Emperor's Trophy

"When we left Beijing, we changed our costumes. Ji Huaisheng said that the imperial envoys of us, the Marquis and the two clans, were too eye-catching. Others would know it at a glance, so we dressed up as a caravan. I am a caravan. The young son of the experienced caravan owner, Ji Huaisheng is the captain of the caravan, Ji Huaiqing is the accountant, Zhu Jiang is the head of the guards, and then he invited a pair of guards from the Yangwei Escort. .”

"But there were a lot of refugees along the way. When asked, they said that the Yuguankou in Jizhou had burst. It seemed that there was a real disaster. Ji Huaisu said that I might ask the emperor to issue an order to prepare the coastal states and counties for disaster relief."

"Ji Huaisheng is really good at it. He hired a real caravan leader from the Zhou family. It turns out that he has so much knowledge in doing business. The goods he brings, the people he follows, where he lives and where he eats, he knows everything, even me. I want to do business."

"Zhu Jiang was pulled by the sleeves of an old man on the road today and begged him to buy his daughter. Zhu Jiang was so tender-skinned that he threw a dime to someone. As a result, all the hungry people around him came up to him. He was so frightened that his face turned blue. The one who ran back was scolded by Ji Huaisheng for a long time, and he was not allowed to give alms on the way."

"Hungry people are everywhere, how pitiful."

Ji Bingyuan read the letter, frowned, but turned to find Zhang Yan: "The Yellow River has burst, and I want to transfer the army."

As soon as Zhang Yan heard it, he knew it in his mind: "Which paragraph is it?"

Ji Bingyuan said: "Jizhou Yuguankou."

After a little thought in Zhang Yan's mind, he understood: "Then it is suggested to transfer the Yongzhou Army, and order to garrison and prepare for war in advance?"

Ji Bingyuan was satisfied: "Yes, you pay attention, Ji Xianger is now in Jizhou."

Zhang Yan smiled: "The emperor is willing to let him go out. Although it is good to practice and practice, floods are always followed by plague."

Ji Bingyuan said: "Fortunately, there is a branch of Jiuzhentang over there."

Zhang Yan was stunned: "That's true--in this case, I have to tell the team first, pay attention to the Baoyitang at the critical moment, and there are a lot of chaos to rush for doctors and medicines."

Ji Bingyuan nodded, but Zhang Yan was a little distracted, and after a while said: "I don't know what is going on with Dr. Jun. At that time, Princess Chang's wrist was injured when she drew a bow, and it was all healed by Dr. Jun."

Ji Bingyuan said: "Last time I heard that he is basically the director of Yuhan Valley, so he must be very busy."

Zhang Yan said with emotion: "Dr. Jun was also a handsome young man who came out to practice at the beginning, and he was probably about the same age as Ji Xianger now. In a blink of an eye, we are all old, and I don't know if Dr. Jun is married."

He even recalled the past in front of you, after all, there are not many old friends left.

Ji Bingyuan took a look at him. The former Tsing Yi military adviser recently reprimanded Fang Qiu. He was high-spirited and dressed in a blue official uniform, but he was also very heroic. Suddenly, his thoughts flashed. The boy could be considered romantic and suave back then, otherwise he would not have been so arrogant that even the eldest princess rejected him. After Yun Tanhua passed away, Zhang Yan had taught Ji Xianger... Could it be... Gao Xin and Ding Dai Probably didn't even think about him.

Thinking of this, Ji Bingyuan felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck the top of the sky, and she almost immediately denied it firmly in her heart.

He looked at Zhang Yan gloomyly, his eyes were too small, and he did not look old, but the kind of elegance that belonged to Tsinghua University who had experienced many joys and sorrows, and the maturity and elegance that only belonged to the elderly, did have a heart-wrenching charm... ... Ji Xianger is so innocent, and there is no elder in the family...

Zhang Yan was originally immersed in his thoughts, but when he suddenly looked up and saw the always cold and serious emperor looking at him critically, he suddenly felt creepy, and he bowed his head alertly and asked, "What else does the emperor have to say?" Is it? If not, I will leave first."

As soon as he bent down to salute, and he was wearing an official uniform, he immediately looked like an ordinary official among the officials. The grandeur of the old Tsing Yi military division disappeared instantly, and Ji Bingyuan was dissatisfied and disgusted, and he was far worse than me. .He didn't pay attention to the subtle mentality of why he actually used himself to compare at this moment, but said in a deep voice: "Go down."

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Jiyun County is the largest county town less than a hundred miles away from Jizhou City. Many business roads here will stay here in advance, so that it is convenient to enter Jizhou City the next day.

They stayed in the largest Furui Inn in the county. The first and second floors were restaurants, and the third and fourth floors and the backyard were all guest rooms.When I checked in, it was just when the sun was setting, and there were still many people on the street.

On the second floor, Ji Huaisheng packed the biggest seat, and the four of them sat inside to tidy up their faces, while the rest of the caravan sat below, which took up almost half of the hall.

Zhu Jiang twisted the hot water handkerchief to wipe his face, Yun Zhen was standing behind him combing his hair, Zhu Jiang muttered: "It's too miserable, even if I look at the little girl pitifully, I don't want to do that when I think about it." Son, just give him some money to save him and find someone else to sell, I didn't know they would pounce on him right away! Hiss! Take it easy, auspicious, take it easy, please spare me."

Yun Zhen said: "See if you will be a good person next time."

Ji Huaisu took a look at Yun Zhen, and felt very uncomfortable with the acquaintance and intimacy between the two of them. In the previous life, the two had a falling out early in the morning, and they were so estranged. Yun Zhen is a good Longyang... ...Could it be that Yun Zhen chose him in this life?

Ji Huaisu harbored suspicions in his heart, seeing their familiar and affectionate manners, he became more and more jealous. Looking at Zhu Jiang, the more he looked, the more he looked like a beautiful bag, with a bright appearance, but the inside was full of bran, which was incomparable to himself, Yun Zhen Could it be that he was hurt by himself in the previous life, so he only picked up this good-looking but useless one?If he puts his heart into it... Based on what he knew about Ji Xianger in the past, he might not have a chance.

He suppressed his jealousy and drank a cup of hot tea.Qingsong smiled and stepped forward: "Young Master, let the younger one come. You and Young Master Zhou can sit together."

After they refitted, they also changed their titles. Ji Huaisheng is the head of Young Master Zhou, Yunzhen is Young Master Zhou, Ji Huaisu is Mr. Lan, and Ji Huaisheng usually get their mother's surname. After all, Ji surname is the surname of the country, which is too eye-catching.

Yun Zhen smiled and let Qingsong come, and said, "I'm really not used to calling Zhou the boss."

Ji Huaisheng said indifferently: "I'm used to it. Most of the merchants changed their names to merchants. When I was a merchant, I always used my mother's surname. Many merchants have married wives in many places, commonly known as two big. Merchants behave like this There is no distinction between concubines and concubines, so decent people despise merchants and do not want to marry their daughters to foreign merchants. Only those families who do not care about their daughters with rich gifts will marry their daughters to merchants—most of them are concubines That's all."

His mother and concubine were born in a merchant. As the eldest son, he has received a lot of contemptuous looks since he was a child, but he is not ashamed, and he talks about it in a nonchalant manner. He is so free and easy, but Yun Zhen treats him With respect in my heart, I really sat next to him.

In her previous life, Zhu Jiang practiced hard for many years and didn't care about world affairs. Now that she was reborn, she was very interested in these things, and asked Ji Huaisheng: "Then you used to be a businessman, but did you also marry a young wife?"

Ji Huaisheng smiled: "Children of the clan, marriage must be approved by the emperor, and the clan secretary must approve it. How can we let us mess around. The clan's children who came to Beijing this time are all unmarried and childless."

He glanced at Ji Huaisu, and Ji Huaisu smiled: "I vaguely heard the day before yesterday that the palace is about to reach the election year. Usually, in the palace, a group of over-age court ladies and officials are usually released first, and then according to the released As for the number, there are some maids who are on errands, except for the court ladies and officials, and there are basically no recruits. Most of them are selected by the clan secretary to reward the clan children as marriages. I vaguely heard that it seems that this time one will be selected for the king of Xunyang County."

Zhu Jiang was very gloating when she heard it: "Really? That's great!" The emperor bestowed the princess of the county, which showed that this person would never be in the reserve position again. After all, the princess is different from the ordinary daughter-in-law.

He was kicked off by Ji Huaiqing before, but now he is gloating, the rest of the people didn't doubt it, they just wiped their hands and face, and started to eat. A little tired.

The four of them were raised strictly since childhood, and they were all in silence when they ate, but suddenly they heard the sound of monks chanting scriptures accompanied by the sound of bells, chimes, wooden fishes, coming from the street. , the light was dim, and together with the Sanskrit singing, everyone felt as if they were born out of this world.

Ji Huaisu shook his hand, and the teacup rolled down to the floor with a bang, and fell to pieces.The rest of the audience were startled, and turned to look at him, only to see Ji Huaisu's face was as white as paper, and his hands were shaking. Ji Huaisheng quickly asked him, "What's wrong? Are you tired? What's wrong? Let me have a look." ?”

Ji Huaisu retracted his trembling hands into his sleeves, a cold air rose from his feet, his knees felt like needles, and the familiar feeling of numbness and soreness seemed to linger on his feet.

He forced a smile and said, "It's okay, I was just taken aback and remembered some bad things from the past."

Ji Huaisheng looked out of the window and looked outside: "It looks like the merchant opposite is going to a funeral. It should be doing something. It seems to be a big family. The monk is reciting scriptures to save people. I don't know what scriptures they are reciting. We don't know what kind of scriptures they are reciting." It’s not uncommon, I’ve seen it done at home before, and they all read the Ksitigarbha Sutra.”

"It's "The Curse of Rebirth." A voice was slightly hoarse and tired, and it was actually Zhu Jiang who answered.

Yun Zhen was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Zhu Jiang, who has always been proficient in eating, drinking, and playing, also understood Buddhist scriptures. He turned to look at Zhu Jiang. Zhu Jiang's expression was also a little bad. The previous frivolous laughter disappeared. He whispered: "Reciting in front of the Buddha day and night will eliminate the crimes of fourfold, five-fold rebellion and ten evil slander, and you will get what you ask for in this world."

In his last life, he burned incense in front of the Buddha, knelt down and recited 30 times day and night, and the Buddha eliminated his sins, reborn him, and was able to come to his auspicious son to make atonement.