Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 119 Borrowing Treasures
After Zhao Guangyuan heard Cao Cuo's report, he had a headache.

He knew that it was difficult to buy or rent a shop on Wangcheng Street in Beijing, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.Opening it in other neighborhoods would not achieve the effect he wanted.

"Where is the shop you bought before?"

"In Nanshi."

Zhao Guangyuan closed his eyes and pressed his forehead.

The east of the capital is rich, the west is noble, the south is poor, and the north is humble. The dignitaries all live in the east city and the west city. He opened a calligraphy and painting shop in Nanshi. How many books can he sell in a year?How many paintings can you collect?

"Beinan City is cheaper. The area is quite large." Cao Cuo lowered his eyebrows and tried to explain.

Zhao Guangyuan had the wrong tooth. He didn't know where it was cheaper!
Trying not to be angry, he said, "We are not short of money now." Previously, he only heard from Cao Cuo that he bought a shop, a house, and a village, but he didn't ask in detail whether he bought it in any location.

"But there's not much money." Cao Cuo defended in a low voice.

His Highness had never had any money before. Although he has made some money now, his cage total is not much.Compared with other His Highnesses in the capital, he was like a drop of water falling into a vat, without causing any splash.

He should be more frugal for His Highness.

Thank you so much.Zhao Guangyuan looked at him impatiently and sighed.I bought all this, what else can I do?

"The area is large?"

Cao Cuo immediately cheered up and gestured: "Big! The two shops I bought are both two-story with a backyard. There are many rooms in the backyard, and I can accommodate a few more workers."

Zhao Guangyuan caressed his forehead, what's the use no matter how big it is?You can't make any money but still hire so many guys, and you're raising them in vain?Are those literati and dignitaries able to travel to Nanshi to appreciate paintings in a humble place?
"Your Highness?" Cao Cuo was a little frightened, as if he had done something wrong.

Zhao Guangyuan sighed, "Let me decorate the shop first. As for what to sell, let me think about it later. If you keep looking at the East and West markets, if there is a shop for sale, buy it immediately. No matter how small it is, it doesn't matter."

"Yes."

Then I thought of the person His Highness was looking for, "Your Highness, that Dr. Ruan is the doctor who taught you and His Royal Highness the calligraphy and painting, right? I didn't expect that he was also implicated six years ago and returned to his hometown."

Zhao Guangyuan didn't expect it either.

The prince's young master, Jiang Xiang, was still serving in the capital, so why did Dr. Ruan return to his hometown?He also wanted to ask him to help draw some paintings and hang them in the antique shop to prop up the facade.

Moreover, Dr. Ruan loves painting and has a large collection of paintings and calligraphy at home. He also wants to buy a few paintings from him.

Thinking of what happened six years ago...it seems that many people were implicated.

There was a storm in Zhao Guangyuan's eyes. His father had ruined the lives and futures of many people for his own selfish desires. One day he would set things right.

"I'll write a letter and you send it to Jiang Xiang personally so that no one finds out."

"Yes."

After finishing the letter and sending it off, Zhao Guangyuan began to sharpen ink and prepare for painting.

It's just that I haven't painted for a long time. The first two paintings were raw and awkward to write.It gradually got better later on, and the painting became smoother and smoother.

When I stopped writing, a "Sunset Picture of Tianshou Mountain" was completed.The painting shows overlapping mountains and dense forests, the setting sun is shining in the west, and the ground is golden, while tired birds are returning to their nests in the sky.The end is majestic.

The more Zhao Guangyuan looked at it, the more satisfied he became. Finally, Dr. Ruan's reputation was not ruined. He should be able to give it away.Just... I glanced at the wet ink on the painting and frowned.

After thinking about it for a while, he asked people to prepare sacrifices.

Then he walked out of the hall.Jinxiu, who was waiting outside the hall, saw that he was about to go out, and hurriedly followed behind silently with the sacrifice.As a result, we followed them to Changling Cemetery.

Seeing that His Highness was still heading towards the Inner Red Gate, Jinxiu hurriedly stopped him, "Your Highness, today is not a memorial day, so that door will not be opened."

"It doesn't matter. There are people who oversee the palace." Huh?Your Highness means that there are people guarding the palace over there, so you want to ask them to open the door?
Yes, that's what Zhao Guangyuan means.

The Tianshou Mountain Imperial Mausoleum was built according to the rules of the palace with front and rear bedrooms. All areas within the outer red door wall are open even if it is not a festival day, and the tomb residents will come in every day to pay tribute and clean it.

The inner red gate area is where Emperor Daxing's palace is located.It consists of Xian Hall, Ming Tower, Fangcheng and Baocheng. Normally, sacrifices are only held in the Xiang Hall inside the outer red gate wall, while the Xian Hall inside the inner red gate will only be opened on the death anniversary of Emperor Daxing.

Hearing the footsteps, the eunuch guarding the mausoleum who lived in the room with the inner red door walked out of the room and looked at the visitor with an indifferent expression.

Jinxiu was startled when she saw them. The two old eunuchs in front of her had cold eyes, haggard shapes, and moved like living wooden figures.

Zhao Guangyuan was also shocked when he saw it.After more than ten years of guarding the tomb, without contact with the outside world, these two old eunuchs already looked like dying people waiting to die.

"Thank you for your hard work." Zhao Guangyuan took out two gold ingots from his sleeve and handed them to them respectively.

Then he explained: "The imperial grandfather gave me a dream, saying that I never went to see him and he hurt me in vain. Yuan blames himself so much that he came to the temple to pay homage."

The two old eunuchs silently put the gold ingots into their sleeves with expressionless faces.In fact, it is useless for them to take the gold, and they can take it underground to trade with the Yin people.

But I am used to receiving rewards from noble people, so I subconsciously pick them up.

When the two eunuchs saw that there were only two of them, their master and servant, they opened the door and let them in without asking any questions.

"Thank you very much. I'll be back soon."

The two old eunuchs just nodded lightly, turned around and returned to the sandwich room without saying a word.What else should I ask, what should I say?Even if His Highness the Seventh Prince wants to dig graves and dig up treasures inside, what does it have to do with them?
Jinxiu looked back and felt that the eyes of the two eunuchs looked like dead people, so she turned back hurriedly.But when she saw the shadows of the trees dancing inside the red door and the dark wind blowing, she was so frightened that she quickly followed Zhao Guangyuan's footsteps.

The figure almost touched Zhao Guangyuan's body.

"Don't be afraid. What's scary about the dead? It's the living who are scary."

"Yes." Jinxiu replied with a trembling voice, her eyes lowered and she dared not raise them.

The two pushed open the door of Xiandian, and a cool air hit them. Jinxiu was so frightened that she shivered hard.

Zhao Guangyuan, on the other hand, silently looked at the portrait of Emperor Wen in the center of the Xian Palace. He stepped forward, picked up the hem of his clothes, knelt down on the futon, and kowtowed to the portrait.

Jinxiu also forgot her fear and hurriedly stepped forward to place the sacrifice.

Zhao Guangyuan muttered a few words to the portrait, expressed his longing for his imperial grandfather, and then stood up.Looking around, when he saw a landscape painting on the wall, the corner of his mouth curled up.

It was a "Travel in the Evening Mountains" by a famous artist from the previous dynasty. The painting showed majestic and majestic mountains and rivers, with mountains rising up, hundreds of feet of water flowing through the forest, and a group of travelers passing through the mountains. The road was wide and long...

His imperial grandfather liked this picture very much and would show it out from time to time.When he was young, he imitated countless drawings, and Dr. Ruan said that he had reached the point where the fakes could be mistaken for the real ones.

Zhao Guangyuan kowtowed again: "Grandfather, my grandson borrowed this picture from you. If you leave it here, it will only gather dust. You should like to see your grandson's paintings more, right? I'll have them framed someday." Okay, let’s bring it to the Imperial Grandfather.”

After saying that, he stepped forward without any burden, took off the painting, rolled it up, and put it into his sleeve.

Jinxiu was stunned by His Highness Seventh Prince's operation.Although this is not digging graves to find treasures, it is not bad at all.Although it's a loan, it sounds like His Highness doesn't intend to pay it back?

Zhao Guangyuan glanced at her and said, "It will come back in a few days. It's up to you to send it back."

ah?No no no! "Your Highness, your Highness, slave, please come with Your Highness." She didn't see it, she didn't see anything.

She didn't dare come alone.It's terrible here!Jinxiu rubbed the goosebumps on her body vigorously.Follow Zhao Guangyuan closely.Your Highness is the prince's grandson. He has nobility, dragon energy, and enough yang energy.She can't.

Before Zhao Guangyuan left, he took another look at the pair of blue and white fortune and longevity vases next to him. His fingers were itchy and he wanted to take them away.

Finally, after thinking about it, I decided to forget it.I'll borrow it from Grandfather the next time I need it.

(End of this chapter)