Yang Shu became a little angry and remained silent. He was suppressing the anger in his heart, repeatedly telling himself not to be angry or to get down to business. But it took time, so he stayed silent and just breathed deeply.
Shen Hao stood by the side and said nothing. He was sizing up His Highness the Spirit King.
Emperor Yang Jian currently has seven sons, and the youngest is the spiritual king Yang Shu. This is also the most famous among the seven princes.
It's not that Yang Shu is famous because of how good he is. On the contrary, Yang Shu is famous because of his "out of tune". Even many old-school thinkers directly feel that Yang Shu is a shame to the royal family. The most impeached prince in the temple was also Yang Shu.
It is rumored that the Spirit King Yang Shu has a frivolous personality, strange behavior and no royal dignity at all.
Because of these things, Yang Shu was often punished by the emperor in his early years. It was common for him to kneel down and reflect in the ancestral hall, and it was also common for him to get slapped. On several occasions, the emperor ordered him to be punished with heavy hands. His buttocks were smashed, and he had to lie down for two full months before he could get off the ground. Anyone else would have learned the lesson, right? Yang Shu didn't, and still went his own way.
In the end, even the officials lost interest in Yang Shu. Impeaching such a scoundrel would not prove their power at all. Instead, it would appear that they were incompetent and only wanted to impeach a hopeless person. Forget it, just ignore him.
After that, King Ling became more and more outrageous. When Shen Hao Flower House opened, he went to the platform to calm down the scene. He went to mediate disputes between gambling stalls. He even openly brought a singer back to the palace to spend the night... ...
Any other prince who dared to do any of these things would be punished by words. Only Yang Shu was invulnerable and no one paid attention to him. The emperor seemed to have forgotten that he had such a son.
These were all things Shen Hao learned from someone before after he formed a dispute with the Song family. This is not a secret, and there is no problem in talking about it in private. Moreover, with the nature of the Spirit King, he doesn't care about these "rumours" at all, he has long been used to it.
Anyway, Shen Hao felt that there was a sentence that was most suitable for the Spirit King: a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water!
But then again, although the reputation of King Ling was very bad in the temple, he had a very high reputation in the eyes of merchants in the market. It is said that King Ling has a great business acumen. Unlike other top aristocrats who only work but do nothing, King Ling likes to participate and can always push the business in a good direction. He is also known as the "God of Wealth" secretly.
Take the Song family in the imperial city as an example. This top wealthy family in the Jingjiu Dynasty quickly grew up in the past ten years after having close contact with King Ling. Its business covers the entire country, and it is not an exaggeration to describe making money as diversion.
If you want to say who is the richest among all the princes, it must be the Spirit King.
What Shen Hao was thinking about here was why the Spirit King came to see him? The first encounter may be considered a coincidence, but the second time it was obvious that the other party meant that he had been looking for him many times. It was impossible that he was just looking for him to buy a bar? Or are you still obsessed with Wuliangye’s wine recipe?
After waiting for a while, Yang Shu calmed down and pointed to the seat for Shen Hao to sit down.
At this time, most of the people in the shop had already run away. Except for the shopkeeper and waiter hiding behind the counter, there were only Shen Hao and Yang Shu, and the surroundings were quiet.
"Master Shen seems to be very guarded." Yang Shu did not want to make the atmosphere too tense, and suppressed the anger in his heart. He smiled again as if to lighten the atmosphere.
"Your Highness is laughing at me. I encounter dangers from time to time because of my errands, so I have always been very tense. I overreacted just now. Please forgive me." Shen Hao said and bowed again. , he is not worried that the other party will make things difficult for him, after all, he didn’t know about it before, and it’s not to blame for those who don’t know.
"Yes, I heard a few days ago that Mr. Shen was almost assassinated on the streets of Fengri City. It must have been very dangerous at that time, right?"
"It was indeed dangerous at the time. The murderer used phantom killing methods, which made him difficult to deal with. Fortunately, I had experts sent by Pangda people to help. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether he would live or die."
Shen Hao kept staring into the Spirit King's eyes when he said these words, but he did not notice any emotional ups and downs on the other side. It looks like he is listening to a story told by someone else and nodding his head twice.
Not a soul king?
The identity of the previous murderer was most likely from the royal family, and the spiritual king in front of him had some conflicts with Shen Hao. Today, when someone approached him, Shen Hao naturally became suspicious. But it seems a little different now?
"That's really lucky. But when you talk about Pang Pang, do you mean Pang Ban?" Yang Shu didn't care about the dangers Shen Hao experienced, but he heard an important point.
Shen Hao nodded and said: "Yes, it is Master Pang Ban, the commander."
"Pang Ban sent masters to protect you? That person just now?" Yang Shu thought of the middle-aged man who suddenly appeared just now.
"Yes, that's the person just now, thanks to Mr. Pang for your love."
Hearing Shen Hao's answer, Yang Shu's face suddenly stiffened. He twitched his lips and said, "It seems that Mr. Shen is highly valued. Not only did Jiang Cheng accept you as his disciple, Pang Ban also looked at you differently. Your future is limitless!"
"Your Highness is so complimentary."
"This is not a ridiculous compliment. I don't have any tricks up my sleeve. I like to be straightforward and make friends, especially friends with abilities and potential like Mr. Shen.
There may have been some misunderstandings between us because of the Song family's unauthorized decision-making, but now Song Zhizhou has been imprisoned at home and raised as trash, which can be regarded as punishment. I hope Master Shen can ignore the past grievances. "
After saying that, Yang Shu picked up the wine glass again and filled Shen Hao's wine bowl with wine, gesturing to Shen Hao to drink together.
Even if this glass of wine meant to clear up the past feud, Shen Hao had to give Yang Shu the face regardless of whether what he said was true or false, so he picked up the wine bowl, touched it happily with the other person, and drank it down in one gulp.
"Hahaha, Mr. Shen has a good drinker. This Wuliangye is good but very intoxicating. I usually only drink half a catty of it before I dare to drink any more. I get a headache after I'm drunk."
"Haha, I'm just a rough guy. He can only drink. It doesn't count."
"Master Shen is not a rough man. Several of his popular poems can be described as classics. There are few talented people among the literati today who can produce such excellent works. Master Shen, it is not too much for you to boast of being "both civil and military". Come on, have another drink. !”
He poured another cup of wine for Shen Hao, then touched it and drank it.
"I wanted to get to know Mr. Shen the last time I met him. Now it's fate to meet him again. Mr. Shen, would you like to be my friend?"
A prince keeps saying that he wants to make "friends" with you, but this is not a good thing. What kind of identity would someone come to make friends with you? In Shen Hao's opinion, making friends is fake, but wanting to keep him in your pocket is real. This can refer to the previous incident with the fifth prince Yang Lin.
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness. However, Shen Hao has a vulgar temperament and a perverse and weird personality. He is not good at interacting with others, and he is not suitable for friendship. In addition, His Highness has a distinguished status, and it may be difficult for subordinates to reach higher positions. Please don't blame me."
