What is distraction? Recently, when various things in the capital have emerged one after another, one after another has attracted countless exclamations and attention, using a more powerful event to shift the attention of the people in the capital to another thing that is easier for people to participate in, this is Zhang Shou's idea.

Therefore, after he invited Ge Yong and the three of them to eat those three lunches the night before, he had such an idea, so he immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhu Ying, and Zhu Ying entered the palace early in the morning. As for her persuasion of the emperor, she didn't even use a cup of tea......

At this time, seeing that Confucius University and the other three pavilion elders were gone, Zhu Ying slipped out from behind the screen, and then said with a smile: "Looking at their faces, they look like they can't wait to quarrel with the emperor on the spot, so they can show off their uprightness, but they have to swallow their anger, it's really relieving!" Especially just now, the Confucius University scholar said that the recommendation of the Taiwan admonition was rejected by the emperor......"

"Hehe, his unexpected look is so funny!" She snorted, couldn't help but reach out to grab the wooden figure in the emperor's hand, and then rubbed the fine and vivid lines that even the folds of her clothes were in, and then she didn't raise her head and said, "However, the emperor, you agreed so quickly." When Ashou sent me the letter, I thought it would take a lot of effort to convince you! ”

"The idea for the Imperial Chef Contest was quite interesting. First, Zhang Shou gave an example in the letter that he and the teacher and the two old gentlemen were difficult to reconcile, so I think that a person's recommendation is too arbitrary, and I think it makes sense. Second, there have been too many things in the capital recently, and a festive program makes ordinary people happy, and they don't care about the chaos, which is very in line with my wishes. ”

The emperor paused, then supported his chin with one hand, and smiled with interest: "Third, I like to be lively, and Zhang Shou's this is a rare big excitement in the capital over the years!" What's so bad about being able to have fun with the people? Ordinary people all year round, where is there much entertainment, and now there must be chefs who lure more people to try dishes in order to become famous, isn't that great? ”

"The prosperous weather is not only the world's literacy and etiquette, but also the grand activities that can only be held after the abundance of food and clothing, and the government and the people are happy, which is also the prosperity of the weather! Since Zhang Shou said that he would make the plan, he would leave it to him! ”

Zhu Ying raised her eyebrows, returned the wooden figure she had played with to the point of not being able to put it down, and then said with a smile: "The emperor also missed the same thing...... My birthday and Ah Shou's birthday are approaching, and it is also Mingyue's birthday, does the emperor have any indications? The last time Ah Shou and I spent our birthday in Rongshui Village, we also had a lively flowing water banquet, but this time it was in the capital! ”

The emperor immediately laughed, then stared at Zhu Ying and said meaningfully: "Well, the first day of this imperial chef selection competition will be on August 15, and it should be regarded as celebrating the birthdays of the three of you!" On this day, the three of you will preside over the event in my place! With so many people celebrating for you, what could be more lively? ”

Zhu Ying came and went in a hurry, and after getting such a promise from the emperor, she immediately went happily, but she didn't mention the unbelievable case of planting it at all.

However, she didn't ask, which doesn't mean that the emperor will pretend to be confused. He looked at the wooden figure that he had loved most when he was a teenager, and thought to himself that after many years, it was not so much that he still loved it as it had become a habit. Moreover, seeing this self who is difficult to control with his sword, he has endured it for too long, and it seems that he has vented a certain anger.

After a while, he heard a deep voice from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the ministers have come to see you by order." ”

Recognizing this familiar voice, the emperor couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and called in. When he saw Hua Qi, who had rarely cleaned himself up neatly, but had changed into a guard's uniform, he couldn't help but look people up and down for a while, and then smiled hesitantly: "This time there is a result so quickly?" ”

"Since someone deliberately sent a fool and something in the hands of the emperor to Ah Liu, it only took one day for the minister to find out the clues, which is naturally a matter of course."

Hua Qi bowed and saluted as he spoke: "The minister has already found out that it was Xu Shangyi of Kunning Palace who pretended to be Zhou Zhangyu of the imperial dining room, imitating the letter sent to Guo Shanggong by his handwriting, and then Guo Shanggong believed that it was true and stole the forbidden object. And when Xu Shangyi explained the matter, she was angry that she was angry for the queen and the eldest prince. ”

The emperor suddenly laughed angrily: "Are you sure she really said that?" She thinks this is revenge, not causing great trouble for the queen's mother and son? ”

"The minister is sure, that's what she said, and not only the minister heard it, but the father-in-law of Chu also heard it next to him. The most important thing is," Hua Qi paused, then raised his head, and said very helplessly, "The minister was already interrogating her in another room, but the queen didn't know where she came from, and she also recognized the minister as someone from the Zhao State Mansion, so she was furious." Then ......"

He paused again, as if hesitating how to organize his sentences, after all, the Queen's words were really hard to hear.

However, the emperor stopped him in a hurry: "If she is telling right and wrong and scolding some foul language, then there is no need to say it, I am too lazy to listen, and after listening to it, I will be angry." You just have to tell me, what is the queen's response to Xu Shangyi's confession? Does it mean that there is no excuse for the sin that you want to add, or do you break the jar and admit it? ”

Even if Hua Qi has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, he is indeed a little taboo when he recounts the foul language when the queen scolded the emperor and the Zhu family. And the emperor's last question, he was still able to answer, and he answered it very refreshingly.

The queen admitted it in one mouth, claiming that Xu Shangyi was just following her orders. Of course, Xu Shangyi denied it vigorously, saying that it was just her own opinion, but the queen sneered and said that anyway, the eldest prince has been trampled by the emperor into that way, if the emperor wants to give outsiders justice, then send her directly to Zongzheng Temple. ”

The emperor was not surprised by the queen's extravagant words, perhaps because of the relationship between mourning and death, he had not expected anything from her since a long time ago. However, at this time, he still thought that she should only be resentful because of the coming of the matter, so he was desperate to take care of everything.

Even if people are really stupid, they don't think that framing Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou like this will really succeed - and what if they succeed, even if Zhu Ying really steals his things, wouldn't he call that girl to scold her head and face?

"Well, I know everything. There is no need to investigate this matter again, after you return to Zhao Guogong's mansion, you will also tell Zhao Guogong what happened, and say that the matter has almost reached that point, so that he can be mentally prepared. After this matter is over, Yingying will not be married for long, and you don't have to stay in the Zhu family, just go to Zhang Yuan and help her and Zhang Shou practice a few more people. ”

Seeing that Hua Qi readily agreed, and immediately retreated, the emperor couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

I think that Hua Qi was busy as soon as he heard that he could go to the Zhao Guogong Mansion to protect Zhu Ying, and now he is also happy to accept it when he hears that he will go to Zhang Yuan, but if he asks people to go back to the palace...... People are never so happy!

In a place like the palace, it's really easy to get tired of living in a place like this, and it's easy to be manic......

When Hua Qixing hurriedly slipped out of the palace, and then brought that extraordinary message to Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing, Zhang Shouzheng accompanied Lu Sanlang to move out of the Guozi Prison House. Even if the two of them originally thought it was more convenient to keep a house in the Guozijian, they didn't want to steal this lazy now.

Why bother to cause trouble to others while also causing trouble to yourself? Vacate a dormitory, and at least two inmates can live.

As for helping Lu Saburo move things together, it's not that Zhang Shou is so unscrupulous as a teacher, but a small half of it is his manuscript. At the same time, there was also Xiao Cheng who came to help. Knowing that Zhang Shou also borrowed his house for a temporary lunch break at noon on weekdays, Xiao Cheng was overjoyed.

After all, as a child, although he is determined to be self-reliant, he will inevitably be weak in the end, and he hopes to have someone to accompany him, otherwise he will really feel that he has become a ghost after pretending to be a ghost for a few months.

And Xiao Peanut, who had just slipped over by Zhang Shouti and had just hung up a miscellaneous servant in Guozijian, was dazed and followed by a piece of moving books, manuscripts, and exercise books...... Although Guozijian was quite close to Xiao's house, he was not skilled in equestrianism at all, and after walking back and forth, he was already sweating.

What he found most incredible was that the fat man who seemed to be honest was a sinister arithmetic genius in Ah Liu's mouth!

And the reason why I ran so many times is because this fat man has a lot of things - except for arithmetic books, exercise books, and manuscript papers...... There is also a mess of the kind of serialized legendary books that are often sold in many bookstores, and a carriage can't fit it at one time! He really didn't understand how a person who could look at the kind of mess that even his uncle scolded was a genius!

He didn't realize that he was about to enter a more dire situation, and he had been quietly looking at Lu Saburo curiously. Because of this peeking distraction, it wasn't until he followed Zhang Shou Lu Saburo in front of him again to the door of Xiao Mansion that he suddenly heard a familiar shout: "Little Peanut, why is it so coincidental?" Hey, isn't this Dr. Zhang? ”

Zhang Shou was slightly stunned, and when he looked up, he saw the overjoyed man running over, and then pulled the little peanut off the horse, and began to rub the little guy's head in public.

However, in addition to the old salted fish, he also saw a spirited old man and several servants standing next to the carriage, but the most striking thing was a woman about twenty years old in front of the carriage.

He was thinking about who this group of people were, how could they go all the way with Lao Xianyu, when he suddenly heard Xiao Cheng on the side shouting: "Sister Zhou, Master Liu, you are back!" ”

Zhang Shou suddenly realized. Dare to love Zhu Tingfang's teacher Liu Zhiyuan happened to return to Beijing today, but he would come all the way with Lao Xianyu? Instead of believing that things would really be so coincidental, he should believe that the self-cooked guy of the old salted fish took the initiative to talk to someone, and after asking what clues came out, he walked all the way with a dead face!

Seeing Xiao Cheng jumping down from the carriage and running up, he immediately hugged the dignified girl and cried, he also jumped off the horse, and then dragged the old salted fish who was still pretending to be with the little peanut: "Didn't you say that you want to refamiliarize yourself with the feeling of going to sea?" How did you have the kung fu to come to the capital? ”

"Cough, there are a few old guys in the capital, I'll come over and take a look......" The old salted fish snorted, and when he saw Zhang Shou looking at himself with a smile, he quickly patted his head, and then ran to Liu Zhiyuan and the others, nodded and said a few words, and then turned out a big pocket from the back of the carriage, and then put it on his back, and then ran over again.

"This is the seed that my other old friend just sent to Cangzhou, he just went to the west, where all kinds of small countries are not as chaotic as they were back then, they are much more peaceful than before, and silk, tea, porcelain, and other things are very easy to sell. However, unlike Nanyang and Dongyang, there is nothing particularly valuable, and there are many goods, and they can't afford them. A bunch of poor ghosts! ”

"My old friend knew that Zanghai and I had tossed a lot of land in the lower courtyard of Zanghai, and he also got some seeds from there, and memorized the general name, the taste of eating, and the month of sowing and harvesting. I don't know how it compares to those crops in the Haidong Continent, but it would be nice if it could fill my stomach and be delicious. ”

Hearing the old salted fish say in a disdainful tone that the small countries in Europe in the west were all poor ghosts, Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Don't look at the TV series that the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles and other places and various cathedrals are rendered splendidly, but in fact, in this era when the Western countries have not had time to plunder gold from the Americas, most of the Western countries are really quite poor!

And those serfs who were completely tied to the land, as well as the completely hereditary lordship, did not know how many years behind the Chinese system! That is the country where the real upward channel is completely cut off, and ordinary people will almost never see hope!

However, now was not the time to talk about this, he smiled and let Ah Liu take the heavy bag of seeds, and then nodded and said: "The little monk Guantao was left at home by me to guide the head people to plant the land, and I will send these seeds back to him first." ”

"Recently, there have been many events in the capital, and I just suggested that the emperor hold a competition to select the imperial chef, so that the people can also join the tasting vote, so that the monarch and the people can enjoy together. It's a pity that these seeds can't be grown in a short period of time, otherwise it would be much easier to promote them together with the ingredients grown in Haidong Continent! ”

Liu Zhiyuan was originally looking down at the teary-eyed Xiao Cheng, but when he saw the old salted fish carrying the bag of overseas seeds, and then had a good conversation with Zhang Shou, he immediately listened distractedly. When he heard Zhang Shou mention the selection of imperial chefs, and then said that he would promote overseas varieties, his eyes lit up, and then he strode forward.

At this time, Lu Sanlang was afraid that Liu Zhiyuan would say something unpleasant, so he rushed up to greet him and greeted him enthusiastically: "Mr. Liu, you are here in Beijing, your old mansion Brother Zhu has already cleaned it up for you, but the furnishings in it are all restored based on Xiao Cheng's memory, I don't know if it's the same, why don't you go in first and take a look?" ”

Liu Zhiyuan stopped, looked at Lu Sanlang thoughtfully, and suddenly reached out and grabbed his face. This unexpected landing made Lu Sanlang gasp, and then he heard a laugh: "Little fat man, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

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