Chapter 473: Hidden Dragons and Crouching Tigers in Zuixianlou

Chapter 473: Hidden Dragons and Crouching Tigers in Zuixianlou

Chapter 473: Hidden Dragons and Crouching Tigers in Zuixianlou

In the private room on the second floor of Zuixianlou, Lu Yunyi and others sat down again.
Lu Yunyi was not as depressed as before. He looked left and right at the imperial edict.

The little head is filled with big doubts.

He somehow became the Minister of Works, an additional official position of the third rank.

So what is he now? One step further from the third-grade Great Perfection, half a step from the second-grade?
However, Lu Yunyi gladly accepted this promotion!
The Ministry of Works is a good place. Now that I'm the chief of the Ministry of Works, I can openly use public resources for personal gain!

Then I'll see if there are any good items in the Ministry of Industry.
Use all that can be used, there are still too few tools in the military workshop.

As for the Doctor of Craftsmanship, Lu Yunyi had never heard of this official position.

The Imperial Academy was the highest institution of learning in the Ming Dynasty.
There were Doctors of the Imperial College, Doctors of the Five Classics, Doctors of Mathematics, Doctors of Medicine, and Doctors of Law, but there was no Doctor of Craftsmanship.

Li Jinglong and Liu Heiying, whose cheeks were red from drinking, had never heard of this before.

They don't even know what doctors there are in the Imperial College.

Li Jinglong shouted at the side:
"Yun Yi, the position of Doctor of Craftsmanship was probably created just for you. It can be considered as the founding of a new school of craftsmanship!"

"My skills are not even as good as those of Old Lu in the army, so I don't deserve this reputation.

"Your Majesty, what is your intention? I am a soldier, and I want to be a civil servant? That's strange."

Speaking of what Li Jinglong is good at, he chuckled:
"You don't know this, right? Minister Qin was promoted on the spot.

From Right Vice Minister to Shangshu, this step took countless steps.

The former subordinate suddenly became a superior.
The subordinates who used to be scolded at will, would have no idea they were at ease now that they were about to pay homage.

Not only the Ministry of Works, but also the other five ministers wanted to kill him.
The position of Minister of Industry is vacant, so they may still have some chance.

Now that someone else has taken this official position first, how can they bear it?

I heard that Minister Qin is having a hard time in the government, and His Majesty should ask you to support him."

After hearing this, Lu Yunyi understood that the conflicts in the workplace were still irreconcilable and that external forces had to be introduced.

At this time, Liu Heiying, who had been silent, nodded repeatedly:
"That's right, Minister Qin is indeed having a hard time."

"Hmm?" Lu Yunyi's brain was a little slow to react, but he still reacted:
"how do you know?"

Liu Heiying's face froze, uh.
Oops, I drank a little and let it slip.
Seeing him like this, Lu Yunyi knew something was wrong. He narrowed his eyes and quickly thought of someone.
"Have you contacted that 'Young Master Qin'?"

"Uh"

There was silence for a while, and finally under Lu Yunyi's stare, Liu Heiying smiled awkwardly:
"She came to the fruit shop yesterday. Brother Yun'er, you know what, even though she's a girl, she works very efficiently!

That "Mr. Song" is here too, and he's looking for you."

"Then where were you last night?" Lu Yunyi's eyes suddenly widened!
"In the brothel last night!" Liu Heiying stood at attention and raised his hand to swear.

"Really?"

"Really? I spent sixty taels of silver."

Lu Yunyi breathed a sigh of relief, but he felt a headache coming on and his eyebrows were twitching slightly.

“Leave less contact with them.”

Li Jinglong looked at the two of them talking to each other and was a little confused:

"What happened? What are you talking about? Why can't I understand a word you say?"

Lu Yunyi did not hide anything and told the story of how three women disguised themselves as men and came to Zuixianlou a few days ago.
When he heard the identities of the three people, Li Jinglong's eyebrows also twitched wildly! !

His eyes glanced back and forth between the two of them in disbelief.

What's going on? How come there's already a beauty throwing herself at me right after I returned to the capital? Why isn't there one for me?

"Do they know your identities?"

Lu Yunyi thought about it carefully and shook his head:
“Miss Qin and Miss Song don’t know our true identities, but they know that we are merchants.

Miss Deng knew our identities, but she didn’t know that we had forged our identities as merchants.”

This was a very difficult sentence to understand, but Liu Heiying understood it, and he grinned and nodded repeatedly!
"We know they are dressed as men, but they don't know we know they are dressed as women."

Li Jinglong looked confused and it took him a long time to react.

He remembered something, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a low voice:

"Deng Ming has been transferred from the Imperial Guard. The specific documents have not yet been issued, but the Governor's Office has already prepared his badge."

Lu Yunyi frowned slightly, "Transferred away?"

Li Jinglong continued: "Last time there was such a big commotion, and his identity is somewhat sensitive.
I guess Mao Xiang also took this opportunity to kick him out as soon as possible, otherwise he would be hard to explain in the future."

Lu Yunyi also felt that this was a possibility.

Moreover, he knew that Deng Ming attributed the matter of Jiang Li and the divine punishment to the General and Marquis of Xiping. Considering his identity, this seemed to be a bit of a provocation.

As a force loyal to the palace, the Jinyiwei could not just sit back and watch.

"His affairs have nothing to do with us."

Lu Yunyi quickly put the matter behind him and became drowsy again.

Li Jinglong and Liu Heiying talked about interesting things about the fruit and vegetable business.
I don't know what he said, but Li Jinglong exclaimed repeatedly in surprise.

At this moment, there were some noises of fighting outside the private room.
Lu Yunyi opened his eyes, frowned, and a fierce look flashed across his face.

Soon, the noise suddenly increased, and then there were sounds of fighting, and there seemed to be the sound of tables, chairs and benches overturned.

At this time, Li Jinglong's personal guard Duan Chen came in with a horrified look on his face:

"My lord, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin and His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan are fighting with someone!"

"what?"

There was a moment of stagnation in the private room. The three people looked confused and narrowed their eyes.
Lu Yunyi was no longer sleepy all of a sudden.

Soon, the three of them walked out of the private room and came to the edge of the second floor.

From here you can see the scene on the first floor of Zuixianlou.

In the lobby, several strong men who looked like guards had collapsed, groaning while holding their chests.

Both sides
On one side were the King of Jin and the King of Yan, and on the other side were two young gentlemen. There was also a familiar face in the crowd, Zhou Song, the shopkeeper of Xinchen Trading Company.

Zhou Song stood there with a sad face, feeling very unlucky.

A few days ago, I heard from Mr. Chen that the court was planning to set up a workshop for the wheelbarrow business, and there would be money to be made.

He also wanted to get involved, so he invited two sons of the heads of the Ministry of Works to a banquet, hoping to find out something.

But I didn't expect that after eating and drinking, he would start fighting with others before leaving.

Moreover, looking at the group of people on the opposite side, they have muscular build and fierce looks on their faces, and it is obvious that they are not easy to mess with.

At this time, the two young masters also sobered up and their drunkenness disappeared.
After realizing that the person in front of him was not someone to be trifled with, he winked at Zhou Song repeatedly, asking him to come forward.

Zhou Song cursed the two men in his heart for being immoral, but he still walked out with a smirk on his face:

"It's just a misunderstanding. It's just a joke. Why is there a need to fight?"

He looked at the two people hiding behind the guards, and his heart skipped a beat.
When he got closer, he realized the aura that the two of them inadvertently exuded.
That is the aura of being able to be "yourself".

In this world, there are only two kinds of people who can be themselves.
One is a fool, and the other is a powerful person.

The two people in front of me don't look like fools at all.
“It’s broken. It’s broken.”

His Xinchen Business Company is engaged in the house management business.

Everyone he came into contact with was either rich or noble. In his impression, there were very few people who could compare to the two people in front of him.

After thinking for a moment, he took a step forward and continued:
"My two brothers, we were wrong in what happened today. Please forgive us and don't mind it!"

Although he spoke very sincerely, Zhu Di did not even look at them. Instead, he looked at the two young masters with sharp eyes:
"Tell me, why can't a soldier be an assistant minister?
General Xu Da and General Chang Yuchun have both served as prime ministers, so why can't a military officer be a minister?"

Zhu Di's voice is loud!

Zhou Song's face turned pale. It was all over. The two gentlemen in front of him were military men!
The two young men also understood the meaning of the words, and they felt their legs and feet go weak and their hearts tremble.

But they still pretended to be calm and said in a trembling voice:
"You heard it wrong, that's not what we meant!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly and pointed at the two people in front of him.

"Catch him and slap him!"

In an instant, the scene, which had been slightly stable, became chaotic again.

The guards of both sides fought each other, but ordinary guards were no match for the prince's guards. In a few moments, several people fell to the ground.

The two young men were also grabbed by the neck like chickens.

"My two generals, I am sorry for offending you. It shouldn't be this serious." Zhou Song had a sad face on the side, but no matter what he said, no one seemed to pay attention to him.

On the second floor, Li Jinglong and Liu Heiying both looked at Lu Yunyi with strange expressions.

Lu Yunyi also felt very wronged. How could he be involved with this again?

At this time, the shopkeeper Fang Hanheng saw them and ran up to them.
"Boss, do you know these two people?"

Lu Yunyi replied without any regret: "I know him."

Fang Hanheng breathed a sigh of relief and was just about to ask his boss to persuade him not to make trouble in the store.

But Li Jinglong's slightly teasing words made him silent.

"It's the King of Jin and the King of Yan."

The three did not go downstairs immediately. They waited until the two young men's faces were swollen from being beaten and they were somewhat unconscious before they walked down the stairs.

Seeing this, some people around hurriedly bowed and called Lord Lu and Duke Cao
But they didn't expect that after they walked down the stairs, they bowed to the two big men.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin and His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan."

"Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle"

For a moment, Zhou Song felt that he shouldn't be here.

He should have appeared on the war-torn battlefield of Gu Yuan and died there.

thump.
Before he could kneel down, the two young masters in charge knelt on the ground, tears and snot streaming down their faces, with regretful expressions on their faces.

Soon, the Zuixian Tower, which had been quiet for a while, began to hear voices of worship.
Many diners were extremely excited.

The new nobles of the court saw it, the imperial edict saw it, and even the prince saw it. This Zuixianlou is truly a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden.

A quarter of an hour later, the two young masters were dragged out of Zuixian Tower, and the King of Jin and the King of Yan also went up to the second floor.
Zuixianlou was bustling again.

Only this time, the diners were more interested and frequently cast their eyes towards the second floor.

What happened today is a big topic of conversation.

On the third floor, after all this fight,
Everyone gave up the idea of ​​getting drunk until dawn and soon dispersed.

Prince Jin and Prince Yan Li Jinglong returned to their residences in the capital, while Lu Yunyi and Liu Heiying returned to the Puzikou City Camp
As night falls, silver light shines lightly, spreading endlessly on the surface of the Qinhuai River, and the waves sparkle as if countless tiny silver flakes are gently dancing.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, horse-drawn carriages moved slowly on a path paved with fine pebbles.

The wheels rubbed gently against the road, making a long and rhythmic sound.

Inside the carriage, Lu Yunyi looked at the time in a daze. It was almost two o'clock in the morning, and he sighed.

I haven't slept for two days and two nights.
His head swung weakly on his neck, and finally leaned against the wall of the box.
"Black Hawk, tomorrow is my first day on the job, can I ask for leave?"

Liu Heiying was in high spirits, and at the moment he was still immersed in the regret of not being able to go to the brothel.

Hearing this, he shook his head and said slowly:

"Brother Yun'er, this is not good."

“That’s what I thought too.”

He looked at Liu Heiying and asked, "Is Miss Qin interested in you?"

“I can’t really say, but she seems quite attentive.

These rich girls usually have to stay at home, so it’s natural for them to feel curious when they meet new friends.”

"You understand all this?" Lu Yunyi raised his eyebrows.

“I just found it yesterday, it looks careless.

But everything I see is new to me. I guess it’s because I’ve been cooped up at home for too long.

By the way, Miss Song seems to be interested in Brother Yun'er and always asks him indirectly. "

"Boring."

"Brother Yun'er, I think you should spend more time with her."

"why?"

Lu Yunyi's head was a mess and he was unable to react.

“She is the granddaughter of Dongge Grand Secretary Song Ne, and her family must know many scholars.

Then find a good teacher for Sun Sian.

I believe that many people will be interested in the title of the first military household scholar teacher."

"Ok?"

Lu Yunyi straightened up, his dark circles under his eyes were very conspicuous even in the dim carriage.

He suddenly felt that what Liu Heiying said made some sense.

He originally planned to introduce Sun Sian to his master Liu Sanwu.

When there is a cheating case in the imperial examination, you can also benefit from it.

Now that I think about it, there may be other ways to go, but they are much more troublesome and require the use of beauty traps.

For a moment, Lu Yunyi couldn't tell which of the two paths was better.

"I'll think about it tomorrow. I'm feeling dizzy now."

Liu Heiying suddenly mentioned something:
"What about the girl from the Deng family? She is deeply in love with us and even sent us information.
Although her father has been transferred now,
But there must be some confidential information over the years, maybe I can get some of it."

Lu Yunyi waved his hand: "I don't have the energy. I can't touch this kind of love brain."

"Ah? Brother Yun'er, you are talking nonsense again."

Liu Heiying muttered something and stopped talking.

He knew that whenever Brother Yuner said something that he couldn't understand, he was really confused.

The carriage swayed and soon entered the Puzikou City and returned to the front army scout camp.

At this moment, scattered lights in the camp were lit, scattered in all directions like stars.

Lu Yunyi, who had slept all the way, felt a little more energetic and saw Feng Yunfang, who had been waiting there for a long time, in the central military camp.

"How was the training going for those young masters today?"

"Sir, they are crying for their parents."

Lu Yunyi smiled and said, "Where's Zhang Fu? How's his performance?"

"Zhang Fu is very good. He has followed many military exercises."

"Not bad. Let's have more soldiers watch tomorrow to arouse their fighting spirit.

Besides, they are still young, so they should eat more meat and good meat.

Forget it, let’s eat them together. Tell Wang Xue tomorrow to go to the city to buy more meat so that we can all have a good rest.”

As he spoke, Lu Yunyi patted Feng Yunfang's chest:

"You're still young. Eat more. Maybe you can grow taller."

"Thank you, sir."

Lu Yunyi walked into the military tent, drank the tea in the pot, picked up the long sword hanging beside him, and walked straight out of the tent.

A group of personal guards followed quickly.
They all knew that the Lord was going to inspect the camp.

This is something that must be done every day.

Soon, Lu Yunyi stood in front of Zhang Yu's military tent, where a candle was still lit.

He listened attentively and could still hear Zhang Yu's scolding.

He quietly lifted a corner of the military tent and saw the scene inside clearly.

Zhang Yu stood on a huge map with marks on it, which was obviously a map for troop deployment.

Zhang Fu stood aside, rubbing his eyes and yawning.

"Dad, I'm sleepy."

"Wenbi, your father wasted nearly thirty years before I got to this position by chance.

Now you have such a good opportunity, you must cherish it!
If you suffer now, you will have an easy road ahead. You should know my father's painstaking efforts. Let me tell you why the troops were divided here."

Zhang Fu sighed helplessly: "Dad, I know, please tell me..."

(End of this chapter)