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Jade Piece Shop.

Xue Yuan had never been in this kind of store after returning to Beijing.

The horse at his hip paced back and forth, his mind filled with Gu Yuanbai, and Xue Yuan's gaze stayed fixed on the jade store. Finally tugging his lips, he dryly rolled over and dismounted.

There would be a lot of water spray and it's possible to misread it.

Whether or not it is that color, but also need to see with their own eyes again, or stuck in the bottom of the heart will always be up and down, not strong. Xue Yuan has to look like a way to get Gu Yuanbai to take off his pants in front of him.

How could he get Gu Yuanbai to take off his pants in front of him?

Just strip it?

Xue Yuan thought about how to pickpocket, while raising his steps into the jade store. The owner of the jade store was busy welcoming him, "What kind of jade jewelry does the official want?"

Xue Yuan was still wearing his guard's uniform, the clothes of the Pre-Temple Yu Waiter were only slightly different from the guard's uniform he wore before, upright and handsome. He glanced at the jade jewelry in the store and didn't see the jade piece he wanted, so he raised his eyelids and looked at the boss and said, "Is there any jade piece that is slender and has a pinkish color?"

The boss was confused, "Slender with a powdery meaning?"

Xue Yuan then gestured and then asked, "Yes?"

The boss smiled awkwardly and led Xue Yuan to the inner room before taking out an exquisite wooden carved box. The box looked heavy and brand new, and Xue Yuan glanced at the box before looking up at the boss.

The boss took a handkerchief and wiped the box clean before placing it on a high table, the box was opened and the contents were facing Xue Yuan.

It was a slender piece of jade from thin to thick.

The white jade is transparent in color, the thinnest is no more than the thickness of a finger, and the thickest is as if it were the size of a fist.

Xue Yuan picked up a random one from it and felt that it was cold to the touch and did not look like a mortal product.

This thing pretty much met those requirements of Xue Yuan's speech, except for the fact that it wasn't pink. Xue Yuan asked, "What is this?"

The boss said, "Sir, this is the jade potential."

Xue Yuan mused, "Jade Potential?"

The boss was sweating profusely and gave Xue Yuan a detailed and informative account of the uses.

While speaking, the boss wondered in his heart. This official doesn't even know about jade potential, how did he think of buying this?

After determining the date of the spring hunt, in the past few days, Gu Yuanbai intentionally slowed down his work and government affairs a bit, his temper was mild, and the decrees he issued were soothing, and the various organizations could not help but breathe a sigh of relief while they were busy.

When the Son of Heaven is angry, he ambushes millions of corpses.

Some days ago to see the Royal Secretary and the situation of the King of Qi's ministers and clansmen are not no sighs and chills of the people, and now is finally considered a sigh of relief.

The ministers and the clansmen consciously kept their distance, not to mention receiving money from the clansmen. It's not money, it's a death wish.

Even more relieved than them were the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital.

Gu Yuanbai's body needs regular pulse checks, tonic medicines to nourish it, and it will not be bitter if he drinks more. But the imperial physician's medical skills are no more brilliant than the saint's own heart is broad.

The next day when Xue Yuan was on duty, he saw the imperial physician taking Gu Yuanbai's pulse inside the bedchamber.

Gu Yuanbai hadn't gotten up yet, he was lying on the bed, the doors and windows in the hall were closed tightly, and the smoky incense smoke floated and sank.

The other day was extraordinarily tense, and after abruptly relaxing, I felt tired up and down my body. Gu Yuanbai was dozing his eyes, and he couldn't tell if he was asleep or not.

When Xue Yuan saw his appearance, his brow bones popped out and he asked Tian Fusheng, "What's wrong with His Majesty?"

Tian Fusheng's expression was still stable, he sighed, "His Holiness should have been tired a few days ago, either that or he was infuriated by the King of Qi. Now that this breath has been released, I feel a bit of a headache at dawn today."

Xue Yuan: "What did the Imperial Doctor say?"

Tian Fusheng worriedly said, "It hasn't been said yet."

Xue Yuan's brain suddenly flashed with a strange expression.

It's not because of yesterday's incident in the spring that you have a headache, is it?

...... This is also just too physical.

At the same time, Gu Yuanbai, who had his eyes closed, was also a bit embarrassed.

Yesterday afternoon's bath gave Gu Yuanbai self-confidence, three years have not had a good time men can not afford to mess with, he was then last night and self-confidence jacked a hand.

It's cool, but I woke up with a headache first thing in the morning.

The imperial physician a little bit of pulse, it tasted out what happened. There is no palace consort within the palace, have never heard of a palace maid to serve the bed, the royal doctor thought for a moment, always feel that if this word straight out will hurt the face of the saint, so the wording of a long time, before implicitly said: "The saint's body is a little weak, remember not to rush. The days are too close together, and it's before bedtime, it's hard to avoid being overwhelmed."

Gu Yuanbai table faint, "I know, go down."

The imperial physician retreated, Tian Fusheng walked up and asked after him, "Imperial physician, when you say that certain things cannot be rushed, do you mean political affairs?"

The Imperial Doctor thought for a moment and responded vaguely.

Tian Fusheng heart, he sent the imperial physician out, came back and said, "Your Holiness, I heard that the miscellaneous theater in the capital has rehearsed a new play, not if today, please come to the palace to see?"

"A new play?" Gu Yuanbai, "Which miscellaneous play?"

"It seems to be the Zhang Clan of Beijing West." Tian Fusheng said.

Gu Yuanbai got interested, he had waited for the Zhang Clan in the western part of the capital for a long time. During this time, they have been quiet and immobile, Gu Yuanbai originally thought that they were waiting for the price, or did not want to become the emperor's hands of the money bag idea, but now it seems that it is he thought poorly.

In fact, Zhang was dying of anxiety.

Zhang's businessman started, and then there is no one behind the money, alone the clan disciple Zhang Hao stuffed into the Chengbao Temple, the big shots said a word of business, Zhang's stuffed a large amount of money plus groveling before the people stuffed in, even so, the temple disciples also look down on the origin of the merchant family of the Zhang Hao.

Behind no power and no power, anyone can in Zhang's body to peel off a layer of skin. Rich but no power, the days of humiliation Zhang clan chief has had enough, they were ready to go through the hands of which high-ranking officials to the saint to show goodwill, to see if you can host the saint intends to build a commercial road, even if it is a penny can not earn, to the inside of the posting of money they also want to do.

As long as they could work for His Majesty, they already felt it was enough.

At this time, however, Zhang Hao, who was a lay disciple at Chengbao Temple, brought back great news.

The whole clan was surprised and bad, they let Zhang Hao repeat what the saint had said word for word dozens of times, although they couldn't guess what the saint meant, and it wasn't clear whether the saint had the intention of cooperating with them, but their whole clan deliberated up and down for a day, and finally decided resolutely that the whole clan would go back to the capital city, and they must see the saint once!

In order to show their sincerity, clansmen up and down the line had rushed back to the capital from all the provinces, and regardless of whether the Emperor would see the clansmen or not, they had to be prepared for that at least.

After the whole family gathered in the capital, Zhang began to use all kinds of means to make friends with senior officials, only hope that the senior officials can give them some referrals, but their bad luck, just happened to coincide with the days of extreme tension in the court, since the saint reorganized the Imperial Palace of Government and anti-corruption plan, the ministers of the court everyone from the self-protective, careful with their words, not to mention the referral to the Zhang, to receive gifts do not dare to receive.

Zhang's failure to return, all roads can not pass, can only be anxious while developing business in the capital, anxious everyone's heart on edge, and finally took out the favorite miscellaneous plays of the powerful, counting on this to make friends with one or two of the powerful, can allow them to have the opportunity to face the Holy Spirit.

"This miscellaneous theater of theirs is also later on," Tian Fusheng said, "Is the saint in the mood?"

Gu Yuanbai sat up, "Declare into the palace to take a look up."

Tian Fusheng heartily said, "Yes!"

The wind was blowing, and Gu Yuanbai was sitting in the shade, looking at the theater stage across the street.

Fresh and delicate fruits were placed around them, the aroma of fresh tea curled up, and Gu Yuanbai was smoked out, half squinting at the miscellaneous dramas across the street.

To the emperor to see the play, sure to take out the bottom of the box of kung fu, the people above each spirited, singing can turn a eighteen bends. Needless to say, they were all masters. Even if Gu Yuanbai is a person whose heart is filled with all kinds of entertainment, he knows that the acting is good, the singing is powerful, and the real taste is a few points of interest.

When Gu Yuanbai was looking seriously, he suddenly felt a chill on his back. He looked back and saw Xue Yuan staring at his back out loud, and Gu Yuanbai said, "What is Marquis Du Yu thinking?"

"Steak--" Xue Yuan returned to his senses and smiled in a fluttering manner, "I was thinking about how to peel lychee for Your Majesty."

Xue Yuan after a night of meticulous thinking, still do not believe that Gu Yuanbai so ruthless people that place can be so lovely, in order to confirm his thoughts, he has also been thinking about how he can pick the holy pants to verify some.

If it were someone else, Xue Yuan would have had this idea and would have gone straight for it long ago, but not the little emperor, the little emperor could even choke on the scent, he was too weak. If he were to forcefully pickpocket it, I guess Gu Yuanbai would have to get angry again.

The more I think about it, the more I get annoyed.

Strong-arm tactics didn't work. Cajoling?

Play nice again?

Gu Yuanbai let him approach and pushed the porcelain plate with a bunch of red lychees in front of Xue Yuan, not forgetting to ask before Xue Yuan tried to stretch out his hand, "Are your hands clean?"

Xue Yuan turned his hand over to face Gu Yuanbai: "Your Majesty, look."

His palm is full of rough calluses and small wounds, brown palm lines are incomparably deep and powerful, large bones, and slender, looking at is extremely manly and security of a pair of hands. Gu Yuanbai still remembers the feeling of these hands touching his body, like grinding with a stone on his body.

But those hands had killed and carried the heads of I don't know how many people.

Gu Yuanbai, "Du Yu Hou's hands are clean, yesterday carrying the head of the look I but I still remember."

Xue Yuan peeled lychees while leisurely saying, "Your Holiness, that head is not cheap."

Gu Yuanbai said directly, "I remember that none of the things I rewarded you with were cheap either."

Xue Yuan didn't hold back his laughter.

The play on the stage was sung for a while longer, and the crystal clear lychees were peeled all over the porcelain plate. Gu Yuanbai tasted one, and the sweet deliciousness overflowed the entire mouth.

Eating lychees and thinking about sugared tomatoes.

LOL.

After the people on the stage finished singing this one piece, Tian Fusheng asked if His Majesty wanted to see more, Gu Yuanbai nodded his head in a dispensable manner, and the people on the stage played again.

After a while, a palace attendant walked over with a clump of turquoise jade coral in his hand and said softly, "Your Holiness, this is a jade piece offered in the Miscellaneous Drama Theater."

This turquoise coral is so green that it is ethereal and translucent and deep, Gu Yuanbai caressed it, "Where is the person who sent the jade?"

The palace attendant then retired to bring the man up.

Followed by a middle-aged man, agitated demeanor constrained, came to Gu Yuanbai on the line in front of a big salute: "Grass people pay tribute to His Majesty!"

This man was none other than a man from the Zhang Clan in the western part of the capital, and Gu Yuanbai asked, "Did you offer this jade to me?"

Zhang's people said in a formal manner, "One of the Grass Nation's clansmen happened to travel far away from the sea by chance, and coincidentally found such a beautiful jade. This coral cluster was not carved, but grew naturally. It is only when such things are offered to His Holiness that their extraordinary nature can be emphasized."

Gu Yuanbai smiled faintly, "You are a member of the Zhang Clan from the western part of Beijing?"

Zhang's people were so nervous that they were sweating profusely, the sweat on their backs soaked through their clothes, "Herb precisely."

Gu Yuanbai rubbed the jade coral and smiled, "Coincidentally, I happen to want to talk business with you."

Gu Yuanbai knew that cooperation without benefits wouldn't last, and since he had proposed cooperation, he would naturally make it profitable for Zhang as well.

And what he asked Zhang to do was to build a trade route with the border nomads.

Sell them grain, tea, cloth, salt, etc., from Daheng, and then buy cattle, sheep and steeds from them at low prices.

This trade route will be monopolized by Gu Yuanbai, and security will be guaranteed by Gu Yuanbai. The good horses bought will be shipped to the army to train light and heavy cavalry, the bad horses and cattle and sheep will be sold inland at a high price, and half of the cattle and sheep will be divided and shipped to the army to add meat to the soldiers.

Gu Yuanbai kept in mind that power comes out of the barrel of a gun. The army will be used for a long time. If you want to have a strong army, you need to have a large amount of silver flowing out of your mouth.

But you can't not raise, the soldiers and horses are the root of an emperor to be feared, the bottom of the table to lift the table. And when an emperor does not have the ability to lift the table, he is not really an emperor to be feared.

As long as Zhang did a good job with this trade route, the army would save a large amount of silver, and the imperial court would also make money for nothing by selling cattle, sheep, and inferior horses at high prices.

And with silver, the court could do a lot of things, the first of which was to build roads and construction.

Zhang naturally refused to take these benefits that His Holiness had shared out, they had planned to pour money into what the Emperor had commanded them to do, and now after knowing that they didn't have to pour money into it, they were already satisfied.

Gu Yuanbai, however, said, "I will take eight points, and you will take two."

Zhang resigned several times, but finally accepted at Gu Yuanbai's insistence. His heart was not free from fear, Gu Yuanbai noticed his uneasy look, and said in a warm voice to calm him down, "You are also my people, the law of corruption disposal is written in the Daheng law, I should set an example, how can I break the law by myself? You guys work so hard, I can't let you do something for nothing, work for nothing."

The Lord of Heaven is not willing to take advantage of them, and his words are so warm and compassionate, but that group of corrupt officials, they are arrogant and domineering.

Zhang's eyes instantly reddened, and he was led away from the place after he made one last bow towards Gu Yuanbai.

Shortly afterward, the royal historian came again in a hurry with Chu Wei.

The Imperial Historian and Gu Yuanbai discussed the matters of the Imperial Historian's Office, and behind the Imperial Historian, Chu Wei carried a rolled up painting in his palm and waited calmly.

Seeing that His Holiness had only gone to speak, Xue Yuan saw that the lychee on the plate was about to pass its freshness, so he pinched up a lychee with a lot of meat and fullness and sent it to Gu Yuanbai's lips.

Gu Yuanbai subconsciously ate into her mouth, her warm lips touching on Xue Yuan's fingertips.

Chu Wei was watching this scene from the sidelines, and his previously calm face changed slightly.

Xue Yuan glanced at the little emperor's lips, and extremely naturally reached his hand over and placed it under Gu Yuanbai's lips, catching the black lychee seeds Gu Yuanbai spat out with an unchanged face.

He didn't mind the dirt and wiped his hands before feeding the little emperor another lychee.

Gu Yuanbai was fully focused on speaking with the Imperial Historian, and when he finished, he savored the sweet taste in his mouth and rewarded the Imperial Historian with another plate of lychees.

This old minister these days really tired very much, before his death also took over such a stinking stall, Gu Yuanbai did not forget to appease: "There is the Secretary in the Imperial Palace, is my great fortune."

The Imperial Historian smiled, "If Your Majesty says so, the old minister will work even harder to get this done for Your Majesty."

Gu Yuanbai patted the royal historian's hand and smiled as he said a few cordial words to him.

After the imperial historian left, Chu Wei, who had been quietly waiting at the back, finally stepped forward and held the painting above his hands, saying, "I have already painted the picture."

Tian Fusheng stepped forward to take it and unfolded it, and on the flat surface of the paper, a portrait of Gu Yuanbai unfolded.

The man in the painting has a godly brow, a calm and confident aura, and his appearance corresponds to the flowers behind him. It is said that what a person looks like in the eyes of others is what the painting looks like, and Gu Yuanbai nodded with satisfaction, feeling that he was very much a monarch in Chu Wei's mind.

Chu Wei looked at the saint look, know that the saint should be satisfied, the heart can not help but raise the stock of gas instantly loosened down, he himself can not help but laugh, when there is because of their own painting skills and feel apprehensive time?

"Double eyes really painted lifelike," Gu Yuanbai hand stroked on, marveled, "Chu Qing this painting skill is a masterpiece."

Chu Wei smiled faintly and raised his hand to point out the hidden wonders in the painting, but he did not realize that the saint also happened to raise his hand, and the fingertips of the two people slightly touched in the air, and both sides were stunned.

Both hands are as beautiful as jade carvings, only one is more slender and slightly larger, one is more pampered, when put together, it's like a painting of exquisite beauty.

Gu Yuanbai took the lead and withdrew his hand, and couldn't help but glance toward Chu Wei's rightful brother, but who would have thought that Xue Yuan's eyes were dark and heavy, and he looked at Chu Wei with an expressionless face.

Chu Wei fingers shrink for a moment, before retracted in the sleeve, he looked down at the painting, continued to mouth faintly: "Your Holiness, there is also a mystery here, here ......

The lychee was brought to his mouth, and Gu Yuanbai subconsciously ate it, and by the time he was about to spit it out, there were two more hands in front of him.

Chu Wei rolled up his sleeves and respectfully raised his hand to his lips in the same manner as Xue Yuan.

Xue Yuan's smile became even more sinister.

Gu Yuanbai paused and spat sideways on Xue Yuan's hand.

After all, Chu Wei is clear and elegant, with a dusty appearance, and is his subject, unlike Xue Yuan, who is generally brown and coarse, how can he spit into Chu Wei's hands?

Isn't that insulting?

Seeing this, Chu Wei retracted his hand in silence. The miscellaneous drama in front of them was still playing out, and Gu Yuanbai had the paintings put away so that Chu Wei could also look at them from the sidelines.

When he was a little tired at lunchtime, Gu Yuanbai waved his hand to end it and went back to his bedchamber to rest.

When the day's value is dissipated.

Chu Wei left from the Hanlin Academy, surrounded by colleagues on casual duty, after getting into the carriage, Chu Wei said, "Go to An Cheng Academy."

The carriage stopped in front of the Ancheng Academy, Chu Wei got off, just walked to the front of the Ancheng Academy, but suddenly was covered from behind the mouth and nose, flash was pulled to the side of the alley.

Chu Wei broke free with force, his eyes quenching ice, and several tall figures stood in the shadows around him, their fists clenched in silence as they rushed straight up.

Chu Wei dodged a blow, but the next blow was attacked on the abdomen. The dull beating in the alley continued, Chu Wei stifled a grunt out, arrogant but refused to exhale a cry for help.

He also practiced some body-strengthening martial arts on weekdays, so he was able to clearly distinguish that these people were definitely all practitioners who had deliberately come to cause trouble!

These people's fists have avoided the face, the outside looks unharmed and unharmed, the actual pain is almost unbearable. Until the throat out of the blood, Chu Wei heard a voice ringing at the mouth of the alley.

He barely glanced sideways as Xue Yuan rode by, his horse's hooves pacing slowly past the mouth of the alley.

Seemingly discovering the movement in the alley, Xue Yuan absently sidled his head, and he locked eyes with Chu Wei as if he hadn't seen anything, with no fluctuation on his face.

Chu Wei swallowed a mouthful of blood, his eyebrows clouded.

It's him.

Xue Yuan.

Chu Wei returned home with a cold face, he looked good on the face, in fact, the body is everywhere in the dark wounds. He will be these injuries to cover down, did not alarm anyone, the second day on duty, but back to the Hanlin Academy, was selected to the side of the saint to record the words and deeds.

Along with him was Chang Yuyan. Chang Yuyan was chosen for the first time to serve as a lecturer beside the Emperor, and the smile on his gentlemanly face could not be stopped. Chu Wei walked with him side by side for a while, and suddenly asked, "Lord Chang, you seem to be very familiar with the Marquis of the Temple?"

Chang Yuyan's smile withdrew slightly, nodded slightly, and asked rhetorically, "Why would Lord Chu ask about this?"

Chu Wei's tone was cold and snowy, "I heard that Lord Xue only returned to the capital this year, and had previously been in the border barracks. Such a character, should be very remarkable, right?"

Chang Yuyan smiled and said, "I am not clear about everything in Jiu Yao."

The corner of Chu Wei's lips coldly hooked and he stopped talking.

When the two of them entered the hall, Chu Wei looked up and saw Xue Yuan's figure standing on the side, the haze in his eyes suddenly rose up, and he lowered his eyes and Chang Yuyan saluted with the saint.

Waiting for half an hour, Chu Wei went up to record the name of the book read by the saint, but the broad sleeve hooked the corner of the table, Chu Wei frowned, raised his hand and peeled off the sleeve.

The saint raised his head from the book and saw the dark wound on his arm, he couldn't help but frown, "What's wrong with Chu Qing?"

Chu Wei said in a light tone, "Yesterday I got off the bus in front of the academy and was about to buy some ink, paper and inkstones, but I was pulled into the alley by someone who didn't know where to teach me a lesson."

His Holiness frowned more tightly, "Was any money lost?"

Chu Wei said, "Not really."

The saint's voice chilled, "That would be committing crimes at the foot of the capital."

Chu Wei raised his head and glanced at Xue Yuan on the other side, the other party's face didn't change, and he still had the leisure to show a sneer towards Chu Wei.

Chu Wei's heart sank as he lowered his eyes and said, "Exactly."