A group of idlers nearby noticed the excitement and gathered around. The three brothers Du Jie walked forward with smiles on their faces. The butler covered his mouth and kept backing up. Just as he was about to hit the sedan, he was kicked out by the official behind him.
The official seemed to be a little impatient with waiting, and saw his butler making a fool of himself in public. He became angry and said: "You bunch of unruly people are so lawless. Do you know who I am? Are you really not afraid of going to jail?"
The three of them, Du Jie, looked at each other: "Why are we so arrogant? You come to see the excitement, and we will come to see the excitement too. How come the Salt Road Envoy is also responsible for the security of the imperial capital?"
"Do you know me?" The official asked cautiously, feeling a little guilty when he saw how confident they were.
Du Jie made a half-smiling expression: "You recognize the clothes, but you haven't seen the person before? There are too many officials in the imperial capital who are bigger than the salt envoy, but there are only a few people like you who return to Beijing to resume their posts and bring housekeepers and thugs with them." . I’m afraid the Du Mansion won’t be able to let you officials who have connections, so just go back as you came.”
After hearing this, the official looked a little confused. He snorted tightly and was about to say something. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by an old man with white hair and beard next to him. The official wanted to get angry, but when he saw the man behind him, He hurriedly leaned over and said, "Master Xu."
The old man smiled at Du Jie and hugged his fists: "Little brothers, I'm really sorry. I was waiting to come to congratulate little Du Gong today, but unexpectedly, my subordinates made a fool of themselves and contradicted some of them. I will accompany you on their behalf. No. Come here and get ten taels of silver."
There was a boy running next to him with a silver bag. The old man turned around, took the silver from the boy's hand, and handed it to Du Jie himself: "Little brother, take these silver coins to buy some cakes."
Kong Miaozhi caught the silver from the side, curled his lips and said, "Why is it so shabby to start from a second-grade official? Lao Qi, this old guy is testing you. Don't play with such an unreal person."
Du Jie looked at the faces of these people, and suddenly felt nostalgic for the days at the northwest border. I also feel that those turbulent years have become meaningless. Stopping in place for a moment, the old man listened to Kong Miaozhi's words and looked at him again. Then he said: "This little brother looks familiar, but is he the son of an old friend?" I, Xu Zizi, respect..., my brother’s surname is Kong? Could it be that he is asking the grandson of Military Advisor Long? "
When Xu Zizi said he was asking Military Advisor Long, the people around him suddenly stopped making noise and looked at Kong Miaozhi with some fear.
Wu Qi bit his ear again and said to Kong Miaozhi: "Sixth, don't you see, your family is so tough? You have suppressed all these haters."
Kong Miaozhi also murmured in a low voice: "Now that you recognize it, you can't play like a child, it's a pity that we have such a fun opportunity." After saying that, he changed his face and clasped his fists at Xu Zizi in front of him like a spring breeze. He cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Xu is polite, but children are forgetful. A few years ago, I met you at the Cangqiong Banquet with my grandfather. I didn't expect to recognize him just now."
These two sentences made Du Jie and Wu Qi stunned. The two looked at each other, wondering what Kong Miaozhi wanted to do.
"I don't know what you are doing in front of my junior brother's house."
Xu Zizi originally wanted to use condom to get close to him, but when he heard Kong Miaozhi's words, his palms suddenly broke out in cold sweat, and then he asked with a dry throat: "Who is Mr. Xiao Kong's junior brother?"
Kong Miaozhi made a very surprised expression: "It's the new Duke of Wu'an, Du Jie. You haven't seen it yet, have you? This is the grandson of Marshal Du, the new Duke of Wu'an, Du Jie." After finishing speaking, Pointing at Du Jie beside him
After hearing this, Xu Zizi immediately took off his clothes and knelt in front of Du Jie in fear: "I have seen Mr. Wu An, please forgive me for being blind." Following him, a group of officials knelt on the spot, and the salt envoy next to him did not take it seriously at first. , upon hearing that Du Jie was Duke Wu An, his face instantly turned pale, and his body became like chaff.
Du Jie was not used to it, so he turned sideways and did not accept the gift. After thinking for a while, he sighed and said: "My lords, please rise up and speak. Although I have a Duke, I do not have an official position. Your lords do not need to be polite."
After saying that, he didn't care about the reaction of these people and walked straight to the gate of the mansion. When passing by the salt envoy, he said to himself: "I just heard a steward said that the wall building in the west of the city lacked Liba. I don't know if it is true."
Xu Zizi didn't know what it meant. At this time, he was asking Little Du Gong for something. How could he offend him just because of a salt envoy. Without waiting for Du Jie to say anything else, he yelled at the salt envoy: "Come here, the salt envoy Song Yujin allowed the slaves to commit murder, capture him and the evil slaves!"
Du Jie originally didn't intend to talk to Xu Zizi, so as to save him a chance to get close to him, but when he thought of the thugs who had just fallen to the ground, his heart moved slightly, and then he calmly said to Mr. Xu: "By the way, there was someone next to you just now. A few servants seem to have been injured by me, why not let them come to my place to recuperate for a while, I'm not being polite."
Xu Zhizhi was about to be polite when Du Jie choked him back. The disciple of Du Mansion had already seen the situation outside and compared Du Jie's face with the portrait. After confirming that this was the young master of this house, he hurriedly opened the door. He shouted loudly: "Welcome the young master back home."
Du Jie was not polite and entered the house with Wu Qi and Kong Miaozhi. He turned around and ordered the door to be closed tightly. No one is allowed in or out without his instructions.
The Du Mansion is only one size smaller than the Yongding Prince's Mansion. In terms of its grandeur, it is famous in the imperial capital. Moreover, there are two gardens in this house. Although they are not big, they are very stylish. At that time, Prince Yongding asked the late emperor for permission but failed to do so.
The housekeeper of the Du Mansion gathered in the atrium with the maids and servants. Du Jie didn't say anything, just recognized his face and let them all go about their business.
The housekeeper's name was Wang Shoucai, which sounded like a wealthy name, but his life was really not that good. It took him half his life to find a place where he could make a living. Later, I don’t know how I got on the line of King Yongding. Finally, when the emperor rewarded the Du family with a mansion, he was recommended by Prince Yongding to be the housekeeper of the mansion.
Du Jie frowned when he saw Wang Shoucai following him: "Butler Wang?"
Wang Shoucai hurriedly replied: "Master, please give me your orders."
"Did you recruit all the servants in this mansion?" Du Jie asked expressionlessly.
Wang Shoucai was sent by King Yongding. At that time, the prince just told him to take good care of the old marshal and his family. But Wang Shoucai knew what the prince was thinking, and it was impossible for him not to think more about it. The prince had given the prince a look at the people he had recruited at the beginning, and the prince had specially let a few servants in.
Wang Shoucai didn't know why his young master suddenly asked this. He was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Back to the young master, it is true that the younger ones have been carefully selected one by one. They are all from innocent families."
Du Jie nodded: "Well, Butler Wang is the old man of Prince Yongding. I heard that Prince Yongding values you very much. How could he be willing to send you to me as an errand?"
After hearing this, Wang Shoucai replied with a smile: "The young man was greatly favored by the prince, and only when he was fifty did he have a place to make a serious living. A few days ago, when the emperor gave the young master a house, he happened to be playing chess with the prince, and he conveniently took the old man to his house. The slave was also given over."
"Oh? It's what the current Holy One has said. Is that the imperial edict?" Du Jie looked at Wang Shoucai with a half-smile, and then continued: "Then the whole family will have to rely on Butler Wang to eat, drink, and have diarrhea. Okay. , you go down, I still have something to discuss with some of my colleagues."
Wang Shoucai then stepped back with relief.
When Wu Qi saw Wang Shoucai leaving, he couldn't sit still. He was clamoring to go around the house and find a house with a good view, planning to use it as a long-term base in the future. Kong Miaozhi directly named a residence named Yafeng.
Du Jie asked curiously: "Lao Liu, have you been to this house before?"
Kong Miaozhi smiled mysteriously, and then said: "This house used to be the residence of Mrs. Ya. I know that you are young and have never heard of Mrs. Ya's name. She was the most beautiful woman in the world at that time. I heard that she was still the most beautiful woman in the world. I have an affair with the emperor."
Kong Miaozhi's eyes shone when he said this, making Du Jie and Wu Qi get goosebumps.
"Mrs. Ya is not only a beautiful woman, but also has great literary talent. Five of the eight poems circulated in the imperial capital were filled in by Mrs. Ya. However, this garden is most talked about because of the relationship between the current emperor and the overseas prince who was the prince at that time. The swordsman Baili Qi jointly pursues Mrs. Ya in this garden. Although this matter may hinder the royal family's face and prohibit the public from spreading, there is no airtight wall in the world."
Wu Qi became interested as soon as he heard this, and pulled Kong Miaozhi to have some fun. At this time, Wang Shoucai hurriedly ran back from outside.
"Master, Prime Minister Zuo Ban has come to pay a visit."
Du Jie frowned after hearing this: "It's better not to come and see. There will be no time to calm down. See you or not."
Seeing his young master's unhappy look, Wang Shoucai shrank his head and responded, then walked back.
"Wait a minute." Kong Miaozhi stopped Wang Shoucai and said to Du Jie: "Lao Qi, your family is enjoying the spring breeze recently. Don't be ridiculous. The officials in this court are not as good as our senior brothers. If you don't pay attention, you may be killed." It's bad luck, so you go ahead and socialize, while Lao San and I go to Yafeng to wait for you." After saying that, Wu Qi followed Kong Miaozhi with a playful smile.
Du Jie felt sulky and could only push back, then ordered Wang Shoucai to go to the front and go to greet him personally.
About two hours later, Du Jie arrived at Yafeng Garden, rubbing his head. Kong Miaozhi was in high spirits and talking to Wu Qi about how the Crown Prince and Bai Liqi competed with each other to win the heart of Mrs. Ya.
Du Jie actually had no interest in these romantic affairs. He had been marching and fighting since he was a child, and he mostly listened to chivalrous stories about justice and justice. These things about the love between children sounded a bit boring, but Wu Qi was so excited that she could only listen patiently and listen to Kong Miaozhi continue to talk.
