Although the meaning of Changsheng's expulsion was very obvious, Lin Yi did not show dissatisfaction and did not go far. He just retreated to the pavilion and stood with his hands down.
Changsheng picked up the bait and re-hooked it. The reason why he had been holding the bait in his hand before was because if it was placed casually, the bait would dry out and become hard when exposed to the wind. The reason why the bait was still soft at this time was undoubtedly because he was During the time he left, Lin Yi kept holding the bait in his palm.
Just by doing this, you can see that Lin Yi is a careful person. He hung up the bait and threw it into the water. Changsheng brought the remaining bait to his nose and smelled it. He found that there was no scent of powder on it, so he put it down. Be careful, because if the bait smells like powder, the fish will not bite the hook.
After smelling the bait, Changsheng suddenly remembered something, turned around and waved to the three maids standing outside the pavilion, "Come here."
Hearing Changsheng's call, Lin Yi and the others came quickly. Changsheng grabbed the hands of the three and smelled them one by one. He found that the hands of the other two maids had the smell of powder, and only Lin Yi's hand smelled of fish bait.
Then he smelled Lin Yi's arm and found that there was also the scent of powder. This meant that Lin Yi did not apply makeup, but that he had washed his hands before grabbing the bait.
The other two maids didn't know why Chang Sheng acted like this, but Lin Yi must have known it, and his expression was a little more calm than the other two.
Changsheng waved his hands to the other two maids, then pointed to the corridor chair where he was sitting, "Sit down and talk."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Yi thanked him and sat down. The corridor chair was very long. She did not sit next to Changsheng, but sat at the end of the corridor chair.
"You are very careful." Changsheng said casually.
"This slave is scared." Lin Yi was a little nervous.
"Did you enter the palace voluntarily or were you forced to enter the palace?" Changsheng asked.
"I asked the prince, slaves and others are ordered to enter the palace," Lin Yi said, "The imperial court has an order that all the daughters of officials of the seventh rank and above, who are waiting for the title of maiden, must enter the palace and wait for selection."
Changsheng said, "Do you want to go home?"
Lin Yi didn't know why Changsheng asked this question and tilted his head in confusion.
Changsheng said, "If you want to go home, I will let you go."
Lin Yi didn't know what Changsheng was thinking, so he didn't dare to answer the question casually.
Seeing how nervous she was, Changsheng said, "Don't be nervous. I'm telling the truth. I'm not used to being served by others. I'm not used to having so many maids and maids in the palace. If you want to go home, I I will let you go back, not only you, but also the other maids."
"If the prince is willing, I would like to stay." Lin Yi replied.
"Why do you want to stay?" Chang Sheng asked with a smile.
Lin Yi bowed his head shyly.
Changsheng smiled again and said, "Listening to your previous words, you seem to know something about me. You should know that I have someone in mind."
Hearing Changsheng's words, Lin Yi stood up in fear, knelt down and said, "I dare not overstep my bounds."
"Haha, get up," Chang Sheng said with a smile, "You three go and gather all the maids in the house to the front yard. I will go over and talk to you in a moment."
"Your Majesty wants us to leave?" Lin Yi was shocked.
"Go." Changsheng waved his hand to Lin Yi and turned his attention to the float in the water.
Lin Yi knelt down for a moment, but Chang Sheng didn't speak again, then stood up and left sadly.
Changsheng really wants to dismiss these young maids. There are many reasons for this idea. First, he doesn't like being surrounded by too many young women, especially young ladies like Lin Yi, who all come from official families. , advance and retreat in a measured manner, knowledgeable and reasonable, if we get along day and night, there is no guarantee that variables will not arise.
The second is that he doesn’t want to be popular. Just one woman he likes is enough. Having a group of wives and concubines seems to be a blessing to everyone, but in fact it will distract him and increase his burden. As the saying goes, children love each other but heroes are short-tempered. If you are immersed in the land of gentleness, your blood will definitely diminish, your fighting spirit will inevitably wane, and you will have no time to think about anything else.
Third, everything has two sides, yin and yang, and the same is true for men and women. Young, beautiful, graceful, soft-spoken, and infinitely tender. This is just a beautiful side, but there is another side. The first is distraction. Not only does it require While taking care of and protecting them and their families, you also have to deal with the various changes and emotional fluctuations that may occur to them. Human energy is limited. Too much energy is spent on the personal affairs of children and should be used on business matters. The energy is bound to decrease. Beauty is good, but behind all beauties there is a lot of trouble.
The fourth is fear. The tragedies of Chen Liqiu and Miss Zhao are still vivid in my mind. I have made enemies everywhere, and my enemies, whether overt or covert, cannot do anything to me. They may attack my woman. If someone like Miss Zhao appears, In this situation, he will definitely follow in Chen Liqiu's footsteps.
The fifth is to avoid suspicion. I have no intention of stealing melons and picking jujubes, so I will definitely not do anything in the melon fields. If Zhang Mo comes one day and sees a group of beauties around him, even if he doesn't feel grudge, he will definitely not be as good as him. It's good to be surrounded by ladies and aunts.
Regardless of whether a man or a woman, the greatest respect for the other person is not to do anything that may cause the other person to misunderstand, rather than just wandering around under the melons and plums, and then hoping that the other person will believe that you did not steal melons and pick jujubes. If the other party doesn't believe it and you feel aggrieved, and you don't want people like this who don't know how to avoid suspicion and always do things that don't belong to the people, because most of them really stole things, they just didn't get caught. To say the least, even if they didn't steal anything, they did not consider the other person's feelings at all, which is really selfish.
After half a stick of incense, Chang Sheng estimated that the maids and maids had gathered together, so he put away his fishing rod and carried a fish to the front yard. This fish was not caught by him, but killed with the bait in his hand. Yes, it doesn’t look good to go back empty-handed after fishing for a long time.
Back in the front yard, the maids had been waiting for a long time, and Chang Sheng didn't say much nonsense. They gave each of them two hundred taels of silver, which was both travel expenses and dowry. They all left immediately, leaving no one behind.
The maids went back to the house to pack their things, and Chang Sheng ordered the servants to be summoned, each with one hundred taels each. They all left without leaving any one behind.
At this time, Datou had finished feeding the eaglets and came to the front yard. He was surprised to see that Changsheng had dismissed all the maids and servants in the mansion, "Sir, the palace is so big, there must be a few cooks and sweepers left. "
"No, we have our own people," Changsheng said, "I'll write a letter and give it to Song Cai. The Ni family has a big business, and suddenly all the shops in Chang'an have been closed. There are always some older guys and women. Since they have nowhere to go, let them come to the palace to settle down and cook and work."
"Yes, that's a good idea. It kills two birds with one stone," Datou nodded in agreement, "Don't write a letter, I'll go ahead and tell you."
"Okay, go ahead," Changsheng nodded, "It doesn't matter if you're a man, but I don't want women under thirty."
"Oh." Big Head turned around and stepped forward.
"Wait, let's be forty years old, not those under forty years old." Chang Sheng said again.
Hearing Chang Sheng's words, Datou grinned and frowned, "This is your palace, and it's not good if it's full of old men and old ladies."
"Okay, you can figure it out." Changsheng said casually.
When Da Tou was about to leave, Chang Sheng remembered that he was still carrying a fish in his hand. He wanted to find someone to take it to the kitchen, but the servants and maids in the mansion were busy packing their things, collecting money and leaving, and no one could do it. Instigated.
Just as Changsheng turned around and looked around, a young maid walked straight towards him.
This maid came empty-handed. Changsheng didn't know what this person wanted to do, so he looked directly at this person and waited for him to approach.
The maid came to Changsheng and said coldly, "How did you know I was among them?"
Chang Sheng did not know this person, but the moment this person spoke, he immediately knew that this person was Hattori Kana, because the other person only changed his appearance and did not deliberately hide his voice. The most important thing is that this person spoke Japanese.
Chang Sheng dismissed the maids and servants purely on a temporary basis. He never expected that Hattori Kana would be hiding in his palace. Seeing her suddenly reveal her identity, he was surprised, but he didn't want Hattori Kana to see that he was doing it unintentionally, so he He said casually, "I'm just doubtful, not sure."
"You really know Japanese." Hattori Kana curled her lips and sneered.
Chang Sheng previously spoke Chinese, not Japanese, but he answered Hattori Kana's question, which shows that he can understand Japanese.
"So what if I know Japanese?" Changsheng asked casually. During the surprise attack on Qilin Town, he had used Japanese to confuse the Japanese pirates there, so he knew that his knowledge of Japanese had been exposed.
"The fact that you can speak Japanese means you can understand what Princess Sachiko says." Hattori Kana said.
"Who is Princess Sachiko?" Changsheng asked knowingly. People who lie have a common characteristic, that is, they will repeat the other person's words to buy time to think. The incident happened suddenly, and Changsheng was no exception, because he had already guessed what the other person said. Princess Sachiko was the young woman who tried to take away the sacred bones that day.
"That's the woman you kicked down and took away what was in her arms." Hattori Kana said.
"Oh? What did she say?" Changsheng asked again knowingly.
"When you were leaving, Princess Sachiko shouted, 'They stole the holy bones,'" Hattori Kana said. "You might not have known what you had taken away, just because Princess Sachiko held it in her arms. You thought this object was very important, so you turned around and snatched it away. Later, Princess Sachiko shouted in panic, and you realized that what you had snatched was a sacred bone."
Hattori Kana's reasoning was sound and well-founded. Changsheng didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he casually asked, "What are the sacred bones?"
"Stop pretending," Hattori Kana pulled out a few silver needles from behind her ears and restored her appearance, "You have done us terrible harm. In the past few days, we have dispatched civilians to cut off the water and cut off the water, turning the Suihe River over. The bottom is up."
"Why are you cutting off the water?" Chang Sheng forced himself to endure and never laughed.
"You shaped a rice ball into the shape of an altar, pretended to be unintentionally disappointed, and misled General Toyoda and others," Hattori Kana gritted her teeth. "How can you find the rice ball if it soaks in water and scatters?"
Before Changsheng could speak, Hattori Kana frowned and waved her hands, "Don't deny it anymore. We have found the old man selling the rice balls. You took away all the rice balls in a pot that day. How did the three of you eat so much."
Hearing Hattori Kana's words, Changsheng knew that the matter could no longer be hidden, so he simply stopped pretending, "What rice balls are called rice dumplings?"
"Since you like trading, let's do another deal," Hattori Kana said, "Tell me, what do you want?"
"I don't seem to be lacking anything right now..."
