Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

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Before leaving, Zhou Jinyu took the initiative to collect the bowls and chopsticks from his own table and the table next to him, wiped the table clean, and took the bowls to the back to wash.

After she finished packing, she came to the counter and handed over the money to the old grandson with a flattering expression.

This time, Zhou Jinyu spent a lot of money. Lao Suntou’s small wontons were sold at a very high price, and other people’s wontons only sold for two yuan, but Lao Suntou sold them for five yuan. two.

The old grandson squinted his eyes: "Take it back."

Zhou Jinyu shook her head. Although she knew that Old Suntou really didn't take her money, she still opened the small drawer under the counter and put the money in it.After putting away the money, she turned to Wei Huanian and said, "Go out and wait for me for a while, I'll go out after a few words with my master."

Wei Huayou nodded, and took Wei Jingrui's little hand out the door.

The old grandson snorted coldly and said: "You give me money, I'm not your master either."

Zhou Jinyu also imitated him and snorted coldly, but couldn't show his aura, and forced himself to say: "You must have regarded me as your apprentice long ago, otherwise you wouldn't be able to talk to me so much .”

The old grandson pretended not to hear, and was still reading the book in his hand.

Zhou Jinyu took a closer look and found that it was a thick military book, and on the page that Lao Suntou opened, it happened to be the topographical distribution map of the Great Jin and Khitan.

This military book is from the previous dynasty, so the "Great Jin" on the topographic map is still "Great Zhou", but Lao Suntou himself has crossed out the word "Zhou" and changed it to "Jin".

Zhou Jinyu glanced at it, and pretended to ask casually, "Uncle Sun, you are reading a military book."

The old grandson ignored her.

"Old grandson, pay the bill!"

At this point, the last table of guests is leaving.

The old sun didn't raise his head, Zhou Jinyu hurriedly shouted to the table with a smile: "Here we come."

She went over to collect the money, and the guest went out. Zhou Jinyu took the money back and put it in the cash box again.

At this time, only Zhou Jinyu and Lao Suntou were left in the whole wonton shop.

Zhou Jinyu glanced at Lao Suntou, but Lao Suntou still didn't intend to talk to her, his eyes were all on the book of war in his hand.She then said to herself: "Now that General Han Xinxin has been assassinated, if Jin fights with Khitan, who will lead the army?"

The old grandson snorted again, and scolded: "Stupid thing, if you can't even figure this out, it's naturally Han Zhixin."

Zhou Jinyu was stunned. Although she had doubts in her heart, she didn't show it. The old grandson had taught her to keep her emotions out of the way, especially in front of experts, the more calm and composed the better.

And the old grandson is this master, so she can't show her timidity, in case he sees it out.

But what a shrewd person Old Sun is, she can't escape his eyes with every movement and look.

Zhou Jinyu simply stopped pretending, and asked directly: "Do you think it's Han Fengxin? Some people seem to say that Lord Tianshun is afraid of Han Fengxin. If Han Fengxin was assassinated and injured at this moment, it should be the eldest grandson this time." The empress's own elder brother, General Sun Sheng, leads the army."

The old grandson's hawk-like eyes suddenly brightened, and he sneered with a "hehe": "Why don't you think about it, Emperor Tianshun is no more afraid of Han Genxin than he is afraid of Changsun Sheng."

Zhou Jinyu asked eagerly, "How?"

The old grandson suddenly threw the book on the table, and suddenly cursed: "I said, why are you so stupid! You come to ask me everything, are you going to be the number one scholar or I am going to be the number one scholar? Are you going to enter the court or I enter the court?"

Zhou Jinyu bowed his head under his training, not daring to say a word.

In fact, I really can't blame her. If the old grandson didn't help her analyze the situation in the court, she wouldn't know it so thoroughly now. Even if she tried her best to inquire, what she knew was only superficial.

After all, she was not born in an official family, and as the son of a merchant, she was not eligible to take the imperial examination.It is also thanks to the third year after Emperor Tianshun succeeded to the throne, in order to recruit talented people for the court, Mr. Meng Changru began to implement a series of reform measures, and one of them was that all the children of scholars, farmers, businessmen, regardless of high or low, all Those who pass the scientific examination can enter the court as an official.

"It's embarrassing to be so stupid! Go away and play, don't bother me here!" The old grandson finally got impatient and issued an order to evict the guest.

Zhou Jinyu naturally didn't dare to disobey his old man's wishes, but he muttered unwillingly: "Can't you just give me some pointers, how can there be a master like you in the world, let me think about it myself."

The old grandson became even angrier when he heard her complain: "Are you still reasonable? Get out, don't be angry with me here."

Zhou Jinyu bit the bullet and said, "But, there is still one thing I don't understand."

The old grandson glared at her angrily, and his goatee trembled angrily: "Say!"

Zhou Jinyu asked, "Who will win in a battle between Dajin and Khitan?"

The old grandson almost suppressed his anger and said, "I'm not a prophet, how do I know?"

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "Oh."

The old grandson slowed down, and finally said: "However, Khitan should join forces with the Turks this time to attack the Great Jin. There are many ways to do this."

Zhou Jinyu suddenly raised his head: "Huh? You mean, Turks also..."

The old grandson finally became completely impatient: "Let's go, old man, I'm going to close the shop and go to sleep."

Zhou Jinyu immediately walked away from the counter, and bowed respectfully to Old Sun, "Then I'll take my leave first..." She suddenly raised her head and smiled with two small canine teeth. Shouted to the old grandson: "Master."

The old grandson snorted coldly: "How many times have I said, I am not."

Zhou Jinyu went out with a smile regardless of whether he recognized it or not.

The old grandson stared at her back for a while, and when he knew she had disappeared in front of the shop door, he laughed and cursed: "This idiot, I can't let me save myself."

From the time Wei Huanian got into the carriage, he kept thinking, where did she meet the old grandson?

Judging by the aura emanating from that person, he definitely doesn't look like an ordinary old man.

But she just couldn't remember.

Not long after, Zhou Jinyu came out, and seeing Wei Huanian's thoughtful look, he asked, "Little bun girl, what's wrong with you?"

Wei Huanian looked at her, and asked as if to confirm something: "Do you know the origin of this old grandson, why do I always feel that I have seen him somewhere?"

"Have you met him?" Zhou Jinyu was startled, and laughed: "When I first entered the shop that day, I also felt that Old Sun was a little familiar, and I always felt that he had a very kind face. I think so alone, and Lao Suntou himself later said that the customers who entered the store thought so, maybe he looks too ordinary, which makes us have the illusion of deja vu."

Wei Huanian originally frowned slightly, but after listening to Zhou Jinyu's words, he smiled: "That's because I was thinking too much, and I can't remember things from too long ago, so go back home."

Zhou Jinyu stretched his head and said, "Let's go back home."

The carriage started to move.

Zhou Jinyu asked Wei Huanian, "What did you mean by the long-ago matter just now?"

Wei Huanian looked pensive, and after a moment of silence, Fang said: "It's nothing important, just seeing the old grandson's head and reminding me of an old friend."

Zhou Jinyu started to think too much now, old friend?What old friend?

Most people say that they think of an old friend, but doesn't that mean an old lover?

Zhou Jinyu didn't ask any more questions, but a smile curled up on the corner of his mouth, and he said softly, "Oh, that's it."

Wei Huanian suddenly tilted his head to look at her: "What is Mr. Zhou thinking?"

Zhou Jinyu coughed lightly, and kept the smile on his face, but asked half seriously and half expectantly: If one day in his year, you think of me, will you also call me, old friend? "

Wei Huanian didn't answer her plausible question directly, but just cast a glance at her, and said, "That person is gone now, if you want to be like her, that's fine too."

Zhou Jinyu: "..."

Zhou Jinyu finally felt relieved, and quickly said, "No, no, no, if I stay as Xiao Baozi's master for the rest of my life, then I will always see you, so old friends and so on are meaningless."

Wei Huanian glanced at her again, then ignored her, and sat on the seat with his eyes closed.

Chang'an Avenue in the early morning is always the busiest.

From time to time, there were two cries of selling from the ears, and the tempting aroma of various foods came from the tip of the nose from time to time. Even after eating the delicious meat wontons all night, it still made people twitch their index fingers.

The carriage went all the way back to the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Jinyu got out of the carriage with the little bun in his arms, and Wei Huanian was about to leave.

After seeing off the little bun girl, Zhou Jinyu carried the little bun all the way to the study, but saw the little prince Sun Hao blocking her at the door of the study.

Zhou Jinyu put the little bun down, then took his little hand, and smiled at Sun Hao: "My lord, why are you here? You didn't leave the barracks privately this time, did you?"

"Don't make fun of me!" Sun Hao glanced at Wei Jingrui, who was being held by Zhou Jinyu, and asked suspiciously, "Isn't this the kid we saw at Qianlong Temple last time?"

Zhou Jinyu squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The little prince has good eyesight, and the little bun is my new apprentice, and he will come to Zhou's house often in the future."

Sun Hao jokingly said, "You are the only one who still accepts disciples? Aren't you afraid of mistaken disciples?"

Zhou Jinyu said with a smile: "Don't forget that the young master is Tanhualang, what's the matter with accepting a disciple?"

Sun Hao deliberately laughed at her: "Zhou Jinyu, you have to show some face. How did you get that Tanhua Lang? It was rewarded by Long Live God, and you didn't get it by yourself."

Zhou Jinyu pushed him and scolded with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, if you question me, Tanhualang, you are questioning the current Long Live Lord, be careful to be caught by Jin Jiawei. What are you looking for me today, tell me quickly."

Sun Hao looked Wei Jingrui carefully again, and asked Zhou Jinyu puzzled, "I said, why do I think this kid looks familiar?"

Zhou Jinyu said helplessly, "That's right, you guys met last time at Qianlong Temple."

After hearing what Zhou Jinyu said, Sun Hao stopped thinking about it.

Sun Hao looked at Zhou Jinyu and said with a mournful face, "Jinyu, you must help me this time."

Zhou Jinyu could hear cocoons in his ears: "Tell me, what's the matter this time?"

Sun Hao sighed again: "I can't stay in that camp anymore, I don't want to join the army anymore, please help me find a way to get me out."

Zhou Jinyu looked unbelievable: "How can this work? I remember you told me that you wanted to kill all the Khitan people, and you were willing to enter the barracks. If you want to leave now, what will Long Live think of you?" ?”

Zhou Jinyu tried to reason with Sun Hao, but Sun Hao refused to listen. He took a step towards Zhou Jinyu and said anxiously: "That's not what you said. It was your idea to let me enter the barracks that day. , and I only listened to your words that day."

He paused, looked at Zhou Jinyu and saw that his face was already very ugly, and then softened his voice, and said with a gesture of pleading: "Jinyu, I have thought about it carefully, and I will accept it when I enter the barracks. Make things difficult, now it is difficult to move an inch, if they go to the battlefield in the future, they will definitely make me a striker, then my life will be over, besides, my mother has only one son left, what should she do if I die? "

Zhou Jinyu suddenly felt impatient. It would be fine if Sun Hao didn't talk to his mother, but last time when Sun Hao went out of the barracks privately, he wasted the life of the old concubine for his own survival. He doesn't deserve to speak so grandly, using the old princess as a cover.

Zhou Jinyu frowned and said, "You won't die on the battlefield, at least until the Great Jin Dynasty completely wiped out Khitan."

Sun Hao didn't understand: "What?"

Zhou Jinyu repeated: "Believe me, Lord Long Live will not let you die on the battlefield, nor will you be a striker."

Sun Hao asked: "How do you say?"

Zhou Jinyu was really too lazy to explain to him, but he had to start explaining.

"This time the Khitans came to provoke, if only the Khitans were the only ones, with the current strength of our Great Jin, it should be no problem to deal with them. But I heard people say that the reason why the Khitans dared to come was because they joined forces with the Turks. They bought weapons from the Turks and war horses from the Western Regions, so the battle won't be decided until the end."

Sun Hao said: "What does that have to do with whether I am a pioneer or not?"

Zhou Jinyu said coldly: "According to my estimation, the possibility of peace in the final battle with Khitan is relatively high. And your elder sister is the fourth princess of Khitan. If you die, how can you negotiate peace with Khitan?"

Sun Hao was taken aback again: "Negotiate peace?"