The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 16
Zhongjing Wangfu and Dongping County Wangfu are both at the root of the imperial city, not very far apart, only three streets away, think about it, the ancient big cities, the residences of the rich and powerful are naturally gathered in places with the best feng shui.

In this mundane world, the best Fengshui is undoubtedly the imperial palace.At the foot of the imperial city, the closest ones to the imperial palace are naturally the relatives of the emperor, then the founders of the country, and finally the mansion of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

Great Chu was founded only fifty years ago, and it was the period when the country was at its peak, and the population of the capital was estimated to be no less than one million.

Although it can't be compared with modern cities with tens of millions of people, you must know how much manpower and material resources are spent every day to support this city with millions of people in ancient times when productivity was seriously insufficient.

Calculated according to time, it is now around 1000 AD, and the population of Constantinople in Byzantium, the most populous city in Europe at the same time, is estimated to be around 1. (The two dynasties I dislike the most are Song and Qing, so in my setting, Great Chu replaced the Northern Song Dynasty in history. I have already introduced the background in Chapter [-], and I will explain it again, so as not to be ridiculous again. The background of the Red House is the Ming and Qing Dynasties.)
It would be no wonder if the European natives of the same period came to this city, and they didn't stare out their eyes.

Sometimes I think about the suffering that this land has suffered hundreds of years later, the glory of the Central Empire of the Kingdom of Heaven in history, and those people who worship foreigners in later generations, why don't people sigh.Fortunately, before crossing, after several generations of hard work, this country has finally embarked on the road to revival.

While thinking wildly in my heart, I came to Prince Zhongjing's Mansion.Tu Rui and Mu Xu entered through the side door, while Tu Ying'er took a carriage and entered the west corner door, which was closer to the back house.

As soon as the two stepped into the side door, they saw a young man leading someone towards the side door.When Tu Rui saw this person, he couldn't help but grimaced and snorted softly.

Mu Xu saw that this person was Tu Rui's concubine elder brother, Tu Jin. He had met him once when he visited the palace last time, so he couldn't help but understand.Regarding the matter of Zhongjing Palace, Mu Xu heard his mother talk about it, so he naturally knew why Tu Rui and him did not deal with it.

I saw that Tu Jin came in front of the two of them, and did not talk to Tu Rui, but pretended to be familiar with Mu Xu,
"It turned out to be the cousin of the Mu family. It's rare to see him. I even said that I would invite my cousin out to play with me when I have time."

"I don't want to see my cousin today. I would rather meet you by chance. My cousin invited some friends to enjoy chrysanthemums at the White Horse Temple today."

"There are also some well-known talents from our Dachu. Cousin might as well go and see together."

"Besides, my cousin will meet some friends soon after he returns to Beijing."

Before Mu Xu could speak, Tu Rui said,
"It's not a coincidence, Cousin Xu and I have made an appointment to visit Father, Queen, Mother and Concubine." He couldn't help but sneer,
"Besides, Cousin Xu can't bear to deal with those poor people. Apart from showing off, what skills do they have?"

Tu Jin just smiled and said indifferently,
"Second brother, you are the son of the royal family, how can you say that?"

"Those people are well-known in the literary world, and they will definitely be the pillars of the court in the future."

"If the words of the second brother reach the ears of those civil servants, it will not cause trouble for the father."

"You..." Tu Rui was impatient, and just about to argue, Mu Xu stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a smile,
"Thank you Cousin Jin for your kindness in advance, but today is really unfortunate. Besides, I am limited in literary talent, and I am not as talented as Cousin Jin."

"If Cousin Jin asks me to go hunting on horseback someday, then I will definitely go to the appointment."

Talking and saying,

"As for what my cousin said just now, I just said it casually. Besides, there are no outsiders here, so how could it spread to outsiders? Say yes, Cousin Jin."

When Tu Rui heard Mu Xu ask Tu Jin to go hunting, he couldn't help but let out a sneer. Even Tu Jin, a guy who can't even ride a horse, only shows off his nonsense literary talent, dare to go hunting?Wouldn't it make people laugh out loud.

There was a flash in Tu Jin's eyes, and he heard what Mu Xu meant, and then he heard Mu Xu call him Cousin Jin, but Tu Rui was actually cousin.But he smiled and said,
"Of course I won't take my second brother's jokes seriously." He said to the servants around him,

"Whoever spreads the words of the second brother today, be careful with your tongue."

These servants dare not even speak out.

Only then did Tu Jin nod his head, and said to Mu Xu with a smile,

"I won't disturb my cousin's meeting with the king. I will hold a special banquet for my cousin some other day."

"Cousin Jin, go slowly." Watching Tu Jin leave, Mu Xu turned his head to signal the servants around him to stay away from the two of them, and then walked towards the mansion with Tu Rui, saying sternly,

"Cousin, you should be careful about this person in the future. This person has a sweet belly and a sword, and he is quite powerful."

"My cousin almost fell for him just now."

Seeing that Tu Rui was still somewhat dissatisfied, Mu Xu couldn't help but sigh, his cousin is careless, if he continues like this, he will suffer a lot.

Now explain it to him in detail,

"What you said just now will reach the ears of those literati. If someone who cares adds more words, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

Seeing that he still didn't care about it, he couldn't help feeling a little headache, and couldn't help but lightly hammered his shoulder. With Mu Xu's current strength, even a light touch made him grin his teeth in pain.

Mu Xu didn't feel sorry for him, and said seriously,
"Since ancient times, literati have been treated lightly, but they can't report to outsiders. If you say something serious today, you will offend all literati in the world."

"These people have the mouthpiece of the world. When the time comes to spread the news about you, it will be difficult for you to tell if you have words."

"Besides, now that the country has been in peace for a long time, the civil servants above the court are getting bigger and bigger. At that time, those censors will refer to you a few books, and maybe you won't be able to be the son of the world."

Hearing Mu Xu's words, Tu Rui couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, and quickly thanked him.

Mu Xu replied that his brothers are welcome.

Along the way, the two were thinking about their own thoughts, and heard that the passing servant Dao Zhongjing Wang was in the study, so the two abducted to the outer study.

After being informed, after entering the study, Mu Xu and Tu Rui bowed to King Zhongjing.

Zhongjing Wang Tu Mingzhi is the youngest son of the Supreme Emperor, one year younger than Mu Xu's mother. He did not participate in the seizure of the heirloom back then, so no matter the Supreme Emperor or the current emperor, he has a lot of trust in him.

He was in his own mansion, so he was only wearing ordinary clothes, with a two-inch long beard, holding a pen washer in his hand, sitting at the desk and looking at it carefully.

Seeing his son and nephew come in, he waved his hands casually so that they don't have to be polite.He ignored his son and waved to Mu Xu for him to come over.

When Mu Xu came to the desk, he pointed to the brush washer in his hand and said triumphantly, "Xu'er, take a look. I got a brush washer yesterday. This was used by Du Zimei."

Of course Mu Xu knew that Du Zimei was Du Fu, the great poet. Although he didn't understand antiques, he also knew how precious this thing was.So sincerely said,

"Congratulations uncle for getting a treasure."

After Tu Mingzhi heard him say this, he was waiting for him to ask what is the name of this brush washer, so that he could show off. He didn't expect Mu Xu to finish this sentence, but he was interested in looking at the red emerald tiger on his desk. .

This made him unable to hold back his anger, and he suppressed all the flaunting words that just came to his lips, and he couldn't help but say,

"Why are you just like Rui'er, you're also ignorant." As he spoke, he stuffed the emerald tiger on the table into Mu Xu's hand, and waved his hand to signal the two to leave, so as not to ruin his mood.

Mu Xu prostituted a treasure for nothing, it was worth a lot of money at first glance, and he finally made up for the loss of Tu Rui brothers and sisters from owning the BMW, so he was very happy.

Tu Rui was also very happy, if he had known that his father had obtained a treasure, he would be in a good mood, and he wouldn't have to worry all the way.

Both of them happily came to Princess Zhongjing's room, and before they went in, they heard the girl Tu Ying'er chirping inside about what they had learned about today's hunting.

When the maids at the door saw the two of them, they naturally wouldn't stop them and opened the curtain to let them in.

Princess Zhongjing saw them coming in, and without interrupting her daughter's conversation, she pointed to the chair under the hall and signaled the two to sit down.

Tu Rui sat down casually, but Mu Xu bowed first and then sat down.

Seeing her mother's movements, Tu Ying'er turned her head and saw her brother and cousin coming in. After seeing what Mu Xu was holding, she excitedly ran over holding the corner of her skirt.

Pulling Mu Xu's sleeve, he said coquettishly, "Cousin, can you give me this tiger, I'll exchange it with you."

Princess Zhongjing Li looked at Mu Xu's dumbfounded expression, and laughed,

"Ying'er has been looking at this red emerald tiger for a long time, and begged her father many times. Her father thought she had broken several of his favorite things, so he didn't want to give it to him. I didn't expect to give it to you today."

When Tu Ying'er heard her mother expose her background, she immediately refused, "Mother Concubine, how could you say that in front of my cousin?"

Concubine Li showed a look of doting, and repeatedly assured, "Okay, okay, okay, I won't say anything."

Mu Xu sighed, well, the things haven't been warm yet, so there's no way, so I can only reluctantly hand the things I just got to her.

　Today is the first day of 2022. I wish you all a happy new year from the beginning to the end of the year.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)