Merry Jiwei

Yuan Qi smiled awkwardly and said, "The prince..."

"Second brother plans to leave the day after tomorrow." I said with a smile.

Yuan Qi was overjoyed, and said again: "I don't know, is the crown prince going by water or the official way?"

I said listlessly: "I haven't figured this out yet. The itinerary for this journey has exhausted me..."

After hearing this, Yuan Qi quickly put the two kits on the table and said, "Yes, yes, look..."

I glanced at the two kits on the table, my face sank, and I let out a cold snort.

"You just said that elder brother asked you to bring me a bag of pearls to show my brotherly support. Now you ask a question and give me some. Are you bribing me? Or are you deliberately lying up and down? Dare to withhold the money that elder brother gave to support the prince's private visit?!"

When Yuan Qi heard this, he was very frightened, wondering why my master is so moody?

"Where are you coming!"

As soon as I drank it, Yuan Bao rushed out of the room with someone.

"Search for me and find out how much tael he has withheld without telling the elder brother!" I pointed at Yuan Qi and said.

Yuan Bao immediately rushed over like a wolf like a tiger, and after some scraping, he cleaned it from the inside to the outside, and found five kits and a stack of bank notes.

I sneered and said, "Fortunately, I have the insight to know people. I can see that this guy is a greedy thief!"

Yuan Qi almost wanted to cry but had no tears.

All I could see was the pile of belongings on the table, and I said, "Throw this guy out and fix a book for me, I will ask my elder brother to discipline this dog slave!"

The guards dragged away Yuan Qi, who looked aggrieved but did not dare to speak out, leaving only the master and servant with greedy faces.

"Get rich, get rich, my lord!" Yuan Bao was incoherent with joy, he thought of something, and couldn't help but said worriedly: "Your lord, you are not always good to me, so offending the eldest prince, is it wrong?"

I picked up a silver ticket and said, "That guy is wearing tribute satin, and he is wearing shoes from Hangzhou Silk Mansion. He deliberately speaks with a Beijing flavor, so that people won't know that he is from the north. He is clearly a ten-year-old man." The fourth brother's people are not the eldest brother's. I am writing a book, and the eldest brother is afraid that he will break out in a cold sweat, and it is too late to thank me!"

Yuan Bao rejoiced and said, "The Fourteenth Prince also had to be dumb and eat yellow lotus. He couldn't make a sound. He thought that it was the Great Prince who offended him, so he couldn't be angry with him."

I raised my long eyebrows, shook the banknotes in my hand, and said with a smile: "I stole all the money, I see how Brother Fourteen can buy murders! How can I call such a fortune without giving it away? ﹃Into the prince﹄?!"

After finishing speaking, the master and servant laughed loudly holding the belongings.

I laughed halfway, and suddenly remembered something, and said again: "Put that tea set away quickly. And next time, make me a weaker tea. Since I know I need to use it to wash my hands, I still brew it so thick! It's really embarrassing." Long head!"

Yuan Bao responded repeatedly, packing up all the belongings and tea sets.At this time, there was another visitor outside the door.

"Today is really busy." I sighed.

"My lord, this villain is the master of the local yamen..."

"Master? Why didn't your county magistrate come?"

"Our county magistrate... is selling a house, the younger one called him?"

"No, no, let him be busy!" I waved my hand and said, "Just talk if you have something to do."

"That's right. Our county magistrate said that the severe drought in the local area was due to the private assistance of the crown prince to quell public grievances. Although the crown prince was unwilling to speak out, a dozen or so famous local scholars have written letters to the county magistrate, requesting to replace this The benefactor builds the temple to offer incense. I also ask the prince to show compassion to the subjects for their gratitude, and promise to give the artist of this yamen a painting for him, so that he can use it to build temple statues in the future."

Yuan Bao sneered, "If that's the case, why didn't you open a warehouse to release grain? Why didn't you crack down on unscrupulous rice merchants for hoarding?"

"To open a warehouse to release grain, you need a warrant from the household department of the dynasty. This rice merchant..."

The master looked embarrassed, but I looked kindly, and said: "It's easy to talk about it, but I've been restless recently, and things are complicated..."

"My lord..."

"In this way, if I can always smell the aloes that your county magistrate pays tribute to, I wonder if I will feel more at ease?"

The master understood, and said: "Your officer understands. Now go back and tell the magistrate that what needs to be done should be done earlier, so that the prince's heart will be relieved. If the prince's anger is in order, naturally all the people will be healthy, and everything in the county will go smoothly. "

I laughed out loud, pointed at the master and said to Yuan Bao: "You see, this kind of people must have a bright future... If I take power in the future, I will make them all wear red hats!"

The master was overjoyed and thanked again and again.

I made a small fortune that night, so naturally I live a refreshing life.

Early in the morning, the county magistrate was invited to paint, but their contribution was insufficient, so the Prince Jin’s affairs were only [-]% off. I didn’t invite the prince, but I could offer portraits myself.

My words are as follows: "Who is the prince, how can he be portraited casually. I and the prince are brothers, and there is not much difference in appearance. You draw my eyes bigger, my nose more straight, and my figure There is a slight difference in the totality of the high points.”

The Zuo county magistrate and the Yachai smiled awkwardly, but there was nothing they could do.Although the prince came and went frequently, it was a pity that wherever he went, he didn't like the presence of officials.There is no conclusion about all his comings and goings, and no one knows where he has been, where he will go, who he has met, and who he will meet.

Therefore, although he has met many people, all he has seen are ordinary people.When these people saw him, most of their souls were frightened first, and they kowtowed to thank him, who could really look at this prince carefully.

The people in the station don't even have to think about it.The prince's every move is served by his own people, and they can't even enter the place where he lives, let alone know how many eyes the prince has.

Although I can't draw the prince, but I, Prince Jin, can copy it, so the county magistrate Zuo had no choice but to make do with it.

It's hard for the painter to spend the whole morning thinking about the flaws in Wang Yezhou's body. I don't feel wronged by my good wine and food, and I even took a nap in the afternoon.

In a daze, I suddenly heard Yuan Bao screaming assassin.

If you want to say that I am a prince, it is true that I belong to the Yuan Clan's Banished Clan.

My mother is the grand-niece of Yuan Taizu.The niece of the current empress dowager, but died early.

Uncle is the uncle of the country today, but it's a pity that this uncle is the most powerful minister today.There are too many people around me, so I can't help but neglect to take care of me, the young prince who lost his father.

That's why the little prince like me seems to have a strong background and attract people's envy, but he has no real power.It's a lot of calculations, and it's inevitable that Prince Jin's reaction will be a little faster than others.

The valet shouted, and I drew my sword.With a sweep of the sword, the veil in front of the tent fell on a black figure with me.

That damned assassin's lips collided with mine by such a coincidence, it would be nonsense to say that my soul is haunted by this.My reaction at the time was that my mouth was so painful that my teeth hit it, and tears were about to fall from the pain!

The veil fell, and the two pairs of tearful pupils faced each other, and the words in their eyes were probably the same sentence: Is it you? !

"Why you?" With a bright mind, I skipped to confirm the answer.

"Why can't it be me?!"

Hu Bugui immediately asked back, this is purely a trick of gangsters.Generally, others ask why you do this and that, and the rogue will ask why I can't do this and that without changing his face.

Although this king is very talented in scoundrels, he had little experience at the time and didn't know the routines.Being asked so forcefully by Hu Bugui, I couldn't help but feel guilty at first, and secretly wondered if he came here to collect debts?

In my life, I hated people to collect debts the most, and I was most afraid of people to collect debts.Hu Bugui hit my weak point by mistake at that time, and it was inevitable that one would ebb and flow, and my arrogance suddenly became a little bit bigger than this king.

"Do you want money?" I puffed out my chest.

"It's nothing!" Yuan Bao yelled and jumped out.

Originally Yuan Bao came in with a braised elbow, he usually ate too much delicacies, when he saw the rotten red oily elbow, he accidentally dripped his saliva on it.The loyal servant explained to me afterwards that he thought how could the master eat his own saliva, so he should eat some of the elbow.

He hid behind the door and scratched, and suddenly heard someone stomping and scolding the painter for being stupid. When he poked his head, he happened to see the painter lying straight on the ground.But Hu Bugui, who was holding a dagger and intending to take the canvas from the easel, did this for the first time, and Yuan Bao was so frightened that he immediately called an assassin.

When he called out, he did not attract the servants who were sent away by the king, but woke up the king who was sleeping in the back room.

Yuan Bao and Wang Ye complement each other's strengths, he is afraid of assassins, but he is not afraid of people asking for debts.

Hu Bugui stared at me for a long time.Although the king's face is thick, if people stare at him, he can't help feeling a little ashamed, and said: "What are you looking at?!"

"Why can't I see it?"

With the same routine, the guilty prince was deflated again.

Not waiting for the two to fight again.I only heard someone crawling in, knelt down on the ground, and said: "Master Nineteen, it's not good!"

"Why panic?" I frowned.

The man looked up at me and said, "Second...Second Young Master is gone!"

I yelled, my face turned pale with shock, and I kept asking: "Why did the second brother disappear!"

The man stammered, "No, I don't know!"

"Go, take me to see!"

After I said this, I hurried forward. After two steps, I saw Hu Bugui still following me, so I said, "What are you doing, follow me!"

He straightened his chest and said: "Maintaining the safety of the royal family is everyone's responsibility, and I am willing to do my best!"

This Hu Bugui is also smart, but any person in the world will never give up when he encounters this kind of opportunity. After all, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make contributions.The king smiled lightly and let him follow.

The place where Yuan Lin disappeared was his bedroom, and the four windows inside were closed.I frowned and turned around, then turned to a bearded man and said, "Li Tingzhi, when will the crown prince disappear?"

"The minister disappeared when he came back. I asked the guards outside, and everyone said that the crown prince did not go out."

Li Tingzhi's eyes are piercing and his temples are bulging, he is actually a master of outsiders.Although he was wearing a bodyguard uniform, the strong muscles under the clothes were still visible.

I asked again, "Then where have you been?"

"Today, someone from the yamen said that the magistrate Zuo had something to meet, so I went to the yamen, but he did not find the magistrate Zuo!"

"Injustice!" A middle-aged man on the lower left said anxiously: "I have never invited Mr. Li!"

That middle-aged man, with drooping eyebrows and a beardless white face, made people feel that he was either rape or robbery.

Hu Bugui muttered, "I'm afraid this is not a good bird."

The king couldn't help but praise him for his good vision in his heart.But I showed a good impression of the county magistrate, nodded and said: "It seems that someone is using the name of Zuo county magistrate to transfer Li's bodyguard under the pretext, so as to attack my second brother..."

The magistrate of Zuo County let out a sigh, and shouted: "The Lord Jin is wise!" His tone seemed to be too obvious, and then he added: "The crown prince is missing in the area under the jurisdiction of the lower official, and the lower official cannot absolve himself of the blame. The lower official will definitely Do your best to assist the prince and find the prince as soon as possible!"

Ben Wang said with a pleasant expression: "The county magistrate doesn't need to worry about this matter, we have to deal with the things that need to be dealt with first. I don't need any servants for the time being, but finding the crown prince will take a lot of effort. It's a pity that the Xiangshanzi you offered last time, my palace You can’t use it yet, otherwise you will be of great help in finding the prince!”

The county magistrate Zuo understood it, and hurriedly said: "My lord, you don't know something. The shelf used by Xiangshanzi has already been built by the officials, but I think it is not high enough, so the lord will not be able to bathe in the fragrance from time to time. So I went down. The official raised some more gold and made a higher bracket for the prince!"

When I heard it, I couldn't help smiling, and said repeatedly that the Zuo county magistrate would handle things.

Hu Bugui and Li Tingzhi couldn't help frowning when they saw that I was not in a hurry to find my brother, but was just busy accepting bribes.

Seeing that Hu Bugui frowned, I guessed that he must be thinking in his heart that the king and the crown prince are probably at odds with each other, wishing that the crown prince would die early so that he could replace him without seeing it.

So I laughed and said, "Speaking of which, it's quite difficult for me to find the elder brother of the prince. If it's not done well, it's inevitable that people will say, I wish he could die so I can replace him..."

As soon as I said this, Hu Bugui's expression almost bit his own tongue.I continued with a naive expression: "However, if you are too ingratiating, some people will inevitably say that this palace is taking advantage of the situation to ingratiate yourself with the prince, making trouble out of nothing, forming a clique for personal gain... It seems that this matter should be done in a leisurely manner! "

As soon as I finished my words, Li Tingzhi couldn't help shouting: "The current crown prince made a mistake, how can it be a trivial matter! Can you take it easy?!"

I was startled when he yelled.I didn't expect this piece of wood to be a big loyal minister, so I could only hesitate and say: "Prince brother may want to go out to play alone, if I make a big fanfare, won't it just cause him to be scolded by grandma and father when I go back?!"

Li Tingzhi tried his best to keep his voice down, and said: "My lord, you know the prince's temperament. He has always been steady and dignified, how could he go out to play without saying a word for no reason!"

With an innocent face on my face, I murmured: "This is also very normal!"

"That's the prince, not the prince!" Li Tingzhi still lowered his voice, but his voice sounded like thunder rolling in the distance, from far to near... getting closer.

"The prince also came up from the prince..." I said unconvinced.

"You two should stop arguing!" Hu Bugui suddenly blurted out.

Seeing the two of us idling and grinding our lips here, he looked like a fire emanating from the sky with his angry eyes and raised eyebrows.

Everyone's eyes fell on him, Li Tingzhi looked at Hu Bugui with a piercing look and asked, "Who is your Excellency?"

I just hesitated a bit, but Hu Bugui said calmly: "I am an expert hired by Prince Jin!"

I opened my mouth wide, and the invitation flashed in my mind, but the expert passed.Seeing that Hu Bugui's face was not flushed and his heart was not beating, he couldn't help saying loudly: "When did I hire you?"

Hu Bugui glanced at me, and said with deep comprehension: "My lord, you don't have to be too modest. Although I won't accept a tael of silver from my lord, I will never forget the friendship between you and me as a guest and host."

As soon as he said this, I really kept silent and accepted that he was an expert.

Just as Hu Bugui glanced past my face, there was a gust of wind blowing towards my face.He didn't turn his head back, just opened the steel fan, receiving the fierce fist wind.

"Good work!" Li Tingzhi stopped and praised: "I offended you just now. The villain is in the position of chief guard and is fully responsible for the safety of the royal family. I had to try it out just now. Looking at Xiongtai's skills, it seems to be Zizhu Disciple Feng, may I ask your honorable name?"

Hu Bugui smiled lightly, and said: "I'm going to Hu Bugui, I've met Mr. Li."

"It's easy to say!" Li Tingzhi nodded and said gratifiedly: "There are not many master guards around the prince. Now that you have the help of a master like you, brother Hu, I think it will be more certain to save the prince."

At this time, Li Tingzhi only had Hu Bugui as the master in his eyes, and there was no one else for me.He stretched out his hand and invited Hu Bugui into the room, and said: "I wonder if you have any good ideas, brother?"

Hu Bugui glanced around, there was a book on the dark desk, and there were some mung bean cakes on the plate next to the book, everything seemed as if the owner had left for a while and would come back at any time.

Hu Bugui smiled lightly and said, "Being able to take away the prince so silently proves two things!"

"Which two things?" Li Tingzhi asked eagerly.

Hu Bugui glanced around, patted the folding fan, and said: "The first thing is to prove that the person who came to take away the prince is a familiar person. You must know that no matter whether it is a drug or an attack, you need to be close. In person, if this person is too unfamiliar, before he approaches, the crown prince must have warned him long ago, and he will never be so silent.

"Look at this book, it's placed so casually, the prince must have read it halfway, when someone disturbed him, he closed the book casually, and got up first to gossip with that person."

Li Tingzhi nodded again and again, and said: "Brother Tai is right, please quickly talk about the second thing!"

"The second thing..."

Just as Hu Bugui was about to continue, he heard someone yell.

Under such circumstances, both Hu Bugui and Li Tingzhi felt tense and nervous, and when they were called out like this, they almost jumped up and turned their heads away together.

I have a book in my hand and half a bean paste cake in my mouth.Stared at by those two people's fierce eyes, half of the bean paste cake fell from my mouth. I patted my chest with the book and said, "I didn't expect the prince's brother's bean paste cake to be so sweet..."

When meeting me, a good-for-nothing bastard prince, the loyal minister Li Tingzhi's face turned black, he endured and endured before he turned his head and said: "Brother, please continue!"

"The second thing..."

Before Hu Bugui finished speaking, he heard people behind his back.

He couldn't help turning his head away, but saw me rubbing my nose and said, "Really, I wanted to sneeze, but I retracted halfway through."

Li Tingzhi finally couldn't hold back his temper. He approached me and said in a deep voice, "My lord, losing a prince is a serious crime. Even if your lord is a member of the royal family, the crime is not enough to implicate the nine clans, but please remember me and your ministers." Little one, don't delay me to rescue the prince!"

I spread my hands and said innocently: "Could it be that I can do it without sneezing if I want to save Brother Prince, that would be easy!"

Before Li Tingzhi could finish his sentence, he heard an urgent report from someone outside: "My lord, a spy reported that a suspicious person was found passing by the gate of the city just now. It is very likely that the group of prisoners who kidnapped the prince!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Tingzhi immediately rushed out, saying: "Quick, take me to see!"

As soon as he set off, the people behind followed him with a bang.Only Hu Bugui was left tongue-tied, and said: "Master Li, Master Li, this, this second matter..." But no one listened to him.

He opened his mouth for a long time, only to see that I was patiently waiting for his next words.Hu Bugui got angry for a while, and said, "Aren't you making trouble?"

I was amazed, blinked and said, "When did I make trouble again?"

Hu Bugui didn't bother to bother with me, he closed his fan and walked away, leaving me with a faint smile and said: "Tsk, tsk, I'm so angry, I didn't even shake my fan."

Yuan Bao came in from outside the door and said, "My lord, why didn't you let him explain the second thing clearly? It made me feel very uncomfortable. It's like looking for a play. After listening to the first half, I don't know what to sing in the second half." !"

I knocked him on the head with a book, and said, "Let me tell you. What he wants to say is that the person who took the prince away must be related to the royal family!"

"Imperial... royal family? Your lord, you mean it was done by your own people!"

"Look at this chair, where the books are placed..."

"That poor boy said just now that he was free..."

"Sit up and pose casually..."

Yuan Bao listened, took a deep breath, sat down on the chair, picked up the book pretending to be graceful and flipped through it.Then I came in and saluted with a smile, and said, "His Royal Highness!"

Yuan Bao leisurely turned a few more pages, took a deep breath, and said with pomp, "What's the matter..."

I walked forward, smiled and said, "I am the Queen Mother!"

Yuan Bao was so frightened that he suddenly put the book on the table, stood up straight on his legs, and said: "The Empress Dowager!"

As soon as he made this subconscious movement, he saw that the chair moved back a few feet flatly, and the book was firmly placed on the table.

Yuan Bao opened his mouth wide and said, "My lord, it was the Empress Dowager... who did it!"

I picked up the mung bean cake and took a bite, and said leisurely, "I can't think of anything else that can make the old prince stand up in awe, and make the guards outside lie in unison."

Yuan Bao opened his mouth wide and said, "I didn't expect this poor boy to be quite smart."

I lowered my eyes halfway, and said: "Well, not stupid. He can guess from the prince standing up and speaking, and lying in unison with the guards outside, that this person must come from an extraordinary background, and it is not easy."

"The prince is still wise. If he had made it clear just now, we will pick up this hot potato if we don't pick it up. Offending the Empress Dowager for no reason, and there is no money to collect the debt, it is not worth it!"

I didn't say anything, I just chewed the bean paste in my mouth.Yuan Bao said, "My lord, it's not like you don't like sweets!"

I threw away the bean paste cake in my hand and said, "This bean paste cake is fine."

"What do you mean?"

"The queen mother probably hasn't made up her mind to kill the second brother, otherwise this place will look like an assassination scene!" I clapped my hands and said, "But at this time, if someone blows her old man's mind, that's it. It's going to be a disaster."

"Then, my lord, do you think anyone wants to blow this wind..."

I said, "Let's go to the riverside to have a look. The Empress Dowager doesn't like carriages and horses. If she wants to come, she must go by water."

Yuan Bao faltered and raised a little finger and said: "No, my lord. There is nothing wrong with the prince being killed by the queen mother. Although there is only a small chance of you taking the place of the prince, it is better than nothing at all." Okay. Besides, doesn’t the queen mother like you very much? There are so many princes in this court, who is more popular than you?”

I stroked my chin, and said deeply, "What you said is not unreasonable!"

As soon as I spoke, I heard someone snort coldly, and when I turned my head, Hu Bugui, who had just returned after seeing him, stood at the door with a sneer on his face.I laughed disapprovingly and said: "For things like seizing the heir, we princes will discuss it whenever we have nothing to do. Just get used to it."

Hu Bugui saw that I was very thick-skinned, so he didn't talk nonsense with me, and said, "Isn't the current queen mother also the prince's grandma? Why did she kill the prince?"

I made a face and said, "Grandma Huang has more grandchildren, so what does it matter if she doesn't like a few?"

"If you don't like it, you will kill it?" Hu Bugui couldn't believe it.

I said lightly: "If the royal family doesn't like it, they will kill it."

Hu Bugui couldn't figure out why, so he ignored it, and only asked, "Where is the Empress Dowager Luanjia?"

I smiled, and said slowly: "If you want to explore the palace at night, you have to wait until it is dark."

It was late at night, Hu Bugui changed into black clothes, but saw me coming in white clothes, he couldn't help but sneered and said, "Prince Jin, are you going to rescue him, or warn me?"

The common people are so arrogant, but this king smiled without hesitation, showing his demeanor, "Although it is dark now, but the lake is covered with ice and snow, Xiao Wang thinks it is safe to wear white clothes."

Hu Bugui was too lazy to be confused with me, and after he wanted to find the Queen Mother's official ship, he parted ways with me, so he turned his head and left.