" Liu Shiyan immediately denied King Ming's idea.

"Hmm! I think so too, after all, with that 50 yuan soap, it should be enough!" Ming Wang nodded and said.

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On the way back, Xia Zixiu was still downcast. Princess Nineteen resolved everything today by herself. He, the city lord, had nothing to do, and he didn't have a chance to come up with the couplets he had prepared.The key is that until now he has not figured out what the second line should be!

"Nineteenth sister, today is really thanks to you! Alas, I can't help at all!" Xia Zixiu said with a face full of shame.

"It's not your fault. After all, Prince Ming and I are brothers and sisters, and we can chat with the concubine again! Anyway, we have won three months now!" Princess Nineteen comforted Xia Zixiu in a very considerate way.

"Alas! But what will happen after three months?" Xia Zixiu not only did not cheer up, but sighed worriedly.

The Nineteenth Princess frowned. This person seemed a little too pessimistic. Wouldn't it be fine to think of a way after three months?Just as he was about to say something, he saw Wu Yue leading the guards to welcome them: "Welcome the two city lords back to the city!"

"Okay! Let's go!" The nineteenth princess was still very happy. She returned to her own territory, but she felt different.But inadvertently saw that Ji Zhizheng also followed.It turned out that Ji Zhizhen was very anxious. He wanted to ask King Ming what he thought of those tea leaves, and if he could open the shop to King Ming's fiefdom.

"Ji Zhizhen, why are you here?" Princess Nineteen was in a good mood now, so she asked with a smile.

"I want to ask King Ming what he thinks of my tea?" Ji Zhixuan immediately ran over and said.But when I saw Xia Zixiu, I was somewhat disdainful!Because Xia Zixiu was a little listless at this time, and he couldn't see the elegance and chic of the past.

"Oh! This is going to disappoint you. I didn't talk about it today, but don't worry, with Seventh Sister's consignment/sales, your tea will not fail to sell!" Nineteenth Princess smiled and shook Shaking his head, today he has been dealing with King Ming and his wife, and has no time to care about tea.

"Oh! Then this subordinate resigns!" Ji Zhizhen was a little disappointed and was about to retire.

"Ji Zhizhen! Have you seen this?" The Nineteenth Princess took out the blank paper with the words 'Six Harmonies Pagoda' from her arms and asked.

"Hmm! Xiaobao wrote it!" Ji Zhizheng recognized it immediately after looking at it.

"Then tell me the second line again! Don't tell me any more vulgar things!" Nineteenth Princess said calmly. In fact, she was quite embarrassed in her heart. Xia Zixiu was beside her, but she couldn't help it. curiosity.

"Ah? Haven't met yet?" Unexpectedly, Ji Zhizheng looked at Xia Zixiu exaggeratedly, and then read aloud: "One palm holds the sky, five fingers, three long and two short, six-fold pierces the seven floors of the earth in all directions!"

Xia Zixiu was shocked all of a sudden - perfect and neat, domineering and unparalleled!

Chapter 76 Toilets and Bathrooms

The nineteenth princess was shocked when she heard this!It really is very neat.In fact, the nineteenth princess herself also came up with it, and her second line is: Liuhe stands on the ground and dominates all directions!

But the nineteenth princess was a little worried. This second line was a bit forbidden, and it meant to rule the world, so she didn't dare to say it, but threw the problem to Liu Shiyan!But now, after listening to Ji Zhizheng's second couplet, it really made her feel inferior.King Ming's first couplet contains four numbers, one, five, three, two, etc., while Ji Zhizhen's second couplet corresponds to six, seven, four, eight, which is perfect!And my own 'monopolization' is a little bit worse than the 'seventh floor'!

In fact, Ji Zhizhen's second couplet is not this, but: Liuhe stands on the ground, seven floors, and all directions.In the end, Zhu Xiaobao changed a word, and he immediately appeared domineering and incomparable!