Zhu You listened to Lin Youkun say that the two relatively quiet diners at the table just now were actually Jinyiwei's people, so he couldn't help but be taken aback, and asked nervously, "Are you here to keep an eye on us?" ”

"It's not." Lin Youkun sneered, "If you borrow their guts, they don't dare to follow You Gongzi." If anyone dared to follow secretly and plot against them, the villain would have killed them long ago. These two people are just the fixed posts of Jinyiwei, and they are specially engaged in eavesdropping and chatting in the downtown of the restaurant. ”

Zhu Youzhen asked suspiciously: "Then how do you know that they are Jinyiwei's people?" ”

Lin Youkun explained: "You Gongzi, although these two are wearing plain clothes outside, the layer of hemp-colored bullfighting clothes they are wearing inside is accidentally exposed. Also, the blades held by the two are longer than a single sword, slightly shorter than a long sword, narrow and slightly curved, and the handle is longer than that of an ordinary knife, which is easy to hold with both hands. Bullfighting clothes and embroidered spring knives are the obvious signs of the brocade clothes and guards. ”

Zhu Youzhen then asked, "Then what are they doing now?" ”

Lin Youkun sighed and said, "Young Master You, as soon as those scholars walked on their front feet, these two followed on their heels. It is estimated that when they go to a secluded place, they will have to take people with their hands. ”

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he asked nervously: "These scholars are just chatting a few words, what is the crime?" Why arrest them? ”

Lin Youkun said with a solemn face: "Since the establishment of Jinyiwei in the Hongwu period, it has been directly under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, in charge of the edict and prison, and has the right to patrol and arrest. However, in the past, Jinyiwei only targeted officials and people with meritorious reputation, but now they are willing to be the pawns of Dongchang, even ordinary people. The scholars just now were bluntly taboo, and they were quite disrespectful to Wei Zhongxian, the governor of Dongchang, which was a big sin. ”

"And what will they be sentenced to?" Zhu Youzhen was quite sympathetic to these people, thinking that if he was placed in his previous life, there would be a lot of nonsense about national affairs like this. To put it nicely, this is called "the humble does not dare to forget the country", and to put it mildly, it is "the dog takes the mouse and meddles in things". Anyway, they are all flat-headed people, and they can't change anything in half a day. How can this be a sin?

"There is no conviction because they are just ordinary people, and there is no need to convict. But if you want to come out alive after the trial, it's difficult! ”

Zhu Youzhen was taken aback, listening to Lin Youkun's meaning, these people were going to be killed alive in prison!

"Can you save them?" Zhu Youzhen asked tentatively.

Lin Youkun lowered his voice with a bitter face and sighed: "Your Highness, it's not that you don't want to save these people. It's just that he is a lowly right guard, only responsible for the palace guards, and has no other power. Twenty-six guards of the pro-army, each with its own division, those who cross the line will not be forgiven, this is Emperor Taizu's clear instruction, and how dare he violate his humble duties. Besides, these Dongchang and Jinyiwei secret agents are all over the world, and countless people have been unjustly arrested or even unjustly killed, how can they be saved? ”

Hearing Lin Youkun say this, Zhu Youzhen had no choice. When he thought that these people were going to be murdered just because they said a few more words after drinking, he lost interest anymore. I thought that if I ran out of the palace, I would be able to escape Wei Zhongxian's clutches, but I didn't know that Wei Zhongxian had already used Dongchang and Jinyiwei to weave a net. As long as you are still in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it is useless to hide anywhere, it is better to be safe in the palace!

At this time, Zhu Youzhen suddenly remembered that he had the emperor's order to leave the palace, so don't delay the business. Now it is because of the protection of the apocalypse that I can survive, and this is the only straw that cannot be thrown away.

Thinking of this, he was busy discussing with Lin Youkun how to achieve the emperor's order and sell that batch of furniture and utensils.

Unexpectedly, Lin Youkun was only responsible for guarding his own safety, although his martial arts were strong, he didn't know anything else, and he held back for a long time before he said: "The villain really doesn't know anything here, it's better to ask the guys in the store, they don't know how many days a day to entertain guests from the north and south of the sea, and they are also well-informed, and they may be able to come up with ideas." ”

Zhu Youzhen heard that he was reasonable, and hurriedly called a guy who ran the hall, first rewarded him with a tael of silver and the right to tip, and then asked: "I won't tell you anything, our group is a merchant who came to Beijing from other places, specializing in furniture and woodware business. Now we have a batch of good goods, all of which are made of rosewood and rosewood, and we want to sell them in Beijing, but we don't know how to start. Do you know where you can find a furniture store or dealer? ”

The guy took the bounty and was smiling. Hearing this, he frowned, looked at Zhu Youzhen with surprise for a long time, and then replied in embarrassment: "This guest officer, where are you from?" What does 'store' and 'dealer' mean, the villain doesn't understand! ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen realize that he had moved the proper nouns of his previous life directly over without paying attention, no wonder people couldn't understand it. I had to explain embarrassedly: "I'm the one... Hainanese, hey, hey, hey. The store is the bazaar, and the dealer is the merchant who resells the goods, can you understand now? ”

The guy smiled and said, "I understand when you say that, guest officer." I'll tell you the truth, this furniture is different. Ordinary people find a piece of cheap wood and build it by themselves; The rich and noble, or places like our Wanghailou, first order wood from other places, and then find a special carpenter to customize after the wood is shipped. Like you, you directly sell good finished furniture, and it is such a precious wood, but there is none! ”

Hearing what the guy said, Zhu Youzhen was dumbfounded. It seems that in this era, the commodity economy cannot be compared with the previous life, the furniture is DIY, and no one buys and sells at all, and there are no large furniture stores such as Red Star Macalline and Actually Home. I thought that the task assigned by the apocalypse could be easily completed, but I didn't expect to encounter an intractable problem when I came up!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen was no longer in the mood to sit here, and shouted depressedly: "Don't eat, check out!" ”

The guy answered and ran to the front desk to settle the accounts. After a while, he ran back, but smiled respectfully: "Guest officer, someone has already settled the account at your table." ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Lin Youkun, thinking that he was settling the account while he was not paying attention. Lin Youkun was also quite surprised, it seemed that he was completely unaware.

Seeing that the two of them were stunned, the guy smiled and said: "The account of the distinguished guest at this table is settled by the guest of Tianzi No. 1 private room. He also asked the little one to pass a message to the distinguished guests, can he enjoy the light in the private room? ”

Zhu Youzhen thought to himself that I didn't have any acquaintances after I crossed over, who was so kind to pay for me? Or do you want to trick my brother into a secluded private room and do it secretly?

Lin Youkun saw Zhu Youzhen's hesitation, and said in a low voice: "You Gongzi, relax, there is a villain, and it doesn't hurt." ”

Someone escorted him, Zhu Youzhen's courage was also a little stronger, thinking that although he hadn't seen Lin Youkun do it with his own eyes, but the emperor's personal guard, the martial arts would naturally not be very bad, and it was estimated that it should be no problem for one person to deal with seven or eight. Besides, there are other helpers lurking around. Thinking about it, I am afraid that there are not many sword and axe hands hidden in the private room. People pay for themselves, and if they don't even dare to take a picture, it's too cowardly!

Thinking of this, this thing said with full style: "In this case, lead the way in front of the head!" ”

In fact, the No. 1 private room is not far behind their desk, and they can reach it with their legs. Entering the private room, Zhu Youzhen found that the inside was extremely spacious and luxuriously decorated, worthy of the title of "Tianzi No. 1". In the middle of the center is a large round table, full of food and drink. On the other side of the round table, only one person was seated. The man was about forty years old, bloated, richly dressed, and had three locks of long hair flowing on his chest.

Seeing Zhu Youzhen and his entourage coming in, this person hurriedly got up and left the table, clasped his fists and arched his hands, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Excellency deigns to appreciate the light, and it is an honor to be contemptible!" ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that he didn't know this person, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. This person was extremely enthusiastic and persuaded him to come to the table, and shouted at the man to re-distribute the dishes, pour wine and tea, and seemed very enthusiastic.

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person with a hand, although Zhu Youzhen felt inexplicable, he was embarrassed to refuse the kindness of others, so he had to join Lin Youkun and the four sisters. That person had to sit in the main seat with Zhu Youzhen, but Zhu Youzhen couldn't refuse, so he had to sit.

After everyone sat down, the man smiled again: "Childe, please forgive the villain for taking the liberty of asking." The villain's surname is Qiao Qitai, a native of Qi County, Shanxi, and he is currently opening a 'Dechang' in Beijing, mainly doing some antique business. Can I ask the son's name? ”

Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to take out the set of words he had already made up: "It turned out to be Qiao's shopkeeper, disrespectful and disrespectful." The surname of the contemptible person is especially frugal, a Hainan person, specializing in the furniture business. ”

Qiao Qitai smiled mysteriously: "Don't hide it from the son, the villain also heard some of the conversation between you and the guy just now, so he took the liberty to invite him." Is there a sample of Childe's goods? Can you make the villain take a look? ”

Seeing that there was suddenly an interested customer, Zhu Youzhen also became excited, and hurriedly said to Lin Youkun: "Steward Lin, go and ask the guys to bring a chair and let the shopkeeper Qiao take a look." ”

Lin Youkun took the order and left, and after a short time, he asked his subordinates to carry in a Taishi chair.

Of course, these pieces of furniture used as samples were also transported out of the palace by a special person in a horse-drawn cart, and three carts were pulled.

Qiao Qitai hurriedly stood up and carefully examined the Taishi chair.

Zhu Youjian saw that this chair was the one that Tianqi applied ergonomics and made a buttocks shape on the chair surface, and smiled secretly in his heart.

Qiao Qitai looked very carefully, looked up and down, left and right, and even turned the chair over to look at the back. After watching it for a long time, he said to Zhu Youzhen with a smile on his face: "You Gongzi, please step back and go, the villain has a big business to talk to Gongzi." ”

As soon as he said this, Lin Youkun became vigilant, raised the hilt of his sword lightly with his left thumb under the table, and asked in a deep voice: "Shopkeeper Qiao, who are you?" ”