Chapter 210 No room to sweep

Walking up to the Wangqin Building in the northeast of the Han Palace, Zhu Gaoxu looked in the direction of the East Beijing Division, but it was impossible for him to see the capital.

His eyes crossed the Kunming city wall in the distance, looked into the clear horizon, and could only faintly see the distant mountain shadows.That mountain shadow may be Fenghuáng Mountain.

The horizon was blocked by the shadow of the mountains, and only then could he feel the obstruction of the southwestern border.

According to the Ming Dynasty's etiquette, the Prince's Mansion built this Honoured Kiss Building in order to make the Zhu family miss the emperor and clan relatives who were far away in the capital.

However, Zhu Gaoxu stood here, neither missing his parents nor his brothers and sisters very much. He only thought of Miaojin.Most of the people he cared about from the bottom of his heart in the Ming Dynasty had followed him to Yunnan Prefecture, except Miaojin.

Wang Gui and others have been leaving Yunnan for nearly a month. They should be at the capital at this time, right?

The speed of the small team is much faster than that of tens of thousands of people; as long as they pass through the mountainous areas of Guizhou, most post roads can ride horses and travel hundreds of miles a day.

...The yellow dog and several eunuchs stood silently behind Zhu Gaoxu, because Zhu Gaoxu was holding the railing and was stunned there, and no one dared to disturb him.

Standing alone on a high place, he thought about a lot of things.

A long time ago, he was an angry young man, and the anger hidden in his heart could not be resolved. He blamed the whole society for being cynical all day long.

Then he is impatient, careless and irritable in doing anything, and feels that everyone is sorry for him; he cannot satisfy all kinds of desires and hopes to do something big and get rich overnight.

Fortunately, people will always grow.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu decided not to disturb Chen Xu for the time being, and to patiently first, to figure out the matter clearly and then weigh the pros and cons.

He looked at his kiss for a long time, sighed in front of several eunuchs, not knowing that his father and mother were in good health, and then went downstairs.

Looking downstairs, there were two rows of eunuchs and palace maids standing on the floor. Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said: You are all scattered, the yellow dog and go to the front hall with me.

Yes, prince.Everyone bent down and replied.

The yellow dog held the whisk and said, "Do you want me to prepare a chariot?"

Walk over.Zhu Gaoxu ordered.After the war, he lacked exercise and was more likely to gain weight without exercising his muscles.

This royal palace was only built according to the specifications of ordinary prince palaces. It is indeed large, and its circumference is said to be more than three miles.Zhu Gaoxu was sweating when he walked to Duanli Gate.

When they arrived at the ward office on the west side of Duanli Gate, there were more than a dozen soldiers left behind. They all came up to see the ceremony.

Zhu Gaoxu sat down at the throne inside and asked someone to bring up all the reports from the past few days.

Soon, Wang Bin and Hou Hai also came in to pay their respects.One of them is the commander and the other is the commander. In addition to the responsibilities of the defence office, they all have their own offices.

Zhu Gaoxu angrily asked them to find a place to sit and continued to look at the files on the table.

After a long time, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly raised his head and said: Why did no one report this report from the western base of Mu Mansion to me?

Hou Hai and others immediately stood up and walked up. Hou Hai couldn't wait to take a piece of paper first and hand it to Wang Bin next to him.

It was a report on the stronghold on the west side of Mu Mansion and Rongshu Street. There was a middle-aged woman who entered and exited a mansion on the east side of the street twice within three days.

The prince forgives his crime, and the officials think that the woman is just a slave. The spy in the garrison in the garrison has nothing to do to report, so he wrote to hand over the job. He dared not bother the prince with such trivial matters... Hou Hai hurriedly said.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him and said: No matter what, it was composed of such trivial matters. We can't just guess or let others say anything.

Hou Hai and Wang Bin worshiped each other: The lower official (the last general) was negligent.

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: Usually, people who go out to the government to purchase are men.Will the women in our Han Palace often come in and out of the palace?

The two of them suddenly realized, and then they looked at Zhu Gaoxu with admiration.

Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the paper and said: Send the Quan Yong team to find out the details of this woman, whether she was a slave in Mu's house.

They hurriedly said: Please obey the order!

Zhu Gaoxu said with great concern: When asking your brothers to follow me, don’t just follow her carelessly. You can use the method of following her in batches... Forget it, I’ll go there in person, and you two, call Liu Ying and other generals from the Shou Yu to follow me. I’ll demonstrate it first, and you will learn how to use it next time.

Hou Hai said with a bitter face: The lower-ranking official is incompetent, and he still needs the prince to take action personally for such a trivial matter.

If you don’t clean a room, how can you clean the world?Zhu Gaoxu said casually, this is not a trivial matter, I am teaching everyone tactics.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but think of the unknown force again, the person who followed the Mu family's little girl.

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Yang Sheng, the groom of Mu Mansion, lives in the row of houses on the west side of Mu Mansion.

Yang Sheng is almost fifty years old this year and has no name. After joining the army, he was named by hundreds of households. There are many people like him, so the names of the Ming soldiers are mostly Sheng, Yong, Jun, Wu, Zhong, etc.

I think when he followed Mr. Mu to Yunnan twenty years ago, he was still very young; now he is getting older, and the old injuries on his legs are not healed. He is a lame person. Fortunately, the Mu family is nostalgic, so he is left to take care of the horses for his old age.

Go out from the back door to the east of the yard, there is a street, opposite the high wall of the Mu Mansion.There are no people walking on this street, and the door has been repaired and stopped by the intersection, so outsiders cannot enter.

Outside the west gate of the yard, there is also a wider street with banyan trees planted on both sides; the street is a little damp and the sky is covered by lush branches.

If it is early in the morning or next to the night, you can't see the road on this street clearly.

Before joining the army, Yang Sheng's family was barely barred and could not marry a wife.

After the war, he was already middle-aged, his legs were lame, and his face was a little crooked. The brothers in the army had found several women for him, most of whom were widows with a few children, and all kinds of widows, blind, lame, and crazy, so Yang Sheng has not yet married.

But he didn't think there was anything. Many familiar brothers were dead, and he was at least still alive.

...Two months ago, Yang Sheng met a woman in the city. She was probably in her thirties and forties. The woman was dressed in a tattered manner but still had charm.

The woman cried and said that her daughter was sick and had no money to get medicine, so she came up to ask for money.

Yang Sheng gave him a copper coin, but she said it was not enough and wanted to do short-term work for him and ask for more money.

Yang Sheng was arranged by Mu's house to live in a yard, neither having to farm nor doing business. He usually only took care of horses. When he was about to refuse... the woman said that her husband died, and her husband's surname was Wang, and he was a widow, so he could do anything.

So Yang Sheng brought her back.

The woman cleaned his yard spotlessly and the dishes she made were delicious.

...More than a month ago, the woman brought her daughter, saying that the owner of the house drove them away, begging Yang Sheng to take them in for a while before leaving.

Yang Sheng was very surprised to see Wang Xiaoniang, because the girl looked like a fairy, but her face was very pale, so white little girls and Yunnan were rare.

Wang Xiaoniang is a little older. She may be twenty years old and she is not married.

The woman said that her daughter was sick and often took medicine to keep it in the house and did not go out.

At first, Wang Xiaoniang almost didn't speak like a mute, with a cold face.

Yang Sheng felt very strange and asked their husbands where they were and where their parents' home were, but they didn't explain it clearly.

But the mother and daughter disappeared again after not long after living, as if they had never been there.

Yang Sheng looked around at the door every day, but never saw them again.It was not until recently that the woman appeared, saying that she had gone back to her hometown, returned to Kunming and had a house again, and then put on an apron and went to cook.

Yang Sheng quickly bought a silver bracelet and wanted to explain what he said, but he couldn't say it the day before yesterday.

When she comes again, she must take out the silver bracelet!Yang Sheng muttered in his heart every day.

...After waiting for a few days, the woman finally came again.

She looked at the unwashed thick bowls on the table and dirty clothes thrown on the bench with horse manure, frowned slightly, walked into the stove first, picked up the apron and put it on, and then began to pack up her things.

Alas... Yang Sheng's face actually felt very hot, and his tongue seemed to be knotted.

What's wrong with Brother Yang?The woman turned to look at him.

Yang Sheng didn't make a fuck. He stretched out his hand from his arms and held a silver bracelet. Only then did he realize that the bracelet had been pinched a little bit by him.

The woman looked at the bracelet and seemed to understand something immediately. She shook her head and said: Brother Yang, my husband passed away not long ago, and it is not good now.

When will it be good?Yang Sheng finally said something.

The woman said: Wait for a while, I will go back and talk to the little girl.

Yang Sheng nodded quickly and said: I have to say something.

The woman whispered again: Is the Mu family short of slaves?If I could ask my little girl to find something to do at the Mu family, there would be some way out in the future.

Yang Sheng kept his head down and stuffed the silver bracelet straight into the woman's hand. He took it first and I'll buy it.

The woman received it and asked again: Can Brother Yang say hello to the manager?

It’s good to get married, I saved some money and got her a dowry.Yang Sheng glanced at the woman and asked me to ask the manager.

The woman immediately smiled and said kindly: If the little girl could settle in the Mu Mansion, I would often live with Brother Yang from now on, so I could take care of her.

Yang Sheng thought for a long time and said: The manager needs to ask the details.

The woman finally said: We are all from Dali, so are our parents' families.Brother Yang said, a friend of the business gang will help you with the media.

Yang Sheng said again: I'll ask.

The woman cleaned up the house and started making lunch again.After lunch, Yang Sheng was about to go to the stable. He did not forget to leave a bowl of food and asked the woman to take it back to Wang Xiaoniang, and asked the woman to close the yard gate himself before leaving.

She stood by the back window in the bedroom she lived in for a long time before she put the cold food into a food box.

Walking out of the Yang Family courtyard is a street with many banyan trees planted on both sides.

The woman walked away quickly on the street with a food box. When she walked to the largest banyan tree, she saw a woman burning incense and candles under the tree.

There is always incense ash under the big banyan tree. She had noticed it for a long time, but she didn't know what kind of immortal the tree was regarded as by the people nearby.