In the morning, Monk Qingyuan came and hurried back.

Yesterday's bright spring day was gone, and the sky was gray and the clouds were thick. The two carriages passed through the alley, and Zhu Gaoxu sat in the carriage behind him, he lifted the curtain and looked up, feeling that the rain in the sky was about to fall.

There are no clocks and no sun, and I can't even estimate the hour, so I can only feel it, and it's probably morning.

The gloomy weather makes people feel stuffy and worry about rain. Just like Zhu Gaoxu's state of mind at this time, a heart is hanging in the air, and he can only bite the bullet, wait for time to pass bit by bit, and follow the planned steps step by step.

The carriage soon drove to the street where incense and candles were sold, and Zhu Gaoxu lowered the straw curtain, leaving only a crack, and continued to observe the situation outside.

People who walk on the main road of Jilong Mountain almost all have to walk this street. The streets are not crowded, but there are many people, including pilgrims, nuns from temples, and peddlers and pawns selling vegetables, fruits, and utensils. The people walked leisurely, looking around, and waited for the carriage to come before they gave way. Horse-drawn carriages drove very slowly down the street.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a familiar figure in an incense and candle shop, it was the little nun who was looking for a cat yesterday!

At the door of the shop, there were several people around, all of whom were men. One of the middle-aged men, whose face was covered with pimples, had a playful smile on his face, tilting his head and staring at Xiao Ni's face and saying something. Another thin man picked up a handful of incense from the stall and threw it around, Xiao Ni reached out and grabbed it, and Zhu Gaoxu heard her voice: "If you don't buy it, don't move!" ”

No wonder I didn't see the little nun busy on the west side of the temple this morning, but he came to this shop. It is estimated that Jiming Temple also opened a shop on this street to sell incense and candles...... In fact, there are incense candles sold in the temple, but many pilgrims buy them before going up.

Now the person in charge of the temple is really not very particular, most of them think that Xiao Ni's appearance is excellent, so they ask her to help in the shop in order to attract tourists.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced coldly at the two men with hippie smiling faces, and a sense of disgust welled up in his heart, but he had to endure it at this time. He should have kept a low profile in Beijing, and he didn't dare to easily provoke right and wrong and attract attention.

…… After the carriage descended the mountain, it headed southwest, then turned south towards Jubaomen.

They did not arrive at Jubaomen, but only came to the bank of the Qinhuai River. At a bridgehead, the carriage in which Zhu Gaoxu and Wang Bin were riding stopped. Veda and Zheng He's carriage crossed the river and went to the other side of the river.

On the other side of the river is a long street full of restaurants and teahouses, and the riverside is one of the best places in spring...... After Veda and Zheng He crossed the river, they would set up sentry posts at both ends of the long street and guard in a wine shop and a teahouse.

Zhu Gaoxu and Wang Bin stopped on the north bank of the Qinhuai River, handed over the carriage to the servants of an inn, and entered the inn. The two of them went straight upstairs to the room they had booked yesterday, and then squatted in front of the window and looked at the scene at the bridge.

Zheng He and the other three under him wandered around the inner city for two days and chose several places. But Zhu Gaoxu's favorite is here, although there are three roads to the long street on the other side of the river, but Li Jinglong's most likely road is only Qiaotou! The other way is either to take a boat, or to go out of the city gate first to make a big circle.

Zhu Gaoxu and Wang Bin observed the road together, and he pondered his thoughts again in his heart...... Monk Qingyuan first got the exact time and place, and then had to tell another person, and there was a link in the middle, and then Li Jinglong could get the definite news. At this moment, Li Jinglong may not know.

If Li Jinglong wanted to ambush in advance, or bring a group of helpers over, he would be discovered by Zhu Gaoxu's sentinels; If a helper comes over while we are talking, we can be warned in advance, and although it is dangerous to rush in this case, it is an unavoidable risk.

What's more, the location was chosen in a public place in the inner city, and Li Jinglong should not refuse if he wanted to.

Zhu Gaoxu moved a round table in the inn room to the window, and then took out something from his baggage. Two handfuls of incense, flint and steel, and a pair of pen and paper. Wang Bin glanced at it, turned his head and continued to stare out the window silently.

Zhu Gaoxu took a thin-necked wine bottle and put it on the round table, inserted a stick of incense into it, and lit it. He began to count the people on the bridge, only from the north bank to the south bank. Every once in a while, he would glance at the incense and write a Chinese character number on the paper from time to time.

The two sat in the inn room for nearly an hour, and Zhu Gaoxu had already written more than 20 numbers. At the same interval, the number of people crossing the bridge was different, but they all fluctuated within a range, and there was no sudden increase in numbers.

Until the faint sound of bells came from the bell tower in the distance, it was already noon, and there was no situation at the bridgehead, and Li Jinglong was not found.

It is possible that Li Jinglong crossed the river in a carriage with few people; Zhu Gaoxu couldn't see him just from upstairs.

Zhu Gaoxu was not in a hurry to go downstairs, and waited for the three incense sticks to burn out, then put on the big hat and turned his head to look at Wang Bin: "You continue to star, I'll go first." ”

Wang Bin looked nervous, hugged his fists and said, "Son, be careful." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, opened the door and walked out.

He personally drove the carriage, crossed the Qinhuai River, and went straight to a large restaurant on the south bank. The carriage stopped at the door, and the descendant with a white cloth on his shoulder walked over with a smile on his face, and said to the back of the carriage: "Guest officer, please come inside!" The smaller ones will ask someone to take care of the carriage for you. ”

There was no one in the carriage. Zhu Gaoxu walked down from the front, handed the whip to Xiao Er, and said, "Yesterday afternoon, I ordered a table of wine and food for today's noon. ”

Xiao Er took the whip to another person and said busily: "Guest officer, please." ”

Walking into the lobby, Xiao Er turned his head and asked, "Please tell the guest officer, what name did you use to book the table, and the little one will go to the shopkeeper immediately." ”

"Zhong Bin." Zhu Gaoxu said. He was still wearing a big hat and facing a less crowded area.

"Oh!" Xiao Er suddenly said, "You also have a treat, and two of them have already arrived." The guest officer doesn't have to wait, the small one will take you to the private seat. ”

Zhu Gaoxu paid attention to the situation in the restaurant, and followed Xiao Er up a spacious wooden staircase. The tables in the lobby were full of people, some diners had almost drunk their drinks, and a big man rolled up his sleeves, bare arms and red faces, and was making fists.

"Ding Bang ......" Someone broke the plate not far away, and immediately someone went up to pick up the pieces and reason with the diner.

When he arrived at the door of a private room, the little two knocked on the door and waited there. It's lunch time, this restaurant is doing very well, and the whole house is noisy, anyway, even if it answers, Xiao Er can't hear it...... So Xiao Er pushed the door open.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw Li Jinglong and another handsome man sitting at the round table. The two of them turned their heads to look at the door, Li Jinglong opened his mouth and immediately stood up, and the other man also stood up.

Zhu Gaoxu took out two treasure bills from his sleeve pocket and stuffed them into the small second-hand hand, "When the three sticks of incense are ready, we will serve the wine and food we ordered, and we don't need to send anything for the time being." ”

"Howler!" Xiao Er said happily, bent down and nodded, "Thank you, honor!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu walked into the private room and closed the door with his backhand. There was a door through it, and the noise suddenly subsided a little, but the air was still filled with "......buzzing" human voices, which were countless inaudible voices gathered together.

Li Jinglong clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "King Gaoyang is really here." ”

Zhu Gaoxu cautiously made a movement with his fingers, nodded and said, "My father is very sincere." This should be Mr. Zhao Hui and Zhao Qian? ”

The handsome man hugged his fists and said, "It's the last general, I've seen the son." ”

"Sit down, let's sit down and talk." Zhu Gaoxu greeted.

Zhao Hui picked up the teapot very insightfully, and poured tea into a teacup in front of Zhu Gaoxu's position. But Zhu Gaoxu won't drink.

"To be honest...... Zhu Gaoxu sat down and said, without any superfluous red tape at all, "Li Gong is in a worrying situation!" ”

Li Jinglong frowned and said, "It took a lot of effort, and I was finally exempted." ”

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said, "It should be said that he is temporarily exempted." Li Gong lost 100,000 teachers twice, and there are too many people in the court to figure out you. At this time, Li Gong should think more about his own family, whether to wait to be settled after the autumn, or to make another great achievement? ”

Li Jinglong is willing to meet these joints in private, and I am afraid that he has already weighed them.

Zhu Gaoxu paused and continued to persuade, "My father's soldiers are strong and powerful, and we have seen what strength Li Gong has. Li Gong was born in a famous family, proficient in the art of war, and is also a famous general in the court, Li Gong is so talented and has a heavy army, isn't the situation very clear? ”

Li Jinglong clenched his fists, "If it weren't for that gust of wind, victory or defeat would not be known!" ”

"It's all gone, and it's useless to say that." Zhu Gaoxu said, "This change is just a competition between the clan and the traitors in the court, and Li Gong and the others are still the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, so they don't have to hold on to a tree that will fall...... Besides, Huang Zicheng's big tree, now Li Gong can't hold it, right? ”

Li Jinglong was silent.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed earnestly: "The tree is dead, and the person is alive!" Let's show Li Gong a clear way, if Li Gong doesn't find another way, how can he climb out of the pit? ”

He turned his head to look at Zhao Hui again, "Brothers and sons inherit their father's business, and because of their father's merits, they receive thousands of households, and guard the city gate at Jinchuan Gate outside." If you want to go further, under normal circumstances, I am afraid that there will be a maximum of 1,000 households by the end of the year. ”

"Childe doesn't know." Zhao Hui smiled calmly, "It's just a few below, although it's only a thousand households now, but the ancestor is a Great Song clan!" ”

"Oh!" Zhu Gaoxu immediately made an expression of amazement, and hurriedly hugged his fists, "Disrespectful and disrespectful, it turns out that Zhao Qianhu is from a noble family!" ”

"It's a pity that the Great Song Dynasty has died, it's all to blame for that Yuan Tartar, alas!" Zhao Hui sighed.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The Ming Taizu also drove out the Tartars under the banner of restoring the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Hui's words changed, "It's not empty boasting, there is a family tree to check in the family, and it can be traced back to the lineage of Song Taizong." ”

How many years ago was this? Zhu Gaoxu endured the sour water in his stomach and complimented him again.