Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter Eight

Lin Xiangyu smiled embarrassedly: "My family came out of the city and fled here, just in time to meet the young master and his party staying overnight in this small temple.

Seeing that everyone was sheltering from the rain in the palace, the servants were lax, so they secretly got into the carriage, intending to hide in the carriage, sleep for one night, hide in the carriage the next day, and sneak into the city.

I didn't want to run such a long distance yesterday, I couldn't bear the exhaustion, so I fell into a deep sleep, and the young master woke up so early today, the slave family was arrested by the young master. "

Zhu Qiyu looked at his carriage, there was indeed a storage compartment under the soft couch, if there was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl hiding there, no one would know it.

Fortunately, a fugitive slave was hidden today. If an assassin was hidden here another day, he would die without knowing how.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and let out a long sigh: It seems that the guards of the palace are really limited in ability.The most urgent task is to recruit a group of capable people.

Seeing that Zhu Qiyu shook his head and sighed again, Lin Xiangyu had no choice but to persuade him: "Young master, don't worry, if it's inconvenient, I will leave now, and I will never bring you down."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu smiled faintly: "Miss thinks too much, I'm not sighing because of you. Besides, the matter is now, do you still want to leave?

Miss, think about the possibility: you just escaped from the dragon's den and the tiger's lair, and then you entered the wolf's lair again in a blink of an eye. "

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said, "I'm so scared, my lord, please spare me."

Zhu Qiyu sighed helplessly: "You girl is so daring, you want to sneak into the city with me, and make a fool of that Wang Dashan?"

"Young Master is smart, as the saying goes, the most dangerous place is also the safest place."

"Then you are not afraid that I will betray you? Or I simply take you as my own, which is also a good choice."

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said, "I believe in my own vision."

Zhu Qiyu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately praised: "Young lady has such bright eyes, you can tell at a glance that I am a very good person."

Lin Xiangyu said with a smile: "Young master, please don't be sentimental. The slave family didn't see that you are a good person. It's just that yesterday, watching your actions from a distance, you can be regarded as a polite and reasonable person.

The slave family just believes that even if the young master wants to take over the slave family, he will be more respectful and respectful. "

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "The girl is really transparent, I will analyze it clearly. My mind at this moment is indeed exactly the same as what the girl said. I am thinking about how to eat up the girl decently with an elegant appearance. .”

Lin Xiangyu laughed again: "I'm being impolite, I haven't asked the young master's name yet."

Seeing that he and Xiangyu in front of him had reached a consensus, Zhu Qiyu was delighted, thought for a while, and replied:

"My surname is Jia, and my name is Yu, the one who has the meaning of solid gold. After a long time, the girl will know that this servant is as his name suggests, very tough, and what he does, he will never let the girl look down upon him."

Lin Xiangyu gave Zhu Qiyu a hard look, and stopped talking.

Zhu Qiyu smiled slightly, turned around and went out, got out of the carriage, and ordered everyone to come closer.

Everyone leaned over curiously, and glanced at the carriage intentionally or unintentionally.Zhu Qiyu was not annoyed, but just told Cheng Jing: "Mr. Cheng, please go and invite that little beggar who kowtowed to me yesterday, I have something to say."

Cheng Jing was a little puzzled, but he went over and invited the little beggar over.

The little beggar came over and knelt on the ground, begging Zhu Qiyu for orders.

Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile: "Do you understand the local conditions and customs in this area? Is there a Wang Dashan in Baoding Mansion?"

The little beggar hurriedly replied: "Young master, I am asking. The villain walks the streets and alleys in Baoding Prefecture. He has no other specialties. The master of the east and the short of the west know a lot of anecdotes. That Wang Dashan is the richest man in Baoding Mansion, and has in-laws who are high-ranking officials in Beijing, so he is also the most powerful man in Baoding Mansion, and no one dares to mess with him.

The largest restaurants, inns, and noodle shops in the city are all owned by Mr. Wang Dashan.It's just that Wang Dashan is so domineering in his daily life, he really doesn't deserve his name, he can't be called a good person. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded in satisfaction, and asked again: "I am short of manpower, and I urgently need to recruit some capable people. I think you are eloquent and capable, and you have read some books and can read some words. I don't know if you would like to help me. I work?"

Hearing this, the little beggar looked back at the other beggars with a look of embarrassment.

Zhu Qiyu asked: "Why, is there any difficulty?"

The little beggar replied: "It's a villain's honor to be able to serve the young master. It's just that we little beggars have always supported each other and depended on each other for life. We are already as close as brothers, and we really can't bear to be separated."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said with a smile: "What's the matter, it's a good thing to value love and righteousness, and I'll accept all of you brothers. You should be a steward in my house first, and you brothers will follow you to do things under your command." .

Your surname is Li, I will give you a name, let’s call it Li Jin, Qin Jin is good Jin.If you work hard, prosperity and wealth will be indispensable in the future. "

Li Jin, the little beggar, was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked his eight brothers to kowtow to thank him.

Zhu Qiyu ordered his guards to bring out some clean clothes for these new men.

Packed up properly, the group continued to set off, walked leisurely for an hour, and finally reached the north gate of Baoding Mansion.

At this time, many officers and soldiers gathered at the gate of the city, and those who entered the city were strictly interrogated one by one.

Zhu Qiyu lay in the middle of the soft couch, leaning on the backrest leisurely.Lin Xiangyu sat quite cautiously on the side of the soft couch, with Zhang Jin covering her legs, half an arm away from Zhu Qiyu.

The two stopped talking and listened quietly outside.

Cheng Jing took the clearance documents and walked up to the city gate guards.The guard checked the documents and there was no problem, so he said, "We need to drive to check."

Cheng Jing smiled and said: "It is written on the document that there is no hindrance to the passage, and no inquiries are allowed."

The guard replied coldly: "Originally, there is no need to investigate, but Wang Dashan's family in our city lost a scrawny horse, and everyone who goes out of the city and enters the city must be strictly investigated.

Throw back the curtains of your carriages, we're going up to check. "

Cheng Jing didn't understand for a while, and asked curiously: "You see, although our group has a lot of horses, they are all strong and good horses, but there are no thin horses.

Besides, what are you doing looking for the lost skinny horse and checking our carriage, because there is no room for a horse in the carriage. "

After hearing this, all the guards at the city gate were immediately amused by Cheng Jing, making Cheng Jing confused.

After laughing for a while, the guard explained: "You haven't heard of the Yangzhou skinny horse? It's a young girl raised by Mr. Wang Dashan. Do you understand?"

Cheng Jing blushed, and said angrily: "I'm a eunuch, how can I understand this, you don't have to laugh at me like this, offended the nobleman, you look good."

After finishing speaking, he took out a big inner waist card and held it up in front of everyone.

Although it is impossible for general eunuchs in the palace to have a big inner waist card, Cheng Jing is an exception.Just because the emperor showed great favor to King Ying, he specially gave Cheng Jing a badge to enter the palace, so that it was convenient for Cheng Jing to enter and leave the palace, and to send a message for King Ying.

Seeing that the guards now have a waist badge, they thought that Cheng Jing was an eunuch who came out to run errands in the palace, and immediately lost their momentum a few heads, and apologized to Cheng Jing repeatedly with a smile.

However, not only the city gate guards were inspected at the north city gate, the man Wang Dashan even sent a butler from the mansion to supervise.

So the guard agreed, but the butler didn't care much. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was on Cheng Jing, he rushed to the carriage, opened the door curtain, and took a few glances.

The other palace guards didn't react, only the newly recruited Li Jin, with sharp eyesight and quick hands, first yelled to remind the two people in the car, and then stretched out his hand to block the butler.

Taking advantage of this time, let Zhu Qiyu push Lin Xiangyu's head down on his lap, and then quickly pulled the brocade quilt to cover Lin Xiangyu completely.

So when the butler opened the curtain, he could only see Zhu Qiyu reclining on the couch calmly under the brocade quilt.

The housekeeper wanted to take a closer look, but Li Jin had already pulled him aside. The guards of the palace also reacted, drew their knives and surrounded him.

Cheng Jing also shouted sharply: "Are you going to rebel against the eunuch?"

Hearing the words, the butler didn't dare to make mistakes, and hurriedly apologized with a smile: "Don't dare, don't be angry on the job. It's all a misunderstanding, let's let it go, the job should go to the city quickly, and don't miss the job."

Cheng Jing snorted coldly, with a dark face, and directed everyone to proceed.

It's just that the matter outside the car was resolved, but there was a big disturbance inside the car.

(End of this chapter)