From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Zhao Cheng drank the medicine and his stomach was almost healed, but the Jinyiwei was in a terrible state.

Including Wang Ang, there were three centurions, one thousand, and one pacification envoy. They had to prepare their troops and set off while enduring severe stomach pain.

Since this case involved the Wusheng Sect, it had been kept top secret. The Yunzhou garrison was not involved in the bandit suppression. Thousands of Ti cavalry came out in full force and headed for Qingshan County.

According to his father-in-law, Xiong Kuohai had been in the position of the Southern Pacification Envoy for too long. This time, he only arranged for the Jinyiwei to take action, just to make a big contribution and see if he could be promoted, even if it was just to collect the money.

Zhou Yuan had not yet entered that circle, so he naturally didn't care about the details. He was in his position and did his job. He only knew that he had to finish what he had to do.

When he returned home, he called Mingrui over.

"Mingrui, are you healed? If you are, go and do something for me."

Mingrui's injury was not healed at all, but he would never let go of the opportunity to do something.

"Just tell me, sir!"

Mingrui lost his mushrooms and couldn't sleep well. Now he wanted to sign a military order to show his loyalty.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Go and find out which storyteller in Yunzhou is more outstanding. I want to hire him alone and give him five taels of silver every month."

Five taels of silver is not a small amount. A family of five spends about three taels of silver a month.

For ordinary storytellers, earning thirty coins a day is considered good.

Hearing that the job is simple, Mingrui immediately said, "Don't worry, sir, Mingrui will definitely invite the person over!"

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "Tell him to wait in the mansion early tomorrow morning."

After sending Mingrui away, this long day finally passed. The sunset was about to fall, the sunset was all over the sky, and dusk was approaching.

He sat in a chair, eating fruits and drinking tea comfortably, enjoying Ziyuan's massage.

At this point, everything is basically done, it's so relaxing.

I'll go to Lin'an Prefecture in a few days, take a look at the Broken Bridge West Lake, and then go to the brothel over there to have some fun.

The side effects of Chunyang Wuji Gong have been stimulating him. If Zhou Yuan hadn't thought that this body was still a novice and didn't want to break it with a brothel girl, he would have let himself go long ago.

"Ziyuan, how about going to Lin'an Prefecture with me in a few days?"

Zhou Yuan really needs someone to take care of his daily life, so it's impossible not to take Ziyuan with him.

Ziyuan was obviously stunned, and then said in surprise: "Lin'an Prefecture? Are you going to Lin'an Prefecture? That's great!"

Oh, isn't it just going to the provincial capital? Look how excited you are, as if you haven't seen the world.

As if she could see Zhou Yuan's expression, Ziyuan said a little embarrassedly: "I grew up in Yunzhou City since I was a child. I have never been to other places. It would be great if I had the opportunity to visit Lin'an Prefecture."

"Son-in-law, you don't know that Meixiang has been to Lin'an Prefecture and has boasted to me many times, saying that the buildings there are much taller and the West Lake is also very beautiful."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Okay, this time, son-in-law will take you out for a good trip, so that you can show off to them later."

Speaking of this, he suddenly wondered again: "Who is Meixiang?"

There are only four maids in the entire Zhao Mansion. In addition to Ziyuan, there are Qingyuan who follows Zhao Jianjia, Hongyuan who follows mother-in-law, and Luyuan who takes care of father-in-law.

Ziyuan smiled and said, "She is Miss Ruan Zhi's maid. She has been with Miss Ruan Zhi since she was a child and has been to many places, even to the capital."

"Ahem!"

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but cough dryly. Although the Zhao family was a new noble, it had a shallow foundation after all and could not compare with the Luo family.

There are only six princes of different surnames in the whole world. Even if the Luo family has declined, it is still a prince after all.

Zhou Yuan could only say, "I will take you to all these places in the future."

Ziyuan was only sixteen years old, and she was still at the age of eating cakes. When she heard Zhou Yuan's cake, she believed it immediately and massaged more attentively for a while.

"Zhou Yuan! Zhou Yuan!"

A quick shout suddenly came from the outside, and Zhao Jianjia ran in with the sound.

Her face was flushed, and she was slightly panting. She was full of excitement and said excitedly: "Have you heard about what happened outside?"

"What happened?"

"Fengming Tower is in big trouble!"

Zhao Jianjia said quickly: "The Xu family seems to have poisoned the food and poisoned Prefect Liu. More than 40 people in Fengming Tower have been arrested. Ningyue doesn't have to get married!"

Her tone was very urgent, her eyes were shining, and she repeated: "Ningyue doesn't have to be a concubine to that bastard!"

The ancients said that a man will die for his confidant.

Now Zhao Jianjia learned that her best friend jumped out of the sea of ​​fire, how could she not be happy.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "That's great, don't you go to see her?"

Zhao Jianjia raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course I have to go! I've asked Qingyuan to prepare the gifts! You should pack up too! It's getting dark!"

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, then said, "I won't go."

Zhao Jianjia frowned, looking a little unhappy: "Ningyue treats you like a brother, now she has jumped out of the fire pit, how can you not go?"

"Zhou Yuan, separation and reunion are our business. If you are angry, you shouldn't affect Ningyue, right? That's not a gentleman's behavior."

Zhou Yuan admired Zhao Jianjia's frankness.

He waved his hand and chuckled, "That's not what I meant, but I have already met her."

Zhao Jianjia glared and said, "Really, you knew the news in advance, but you didn't inform me immediately, but secretly went to see Ningyue."

"After I knew the news, I was stupid enough to come back and inform you. ”

She was a little dissatisfied, but she was in a good mood after all, so she didn't care about Zhou Yuan and quickly set off for Xue's house.

It looked like tonight was a gathering of girlfriends, and they would probably have a long talk late at night and would not go home.

Just in time, Zhou Yuan was also ready to think about joining Baiyanlou.

Joining Baiyanlou was not a sudden idea, but he had had the idea for a long time.

After all, the Xue family had put Ningyue on the shelf because of money, and Zhou Yuan didn't dare to give them the opportunity to play such a joke again. It would be better to control Baiyanlou in his own hands and give them money regularly.

This not only ensured that the Xue family had money to spend and would not have any ideas about Ningyue, but also had an interest in being tied to himself, and he had a foundation for marrying Ningyue in the future.

The money for writing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was mainly It was intended to be used in Baiyanlou.

And Zhou Yuan was not afraid that the other party would not agree. At this time, the Xue family had no choice, not to mention that the conditions for kicking him out were too tempting.

Zhou Yuan did not believe that Mrs. Xue, a woman who was blinded by money, could suddenly become tough.

However, in order to make Baiyanlou's business better, in addition to auxiliary means, dishes are the top priority.

Fortunately, Zhou Yuan had thought about this for several days.

He found the information on modern dishes that he had sorted out, and found corresponding substitutes for the condiments. If there was really no substitute, he simply did not use it.

He carefully selected eight dishes as the new dishes that Baiyanlou was promoting, and that was enough.

Don't forget, there is also "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".