[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

The appearance of Zhang Qiaoniang shocked both Jiao Shizhi and Zhu Houzhao.

Jiao Shizhi looked at Zhu Houzhao who looked disgusted, and said softly, "Are you sure it was really her?"

Emperor Zhengde snorted coldly, "Whether it's her or not, would you recognize this face? Although I'm not familiar with her..." In the middle of speaking, he and Jiao Shizhi looked at each other and remembered something at the same time.

"Have you checked the two maids beside her back then?" Jiao Shizhi asked.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head with a cold face, "They were sent by the Zhang family. My father checked them out before they came. If Zhang Qiaoniang hadn't been involved in that matter, I wouldn't have noticed this person at all."

Emperor Zhengde had confidence in the Imperial Hospital. At the beginning, he summoned the most talented imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital to gather together for examination. Unless this group of people were all seduced, Zhang Qiaoniang's amnesia at that time must be real.

Being able to stay in the palace for so long, whether it is true or not, these imperial physicians have seen a lot, and it is not like they have never diagnosed people who pretend to have amnesia.

At that time, Zhang Qiaoniang really lost her memory, otherwise Emperor Zhengde would never let her go out. Now it is really unimaginable to meet such a good-looking person in a place so far away from the capital.

"No, Your Majesty, she is different from Zhang Qiaoniang." Jiao Shizhi said suddenly.

Jiao Shizhi is not familiar with Zhang Qiaoniang. The only time he met her directly was seven or eight years ago, and every time since then, he has only seen her from a distance.

But a person's appearance includes not only her face, but also her figure.The bright moon on the stage seemed to be a little taller than Zhang Qiaoniang.

Because they just chose a corner location, which was too far away from the central table, Jiao Shizhi only recognized it after looking at it for a long time.

Zhu Houzhao paused for a few breaths, and smiled, "Okay, it seems that they played Li Daitao stiff." Although he was smiling, the appearance of the young man at this time made people want to step back three feet and dare not approach.

Jiao Shizhi took the initiative to reach out and hold Emperor Zhengde's wrist, and said softly: "Don't worry, the sky net is full of details, otherwise today we will do whatever we want, why did we meet at this time? And the matter has not yet been concluded, It’s not necessarily what we thought it would be.”

Maybe it's because they have stayed in the imperial court for a long time, and when they encountered this situation, their first reaction could not be just a coincidence.If it is a coincidence, then this coincidence is too much.

Next to my ear was the voice of an enchanting young woman, "My family, Mingyue, is a courtesan. This is my first time accompanying a guest tonight. According to the old rules, the highest bidder wins."

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows, "I have a way to try."

Jiao Shizhi shook his head and said, "The silver taels on us are definitely not enough to take pictures of the bright moon."

Although Qingguan didn't pick up the guests, it's okay to accompany the guests, and it happened to be the first night, which provoked those passionate young masters to spend money continuously. In the blink of an eye, it had reached 2000 taels of silver, and it was still doubling.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Jiao Shizhi with a smile: "Shizhi is too simple, I will remember who took pictures of her later."

When Jiao Shizhi was told this, he vaguely knew what the emperor was thinking, and suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

But if according to the emperor's thinking, it is indeed possible to find out something, even if it is easy to scare the snake, it is also very dangerous.

But if this opportunity is missed, it will be difficult to get so close again.Even if you send someone to search after you go back, it is possible to make this fleeting opportunity disappear.

Mingyue's first night was fired up to [-] gold in a fiery atmosphere, and the person who finally took the photo was a big fat man with a happy face, who seemed to be a wealthy businessman, and many people beside him were congratulating him.

Some sons farther away who also participated in the failed auction were full of resignation. In their opinion, this completely tarnished Miss Mingyue's reputation.

The voluptuous young woman's expression remained unchanged, she turned around and ordered a sign to be delivered to the fat businessman, and this was the number plate of the room where Mingyue was staying tonight.

Zhu Houzhao gently pushed Jiao Shizhi's shoulder, and smiled at him flamboyantly, obviously looking forward to what he wanted to do next.

……

"Hahahahaha-"

On the street in the middle of the night, two figures were running fast, and the person in front let out a long roar and laughed wildly.The young man behind him seemed to chuckle lightly, with a hint of resignation and connivance.

The watchman at the corner was frightened by the flashing figure in front of him, only to realize it was a person after a while, standing in the distance and waving a mallet for a long time, "You want to die if you are still walking outside after the curfew! Scared your grandpa to death Already!"

Jiao Shizhi poked Zhu Houzhao behind him, "Someone claims to be your grandfather."

Zhu Houzhao smiled brightly and said, "Then my grandpa will overwhelm him with the aura of dominance, so that he can recognize who is my grandpa." His sloppy answer showed no trace of respect at all, which made Jiao Shizhi laugh and feel helpless. Patted the emperor on the shoulder.

The two of them rushed into the inn before midnight, and they didn't even enter through the main entrance, but sneaked in through the back wall like a dog, and finally sneaked back into their room.

Someone had been guarding the house for a long time. Li Dongyang and several ministers, who had been guarding until now, were relieved to see the two finally come back safely. There were even several guards standing in the corner. I went out to find someone.

Li Dongyang was angry as soon as he recovered, and when he was about to say something, Zhu Houzhao waved his hands to make everyone except Li Dongyang back down, leaving the three of them in the room.

"Shizhi, tell Li Qing's family about today's affairs. I'll go wash up first." They came out in a hurry just now, and Zhu Houzhao was spilled with wine, which made him uncomfortable.

Jiao Shizhi nodded, and after Emperor Zhengde walked around to the inner room, he faced Li Dongyang with a dazed face and said, "Please sit down, Mr. Ge, I'm not waiting to come back so late tonight for fun."

Jiao Shi took their dangerous experience with one stroke, and told the story of tonight.

They had agreed to follow the fat businessman, but when they followed him to the second floor, they watched him go up to the third floor with a sign and turned left into the last room.

The two looked at each other, and suddenly felt that the so-called auction tonight was so popular, maybe it was not because it was another way to enter the third floor, right?

However, as the two of them who didn't even have 1 taels of banknotes, they stood on the second floor and stared blankly for a moment.

God knows that this is the first time that Jiao Shizhi has done such a sneaky thing, and he is so inexperienced. After the two of them climbed up, they didn't know that there seemed to be something wrong with the third floor, and many people were running, and even several people At the same time, they ran in the corridor and went straight into the room on the far right. Many people opened the doors and windows on the left side, and Jiao Shizhi and Jiao Shizhi became inconspicuous for a while.

Zhu Houzhao grumbled, "It's pretty lucky."

Jiao Shizhi smiled wryly, and almost knelt down to him. They were indeed careless. The third floor looked heavily guarded, even if the place they turned up just now was guarded by two people, if it wasn't for them When they came up, they ran to help, they were the turtles caught in the urn.

"I hope there will be no next time..." Jiao Shizhi lamented.

When the two were trying to climb the stairs, they secretly knocked out the two young masters, took off their clothes and put them on their own, and pulled a piece of cloth to cover their faces.

The two wearing masks continued to sneak around from the periphery to the last room.Both of them were holding on to the eaves with one hand, while the other was propped on the window lattice.Zhu Houzhao quietly reached out and tried to poke a hole in the window screen.

However, it cannot be pierced.

Jiao Shizhi laughed smugly at the side, Zhu Houzhao narrowed his eyes, listening to the growing noise outside and soft flirting sounds inside the house, clasped the eaves with both hands, jumped back forcefully, and kicked heavily on the ground with both feet. on the window.

The people around him tumbled in, and Jiao Shizhi was startled, so horrified that he immediately followed in. As soon as he entered, he saw that the emperor had knocked the fat businessman unconscious to the ground, and with one hand he used a piece of porcelain that had just been smashed. She cut her throat, and Mingyue, who was sitting across from her, was already stunned by this sudden scene.

Jiao Shizhi looked around the house and found that no one else was there, so he was relieved.

"I ask, you answer. What I say is true, I will not kill you. If it is false, you go to accompany him." Emperor Zhengde's eyes were usually loose, but now they are cold and stern. The double tricks made Mingyue tremble, not to mention Zhu Houzhao's cold voice was so ruthless, as if he could cut someone's throat in the next moment. The fat businessman who learned from the past just now is still lying on the ground bleeding.

Zhu Houzhao's questioning was very illogical. The last question asked about Mingyue's origin, and the next question asked about her age, which made her confused and at a loss.

As long as she was a little slow to answer, the fragments in Zhu Houzhao's hand would swipe at her face, and once again almost touched her eyeballs, so scared that she didn't dare to delay the next question, and almost subconsciously uttered it .

The methods used by the emperor were too harsh, and the fat businessman lying on the ground didn't know whether he was alive or dead, so Jiao Shizhi could only turn a blind eye.Life is precious, but if their guess is true, even if they sacrifice themselves for it, they must dig out the secret behind it.

"Have you stayed in the capital before?"

"No... ah! Yes, yes, I stayed, I stayed!"

At a certain moment, this answer flashed by Jiao Shizhi's ears, which made him who had been paying attention to the movement outside couldn't help turning his head, only to see Mingyue trembling while holding his bloody left hand, while Emperor Zhengde remained unmoved.

Under such high-pressure methods, Mingyue's emotions collapsed a little, and she retreated step by step under Zhu Houzhao's questioning.

And Jiao Shizhi and Zhu Houzhao finally knew the truth behind the original hiding.

In fact, the person who was unconscious back then was indeed Zhang Qiaoniang.

——However, Mingyue is not Zhang Qiaoniang's substitute, Zhang Qiaoniang is Mingyue's substitute.

It is precisely because Zhang Qiaoniang is so similar to Mingyue that she was selected and sent to the palace.The two so-called maids of the Zhang family beside Zhang Qiaoniang were actually replaced by others in the middle of the journey.

On weekdays, Zhang Qiaoniang is always active, but if something important happens, they use medicine to make Zhang Qiaoniang unconscious, and Mingyue pretends to be Zhang Qiaoniang to go out, and the shoes can be replaced with soft soles.It's just that Mingyue is just a pawn. The mission of entering the palace is completely different from Zhang Qiaoniang, but to find someone.

And two years ago, she finally found it, and then Zhang Qiaoniang was useless.

After Mingyue confided, they realized why Zhang Qiaoniang's amnesia was just an accident. What they really wanted to do was to kill her. However, for some reason, the same force is usually enough to cause death, but this time it was just a serious injury and amnesia.But in this way, people also lost the threat, so they didn't continue to chase and kill.

And the two maids who are pawns are still useful, they were transferred here after secretly leaving the palace, Mingyue was acting as a watchman to collect information, the businessman who was lying on the ground just now had a lot of connections about iron mines in his hands, her The task is to dig it out of his hands.

After Zhu Houzhao made sure that all the information was dug out of her mouth, he threw the girl into the water neatly, plus a fat businessman who didn't know if he was alive or dead.Facing Jiao Shizhi's gaze, he said calmly, "Actually, I don't know whether they can live or not. It's up to God to decide. But both of them deserve to die."

Jiao Shizhi remained silent. The so-called iron ore by the fat businessman must be a private mine. This thing has always been owned by the imperial court. Once a private mine is found out, it will be a death penalty.Although Mingyue didn't hurt anyone, she was just a pawn, but what she did was extremely evil, and there was no reason for forgiveness.

He just didn't expect that the emperor didn't even have the slightest hesitation.

Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand and gently stroked Jiao Shizhi's side face, "If you think I will be soft, you are wrong."

"In my eyes, there has never been a difference between men, women and children."

The two sneaky people continued to sneak out quietly, without any intention of participating in the hustle and bustle on the third floor. In fact, they had to thank the sudden accident outside, otherwise the two people who had just come out to walk the rivers and lakes would definitely have missed and been caught. captive share.

The lucky two got off the boat smoothly, and not long after their movements, disputes broke out in the bustling and beautiful building behind them, and fierce noises came from the voices that hadn't gone away.But the two people who got off the boat ran away without even looking back.

After Li Dongyang listened to the process of the abridged version, he automatically pieced together the full version in his heart.Compared with Jiao Shizhi, who were still a little immature, Li Dongyang naturally knew that the emperor and Jiao Shizhi could not obtain such information from the building boat by ordinary means.

It's just that there are more important things at the moment, so Li Dongyang can only suppress his full-hearted advice first...

...I always feel that this kind of picture is very familiar. In the past few years, the confrontation with the emperor has often ended like this.

After Jiao Shizhi finished talking, Zhu Houzhao also took care of himself and came out.He wiped his hair, threw the towel on the table regardless of his image, and sat lazily on the chair, "What do you think of the Qing family?"

Jiao Shizhi couldn't see the emperor's dripping hair, so he stood up and wiped his hair, "You told me not to come out with wet hair, you set a bad example yourself."

Zhu Houzhao cheerfully let Jiao Shizhi wipe it, and raised his eyebrows to signal Li Dongyang to speak.

Li Dongyang looked at the two people with an inexplicable and strange sense of warmth opposite him, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, the Moon Tower is supposed to be just a money-gathering object. Although the Emperor asked for information there just now, I'm afraid it will startle the snake now. Even if someone is sent to investigate, there may be some omissions.”

Zhu Houzhao snorted softly, "You're right. But if it wasn't for this rare opportunity, I wouldn't know how to be kept in the dark. How do I feel that the palace has become a sieve in recent years?"

Jiao Shizhi sighed: "Your Majesty, Zhang Qiaoniang has been in the palace for many years, although the people around her have checked and checked, but it must have been changed outside the palace. If it was inside the palace, there will always be traces to check."

Zhu Houzhao leaned on the table, clasped his hands together and said, "I really don't want to hear Zhang Qiaoniang's name anymore. Yuelou has already ordered someone to investigate, but I don't believe it. Could it be that there is not even a trace? I have encountered so many people in a patrol. What a shame, it's really annoying!"

Li Dongyang felt fortunate to be beside him, if the emperor hadn't encountered this incident this time, they didn't know how much they would have lost in their ignorance.

Jiao Shizhi wiped Zhu Houzhao's hair half dry before sitting down on his seat, "Your Majesty, this may have something to do with King Ning."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and the posture just now turned into a lazy look, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, "Or, it's not just King Ning."

To be able to make such a big commotion under the intense staring of Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, either there is something to rely on, or Jin Yiwei itself has been corrupted, but it's just an idea, and the ending is not very good.

On the second day, when Jiao Shizhi got up, it was just dawn, and he walked around to the open space behind the house with his sword in his hand, thinking about how to relax his muscles and bones, but he heard the conversation of two inn waiters who passed by.

"Hey, did you know that the Moon Tower was burned down last night?"

"No way, what about such a beautiful painting boat, is it just gone?"

"That's right, I heard that the fire started from the third floor last night, and many dignitaries ran out from the third floor, even Lord Xing was there!"

"No, isn't he the most serious?"

"Hahahaha, that's right, prudish."

The conversation between the two gradually faded away, and Jiao Shizhi suddenly remembered that when the last two left, the emperor went back and fiddled for a while, and then slipped out of the window together with him, could it be...

Even though he was thinking so in his heart, Jiao Shizhi finished his exercise quietly, and then he knocked on Zhu Houzhao's door, and he opened the door and entered after getting a response.

Zhu Houzhao was wiping his face sleepily with cold water, while Jiao Shizhi looked at the drowsy emperor with a smile in his eyes: "Your Majesty, did you run back and set fire last night?"

Zhu Houzhao threw the towel on the washbasin, turned to look at him, "Why, it worked?"

Jiao Shizhi smiled and said, "I heard that the Moon Tower was burned down yesterday."

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his chin, thoughtfully, "It seems that something really important happened on the third floor last night. I just kicked the candle over. If it was really heavily guarded, it would have happened all at once. Then you will find out, how can it be dragged to the point where it really burns out."

"Perhaps they did it on purpose, and just burned the evidence with a fire." Jiao Shizhi said.

Zhu Houzhao nodded and went to eat with Jiao Shizhi.

They stayed in Nanjing for seven or eight days, and during this time, news about Yuelou continued to reach them. In the end, Zhu Houzhao directly ordered that all Yuelou in various places be confiscated, and he didn't bother to track it down.

Faced with Li Dongyang's doubts, Zhu Houzhao shrugged and said: "The Moon Tower may be important, but it's just a way for the people behind it to make money. It's just those few people who can do this. It's not easy to find out. If you want to let him continue to wait for the money to be collected, it is better to keep it for yourself."

"But your majesty, there is no evidence in this way, you..." Li Dongyang said.

Emperor Zhengde chuckled, "Evidence? I am the greatest evidence."

Li Dongyang has nothing to say.

Ordinary cases are classified as criminal, and the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are ordered to review. This is the investigative responsibility entrusted to officials.However, in other major cases such as treason, the evidence is just a means to convince the emperor.

Now that the emperor has seen it with his own eyes, what does it matter if there is such evidence or not?

What Emperor Zhengde hated the most was methods like Qiuhou Wenzhan. Delay meant variables. Why did he need to keep the dregs of things that he could find out by himself?

The incident in Nanjing was just an episode during the southern tour, and soon they continued their journey. At this time, the royal driver of the emperor's southern tour had just left Shandong.

After Emperor Zhengde and his party arrived in the Yangtze River valley, their pace slowed down. In addition to the beautiful scenery, more importantly, because the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River had just been shaken two years ago, Emperor Zhengde wanted to spend more time on it. Take a tour of today's Jiangnan.The result is not very good, but it is indeed much better than before.

The peace and joy I witnessed with my own eyes is always incomparable to the blooming flowers in the memorial.

Zhu Houzhao stayed in almost every town along the river for a day or two, no longer in the way of shopping, but in some unpretentious alleys, where most ordinary people live. It is also the place where you can experience it most directly.

When the ship gradually left the pier and headed for the next place, Zhu Houzhao stood at the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back, the gentle wind blowing his hair, the slightly hot weather was blown away by these winds, leaving a little coolness.

It has been two months since they left Beijing.Perhaps in the first half month, Zhu Houzhao really regarded the southern tour as a game. However, after Nanjing, the emperor's attitude changed greatly, and all the ups and downs of his mind disappeared, and he began to truly understand the people's sentiments. .

In fact, facing the emperor's change, Jiao Shizhi was very happy.

The emperor has just left the palace, so it is natural to be curious about things outside the palace, and he is also full of surprises about the mountains and rivers under his rule. That childlike surprise always makes Jiao Shi's heart soften.However, they can't go on like this, the meaning of the southern tour is not here.Moreover, there may have been some clues when they left Nanjing. After they left, there were occasional spies along the way, but because they had no plan, those people could not really find their foothold.

At Jiao Shizhi's request, there were 200 Jinyiwei guarding the whole body, which was nothing compared to the emperor's traveling outfit, but it was a feat for Emperor Zhengde.

And when they entered Jiangxi, it was already three days later. Along the way, Li Dongyang led several ministers to argue with the emperor for three days. Emperor Zhengde was so angry that he almost wanted to throw them all into the river. Even if it is prevented, perhaps such a "tragedy" will really happen.

"I'm just going to inspect a place, and it's been buzzing in my ears for half a month. I really want to kick them all off the boat!" Zhu Houzhao was dragged to the cabin by Jiao Shizhi after he was stopped by him.

Jiao Shizhi looked helplessly at the emperor who was huddled on the bed, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that the adults you brought out are not young, please consider their stature more. We walked all the way, It’s true that the boats and cars are exhausting, and it’s really difficult for their bodies.”

What Jiao Shizhi said was right, after all, they were so busy that they hardly even had time to rest.Before Nanjing, there was still some free time, but after Nanjing, it was as if the nerves were tense. One or two of the ministers had obvious physical discomfort, but they still persisted.

This insistence is not for Zhu Hou to take care of, but such a rare experience, if you miss it, you may never have the opportunity to be so close to the people again in the future.

A man who is always on top cannot appreciate well what all those he protects really want.

This is true for being an official, and it is also the same for being an emperor.

As for why the adults were so persistent in trying to make Zhu Houzhao change his mind, it was because after continuous investigations, there was indeed something wrong with King Ning Zhu Chenhao.And that a little bit of something wrong is a little different from the things that are wrong with other vassal kings.

King Ning may have private soldiers under his command.

This is normal, many vassal kings will also raise them, and fighting for the right to keep guards is to do the same on the surface.

But the number of private soldiers of King Ning is [-], which is completely different.

The whole of Jiangxi was almost built by King Ning like a railroad, basically motionless.If Emperor Zhengde hadn't specially sent someone to investigate such a situation, it might not have been detected at all.

Overwhelmed by Jiao Shizhi's words, Zhu Houzhao leaned back, "Why is it safe and sound when the father is here, but it is a puddle of mud in my hands."

"The emperor wants to hear the truth, or lies?" Jiao Shizhi laughed.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at him, "Of course it's the truth."

"The truth is, the late emperor didn't do everything perfectly, so it's only in the hands of the emperor that you have room to play, right?" Jiao Shizhi blinked at him, and the clear waves made Zhu Houzhao's heart skip a beat. One shot.

Emperor Zhengde murmured: "You are tempting me."

Jiao Shizhi blinked, then blinked again, stepped back three steps, and said very sincerely: "I didn't."

"You don't." Zhu Houzhao said reluctantly, immediately changed the subject, and looked away at the same time, "I don't want this kind of leeway, it will only cause trouble for me."

"Hehe..." Jiao Shizhi laughed lightly. If the emperor is really like this, why did he have to enter Jiangxi?

When Emperor Zhengde stood at the bow and looked into the distance, Jiao Shizhi could always see the shining broken light in his eyes, which carried a beautiful meaning.If the emperor was still unwilling and indulgent when he first ascended the throne, now that he has experienced such a great mountain and river with his own eyes, only the washed beauty remains.

……

People come and go on the street, just like every ordinary day before.

But today seems to be a little different, the streets and alleys are full of people in red clothes, and those are the guards of Prince Ning's Mansion.In fact, such a scene started three days ago.

The strange scene aroused heated discussions. The people under his rule were actually quite curious about the sudden situation in Prince Ning's Mansion.The people of Jiangxi lived well under the rule of King Ning, which led to their good impression of King Ning. For example, at this time, even though they were spreading gossip, they still had good intentions.

"Do you think something happened to Prince Ning's Mansion?"

"The concubine slipped away?"

"What concubine, King Ning doesn't even have a concubine, where did the concubine come from, are you stupid?"

"Isn't it just a joke? Maybe someone stole something important?"

"It looks like it. But people in Prince Ning's Mansion didn't open their mouths, they just checked, how do they know what it is?"

"Forget it, I hope King Ning will find it sooner."

Such exchanges can be seen everywhere, even in the most remote places.After all, life is too ordinary year after year, day after day, and it is not too much to have one or two lively things occasionally.

Jiao Shizhi and others who had been in Jiangxi for a while also received the news.

In fact, Jiao Shizhi's first reaction was that they had been discovered, and his second reaction was that Chen Chuming had escaped.The former one was worry, the latter one was surprise, and soon, they determined that it might be the second one.

After Chen Chuming disappeared, Jiao Shizhi and Zhu Houzhao thought after analysis that he should have been taken away by King Ning.As for his relationship with King Ning, Jiao Shizhi felt sad for some reason when he thought of the conversation many years ago and the incident that the boatman said was carried away by a man in gorgeous clothes.

Perhaps the young man who spoke back then was too sincere and enthusiastic, and compared with the current scene, he felt disillusioned.But every time Jiao Shizhi thinks of his persuasion words at that time, he feels sore in his heart. If he knew who the other party was at that time, he would never have said that.

Even if he can't take this step himself, how can he watch his friend die?

Jiangxi is indeed the world of King Ning. During the time here, Jiao Shizhi can deeply understand that the people in Jiangxi really admire King Ning. It's not quite the same as I imagined.

However, the one hundred thousand soldiers and horses still weighed heavily on his heart.

While Jiao Shizhi sent someone to find Chen Chuming, he and Zhu Houzhao walked around the streets looking for business opportunities.After all, they were pretending to be a caravan. It would be so strange if they didn't work in the caravan on weekdays, and it would be easy to detect.

……

"what is this?"

Zhu Houzhao approached the shop owner curiously, held up a transparent object and said, it is an exquisite and transparent bottle, from one side of the bottle you can directly see the other side, and the inside is completely transparent.Zhu Houzhao had seen similar things before, but they were big ones, and they were all stuffed into the treasury without looking at them for a long time. However, this small thing looked interesting, and he was interested in understanding it.

The owner of the shop smiled and said, "This is something from Xiyang. No one likes it. If you like it, I'll sell it to you at a cheaper price. How about 100 taels?"

Zhu Houzhao laughed. He has been in so many shops during this time, and he has a clear grasp of the routines of these bosses.If they are willing to sell you something, then no matter how cheap you think it is, you are being taken advantage of.

If there is no money to make, they would rather hoard until they die.

He raised his eyes to look at the things in the store, but he found something more interesting, and he casually put down the bottle in his hand.He walked to the small table in the corner, took a closer look at the carving craftsmanship, and pulled Jiao Shizhi over, "Look at these objects, don't they look very vivid?"

Jiao Shizhi looked carefully, his face changed slightly, he subconsciously touched the purse in his arms, and looked thoughtfully at the inner door of the shop.

A few years ago, when Chen Chuming left, he gave Jiao Shizhi a little sword-wielding figure, which was said to have been carved by himself.Jiao Shizhi cherished it very much, so he put it in his purse.There are always such small things in his purse, including the jade pendant that the emperor personally engraved, the little piglet he bought himself, and so on.

Could it be...there is such a coincidence in the world?

If it is true, he really wants to thank God!

Half an hour later, a group of men in red rushed here quickly, and after searching the entire shop, they came out with the boss in hand to inquire.

After learning from the boss's trembling reply that the person they were looking for had been taken away, the team leader who had been running around for a few days almost gritted his teeth, just a little bit, who would dare to move Ningwang's people in Jiangxi? !

In fact, when King Ning received the news, he just stared at the shelf on the left side of the study in a daze. All of them were wood carvings, lively, flexible and exquisite, all carved by that person.

A sculptor must have very warm emotions in his heart when he is carving something.

Because even when King Ning exudes a gloomy air, the interior of the house still looks soft against the backdrop of these wood carvings.

After a long time, a sentence that was almost broken into words overflowed from King Ning's throat, "Even if you do it all over again, will it still end like this?"

After another long time, he slowly raised his head, his eyes were dark.

The man with exquisite eyebrows took a small wooden sculpture from the wooden frame and held it in his hand. The edges and corners were painful, but he held it tighter and tighter.

"No, it's impossible!"