Nanjing is the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, before Taizong Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, it is the unique capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it can be called the birthplace of the Zhu family. The imperial palace built by the Hongwu Dynasty is still standing in the vast twilight, full of majestic meaning, and the Forbidden City thousands of miles away reflects each other, showing the grace of heaven.

Zhu Shiyang entered the palace, sat in the court to see things, Nanjing's six books, and the Metropolitan Inspectorate, Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple and above three officials entered the court to kneel and worship, long live the mountain. Although the Nanjing officials were of the same rank as the officials in the capital, they had no real power, and most of them were fictitious titles conferred after retirement.

The group stayed in the palace for a few days, during which they only checked the preservation of Wenyuan Pavilion's "Yongle Canon", and lived very leisurely. It's just that Zhu Shiyang still refused to talk to Lu Wenyuan about the events of the day, and Lu Wenyuan was also focused on political affairs, and refused to bow down and serve Zhu Shiyang.

In the blink of an eye, it was nearly the middle of July, and everyone left the Nanjing Imperial Palace, so they took Yangzhou, one to inspect the local salt industry, and the other to go south to Suzhou and Hangzhou from Yangzhou waterway. Taibai poem has clouds "fireworks in March down to Yangzhou", although it has already passed March, but Yangzhou scenery is not because of the time of the day, everywhere you see, are a piece of lush, willow hanging water, I don't know whether the willow silk stained the green water under the bridge, or the water under the bridge dyed the willow silk green. Everywhere is a moist, as if you can pinch out a handful of water, not to mention the visible streams and lakes, which really deserves the title of "water town".

Zhu Shiyang set foot on the land of Jiangnan that he had been thinking about for a long time, but he was not very excited, after inspecting the Salt Transportation Division, he just went out at will every day, and he couldn't be interested in doing anything. Seeing him like this, Zhu Shiji guessed that he was still angry with Lu Wenyuan. Speaking of which, this pair of monarchs and ministers is really rare in the world, and they are more difficult to get hold of each other, just to see who can beat whom in the end. Zhu Shiji was too lazy to mix with them, but he couldn't bear to look at the imperial brother depressed, and after dinner that day, he proposed to go around the area of Pinjinmen.

Zhu Shiji is very familiar with Yangzhou, and the area around Pinjinmen has always been the gathering place of Qinlou Chu Pavilion. Throughout the ages, I don't know how many princes, kings and grandsons have spent a lot of money, and how many literati and writers have been haunted by their dreams. In such a place, Zhu Shiyangrao was in a bad mood and was unwilling to refuse, even if he changed his clothes, he wanted to go with Zhu Shiji.

When the two of them passed by the courtyard where Lu Wenyuan lived, they saw the candles in his room, and Zhu Shiji said: "Do you want to call Lord Lu to go with him?" Brother Lu has also been in a bad mood recently, and it is good to go out and walk around. ”

Although Zhu Shiyang said with disgust: "Ignore what he does." But there was a trace of expectation in his heart, so he couldn't help but walk towards Lu Wenyuan's wing. Zhu Shiji knew that even if he was afraid of going in, he would not put down his body and take the initiative to talk to Lu Wenyuan, so he grabbed ahead of him, entered the door and said with a smile: "Lord Lu, this king and the imperial brother are discussing to go around the Jinmen area, can you want to go with you?"

Lu Wenyuan was kneeling at the table to write a letter to the Criminal Department, and when he saw Zhu Shiji coming in, he got up and said: "The minister still has some affairs unfinished, and he can't accompany the emperor and the prince to go together, and I hope the emperor and the prince will forgive me." ”

Zhu Shiji said with a smile: "Where is this, Lord Lu is worried about state affairs, and the imperial brother and the king are too late to move, where will the adults be blamed." Zhu Shiyang was a little angry when he heard Lu Wenyuan talking about "affairs" again, snorted, flicked his sleeves and walked out, and Zhu Shiji hurriedly chased him out.

After Lu Wenyuan finished preparing the reply letter to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, handed it over to the servants waiting at the gate of the mansion, and returned to the room to rest for a while. When I closed my eyes and thought of Zhu Shiji's words, I said that I was going to sell around Jinmen, and I felt a little uneasy in my heart. In the past few days, he has been walking around the streets of Yangzhou, and has listened to a lot of gossip in the streets and alleys, and naturally knows what kind of place the Golden Gate is. Lu Wenyuan was worried in his heart, for fear that the emperor would come to him, and he hated himself for not telling King Kangping a few words, and he couldn't focus for several hours.

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Zhu Shiyang and Zhu Shiji went to the street, and after walking for about half an hour, they could already hear the sound of silk and bamboo near Pinjinmen all night. When it was time to go for tea again, the lights on both sides of the strait became brighter and brighter, reflecting a sparkling golden light in the water, and the sound of laughter coming from the attic of the window became clearer and clearer. Under the bridge, there are many sails in the water, the painting boat shuttles, and there are occasional beautiful courtesans on the bow of the boat hanging with various palace lamps, singing "red lotus fragrance and residual jade autumn", and then go far away with the boat, leaving only the ethereal singing, leisurely full of ponds.

Zhu Shiyang had seen such a scene, and after looking around greedily for a long time, his mood gradually improved, and he said with a smile: "In the early years of my accession to the throne, I secretly went out of the palace to meet the official prostitutes of the Teaching Workshop Division, but it was not as good as the wandering on the Qinhuai River. Listen, what does this mean?"

Zhu Shiji said with a smile: "This is the benefit of the people, what is the meaning of those official prostitutes taught in the workshop, they only know how to chant poems and fill in the lyrics all day long, and they are elegant and elegant, and they are all ordinary fake models and fake styles when they see anyone." It's better to 'naturally decorate' these wild things, you can say whatever you want, do whatever you want, even if you want to make money, you never hide it. Zhu Shiji said, he began to look around, and the girls who were standing at the door under the tree saw him like this, and they all waved their hands to greet him.

Zhu Shiyang looked at it from the side, shook his head again and again, and said with a wry smile: "The prince of the past few years has become more and more out of shape. ”

Zhu Shiji said leisurely: "Who asked the imperial brother to never summon his younger brother back to Beijing? If it weren't for the meritorious service of the younger brother who took advantage of the uprising of the displaced people to send troops, I don't know when he would be able to meet the imperial brother." If there was a royal brother who was always in control, the younger brother would not have become what he is now. ”

Zhu Shiyang smiled and said: "According to what you say, it's all mine, isn't it?" I don't want to see you often, but the ancestral system is like this, and there are the old things from the previous dynasty staring, even if I have the heart, I am powerless." King Kangping still has to be considerate of me. ”

Zhu Shiji waved his hand and said: "Let's go, don't talk about these unhappy things, what ancestral system is not ancestral system, today you and I forget the identity of the emperor and the prince, just be the son of an ordinary family, and have fun." ”

As they spoke, the two of them had reached a bridge. At this time, although the night is deep, but the lights from the brothels on both sides will still reflect the four as bright as day, the bright candlelight hits the brocade clothes of the two, exuding a dazzling and blurry brilliance, lining the two of them like a jade mountain-like dignified figure, attracting the opposite pavilion on the coquettish voice, the colorful silk waving, really responded to the sentence "At that time, the young spring shirt was thin, riding a horse leaning on the oblique bridge, and the building was full of red sleeves." For a while, the scenery was infinite.

Zhu Shiyang's scenery was not enough, seeing Zhu Shiji beside him frequently looking back at something, he couldn't help but be a little curious, followed his gaze, and saw that on the second floor of a brothel on the street, there were two young men laughing and talking through the window, at first glance, it was not unusual, but the more he looked at it, the more he couldn't take his eyes off. I saw that one of them was wearing a plain long gauze light robe, with a slender figure, perhaps because of the heat, the neckline was slightly open, slightly revealing the chest like white jade, and there was a special charm in his gestures; The two of them stood in front of the window, faint as a cloud on the horizon, but they could stand out in the purple and red eyes, and the mundane things around them were all eclipsed. Zhu Shiyang appreciated, and couldn't help but sigh: "What a wonderful picture of beauty!"

Seeing him like this, Zhu Shiji raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Brother Huang, do you want to go over and have a look?"

Zhu Shiyang said "yes", and then looked up at the two little guys, the two little guys had also noticed them at this time, and looked at them frequently from the window, sending their eyes dark. Zhu Shiyang became more and more interested, greeted Zhu Shiji, and walked to the brothel.

The name of this brothel is "Yihong Mansion", and before I entered the gate, I saw the old bustard leading a group of warblers and Yanyan to surround him. The Jiangnan woman is really more beautiful and graceful than other places, but Zhu Shiyang has no intention of taking a closer look. Zhu Shiji followed behind him, spoke Wu and said a few words to the old bustard, and the old bustard took the girls to salute.

Zhu Shiyang entered the inner hall, but saw that the candles were bright, the guests were full, and there were two people on the stairs covered with bright brocade to greet him, but it was not who the two little men were, and when they came downstairs, they entangled Zhu Shiyang and Zhu Shiji affectionately, and said and laughed softly. Zhu Shiyang didn't understand, Zhu Shiji smiled on the side: "This son is from the capital, and he can't understand your Wu Nong's soft language, so change the official language." ”

The two little ones were stunned for a moment, and one of them in a slightly jerky Beijing accent, and said with a crisp smile: "It was originally from the capital, no wonder it was born so romantic." I used to hear from guests from the north that the men in the capital were tall and mighty, but now they can be regarded as eye-opening. ”

Zhu Shiyang saw that he was born delicate and fair-skinned, and he loved it very much, so he reached out and grabbed his thin shoulder and asked, "What is your name?"

The little man got closer to Zhu Shiyang and said, "I □□ him, his name is Qiu Qi." Childe, look at which of the two of us is better? People always say that I am not as good as him, but I just watch him do better. Autumn is the most welcome. ”

Zhu Shiji smiled and hugged the Qiu Qi beside him, and replied: "This is also a fight, but what is the difference between you and women? Let me ask you, isn't it the time when your business is busy, why do you two have the leisure to stand at the window and blow the wind?"

Qiu Qi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "If we are as mediocre as others, how can we have such a fate with the two sons?

Zhu Shiji shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I only asked one sentence, and you have so many sentences waiting behind, and you said that you will welcome people, I think it will only squeeze people." ”

The four of them gossiped all the way, went up the stairs, entered a side room, only to see that the room was quite elegantly arranged, along the window there was a table of eight immortals, a pear circle chair, a south-facing Yang Concubine drunken couch with a pipa, a zither each, and a game of chess on the kang table, I don't know whether it was idle and had nothing to do, or the last guest left. There was a round table on the ground floor with all kinds of fruits on the table.

Zhu Shiyang and Zhu Shiji and other four people sat at the table, asked for some drinks and snacks, etc., and then put the words and joys, each having their own fun, chanting and singing songs in spring and autumn, going back and forth, icing on the cake, it was really **, and I couldn't think about it. The soft night breeze slowly blew in from the semi-open window, bringing the dense water vapor on the Qinhuai River, and the thin sound of the singing pipe on the platform of the painting boat, which made people intoxicated.

The white porcelain wine jug on the table was empty one after another, and when the moon was empty, Zhu Shiyang was already a little drunk when he raised his glass into his throat, and Zhu Shiji, who was sitting opposite, was not much better, with his hand on his forehead, his eyes were blurred. Seeing this, Zhu Shiyang couldn't help but laugh and said: "'Uncle Ji is also a man at night, and Yanyan is independent if he is a lone pine; That's a good way to describe you. ”

Zhu Shiji lazily shook his hand and smiled: "I don't dare to compete with Ji Kang, Brother Huang really killed me." As he spoke, Qiu Qi was still snuggling aside to pour wine for him, Zhu Shiji hurriedly stretched out his hand to block it, and said, "No, this son is really not strong enough to drink, so I have to find a place to rest." ”

Zhu Shiyang was also half drunk, lazily hugged the spring man in his arms, and said with a smile: "This won't work? Then don't brag about your ability on the Fengyue field in front of my son in the future." ”

Zhu Shiji smiled, helped Qiuqi's shoulders and staggered to his feet, and said, "If you don't brag, you won't brag." It's not too early now, spring and autumn, Brother Huang will pick one first. As he spoke, he made it bad again, raised his eyebrows and said, "Or do you want both of them?"

Zhu Shiyang waved his hand and said: "My son doesn't have that habit, since he has always been accompanied by Chunqi, then he will pick Chunqi." ”

Zhu Shiji also helped Qiu Qi out and entered another room. Closed the door, Qiu Qi took Zhu Shiji to the side of the couch to sit down, seeing that his jade face was slightly flushed, a pair of phoenix eyes were half-open and half-closed, sure enough, the cold mountain was about to fall, and he couldn't help but fall in love, sat on his lap, and stretched out his little tongue to lick his earballs, and his hand gradually moved down, to his crotch / between the caresses.

When he was having fun, he suddenly heard Zhu Shiji sneering in his ear. Before Qiu Qi could react, he was grabbed by both hands, Zhu Shiji's handsome face was slightly distanced in front of him, his face was still flushed, but there was no confusion in his eyes, his expression was sober and cold, and he tugged at the corner of his mouth and smiled: "What? You yourself are not long dying, do you still want to drag this son to the underworld together? ”

Qiu Qi was startled, but even regained his composure, withdrew his hand from Zhu Shiji's hand, and said with a smile: "How can that son's heart not be black? I know that we have that kind of disease, and we can only do some chores here on weekdays, but we still want to accompany the guests." What kind of grudge does the boy next to you have with you, and you want to harm him like this?"

Zhu Shiji looked as usual, and said with a cold smile: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, just take the money and do things." If you dare to leak the slightest rumor, my son will never spare the two of you. ”

Qiu Qi smiled, stood up from Zhu Shiji, and bowed: "Don't worry, Son, the two of us don't have to be cleaned up and don't live for long, so we don't want to worry about these dirty things." He also pointed out that he relied on the child's silver to live a good life for two days before going to the underworld. 166 Reading Network