Out of Jingfeng Gate is the Xingren Avenue between Yongxingfang and Chongren Fang, the lively sound is surging, making Jiang Anyi and Liu Weiguo sweat, but Shi Fangzhen smiled and said: "It's so lively, feel free to go shopping." ”

After 167 years of building the capital of Yongchang City, according to the statistics of Jingzhao Mansion in the first two years, the number of households was 448,733 households, more than 1.66 million people, this number is equivalent to the population of the entire Huazhou, and Huiye Mansion became prosperous under the rule of Jiang Anyi, but only 80,000 households, more than 300,000 people, compared with the imperial capital, it is not worth mentioning. Coupled with the sixteen guards in Beijing, the population of the palace, the monks of the temple and the floating population, nearly two million people are actually distributed in nearly 10,000 hectares of land, and the consumption of food and drink has gathered into the most prosperous place in the world.

After Shi Fangzhen ascended the throne, he rarely had the opportunity to go out of the imperial city, and he was very interested in everything around him, such as the signboards of the shops, the vendors who carried the burdens, the carriages that came and went, and the clothes of pedestrians. Shopping with the Son of Heaven is not a good errand, Liu Weiguo is better, Jiang Anyi is already sweaty.

After shopping in the East Market, the sun turned west, and Shi Fangzhen said: "Housekeeper, find a place to eat." ”

Although Liu Weiguo has a place to live outside the palace, he can't live for a few days a year, so he looks at Jiang Anyi for help. Jiang Anyi lived in the capital for a while, he was more familiar than Liu Weiguo, and the west side was Pingkangfang, Jiang Anyi remembered that Yu Qingle took him to a mellow restaurant, and the food in it tasted good.

It was close to the end of the afternoon, the business of Mellow Xianglou was still hot, Jiang Anyi spent 100 dollars, Xiao Er led the three of them to the private seat by the window on the inside of the room, which should be a place to receive distinguished guests, the layout was elegant and clean, and the garden of the restaurant was outside the window, and the noise was blocked out of the bead curtain.

Shi Fangzhen smiled and said: "Man, if you have any good food, just send it, my nephew is a rich man, not bad for money." ”

Jiang Anyi took out a silver ticket of fifty taels and handed it to Xiao Er, and instructed: "Boneless chicken, prawns and cabbage, dried fried eel slices, braised foie gras, squirrel osmanthus fish, southern meat spring bamboo shoots, plus three crispy soups, Mingyuexiang comes to a jar, and all kinds of dried fruits are sent up." ”

Xiao Er knew that a high roller was coming, so he said yes and turned to leave. After a while, a maid came up with all kinds of preserved fruits, poured out the freshly squeezed cane juice from the white porcelain jar, and explained with a smile: "This is the sugarcane sent from Miao Village in Qianzhou, and the juice is squeezed into juice for the guest officer to taste." ”

Shi Fangzhen took a sip of the bowl and praised: "It's fragrant and delicious, not bad." ”

Waiting for the maid to retreat, Shi Fangzhen said: "Anyi, Zhicheng has done a good job in Qianzhou, the Miao people surrendered and let me untie the knot, you and him are my right-hand men." After a few years when the southeast and northwest have settled down, and the old ministers of the court and the central government have given their respects, I will transfer you all back to Beijing. ”

As he spoke, the dishes were served like water, Shi Fangzhen ate it widely, and scolded with a smile: "The imperial food in the palace is not as good as the restaurant in the neighborhood, how can Tang Wenzhong, a slave, be bad." ”

Liu Weiguo hurriedly covered up and said: "Master Zheng, the diet in the palace pays attention to fine nutrition, which is different from the heavy taste of the folk fire, each has its own merits, and cannot be compared. ”

There was a sound of footsteps outside, and a group of guests came, who were let aside by Xiao Er, Jiang Anyi and the others were cautious in their words, and ate the food silently. The guests next to him didn't know that the partition wall had ears, and they talked and laughed loudly, and the sound came clearly.

"Brother Mingyang, I toast you with a glass, and I wish Ling Lang Jinke High School."

"Needless to say, Brother Ming Yang and the former prince are in-laws, and the young son has the former prince to take care of him?"

Shi Fangzhen put down his chopsticks, revealing a look of displeasure, he knew a little about the disadvantages in the imperial examination, but these people next door were talking about it in the restaurant unscrupulously, wouldn't they be slapping him.

Jiang Anyi lowered his head to eat vegetables, such a thing is not easy to talk about, Liu Weiguo was secretly anxious, angry that those people next door were looking for death, and he was afraid that there would be no good end if he touched the moldy head of Banzai.

When the words started again, the brother Ming Yang was a little proud, and said: "My father-in-law came forward to find Master He, and Master He should give him some face." ”

"So Ling Lang is going to be the top student in high school, congratulations." A yin and yang strange voice sounded, obviously singing against this Ming Yang brother.

"Zhuangyuan Xiao'er doesn't dare to think about it, the water in Beijing is too deep, my Zhang family is not a role, but Brother Tang, I heard that you have a friendship with the prince, and your second boy can't run away from the top three in the current department." Brother Ming Yang responded coldly.

Liu Weiguo's heart moved, he remembered who this Mingyang brother was, it was Zhang Mingyang, a famous silk merchant in Beijing, his family owned the mulberry field in the south of the Yangtze River, and the silk produced accounted for more than one-fifth of the silk of Dazheng, his son Zhang Kejie married the granddaughter of the former Guogong, and set up a flowing water banquet for seven days, as long as he said congratulations, he could go to drink, I heard that the dowry given to the former Guogong Mansion was pulled by an ox cart for a whole one hundred and eight carts, and the gold and silver alone were millions of taels, as well as countless treasures, pearls and jade and other valuables.

Shi Fangzhen snorted angrily, obviously remembering who this Zhang Mingyang was, the Zhang family paid nearly one million taxes every year, because of a jinshi, Shi Fangzhen didn't bother to attack him, but from what he said just now, he heard that the surname Tang was related to Wei'er, which made Shi Fangzhen's expression move. Jiang Anyi and Liu Weiguo glanced at each other, put down their chopsticks, held their breath and listened to the words next door.

"How can I have the ability to make a friendship with the prince, but I have a little friendship with Lord Zhou of the East Palace, Lord Zhou was selected as the same examiner this time, if there is no accident in the child, the second class is still expected." The person surnamed Tang was proud.

Speaking of the prince, the topic next door turned to the prince's choice of concubines, and it was revealed that the prince liked to travel and raise courtesans in Yanshan Manor. Shi Fangzhen's face turned blue with anger, and he asked Liu Weiguo softly: "Do you know about the prince Youye?" ”

Liu Weiguo's face turned pale with fright, and he tried his best to stand up, his legs were weak and he knelt on the ground, Jiang Anyi couldn't sit still on the side, and knelt next to Liu Weiguo. Liu Weiguo took a few deep breaths, knowing that his reply was extremely important, and if he didn't pay attention to it, he would cause a monstrous disaster.

"Long live, the prince goes out of the palace to play occasionally, but mostly for hunting and practicing riding and archery, the prince has said many times that he wants to learn to hunt in the northern desert, and the rumors of You Ye are afraid that someone is secretly slandering, and the old slave does not dare to deceive in the slightest." Liu Weiguo said in a trembling voice.

Jiang Anyi also persuaded: "Long live let Yu Shi sell Yanshan Manor for only a few months, the prince ordered Zhou Chucun to write a letter to the minister to share the worries for Long Live is a matter of the year after the year, the calculation of time is only two months, how can the prince say that he is excessive, and long live the prince's studies often ask, how can the prince have time to go to Yanshan Manor to have fun, according to the minister, it must be a rumor." ”

Shi Fangzhen thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, I want to order Long Wei to investigate the source of the rumors and see who is slandering the prince." ”

Jiang Anyi's heart moved, this is a good opportunity to get rid of the surrounding existence, although the means of acting are a little unbright, but he is right. So Jiang Anyi said softly: "It's not for nothing, the minister risked death to pay attention to whether the people around the prince were ruining the prince's reputation." ”

Shi Fangzhen stared at Jiang Anyi for a while, and Jiang Anyi's expression remained unchanged. Shi Fangzhen said: "Get up, this is not in the palace, it is inconvenient for people to see it." ”

Although he did not respond to Jiang Anyi, Shi Fangzhen was obviously moved by Jiang Anyi's words, and he heard Zhou Chucun's name just now, it seems that he is going to check the people around the prince, the pro-virtuous minister is far from the villain, if the prince is surrounded by a group of villains, wouldn't it be bad, if he has time to summon Wei Cheng, he is Wei'er's brother-in-law, and he is a straight bachelor of Chongwen Pavilion, he should know something.

The next door was still laughing and laughing, and he didn't know that a catastrophe was coming. Shi Fangzhen pushed away the dishes and chopsticks, and a good meal was disturbed by this group of people. Outside the restaurant, Shi Fangzhen moved his mind to go to the prince's Yanshan Manor to check it out, Liu Weiguo was almost scared to death, and he didn't want to persuade him, he knew that the Son of Heaven was suspicious, if he persuaded him, maybe the Son of Heaven thought he knew something to hide from him, then he, the eunuch of Bingli, would do it.

took half a step back, tugged at Jiang Anyi's sleeve, and looked at each other. Jiang Anyi is also afraid that something will happen, once the prince has an accident, he will also be involved, not to mention that only he and Liu Weiguo are by the side of the Son of Heaven today.

Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "Yanshan Manor is more than 20 miles away from the capital, and it takes more than an hour to ride a horse back and forth. If you don't go back to the palace at dinner, you are afraid that there will be chaos in the palace, and you must not lose the big because of the small. The Son of Heaven has no family affairs, long live to investigate the prince's residence in Yanshan Manor, but send someone to check it, if you feel inconvenient, send a secret guard to it. ”

"What Master Jiang said is that long live the country is the most important thing, and you must not take risks easily." Liu Weiguo also persuaded in a low voice.

The sun casts the shadow of the mellow building out of the elders, and the sun has set in the west. Shi Fangzhen stood in the shadows and hesitated for a moment, and finally said in a muffled voice: "Go back to the palace." ”

Quietly returning to the imperial study from Jingfeng Gate, Shi Fangzhen sat heavily on the chair, sulking, Liu Weiguo and Jiang Anyi stood on one side, worried in their hearts, I don't know what the Son of Heaven thinks, what I heard today is enough to trigger a shocking case, maybe countless heads will fall to the ground.

"Neither of you should tell anything about today, not even the prince." Shi Fangzhen said coldly. Jiang Anyi and Liu Weiguo quickly knelt down and swore that they would never spread the word. Jiang Anyi was secretly in his heart, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, the Son of Heaven was still suspicious of the prince, and hoped that the prince could pass the test smoothly.

"Jiang Qing, you go back first, wait at home these days, don't go out." Shi Fangzhen commanded.

Jiang Anyi should have come out of the imperial study, put on his official uniform, and walked on the corridor, when a gust of wind blew, and he felt cold all over his body, only to find that his whole body was soaked with sweat.

"Come on, let Feng Zhong see the driver."

A quarter of an hour later, Feng Zhong took dozens of secret guards out of the Fanglin Gate and went straight to the manor of the prince of Yanshan. At the same time, a decree was transmitted to the Wei Mansion, and Princess Anshou spoke in the palace.