Shopping is a natural instinct for women. Even for someone like Zhu Mingyue, who has never experienced it before, it seems as if she was born with the ability.
In the community, Zhu Yunhuan had been reduced to someone who followed his sister and carried things.
In the end, there was no other choice but to call out a few Jinyiwei hiding in the dark to help get it.
"Sister, can you buy less? Aren't you tired? We have been shopping for more than half an hour, and my legs are numb."
Zhu Yunxun complained. At this moment, Zhu Mingyue was in a rouge shop. It was said that the expensive rouge was shipped from far away overseas.
"You are so useless. Big Brother has already said that no matter how much we spend today, he will pay for it. You know Big Brother's property. It's rare for him to come out once, so naturally you have to buy everything you like."
Zhu Mingyue opened a box of red rouge, applied it on the back of her hand, and looked at the color in the sunlight.
In the sunlight, there is actually a faint colored powder in the rouge that reveals a colorful halo.
The owner of the rouge shop said, "This lady really has a good eye. This is the most famous multicolored rouge. Pearl powder is added to this rouge. It can not only beautify and whiten the skin, but also maintain the soft skin on the face. It also has an extremely beautiful effect."
"But most people can't resist this kind of rouge, except for you, young lady, with your extraordinary temperament, which can be said to be a perfect match for this rouge."
"If this rouge is applied on the lady's lips, any man who sees it will have dirty thoughts."
The shopkeeper was introducing himself, but just as he finished speaking, Zhu Yunhuan beside him shouted, "How dare you, shopkeeper, insult my sister with such a bold word."
"I will throw you into jail today so that you can reflect on your actions."
Following Zhu Yunhuan's loud shout, several Jinyiwei nearby immediately surrounded him. Judging from their posture, the store must be smashed today.
The shopkeeper looked aggrieved and said quickly: "It's unfair, it's really a huge injustice. I'm just introducing this rouge. We in this business all speak so beautifully."
"My dear, I really don't mean that. Or you can ask around. For those of us who sell rouge and powder, saying this is very common."
The noise immediately attracted the attention of people around.
The owner of the shop next door that also sold rouge and powder came over to help explain.
Soon, the place was surrounded by people who came to watch the fun.
Those who had heard it before immediately started talking about it, and everyone was talking about it.
"It's nothing, isn't it? He was just praising the girl for her beauty, why are you so angry?"
"The people in this rouge and powder shop, if they didn't say a few good words, they would arrest them and bring them to the authorities just because of this. Isn't that a bit too much?"
"She's probably a girl from a wealthy family. She's probably shy and hasn't seen much."
The discussions in the crowd, coupled with the shopkeeper's grievances, immediately put pressure on Zhu Yunhuan. As the saying goes, "being pointed at by thousands of people came to nothing," Zhu Yunhuan suddenly panicked.
Upon seeing this, the plainclothes guards nearby immediately started shouting loudly, trying to drive the crowd away, but the crowd showed no fear at all.
One of the old men stood up and accused the three Jinyiwei: "This is the emperor's feet. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has issued an order that no one may use their status to oppress others."
"Any quarrels that occur in the neighborhood are mediated by the officers of the Public Security Department. If mediation fails, you can appeal to the authorities. Why are you trying to show off your power here?"
These words were so well received that the onlookers nearby applauded and cheered enthusiastically.
However, these were naturally nothing to the Jinyiwei. The three of them protected Zhu Mingyue and Zhu Yunhuan behind them, staring coldly at the people around them, waiting for the opportunity to strike.
When the old man saw it, he was shocked.
The advantage of living a long life is that you have seen a lot of things. The posture of these three people is clearly something that only happens in the military.
This shows that the boy and girl are almost certainly descendants of military nobles.
Military officers in the Ming Dynasty were never very reasonable. Only in the capital, where they were subject to many restrictions, could they still exercise some restraint.
But if they are right, the situation will be completely different.
Moreover, compared with civil officials, military officers are much more united.
Just when the old man was about to run away, ten policemen surrounded him.
It turned out that at the beginning of the incident, the yamen runner in charge of this street had already discovered the situation and was ready to come over to stop it.
After seeing this, I suddenly didn’t dare to go up alone.
It is obvious that he is the son of a noble family and is beyond the scope of his ability to handle. It is better to call the chief constable first.
When the chief constable found out, he immediately gathered eight people around him and surrounded them.
"What are you doing? What do you want to do? Are you ignoring the laws of the capital? Do you want to stay in our cell for two days to stretch your muscles?"
The captain shouted loudly and started to drive the crowd away.
The crowds who were originally watching the show suddenly scattered like birds and animals. It was fine to watch the fun, but it would be unacceptable if they got into trouble.
"That old man, that's him. Don't let him go. He was the one who instigated the crowd just now."
Zhu Yunhuan had sharp eyes. He looked at the old man who had spoken before and immediately pointed at him and shouted.
Seeing this, the police officer who came over simply kept the man.
The old man looked depressed. How could he be implicated just for saying a few words?
One of the plainclothes Jinyiwei took a few steps to the side of the chief constable and revealed the badge on his waist from a side angle.
"Don't make it public." The plainclothes guard said coldly.
"What are you doing? Let our captain go. Are you planning to attack the patrol officers?"
When a constable saw this situation, he immediately shouted loudly.
The chief constable turned to the constable who had just spoken and slapped him on the forehead: "What nonsense are you talking about? I'll deal with you when I get back."
At this moment, the captain of the police suppressed his shock and his heart was trembling.
He saw it clearly just now. That was the badge of the Jinyiwei. Who was the important person that the Jinyiwei had to come out to protect?
He must be the son of a nobleman at least at the level of a governor.
Fortunately, I just came here and nothing happened. If anything went wrong, I'm afraid that my official uniform would be lost.
The constable who was beaten still felt a little aggrieved and didn't understand what he had done wrong.
The clever constable had already noticed something was wrong and immediately gave a look to firmly control the old man.
The captain of the police was a little unsure about what to do at the moment, and looked subconsciously at the Jinyiwei who had just appeared.
However, the Jinyiwei just looked away and ignored him completely.
The meaning is very clear, the other party does not want to reveal his identity.
Looking at the boy and girl again, you can tell at a glance that they are both rich and noble. Such temperament cannot be cultivated in ordinary aristocratic families.
So he could only bite the bullet and asked with a bitter face: "Sir, Miss, I wonder what happened."
Before Zhu Yunhuan and Zhu Mingyue could say anything, the shopkeeper spoke first: "Sir, you have to make the decision for me, I..."
The chief constable suddenly shouted, "Shut up, I'm not asking you, it's not your turn to speak here."
After these words were spoken, the shopkeeper, who was already feeling aggrieved, felt even more aggrieved.
He already understood that the young man and young lady in front of him were definitely people whom he could not afford to offend.
Subconsciously, I wanted to report the store's rear tire, but when I was about to speak, I closed my mouth tightly.
Because the shopkeeper knew that the captain of police knew the master behind his family.
This also made me shut up, which meant that even my master might not be able to offend this young man or young lady.
Thinking of this, the shopkeeper's heart was trembling, and he wanted to slap himself hard on the mouth. It was all because of this damn mouth. Why did he say such words and suffer such disaster for no reason.
When the attention was focused on Zhu Yunhuan, he was not as aggressive as before.
He also understood from some of the words just now that those frivolous words were indeed the kind of nice words often said in rouge and powder shops.
"Well, you should be more careful when you speak in the future. You can't just say whatever you want to say to everyone."
"But do you understand?"
Zhu Yunhuan didn't have any bad intentions in his heart. He just acted like that because of the education he received in the palace. Now seeing this scene, he wanted to teach the shopkeeper a lesson, so he just gave him a warning.
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper bowed repeatedly and said, "My lord, you are right. It's all my fault for my damn mouth. I deserve a beating, I deserve a beating."
As he spoke, he slapped himself in the face.
This was not just a simple gesture. Every time he hit her, it made a loud popping sound. After a few breaths, you could see that the shopkeeper's face was already red.
"Okay, this won't happen again." Zhu Yunhuan spoke upon seeing this.
The shopkeeper was a reasonable man. He stopped and said hurriedly, "To express my apology, you can choose any rouge or powder you like. I will apologize for this."
Zhu Mingyue said, "No, I don't need your money."
After saying this, he pointed at the item he had just taken a fancy to and asked him to pack it up. Then one of the plainclothes guards paid for it.
The captain of the police had not expected that after such a commotion, he would understand the matter so well.
But it is better to have less trouble than more, so I will just wait for you.
Zhu Yunhuan pointed at the old man in the crowd and said, "It's you. Bring him here. It was you who was inciting the crowd just now."
"Okay, okay..." The words got stuck in his throat. Zhu Yunheng hadn't figured out how to punish him yet.
If he was beaten and thrown into a cell, that would be too harsh, after all, the other party is in his sixties.
If I just let him go like this, it would be too easy and I would feel a little unwilling.
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw the shopkeeper's packaging and suddenly an idea came to my mind.
"So I'll punish you by making you follow us around and fetch us things. Hand all the things to him and let him take them."
This may be the best punishment Zhu Yunhuan could think of.
The old man had not expected that he would be punished like this in the end, and he immediately smiled and agreed.
Zhu Mingyue didn’t think too much about it. After buying everything, she naturally went to look at the next store.
Zhu Yunhuan said "follow me" and left without paying any attention to the patrolmen who came over.
Only the captain breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boss, who are these people? Why are they making you so nervous?" asked the clever policeman.
The captain looked at the man's back as he left, and when he was sure that he couldn't hear him anymore, he said, "Don't ask around. There are many people in the capital, under the emperor's feet, that you and I can't afford to offend."
"Okay, each of you should take responsibility."
When they saw what was happening, the patrolmen dispersed.
But no one noticed that in the attic diagonally opposite, there was a man in a green robe, watching everything that had just happened coldly.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door of the private room.
"Come in."
A middle-aged man pushed the door open, closed it, bowed and said, "Sir, I just found out that the man is Jiang Li, the commander of the Jinyiwei."
"There is another attendant, who is quite old, with a white face and no beard. I think he is a eunuch in the palace."
There were five people in total who were investigated just now, but this man only talked about the two people around him.
Once the identities of these two people are revealed, the identities of the other three grandfathers and grandchildren will naturally be self-evident.
The man in green robe recalled that he had seen a group of five people in the crowd before. He did not recognize the people in the lead, but he had the honor of meeting Jiang Li once.
The commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!
This is a high-ranking official with great influence. Who could forget him after meeting him once?
"Even with such a terrible murder case in the capital, they still came out to have fun. They seem very confident." The man in green robe said while drinking tea.
The middle-aged man stood aside with his head bowed, waiting for the order from the man in green robe.
Although the man in green robe spoke in a casual manner, he was somewhat worried in his heart.
The Ming Emperor's secret visit was a good opportunity for them, but it also seemed like not much of an opportunity.
Although he hated Zhu Yuanzhang to the core, when it really came to this, he was a little unsure.
A full cup of tea passed without the man in green robe saying another word.
When the teapot was empty, the man in green robe sighed and said:
"Go quickly and tell the Japanese about His Majesty's trip. I'm sure they will take some action."
"Now that the Ming Dynasty is at war with Japan, these Japanese people can't get any benefits and are constrained everywhere. I guess they are very angry."
"It all depends on how they seize this opportunity."
After saying this, the man in green robe became a little bored and waved his hand for the middle-aged man to leave.
"Sir, do you need someone to bring some more tea?"
"No need."
"Yes, I will take my leave."
After hearing the door close, the man in green robe looked out the window.
The streets are crowded with people, as prosperous as the former Jiangnan area, and goods from all over the world gather here.
“Are these things we insist on right or wrong?”
The man in the green robe is named Zhang, the same as Zhang Shicheng.
His father was Zhang Shicheng's illegitimate son.
Once upon a time, Zhang Shicheng's wife, along with Zhang Shicheng's concubines, stored firewood at the foot of the Qiyun Tower, and had the tower set on fire before hanging herself.
Only his father, who was an illegitimate child, escaped with his life.