Zhu Houzhao was just interested in the "peshop girl", so Qian Ning came over to make trouble. She was unhappy and lifted Qian Ning away, pointing at the woman and saying, "Come and pour wine for me."

The woman pretending to be the shopkeeper of the wine shop came over tremblingly, her slender hands holding the wine pot were shaking violently, and even accidentally spilled some when pouring the wine.

Zhang Yuan changed his color and shouted, "Be careful, know what the charge of Mr. Tang Ku?"

When the woman heard Zhang Yuan's intimidation, she knelt on the ground with a "thump" sound, kowtowed constantly, her expression was full of fear. Zhu Houzhao blamed her: "What are you doing? I didn't even say anything. What's the right to shout here? You all retreat!"

Based on Qian Ning and Zhang Yuan's understanding of Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao asked them to retreat because he didn't want anyone to disturb his good things, not to mention that he wanted to be careless about the woman in front of him in the winery.

Qian Ning looked at Zhang Yuan and saw Zhang Yuan bowing and retreating. He had to follow him and leave his seat. When he arrived at the stairs, he heard Zhu Houzhao say in a gentle tone:

"As soon as the shop got up, I am not a beast, I will not do anything to you... Hiss, I look so handsome..."

Qian Ning and Zhang Yuan didn't dare to listen too much, so they went downstairs quickly.

After arriving downstairs, Zhang Yuan said in an aggressive tone: "Commander Qian, I wonder what Your Majesty has entrusted you? Could it be related to the beauties of the Western Regions that are rumored to the capital? You don't want to offer His Majesty a Hu girl, right?"

Qian Ning frowned when he heard this and thought to himself: "You Zhang Yuan snatched away the Western Regions women I want to offer to His Majesty. How much does it mean to tell me about these?"

Qian Ning forced a smile: "Eunuch Zhang doesn't understand what he said very well. When will he offer Ms. Hu? As for the tasks assigned by His Majesty, it is confidential. Please forgive me for not being able to explain it."

After hearing this, Zhang Yuan glared at Qian Ning coldly.

Neither of them exposed the matter, and both felt that the other party was insidious and cunning and difficult to deal with.

The two stayed downstairs of the restaurant, found a table to sit down, and waited for Zhu Houzhao to summon him.

At this moment, Dai Yi hurriedly walked in, Zhang Yuan glanced at him and asked, "Eunuch Dai, is there something urgent?"

Dai Yi was sweating profusely and rushed to Zhang Yuan in three or two steps, panicking: "Well, two, can you please, your Majesty be upstairs?"

Qian Ning smiled and replied: "Eunuch Dai is polite... Didn't you ask me knowingly? If Your Majesty is not upstairs, how could I wait here? If Eunuch Dai is going to meet the saint at this time, Your Majesty will not have time to meet."

Dai Yi said anxiously: "You two don't know that this restaurant was just built yesterday. When our family accepted it in the morning, they found that a few wooden stakes used to support the restaurant were not so stable. They were ordered to rework and rebuild it. Who would have thought that Your Majesty would come? If Your Majesty had any problems in this restaurant, our family would have been atonement for a hundred deaths."

Qian Ning looked up at the second floor and said, "For such a large house, even if there are so many wooden stakes that are unstable, it wouldn't be so coincidental that something happened today, right? What did Eunuch Zhang think?"

Zhang Yuan's face was pitch black and he thought to himself: "The construction of the leopard room has nothing to do with you. You can naturally speak sarcastic words, but I can't let Your Majesty take risks."

Zhang Yuan looked at Dai Yi with a dark face: "Why didn't you say it earlier? Is there any place to arrange it?"

Dai Yi pointed to the wooden building opposite: "Our family has carefully checked it. There is no problem with the teahouse. Please ask Your Majesty to move to the opposite side."

Zhang Yuan stopped talking nonsense, picked up the hem of his clothes, ran up the stairs, because he did not stop when he was going up the stairs, and the movement was too great, causing the entire building to shake. Not only did the stairs shake violently, but even the wooden floor on the ground floor trembled violently, making a "cracking" sound.

Dai Yi was so scared that his face was pale and he shouted: "Slow down, slow down."

Zhang Yuan found his feet swaying violently. In a hurry, he accelerated his pace and rushed upstairs, while shouting at the top of his lungs: "Your Majesty..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a "bang" sound, and something fell to the ground and made a loud noise. After that, the stairs shook even more. Zhang Yuan's steps were unstable and fell directly from the stairs.

"What's going on?"

Zhu Houzhao's confusion came from the upper floor.

"Your Majesty, be careful."

Although Zhang Yuan fell down the stairs, he still shouted anxiously.

Qian Ning and Dai Yi were so scared that they were out of their minds. They raised their heads and found that the beam above their heads were falling apart. Things were falling down. The wooden building was about to collapse and subconsciously fled to the winery.

The two of them ran away in a hurry. As soon as the man arrived on the street outside, he suddenly felt something hitting his back. He was shocked and took a step forward suddenly, then fell to the ground, rolled several times in a row, and then escaped the huge wooden block that was sputtered.

At this time, the palace maids and eunuchs who were dressed up as municipal people on the street screamed, screamed, and howled everywhere, running around to hide.

At this time, it was not the only one who shook the wine shop where Zhu Houzhao was located. Even the dozen buildings next to it were shaking. The problem was that these buildings were all made of temporary work, and the foundation was not solid. In addition, some wooden buildings were only built on the street, and the back was completely empty. In order to maintain balance, all buildings were connected together.

It happened that the wind was strong that night, and the buildings were shaking. In addition, the "looking goods" on the side of the restaurant were like large wooden boards that blocked the wind. After the wind increased, it formed a huge thrust. Both sides exerted force together, so the water-dried restaurant could no longer stand the test, collapsed, and then fell into a circle...

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...

After meeting the Hu Shangshang in the Western Regions, Shen Xi turned back from Chongwenmen and went back home. He wanted to reunite with his family on the Lantern Festival. He only found out that there was a guest waiting in the mansion since the afternoon.

Zhu Qi said, "It's Mr. Tang Bohu, who had been with the master before. He brought gifts over and said that he must meet the master. The villain couldn't twist it, so he asked him to come in and wait in the study... The villain sent someone to guard the house."

Shen Xi shook her head: "If someone comes in the future, please don't let them enter my study."

Because the study room is Shen Xi's private territory, although he usually sees guests there, he doesn't want someone to flip through things inside when he goes out.

Zhu Qi quickly responded: "Yes, master, the villain remembers it."

When Shen Xi entered, Zhu Qi followed closely with a lantern. When he arrived at the entrance of the study, Shen Xi saw Zhu Hong standing there like a door god.

Seeing Shen Xi and Zhu Qi coming, Zhu Hong quickly made it aside.

Shen Xi waved his hand and said to the father and son: "Today is the Lantern Festival. You will go home and reunite with your family and share the joy of family. Just leave someone to watch the house. It's so late, no guests should visit."

Zhu Qi bowed: "Master, it's still important to do this. If there is something wrong, it's easy to deal with it with a villain. Just let the dog go back, but the youngest ones should stay..."

Seeing that Zhu Qi looked very persistent, Chen Xi waved his hand to show that he would act according to the other party's wishes, and then entered the dimly lit study.

At this time, a man was sitting behind the desk, reading with a book, and even Chen Xi pushed the door open and didn't notice it.

Chen Xi looked at it for a moment and confirmed that the person in front of him was Tang Bohu, a talented man.

Chen Xi turned around and closed the door. Tang Yin heard the sound and raised his head to see Chen Xi. His body was shocked. He instantly felt guilty about peeping at other people's privacy. He immediately put down the book and stood up:

"Shangshu Chen, I'm... I'm so rude."

Chen Xi stepped forward, smiled and comforted, "Brother Bohu is too disgusting, you and I are like brothers, what's the point of coming to read books?"

Tang Yin's face was full of embarrassment. After all, he came uninvited. When he walked out of the desk, he remembered that he had brought a gift, but forgot where he put it for a while, so he could only temporarily reveal this one, and said:

"Shangshu Chen, today is the Shangyuan Festival. I have no relatives in the capital. I will come to congratulate Shangshu Chen..."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Brother Bohu is polite, please sit down."

The two of them sat down, and this time they sat next to the coffee table next to the window that was specially used to receive guests. Tang Yin was still a little uncomfortable after sitting down.

Soon the servant brought the tea, Chen Xi picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then said, "There is something important in the court, so I came back so late... If I had known that Brother Bohu had come to visit, I would have put down my official duties and go back to the house as soon as possible... Wait for a long time?"

Tang Yin was a little moved, and then said bitterly: "It is indeed a bit presumptuous to come to visit Shangshu Chen. It is also because... Neizi said that he would send some local specialties from some places to express his gratitude. After the capital, our family was taken care of by Shangshu Chen... In addition, until now, I have been doing simple things, and Neizi said that he had not fulfilled his responsibilities... So..."

Tang Yin was not even speaking smoothly, and obviously he was a little uncomfortable with asking for help in such a humble manner.

After Tang Yin arrived in the capital, Chen Xi arranged some errands for Tang Yin and paid his staff Shu Xiu monthly, but Chen Xi did not give much and did not fulfill the high salary he had offered before.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Brother Bo Hu wants to say that he is useless, right?"

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Tang Yin was much more restrained than before, with a look of ashamed face, "I feel more honorable to be able to do things under Shen Shangshu, but my inner son always disliked me for being incompetent..."

Chen Xi saw Tang Yin's appearance and knew that this talented man was restless again. Although Tang Yin himself was more tired and lazy than he thought, and could even be said to have no ambitions, this person was not so unbearable in history. Chen Xi knew that Tang Yin had the ability, but after meeting him, his life trajectory changed, and he lacked the training of a difficult life. His attitude towards life was very different from that of Tang Bohu in history.

People are the same person, but it is understandable that after the outlook on life and world view changes, it is completely different from the performance in history.

Chen Xidao: "Because of some old past events, Brother Bo Hu cannot be an official... But some miscellaneous things really make Brother Bo Hu aggrieved. Let's do this. After the yamen reopens, I will arrange some difficult and challenging errands for Brother Bo Hu... Oh, by the way, this year is the year of the competition. There are many scholars in the capital, so Brother Bo Hu hasn't gone to see some old friends?"

Tang Yin said ashamedly: "Since you are no longer interested in the imperial examination, why bother to find the old man and make it boring?"

"Um."

Chen Xi nodded, "Brother Bo Hu might as well wait for peace of mind first. After the spring begins, the court will use troops to the grassland. At that time, I may ask Brother Bo Hu to accompany you."

"this……"

Tang Yin's face showed joy at first, and then he looked worried.

Chen Xi sighed secretly in his heart. Tang Yin clearly wanted to make achievements and was greedy for life and fear of death, so he showed a completely different expression change.

Chen Xi smiled slightly: "I won't force you to choose how Brother Bo Hu, but if Brother Bo Hu is willing to go on a war with me, you will be welcome."

Tang Yin's mouth moved, and a bitter smile appeared in his smile. He was obviously in a very conflicted mood. Originally, he was looking for Chen Xi for fame and fortune, but Chen Xi pointed out a clear path, but he was very confused and didn't know how to make a choice.

The two of them talked for a while, and suddenly there was a hurried knock at the door. Chen Xi stood up strangely to open the door, but Zhu Qi stood at the door in panic.

"Master, I just got the news that something happened in the leopard room. Please go over and take a look." Zhu Qi said anxiously.

Tang Yin had no reaction to the news. He had to think about where the Leopard Room was, and he would not think about how the leopard room would be in trouble. Chen Xi's expression changed drastically and bowed to Tang Yin and said, "Brother Bo Hu, I have important business here, why don't we talk about it again?"

When Tang Yin saw Chen Xi frightened, he was not as if he had done a false act, so he could only stand up and salute and leave.

After Tang Yin left with his servants, Chen Xi looked at Zhu Qi and asked, "Did someone inform him from the Leopard Room?"

Zhu Qi shook his head: "It was the military officer of the Five City City Army that came to inform him, saying that a series of loud noises came from the leopard room, and then a large area of ​​smoke and dust rose, screams one after another, but they were not very clear about what happened. Now rumors are everywhere in the city, and they are in chaos."

Chen Xi frowned and said, "But if someone from the Leopard Room had not been passed by, I would have gone to the Leopard Room to visit without authorization... Wait for the news, and there is no need to communicate with Guard Yun after he arrives, so she will come in and see me directly."

Because he knew nothing about the situation in the leopard room, Chen Xi could only stay in the mansion for the time being. After about a quarter of an hour, a carriage arrived at the door. Soon a eunuch got out of the carriage, looking a little unfamiliar, and he came to Chen Xi and knelt respectfully:

"Mr. Shen, the house in the leopard room collapsed, and His Majesty was also pressed down..."

Because Zhu Qi was also next to him, Chen Xi said angrily after hearing the news: "How dare you say such words? Who asked you to come and pass on a message to me?"

The eunuch was frightened and hesitated: "Yes... are you twisting your father-in-law."

Chen Xi asked, "Duang Daddy, can you ask you to notify others, or send someone out of the leopard room to deliver the message?"

The eunuch said nervously: "My devil also asked the villain to pass the news to Master Xie's mansion...My devil is so busy that he has no time to assign others."

"Okay, this father-in-law, you can take a rest in the mansion for the time being. Master Xie doesn't need to go there for the time being. I will pass on the message for you."
To be continued...