Gui Yuan

Chapter 22

Beidi Palace.

The second prince Baqi and Tao Ji had dinner with King Beidi in Baode Palace. In the huge palace, there were only the sound of bowls and chopsticks clashing and chewing. King Beidi took a look at his two sons and put down the bowls and chopsticks with a smile in his eyes. He signaled all the serving maids to go down.

"You two are siblings, why don't you even say a word when you meet?"

Ba Qi and Tao Ji also stopped when King Beidi put down their chopsticks. Ba Qi smiled and said, "I'm really hungry today, so I didn't have time to talk."

Buna looked at Tao Ji with a questioning look, and the latter nodded back.He smiled: "That's good."

Bach asked: "My lord, the Nanman is ready to move around these days and has attracted the attention of the Wei court. Isn't this superfluous?"

Bu Na picked up the mouthwash and took a sip, covered his mouth and spit it into the basin, took the handkerchief and wiped it casually, and glanced at him with a smile in his eyes: "You, you like to go straight and straight, just go to the battlefield to fight What's the point of bleeding, only by changing styles occasionally and being a spectator can you enjoy a different kind of fun."

Bucky obviously didn't understand this approach, but he didn't dare to refute in front of his father, so he simply remained silent.

Bu Na didn't insist on asking him to understand, but said: "I still have some things to do, you should step back first."

Tao Ji didn't want to get involved with Baqiduo, so he bowed first and withdrew. He was willing to back away but couldn't bear the intentional obstruction of others.Butch stopped him: "Third brother, you're running so fast, aren't you hiding from me?"

Tao Ji stopped in his tracks, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, turned around and smiled, "How could that be?"

Su Qin looked frivolous, and walked slowly to his side, smiled and leaned into his ear and said, "Don't think that the father sent you to Weiwei to observe the ceremony, that's what it means."

Bucky poked his chest lightly, saying every word: "You have to know yourself, you have to recognize your identity."

The fingertips of Tao Ji's right hand plunged into the palm of his hand, and he said with a smile, "How dare I covet what my second brother wants."

Butch likes to be complimented by others. His father's choice of Tao Ji to go to Wei has already made him angry, but he is just a cheap child of a foreign girl, and he can go past him, so how can he let it go!Today he finally got his breath out, he smiled and said, "Okay, I don't leave you to talk too much about my brother's work."

Before Tao Ji could reply, he left on his own after finishing speaking.

Tao Ji persuaded himself in his heart that there is nothing to argue with such a person, it's just a matter of fighting for a moment.

The attendant walked up to Bu Na and said, "Your Majesty, just now the second prince has troubled the third prince again."

Bu Na didn't care much when he heard it, and still polished the black wooden bow as if it were a treasure, and then hung the bow back on the wall after a while. Hold on, it's better for his brother to judge the situation."

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In the morning, the streets of Beidi Wangcheng are overcrowded with a variety of goods, making it difficult to walk on the whole street.

Tao Ji found a suit of ordinary clothes and rode on an ordinary horse. When passing by the street, he took a look from a distance and smiled.Beidi is not as strict as Wei, but he is not so restrained if he is a prince. He is like Ba Qi, who often goes to the art square on the street to listen to music, and even his younger brother often runs out of the palace to play in the market. Crazy, nothing more than just sending some people to follow.

The carriage gradually drifted away, and after driving for about an hour, it would reach the northern border of the Great Wei Dynasty.The mountain in front of me is called Huaming Mountain, with beautiful bells and deep vegetation. After driving for a while, passing a large bamboo forest, the courtyard at the foot of the mountain came into view. If you didn't see it with your own eyes, it would be hard to believe, in such an inaccessible place. , there is actually an exquisite courtyard.

A few peach trees were planted outside the courtyard, and the flowers were in full bloom. They fell to the ground and accumulated a lot. Inside the fence were a few quiet and elegant bamboo houses. There were scattered wooden products hanging on the eaves, mostly small thing.There is a large vegetable field in the yard, and more than a dozen chickens are walking proudly in the yard with their fat buttocks.

Tao Ji got off his horse and walked towards the small room in the middle. Su Yunyue just came out to meet him, and said pleasantly, "You're back?"

"It's been a few days since I came back, and I only have time to see you today." Tao Ji walked up to her, saw the things in the basket in her hand, and looked into the back room, "Is Suber there?"

"You still know how to find me."

An old man on crutches came out of the house. He had a long beard, and his hair and beard were snow-white. Although he was wearing a coarse cloth jacket, he couldn't conceal his majesty.

Su Changyuan said unhappily: "As soon as I came back, I only looked for Yunyue, her grandfather is still there, what do you want to do?"

When Tao Ji first came to Beidi, Baqi didn't like him. One time, while the King of Beidi was out, he said he wanted to take him out to play, but he was thrown in the wilderness. Fortunately, he met Su Changyuan who was out shopping. It was too late to bring him back, otherwise, no one might pass by that place in three to five days.Afterwards, when he left the palace, he often came to look for Su Changyuan. Su Changyuan looked fierce, but his heart was soft. He would not ignore a lonely child. Besides, Su Yunyue and Tao Ji were about the same age. , I didn't care about it.

It's just that they didn't expect the two to see each other for a long time. Su Changyuan was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at the moment when he knew it, and then he finally agreed, but Tao Ji was always short in front of his old man.

"Of course I'm worried, this time I went to Dawei to buy some special products for you." He unloaded the burden from the horse, held it in front of Su Changyuan and said, "Well, here it is."

Su Changyuan snorted in displeasure: "Forget it, you have a heart."

Su Yunyue smiled and said, "Go into the house."

Tao Ji followed them into the house, and the house seemed to be another world, with wooden products everywhere, and a lot of unfinished ones piled up on the table, sharp-mouthed and plump, lifelike, unfinished wooden kites.A few black boxes were placed in a cool corner, inside were nitric acid and magnetite, the smell of saltpeter was strong, although the amount was not large, the smell of the whole room was smoked out over time.Here is the workshop for making wooden kites.

Tao Ji took out the envelope from his arms, handed it to Su Changyuan, and asked, "There are too many people ordering wooden pigeons these days, are you too tired?"

"I'm not too old to work." Su Changyuan picked up a semi-finished product and polished it.

Tao Ji said: "This little thing has become more and more popular in recent years. Many people try to get information about 'Mr. Bei' through intermediaries."

Su Bo used to deal with medical equipment. Later, Tao Ji saw that the wooden kites made by him were exquisite and practical, so he specially asked for a pair. Later, they became friends and relatives, and they passed it on to hundreds of thousands of people. Xinjiang and Beidi became popular.Many visitors from far away also came here, but the wooden kites are complicated to make. If the craftsman is in a good mood, he can make [-] pairs a month.

"It's the wooden kite created by 'Mr. Bei'. I, Su Changyuan, are just a bad old man."

Tao Ji smiled knowingly: "Don't worry, I know how to deal with those people."

After leaving him for lunch, Su Changyuan mercilessly chased the guest away: "Okay, let's go back earlier, your spooky father will definitely become suspicious after a long time."

"Okay." Tao Ji bowed to him.

Su Yunyue sent him to the yard: "Now the situation is unpredictable, the second prince is always waiting to catch your flaws, so don't run here often if it is not necessary."

Tao Ji smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and put him in his arms: "I will be careful."

The touch of Zhuyu in his arms, and the joy of not seeing his sweetheart for a long time, prompted him to close his eyes and hug her tightly.After a while, Su Boming's waving and warning cough came from the room, and Tao Ji reluctantly let her go, and after saying goodbye several times, he rode away on his horse.