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Chapter 129 The little carpenter throws a banquet

The next morning, Gao Shixin said goodbye to Lao Xiong and embarked on the way back to Beijing. He did not ride his own Wuli horse, and rode a horse from the post station, whipping it up and galloping all the way to the capital. There is an advantage of riding a horse at the post station, which is that it can change horses for twenty miles, and traveling three hundred miles a day, or even four hundred miles or six hundred miles a day, anyway, it is the post station that provides horses.

It took more than 1,500 miles from Fushun to Beijing. It took only four days for Gao Shixin to arrive.

After running all the way, Xu Xianchun and other Jinyiwei had already been so bumpy that their bones were almost disintegrating. Gao Shixin entered the capital and saw a tea shed. He got off the horse and drank a few bowls of thick tea. He recovered his strength and was jumping around again.

After entering the city from Guangqu Gate, Xu Xianchun said: "Brother, our brothers are exhausted, so we will go home to have a rest first, take a shower, have a good sleep, and then go to the palace to meet the saint tomorrow."

Go home first to meet your mother.

"Mom, I'm back." Gao Shixin opened his voice and shouted as soon as he entered the door.

In the huge home, there are only two old wives, Gao Shixin's mother and Zhou Yuji's mother. On weekdays, only Zhang Yong comes back frequently, and Jiu Qiansui comes here occasionally. The brothers who originally planned to arrange for this family are now in Liaodong and cannot come back for a while.

"Brother, are you back?" Gao's mother heard the voice of her son and greeted her with a cane.

"Mom, I'm back," Gao Shixin greeted him, and the mother and son hugged each other tightly. "Mom, are you doing well during this period when the child is away?"

Gao's mother said, "Young man, please don't worry. Yongwazi's child is sensible. He often comes and brings some good things to his mother. This child is such a good child. It's a pity. It's all your fault. It's not taking good care of him, which made him go to the palace to be a father-in-law. How can we both be worthy of his dead parents! Brother Zhang is just one son, alas..."

"Mom, don't worry, Yongwazi is smart and has become a person around the emperor's grandson. He will surely make a fortune in the future! When he becomes rich, he can adopt a son." Gao Shixin smiled. In fact, he knew one thing in his heart. In fact, Zhang Yong was not completely useless. He still has the ability in that aspect. If he eats more supplements on weekdays, he can even pass on the family line!

Gao'er shook her head: "Can the adopted son be compared with his own son? It's not the blood of the Zhang family! By the way, there is another thing. Miss Yue'er also came a few days ago. She is such a good girl. For you, her reputation has been broken. Brother, you can't be sorry for her in the future!"

"Yue'er is here? How is she doing now?"

"It's all for you. No one dares to go to Yuan Qianhu's house to propose marriage now. Miss Yue'er was confined to her father for three months and she could not come out a few days ago. As soon as she could come out, she found out about our house."

"Mom, I'm so tired that I rode a horse for four days. I'll take a shower and take a nap. I'll go to the palace tomorrow."

"Mom, go and boil water for you."

Gao's mother cooked a large bucket of hot water, and Gao Shixin jumped into the bathtub, took a comfortable bath, then drank some porridge, ate two pickled cakes, and went to bed.

Gao Shixin was indeed tired. Although he had the skills of automatic blood recovery and rapid recovery of physical strength, he was still tired. He fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow. In a daze, he heard someone talking, which was a familiar person talking, which sounded like Zhang Yong's voice, but he couldn't wake up no matter how hard he opened his eyes. By the time he opened his eyes, it was already dawn.

"Brother, go and have something to eat." Gao's mother had prepared breakfast for him. The breakfast was dumplings and brown sugar buns, and each brown sugar bun was also inlaid with a red date.

Gao Shixin went to wash his face and brush his teeth. Now he was rich. The last time he killed the enemy and made meritorious contributions, he used up. However, this time he went to Liaodong and harvested the heads and received a reward of more than 8,000 taels of silver. In addition, Zhang Yong also had a lot of income in the palace. In addition, some small palace maids and eunuchs also gave Zhang Yong some copper coins and broken silver from time to time. Sometimes he followed eunuchs like Lu Shou and Wang An to pass the imperial eunuchs outside, and some officials also gave Zhang Yong some silver. In addition, Li Xuanshi and the little carpenter were very generous to Zhang Yong and often gave him some silver. Wanli and Concubine Zheng also liked this smart eunuch, and had also given him a lot of silver. Anyway, Zhang Yong did not need to spend money in the palace, so most of the money was taken home.

So the Gao family is not short of money now, and the coarse salt used for brushing teeth has been replaced with fine well salt. That was a luxury that only wealthy or noble families could afford.

Gao Shixin is already a Jinyiwei Qianjia, which is considered to have entered the bottom of the noble class. The hereditary Jinyiwei Qianjia is much better than the hereditary Qianjia in the military office. Civil officials dare to provoke ordinary officers, but they dare not provoke Jinyiwei.

After washing up and sitting there for breakfast, Xu Xianchun came.

Seeing Gao Shixin rushing into his mouth, Xu Xianchun smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry, I'll wait for you here. Anyway, Your Majesty doesn't see you so soon. I almost forgot that today is Lantern Festival."

"Today, Lantern Festival, does Your Majesty want to invite us?" Gao Shixin swallowed a mouthful of dumplings and put down the spoon and asked.

Xu Xianchun smiled and said, "Where are we qualified to let Your Majesty invite us to have a banquet? Only the officials of the cabinet in the court, as well as the princes and the like. But I met us today and entered the palace later. I went to my house first."

Gao Shixin hurriedly finished breakfast, changed into a big red flying fish suit, a wingless black gauze hat, and a gold belt for imperial gifts. With Xu Xianchun, he entered the palace like a dog.

When the two arrived at the gate of the imperial city, Xu Xianchun was originally responsible for managing the Han general of the palace. The Jinyiwei at the door just casually checked the two's waist cards and put them into the imperial city. When the gate of the Forbidden City, the Jinyiwei also let the green light go all the way.

Gao Shixin and Xu Xianchun handed over the embroidered spring sword and headed straight to Chenghua Palace with green light.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty's palace was not very vigilant. Someone could sway into the palace with a wooden stick and beat the Cinning Palace where the prince lived, and injured the eunuch guarding the gate, intending to assassinate the prince. Although it is said that the person was brought in by the eunuch, an eunuch could bring an outsider to the palace at will, which shows how relaxed the guards in the palace were.

When they arrived at Chenghua Palace, Gao Shixin and Xu Xianchun had just walked to the door when they saw Jiu Qiansui and Zhang Yong going out to greet him.

"Come in with our family quickly, I'm waiting inside." Jiu Qiansui made a gesture of inviting him.
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