Ji Changze kept watching Liu's sedan chair go away before turning around and walking towards the second prince's mansion.
Seeing that the evil spirit was gone, Huofang was relieved, rubbing his smiling stiff face, and followed Ji Changze with his head down and dejected.
In fact, he now wants to turn his head and run away, but the monk can't run away from the temple if he ran away. He is an official in the same court and meets every day. If he runs away now, let the villain Ji Changze remember that he will have a good life in the future. Ever?
But the reason is clear, but the body is very honest.
The beard moved step by step, with a bitter face full of resistance, almost advancing at the speed of a tortoise.
Ji Changze turned his head and saw the rejection on his face. Not surprising, he just shouted in a good manner: "Zi Fang, if you don't want to go..."
Huo Fang's spirit was shocked, and he looked at the person in front of him expectantly.
Ji Changze: "I want to go too."
Beard: "..."
He sighed in response, and walked forward with his head drooping.
I knew that Ji Changze, the devil, would definitely not let him go.
However, Ji Changze never interacted with a few princes. Why did he remember to visit the second prince today?
Just say how well Ji Changze wanted to call him brothers, co-authoring is that he has friendship with the second prince.
Shameless villain! It's really unprofitable and can't afford to be early!
Huofang was slanderous, but he could only come to visit the second prince. He was a frequent visitor in the second prince's mansion. When the servant saw him, he let go and led the two into the mansion.
Ji Changze was not cautious on the road. He looked around and smiled and said to the beard: "The layout of this mansion is very exquisite, my Royal Highness, presumably the craftsmen put a lot of effort into the establishment of the mansion, it is very wonderful."
Hearing him talk about this, Huofang immediately became energetic and coughed dryly. He was proud to wish his chin lifted up to the sky, and showed a reserved look on his face, a contradiction of "I want to show off but I am very humble". appearance.
"Master Ji is wrong about this. The second Royal Highness's mansion is not a craftsman's painstaking effort. The layout, concept, and canal connections of each courtyard are all arranged jointly by the lower official and the second Royal Highness."
After hearing this, Ji Changze showed a look of surprise on his face, a little unbelievable:
"Zi Fang is still familiar with the Ministry of Industry?"
Ji Changze, who has a high status in North Korea and always looks superior to others, is surprised and admired because of the talent he has shown, which satisfies the vanity of Huo Fang.
The tone was a lot of joy: "Don't look at me not showing up in the court, but if I talk about building houses, I have been studying since I was a child, and "Island Mathematical Scripture" has long been memorized."
"Zifang is such a talented person, why not go to the Ministry of Engineering but in the Hanlin Academy?"
Speaking of this, the expression on Hu's face wilted again, and he wilted: "What the Ministry of Industry is doing is a craftsman's business, and the elders in the family won't let me go."
Ji Changze expressed his understanding.
This is also normal. After all, the ancestors of the ancestors of the beard Fang have been officials from generation to generation, and his grandfather is a well-known great scholar. It would be okay for him to do other things in the Ministry of Engineering, but it is normal for the elders to be unwilling to build houses.
But... the second prince also joined in, so this matter is much more interesting.
"His Royal Highness asked Master Hu to go directly to the study."
The subordinate who went to report to the guest hurriedly walked over, and after the salute, he took the two to the door of the study: "The two adults will go in directly."
Ji Changze and Hu Fu went in, and they saw this huge study room with carved wooden houses everywhere. The largest one was a full meter long and looked like a model of an entire mansion, large and small courtyards, gardens, and lakes. , All clear.
Behind the desk, someone was immersed in painting on rice paper. Hearing the movement, he raised his head with a smile on his face: "Zifang is here, come and help me see the new building I think about."
Seeing Ji Changze, he was stunned, and quickly put down his pen, seeing Ji Changze almost at the same time.
"His Royal Highness."
"Master Ji."
The second prince is the lord and he is the minister. Ji Changze avoided the second prince's courtesy in his actions, and almost immediately found a picture in his mind, and said with a natural smile: "Xiaguan listened to Zifang to say, Your Highness I have quite a bit of experience in construction. I recently got a bridge-building method, so I wanted to ask your Royal Highness whether this method is feasible."
Beard: "..."
I didn't, not me, when did I say it.
However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw Ji Changze smiling gently at him, in a light tone: "Zifang, right?"
Beard Fang: "...It's...Is it..."
"Oh?"
As soon as the second prince heard about the bridge construction method, his eyes brightened, and he didn't ask anything else, but said: "Lord Laofangji brought it to me to take a look."
Ji Changze stepped forward to go behind the desk: "Xiaguan remembers how to draw, so he borrowed his Royal Highness's pen and paper to use it."
The second prince subconsciously stopped, and saw Ji Changze looking at him questioningly, and smiled dryly: "I just stained the ink here, let's go to that table to paint."
Ji Changze narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at the desk as if accidentally, and smiled with a good temper: "It's okay."
He quickly drew a sketch of the bridge.
Before the drawing was finished, the second prince had already stood by his side and watched intently. When the drawing was finished, he immediately couldn't wait to observe it seriously.
The beard was still autistic, but when he saw the second prince's expression of discovering the treasure, he was itching and couldn't help but leaned forward to look at it.
There is not much difference in age between the two, and they are on good terms on weekdays. Now they look at them, and they start to talk directly with you.
"Such a bridge should be able to reduce water flapping."
"The materials used are less than those of ordinary bridges. Look at this, how to figure it out, the bridge can still be built like this."
Ji Changze watched them excitedly discussing.
There are not many descendants of your Majesty today, but there are princes under his knees, and no princess was born. There are five princes. The oldest prince is only 35 years old this year. He was only 19 years old when he was accused of rebellion.
The age of the second prince is not much different from that of the eldest prince. This year is thirty-two years old. Since the "big prince's rebellion" incident happened 16 years ago, the princes may have been so scared by the incident, and they don't like to make heads. The prince is naturally among them.
In the past 16 years, he has been out of the house only a few times.
Not only him, but the three princes and the fourth princes were unable to leave the house, nor did they communicate feelings with the officials of the DPRK and the central government, nor did they try to invite the court to the court, and their existence was comparable to invisible people.
Among the four princes, only the youngest was just 16 years old. The fifth prince who had not experienced the shadow of his father's circle often went out, but the fifth prince went to not a good place. They were all fireworks venues. At a young age, there was a reputation for Fengliu.
Ji Changze originally guessed that the four princes might have been frightened by what happened at the beginning, but today, it seems that it is not like this.
He has been waiting patiently, waiting for the two people to talk more and more excitedly to finish the discussion, and start to calculate, when he raised his eyes, he remembered that there was another Ji Changze.
The second prince was a little embarrassed and apologized:
"I'm sorry, I forgot Master Ji, my lord, where did you see this drawing? The person who drew this drawing must be a talented person. If it is possible, can you recommend me?"
Ji Changze didn't change his face: "I got a book by accident and saw it from the inside."
Before the second prince asked again, he himself said: "The book was seen in my master's study when he was young. There was a big fire in his study sixteen years ago, and the book went missing."
Hearing the four words sixteen years ago, the second prince had a happy meal and smiled dryly: "It is so."
"His Royal Highness, if this picture is given to His Highness, might His Highness build the same bridge as this one?"
The second prince smiled awkwardly.
"What can be made is what can be made, it's just that... Father doesn't like me to practice the method of construction, and I can only toss in my mansion."
"I wonder if Master Ji can keep this drawing with me? I know this drawing is precious. Can I exchange the treasure in the storeroom with Master Ji?"
Oh, I see.
You can't blame the second prince behind closed doors. You think they are autistic, but in fact they are closing the door and doing what they like.
"This drawing can naturally be sent to His Royal Highness, but the next official still has something to ask His Royal Highness."
After Ji Changze finished speaking, he glanced at the beard.
The beard was stared suddenly, and he was stunned, his confused face and Ji Changze looked at each other.
Ji Changze glanced at him, then looked out the door and motioned for Beard Fang to go out.
Beard party: "?"
He also looked out the door curiously.
Nothing, what is Ji Changze looking at.
Ji Changze smiled: "Zifang and Shengyan are worthy of friends."
How well, the topic has come to this, so the beard is not clear, but he still raised his head proudly: "Naturally, I and Shenghiko, that's a good friend, good family!"
Ji Changze: "I have something to ask the second majesty alone, can Zifang go out and wait?"
"Okay."
The beard side agreed happily, went out neatly, and also helped to close the door intimately. When he was standing outside, the cold wind blew, he suddenly reacted.
Ji Changze's eye just now hinted that he was coming out?
Tsk, a villain who only slaps a horse, don't bend around when he goes out.
Inside the house, because the second prince was a friend of the beard, considering that he would not be a good friend without a brain-returning gift, Ji Changze learned the lessons of Liu Shengyan and the beard and directly asked the second prince what he thought of the big prince.
The second prince did not have any complicated reactions. Sixteen years later, no matter how thrilling he was at the beginning, today, the dust has settled, and he can't set off any storm in his heart.
He glanced at the drawings on the table with greedy eyes, and happily replied: "Brother Dahuang is smart and prudent and kind since he was a child. Whether he is a civil or military person, he can be regarded as an outstanding person, and he also takes care of the brothers below. To say that he rebelled, I was the first one to disbelieve."
Ji Changze smiled: "Are other Highnesses like the Second Highness?"
The second prince paused, and his fingernails were involuntarily drawn between his palms. He glanced under the desk, then quickly moved up, and coughed: "A few of our brothers have always been only in their own residences, except for the birthday feast of our father and the New Year. I don't meet at the banquet, how do I know what they think."
Ji Changze looked at the guilty conscience that couldn't be concealed on his face, and thought, can't blame the second prince for having a good time with Beard, these two are simply white rabbits of the same breed.
I can't tell a lie.
But rabbits don't just eat grass, at least these princes are not all tool people controlled by their faint emperor and father.
They also have their own little secrets.
After asking a question, Ji Changze almost figured it out. He got up, with a gentle smile on his face, as if he was just chatting: "The weather is getting colder these days. I heard that many refugees outside the city have frozen to death. Today, in addition to asking His Highness for the drawings, I also want to ask His Highness to donate some money and food to help those who live outside, who don't have charcoal or even a thin quilt."
The second prince was taken aback, the nails in the palms of his hands became more tightly clasped, and he stammered: "Well, that should be donated. I will ask Master Ji to take two hundred gold to Master Ji. When Master Ji is asked to help the refugees, don't do it. Mention me too."
Seeing Ji Changze look at himself strangely, he embarrassed: "Father doesn't like us to buy people's hearts. In the past, we all made porridge secretly."
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Ji Changze just didn't notice the second prince's omission, and nodded expressing understanding: "The lower official wants to go to other palaces to ask about the donation, so he retired first."
His next stop, he went directly to the Three Princes' Mansion.
The three princes wore luxurious clothes, a style that had never been seen in the capital city, and they put on a back lining and a sleek and slim waist. They looked very introverted, and they all smiled shyly.
His reputation in Beijing is that he loves gourmet and Chinese clothes. The artisans who make clothes and cooks of all kinds of delicacies are the most in the Fuzhong. He eats a lot of meals every meal, but he is not fat. Some women are envious of this.
After hearing Ji Changze's intentions, he immediately nodded and agreed, and people gave him two hundred gold.
Ji Changze seemed to come in casually: "The clothes on your Royal Highness look very different. The lower officials like it tightly. I wonder if I can borrow the clothes from Fuzhong for a few days?"
The smile on the face of the third prince stiffened, and he was silent for a few seconds before saying:
"Unfortunately, the garment maker who made this dress has just redeemed his body and returned home a while ago."
"That's it, that's all."
Ji Changze didn't say anything more, he took the gold and said goodbye. When he arrived at the Fourth Prince's Mansion, unfortunately, the Four Prince's Royal Highness was addicted to ironing and locked himself in the iron room for a whole day. The servants in the Fourth Prince's mansion did not dare. Go call, so I can only trouble Mr. Ji to run again tomorrow.
As for the fifth prince, he went to the Qinglou.
Although only two princes were seen in total, Ji Changze also had the same guesses of the heavenly family.
In the evening, he took out his night clothes and put it on, slipped out familiarly, and went straight to the second prince's residence.
In the palace, because of the changing sky and the violent storm outside, the emperor opened the window, feeling the coldness outside, and said to the people around him: "It's so cold today, that Nizi will suffer."
The man who served him bowed his head and dared not answer.
Sixteen years ago, the "rebellious" prince was escorted into Beijing. This incident was too strange. The emperor killed him, but it would make people think that he was guilty of conscience.
As a result, the eldest prince was banned.
It wasn't circled in his own house like the previous dynasty, but was locked in the dark Xiaying Road.
The lower camp road was cold and humid, and because of the emperor's orders, in terms of eating, drinking and dressing, let alone compared with before, even ordinary people lived better than the prince.
He was locked in the house, wearing thin clothes, covered with a thin quilt, and eating miscellaneous grains. The doors and windows of the house were all sealed with nailed wooden boards. People outside could not get in, and people inside could not get out. Every day The person guarding the outside will only open a small mouth, which is used to put food inside and take out the pail inside.
The eldest prince, the proud son of heaven, is treated to the prince after he is born, how can he suffer such suffering.
The emperor thought that he would definitely not be able to survive, and no one in the world would be able to say no.
In the history books, he would only be a good emperor and a good father who was conspired by his own parents and children, but still relented and didn't kill him, but just trapped.
The eldest prince would live there to die.
Thinking of this, the emperor felt happy.
To be honest, the eldest prince had never disrespect him, but he just couldn't help loathing this child.
This gradually grew into a better than him, as if he threatened his status every moment.
It's ok.
The emperor thought contentedly, a big prince died, he still had four princes.
The four of them are much more filial and sensible than the rebellious son, and they have never done anything to collude with courtiers and buy people's hearts.
On the roof of the second prince's mansion, Ji Changze watched the second prince ask for coal in the name of his coldness, and sneakily took out a sack to load the coal, carrying the coal on his back, and opened the dark hole under the desk as a thief. Got in.
Seeing him in, Ji Changze lightly stepped down on the roof and went to the position revealed to him by the chief eunuch.
Still squatting on the roof.
Below, the eldest prince who had been detained for sixteen years was reading a book quietly by candlelight, and when he saw the puzzles, he would take notes carefully.
I haven't been mad after being trapped for more than ten years, and my temperament is still so calm and capable.
Ji Changze squatted for about half an hour, and there was movement on the ground behind the desk of the prince, and a head emerged from the weeds covered on it. It was the second prince.
There is still mud on his face. First, look carefully around to make sure it is safe. Then OO@ @ crawled out and whispered: "Brother Dahuang."
The eldest prince was taken aback, then turned to look at him: "Second brother? Why are you here at this time?"
"Didn't the capital have changed? I'm afraid you don't have enough coal, so I will give you some charcoal."
The second prince, who was familiar with the door, poured charcoal fire under the bed with a sack on his back, and was about to wipe his face when another head emerged from the hole.
Seeing the two, he whispered: "Brother Dahuang, Brother Erhuang."
It is the third prince.
He was weaker and couldn't climb out for a long time with things. The eldest prince and the second prince hurriedly went over and pulled the person up.
After the third prince came out, he put the food box on the table first, and then opened the big package he was carrying: "Brother Big Emperor, it's cold, I made you two cloaks, both made of rabbit fur, warm It's very, I made a big one specially, you can also use it as a bedding cover at night, and this..."
He opened the food box, took out the delicious food, and picked up the soup woman underneath: "I filled it with hot water when I came. You stepped on this to sleep at night. It was very warm. When you use it on weekdays, you boil the water. Just pour the heat in."
The three princes finished talking, and the thief looked outside carefully, and took out a jug of wine from his arms: "It just so happens that the second emperor is also here today. How about a drink and then sleep?"
The eldest prince smiled helplessly and patted him on the shoulder: "After eating wine and vegetables, go back. You are weak. You stay here for the whole night. I am afraid that you will get sick. The fifth time I slept here last time, I will not be cold when I go back. Do you still want to hide it from me."
The second prince and the third prince looked at each other with a guilty conscience: "Do you know the eldest prince? How did you know? Did the fourth brother inform?"
The prince shook his head and laughed: "You guys, do you still need to inform you? Just write on your face when you show up."
Ji Changze squatting upstairs agreed.
The emperor was an old and stupid tiger, and he did not allow his offspring to be tigers. When the little tiger was driven and framed by the old tiger, the remaining little tigers were afraid, and subconsciously followed the Emperor Laozi's ideas and became harmless. Rabbit.
All of them are simple and coaxing, and they can't lie.
It's just that the emperor never thought that if the tiger brother, who is better than him, is really gone, how could a few rabbits take care of this huge country.
Inside the palace, the emperor was lying on the bed, staring at the top.
It was suddenly so cold today, and he didn't let anyone give the boss something to keep him warm.
It's been sixteen years, the boss can't stand it anymore.
Good to die, he still has four filial sons, especially the third child. Although he is too soft-tempered, he looks down on him, but the third child does what he says to him.
This is his good son.
In the room where the eldest prince was closed, the three brothers became a little bit drunk after a few drinks.
The filial son, the third prince, burped, went to pat his brother on the shoulder, and choked with grievance: "A while ago, the father said that he would lift my concubine, one after another, one after another, I, I almost died on the bed."
"I, I don't have to ask who my father's cronies are. Just look at the concubines in my house. It's not their fathers or their uncles. If my father rewards his cronies, he will use me to reward him, my body, How can I hold it, why not just sell me by the catty."
The prince sighed. Although he felt sorry for the weakest brother, but being locked up here, there was nothing to do. He could only comfort him and said: "You can bear it for the time being and take more tonics."
The second prince also had red eyes: "The last time my father knew that I had asked someone to build a wooden windmill on the Zhuangzi, he sent someone to smash it. I...I was so exhausted for so long, and he called me over and reprimanded me for a long time. , Saying that I am the least successful, not a talent, it is a waste."
"I also said that I knew I was like this a long time ago. When I was born, I fell to death."
The prince hurriedly went to comfort him again: "Why? Didn't you say last time that if the windmill is completed, the field can be irrigated without manpower? This is a good thing for the country and the people. If it is done, you are Can be written into the annals of history."
The second prince sniffed: "I told my father, but he said I was whimsical and messed up, and beat me ten times. If it wasn't for the eunuch who beat me to be bought by my concubine, I don't know yet. How many days do you want to lie in bed."
"The eunuch said that the fourth brother was also beaten last time. My father thought he was hitting iron. What happened to the fourth brother hitting the iron? He hits so well. The shovel we used to dig the tunnel was all made by the fourth brother. How easy it is, father. The emperor thinks that the fourth brother is not motivated and does not study well, but the four brothers are too little, because the father thinks that his mother's concubine is of a low background, so he is not allowed to enter the study."
The second prince said more and more sad, covering his face and crying softly: "When will such a day pass?"
The third prince who was led by him also bowed his head in discomfort and wept.
The eldest prince was still strong, but his eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Ji Changze was on the roof, watching the three princes crying underneath, and he was about to shed sad tears for them.
Below, the three princes comforted the two elder brothers very strongly:
"Emperor father is old, we are young...definitely, we will be able to survive Emperor Father."
When the father and the emperor died, the sky was high and the birds fluttered, and the ocean fish smashed.
Just around the corner!