The gods worshiped in the Ming Dynasty were very complicated. Zhu Gui looked at the various statues of gods passing along the street and could not recognize a few.
However, the scenes of juggling and lion dancing were very familiar to him, not to mention the various snack displays along the street, which were comparable even to some street fairs in later generations.
Zhu Gui was just surprised by this. He kept smiling throughout the whole process, not like a fourteen-year-old boy at all.
Looking at the crowd on the street, young people like Zhu Gui are playing and playing in the street. They are the noisiest part of the crowd.
Even Xu Miaoqing almost broke free from Zhu Gui's hand and wanted to join in.
"Don't mess around, be safe."
Zhu Gui pulled Xu Miaoqing and said.
He didn't know how many pairs of eyes were still staring at them in Nanjing City. He didn't dare to relax for a moment. The reason why he could come to the temple fair was his biggest concession to Xu Miaoqing. Naturally, he couldn't let her mess around again.
Xu Miaoqing was a little disappointed, but she didn't make trouble unreasonably. Since she couldn't participate, she simply started shopping.
All the snacks and small items that caught her eye on both sides of the street were swept away.
This shocked the vendors and Zhu Gui.
The former is because they are happy because their small cart of goods rarely sells out in one day.
Moreover, the other party was generous and even gave them more than ten times the price, so they could close the stall and go home as soon as possible to take their wives and children to visit the temple fair.
As for Zhu Gui, he naturally doesn't care about the small money, but is worried that Xu Miaoqing's behavior will attract the attention of others.
Moreover, the two personal guards he brought could not take these things away at all.
However, in the face of Xu Miaoqing's "pitiful" offensive, Zhu Gui was defeated again.
One of his personal guards went back to call for help and arranged a carriage to carry the things Xu Miaoqing bought.
When Xu Miaoqing heard this, she became happy.
As soon as the guard left, Zhu Gui felt that the atmosphere around him suddenly changed significantly.
But for a moment, he didn't know where this feeling came from.
The lion dance and the children's play in the streets are as good as ever.
The vendors on both sides of the street swarmed towards them, mainly because Xu Miaoqing's previous behavior of "booking stalls" made them understand that this was a big customer.
However, some of the vendors had a hint of murderous intent in their eyes.
Zhu Gui put his hand into his arms and wanted to take out the pistol.
But then I thought about it, this is Nanjing, not Datong Prefecture.
Furthermore, Zhu Yuanzhang has explicitly prohibited him from researching and using pistols. If he uses it again today, even if Zhu Yuanzhang wants to forgive him, other people with good intentions may not let go of this opportunity to impeach him.
But Zhu Gui didn't care about that much at the moment.
His other plans can be postponed or even changed, but only matters related to Xu Miaoqing's safety will not be discussed.
Zhu Gui quickly took out his pistol and fired two shots into the sky.
The loud noise even drowned out the sound of firecrackers on the street.
But except for some people around Zhu Gui who heard the noise, the vendors from a little further away were still gathering here.
Zhu Gui secretly thought that he had miscalculated, and then he pulled Xu Miaoqing, who was still confused, through the crowd and towards a teahouse.
The shopkeeper of the teahouse was sitting in an easy chair, smiling and talking to the boy next to him who was watching the temple fair with his feet up.
As a result, he was almost knocked out by Zhu Gui.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?"
The shopkeeper stood up and asked loudly.
But Zhu Gui and Xu Miaoqing had already rushed into the teahouse.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong? I haven't paid for the things I just bought."
Xu Miaoqing said to Zhu Gui while holding a bunch of candied haws.
"You go upstairs first, there's something wrong with those people."
Zhu Gui said seriously.
"Oh, I understand. Then be careful. I'll come down after I put the things away."
Xu Miaoqing noticed Zhu Gui's expression and immediately nodded.
Xu Miaoqing went upstairs.
Zhu Gui felt relieved, then stood at the top of the stairs, took out his pistol and faced the door of the tea house.
The first ones to come in were the teahouse manager and the two boys.
"Is he the shopkeeper? Should we report it to the official first?" One of the boys holding a broom asked the fat butler.
The fat butler looked at Zhu Gui for a moment, then bowed his hand and said: "No, sir, you are not going to the temple fair, but you broke into the shop to drink tea? Where is the girl just now?"
The fat butler was also a person who was very observant. When he saw that Zhu Gui was gorgeously dressed, he must be no ordinary person, so his attitude became friendly.
Zhu Gui casually took out a few banknotes from his arms and slapped them on the table next to him: "Are you the owner of this teahouse? There are five thousand taels here. Is it more than enough to buy your teahouse?"
"Ah?" The fat shopkeeper was startled by Zhu Gui's words. He quickly picked up the banknote and looked at it, but found nothing unusual.
The fat shopkeeper looked excited and was about to say something when he suddenly heard a noise coming from behind him.
"Tell someone to close the door. No one can let in except people from Dai Wang's palace." Zhu Gui said loudly.
The two boys immediately looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on the fat shopkeeper.
"Why are you still standing there? This is our new boss, hurry up and close the door." The fat shopkeeper shouted loudly.
So the two boys immediately went to close the door.
It's just that someone broke in before them, it was the same hawkers from before.
But at this time, they left their stalls outside the store and rushed into the store.
While writing, he shouted: "Where's that little girl just now? I haven't paid for my things yet, so I can't eat the candied haws for free."
"Do you still want my stuff? I'll give it a little cheaper for you."
The vendors at the front were indeed ordinary vendors, but the people behind them had gloomy looks in their eyes.
Zhu Gui looked at the fat shopkeeper and said.
"Shopkeeper, send these vendors away first. No matter how much they cost, I will compensate you tenfold later."
When the fat shopkeeper heard this, the wrinkles on his face almost made a flower appear.
But it took him a moment to realize that Zhu Gui called himself 'my king', and he almost fell to the ground.
Unexpectedly, he would accidentally interact with a prince today, and he couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart.
But the most important thing right now is to help the young prince solve the trouble at hand.
He immediately walked to the door and started chasing away the vendors.
Dealing with these small vendors wandering the streets, the fat shopkeeper usually didn't pay much attention to them, let alone that there was a prince behind him to support him.