In the Spring Festival of the first year of Yuanyou, internationally, envoys from the Liao State and the Western Xia State rushed to Bianjing to congratulate their nominal eldest brother, Emperor Zhezong, on the New Year; In the court, Sima Guang finally straightened out his post as the left minister, and began to abolish the new law, belittle the new party, and recall the old party.

As a result, Su Shi, who had just been appointed as the court's Fenglang, was recalled to the court. At this time, Su Shi was still on his way to Dengzhou, and it was obvious that when he officially entered Beijing, it would be after the Spring Festival. However, it was his younger brother Su Zhe who was recalled for his duties as secretary of the provincial school and right secretary, and was able to rush to Bianjing before the New Year.

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is not easy to live in peace. Su Shi and Su Zhe have a deep brotherly relationship, so they simply waved a letter to ask Murong Fu to help take care of his younger brother. Being able to watch one of the "Eight Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties" up close, how could Murong Fu care about a little money? Soon, someone bought two adjacent mansions outside Zhengmen, one for Su Zhe to make a new residence, and the other for Su Shi, who was about to return to Beijing.

Compared with the heroic and hearty and unruly brother, Su Zhe's personality is not much more modest and cautious. Although he had already known about Murong Fu's existence and vaguely knew Murong Fu's wealth, he was still taken aback when he saw Murong Fu bring him to this carved mansion, where twenty or thirty maids and servants lined up in two rows to greet him. When he figured out that the mansion and his servants were written in his name, he immediately closed his eyes and insisted on not accepting it.

Poor Murong Fu talked about his master-apprentice relationship with Su Shi until Su Mai was making money overseas, and he had a dry mouth, but Su Zhe seemed to be like Wang Ba was eating and saying that he was hard-hearted, so he shook his head vigorously and said: "This gift is too thick, I dare not accept it, I dare not accept it!" ”

I think that Cai Jing's mansion can occupy half of Bianjing, although you can't be the left minister in the future, you have also served as the right minister, just a five-entry mansion, what is thick? Murong Fu resisted the urge to roll his eyes, sighed, and said helplessly: "Since Uncle Shi insists, the only way to do this is to ask Uncle Shi to stay at my house temporarily." I will arrange the affairs of this mansion again, and I will make sure that the teacher is satisfied. ”

Su Zhe also knew that it was difficult for Murong Fu to find another mansion for a while, so he nodded and agreed to Murong Fu's construction. However, when Su Zhe saw Murong Fu's mansion in Bianjing, he regretted it. Enter the gate, but see the pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, strange stones, grass and flowers reflect each other, where is a big house, it is a small garden at all. Su Zhe's family was already dumbfounded, but the turmoil beside them who was guiding them was introducing the environment to them in a casual tone. "Originally, there was only one middle of my father-in-law's mansion, but in the middle of last year, I bought all the houses of the east and west to have the current scale. Not long after the two courtyard walls were opened, many of the trees were newly planted, which was really unsightly, and I asked Xiao Su to take care of it. As he spoke, he added another sentence with a look of regret and guilt. I don't know how much cramped this place is compared to Swallow Dock, and the prince can't stretch his hands and feet, he is really wronged! ”

As soon as this remark came out, Su Zhe, who had lived in poverty for many years, was speechless. After drinking Murong Fu's reception banquet for him in the evening, and returning to the bedroom, he couldn't help but sigh to his wife Shi: "Akashi treats me respectfully, sincerely, and thoughtfully, and the disciple of the eldest brother has nothing to say." It's just that I think he is rich and young and vigorous, and he is only afraid of acting swaggeringly and causing trouble! ”

Shi Shi and Su Zhe had a deep relationship with the young couple, and they couldn't help but smile when they heard their husband say this: "At the banquet just now, Chaoyun told me a lot about the disciple of the eldest brother. Don't look at Akashi's young age, Nanami has almost traveled all over the world, and he has saved this huge family business. Not only that, but he also went to the border to serve as a planter, and now he pioneered the method of nursing that is now circulating in the army. Such characters act in their own way, so you don't have to worry. ”

Su Zhe knew that his brother was exempted from the identity of the criminal official because of the method of nursing, and when he heard his wife say this, he immediately guessed the key to it, and his heart was greatly relaxed. I saw him frown, and immediately asked, "Is this what Chaoyun means, or what the eldest brother means?" ”

"Naturally, it's the meaning of the big brother. If the eldest brother thinks that Akashi is acting inappropriately, how can he entrust his brother to his care? Shi replied softly, "Chaoyun also said that others only said that he was the quality of exploring flowers, but the eldest brother once said that he was particularly proficient in miscellaneous studies, and he had a little ability to turn stones into gold. Nowadays, the biggest source of wealth for the eldest brother's family is the profit sharing from the sale of 'Dongpo wine' in Jinlin Building. Just now, Akashi came to me to chat, saying that he would collect your articles and poems into a book and publish them, and he would be responsible for selling them to us to share the profits, and I have agreed to do so for you. As for the writings of the father-in-law during his lifetime, after the eldest brother enters Beijing, the two of you will discuss and decide. ”

Being able to collect his works into a book and circulate them widely is something that every literati dreams of, and Su Zhe will naturally not refuse. However, in today's market, most literati pay out of their own pockets to publish their works, and the so-called "moistening pen" has always been a beautiful legend. Therefore, when Su Zhe heard that Murong Fu not only didn't want him money, but also posted money for him to publish a collection of poems and essays, he immediately said with three points of shyness and seven points: "This...... I'm afraid it's not good, right? ”

Shi Shi glanced at her husband and said in a brisk tone: "I heard that Akashi has been lost since he was a child, and he serves the eldest brother like a master and a father; The eldest brother treats Akashi like a parent. There is also an uncle and Akashi's cousin who are very determined to be close to each other, and our two families have come and gone like relatives, so why do you want to see each other like this? ”

Su Zhe remembered that although his family lived in Murong Mansion, they were arranged to live in the main house with his brother's family, while Murong Fu himself lived in a side courtyard instead. He understood in his heart that what his wife said was reasonable, and he gradually stopped rejecting Murong Fu's arrangements.

Su Zhe didn't know that Murong Fuqi intended to publish a collection of poems for the Su Shi brothers, in addition to his own interests, it was more important to brush up the prestige value for the Su Shi brothers. At the beginning, Emperor Shenzong decided to change the law, and Wang Anshi was the prime minister because the world knew that he had "been the name of the world for more than 30 years", and the people said that if Wang Anshi did not enter the court, the world would be restless. As a result, Xining's changes only made this mess. Similarly, Sima Guang opposed the change, he knew that he was not as good as Wang Anshi's status in the heart of Emperor Shenzong, so he simply resigned and returned to Luoyang to join Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo and others to set up a "Luoyang Senior Citizens Association", and enjoyed a great name in Shilin. So much so that this time the Empress Dowager Gao summoned Sima Guang to return to the court, and the people pulled Sima Guang again and said that if Sima Xianggong did not return to the court, the world would be restless. However, history can also prove that Sima Guang indiscriminately abolished the new law to provoke party disputes, and only made the government look like a ghost. It can be seen that in order to be a prime minister in this era, the strength of the ruling ability and the right or wrong of the ruling policy are not the most important, but the important thing is the prestige of the person in Confucianism and the people. As long as the prestige value is brushed to the full level, the position of the prime minister will be like picking up things. All in all, if you want to be dominant, hype first.

After only a few days, the cautious and polite Su Zhe could no longer resist Murong Fu's enthusiastic offensive, and with the encouragement of the other party, he began to sort out his work experience in accounting and water conservancy and prepare for publication. And his family members have long been indifferent to the various jewelry, silk and satin, toys and food sent by Murong Fu.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Su Zhi calmly sat on the throne and accepted Murong Fu's salute instead of his brother. Rao is humble and low-key by nature, but the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner hosted by Murong Fu himself still makes him very imposing in front of his colleagues and friends. Su Zhegang secretly praised his brother in his heart for the benefit of this disciple, who knew that he was very happy and sad. As soon as the banquet ended, he received news that his two honest sons, lured by Murong Fu, followed Murong Fu to Little Sweet Water Lane to "increase their knowledge". And with them, in addition to Murong Fu, Qin Guan, Qiao Feng, and Seed Master Dao, there were also Su Yu and Wang Yuyan dressed in men's clothes!

"I want to go too!" The young Su looked at the distant figures of everyone and sighed in a low voice.

"I wonder how beautiful Master Li is?" Su Xun, who was also young, was just as depressed.

Su Chen, who heard the news, listened to the eyebrows and his heart jumped, although he also knew that in this era, the official * was elegant, but going to the brothel on Chinese New Year's Eve was not considered after all, and he ordered Ah Zhu sharply at the moment: "This matter must not be publicized!" ”

Seeing Su Zhe's hideous expression, Ah Zhu couldn't help but say a word, "'Heaven and Earth' is my Murong family's own property" without mentioning it, and only bent his knees and said with a smile: "Sir, don't worry, Gongzi has all the people around him, and he will never leak the news." ”

Su Zhe nodded with a straight face, twisted the arms of his youngest son and little nephew and went back. But he didn't expect that Murong Fu and his party were hooking up their shoulders and swaggering through the market, how could they make the news of their going to the brothel to meet friends unknown? Therefore, Azhu's sentence "will never leak news" has a deep meaning.

Origin: Restaurants and brothels have always been places full of news, although Murong Fu disdains to make money from those hard-working women, he has to pay more attention to all kinds of news in the court. In view of this, "heaven and earth" came into being. However, although Murong Fu said that he opened a brothel as much as possible, he still cherished his reputation among the literati, because not many people knew that the behind-the-scenes boss of this "heaven and earth" was the flower of the dynasty.

"Heaven and Earth" was famous in later generations, but now it is just a small character in Little Sweet Water Alley. Due to the limitations of his identity, Murong Fu knows nothing about the various methods in modern nightclubs, and there is only one way to polish the signboard of "heaven and earth" - throwing money. So, with the support of the wealthy boss, the brothel boss poached the most popular courtesan, invited the best cook, and secretly hired a few scholars who wrote beautiful poems. There are two hundred and five bosses regardless of the cost and the kind and generous Bodhisattva bustard, even if the prostitutes can't talk about doing a line of love, but their work attitude is indeed much better than before. Therefore, even on Chinese New Year's Eve, the "heaven and earth" are still overcrowded.

When the group came to the "heaven and earth", they couldn't even sigh at the magnificence of the brothel, and the had already waved a handkerchief to greet Qin Guan familiarly. "Qin Xianggong, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I think of the slave family!"

As soon as the old bustard said this, everyone immediately turned their playful gaze to Qin Guan. Obviously, although "Heaven and Earth" is a rising star in Little Sweet Water Lane, Qin Guan is already a frequent visitor to them. With so many people watching, it was a little embarrassing to be as romantic as Qin Guan. I saw that he cleared his throat, and before he could speak, Murong Fu, who didn't know the bustard, had habitually touched out a gold bead and threw it into the old bustard's arms, and casually ordered: "I want to go to the room and find a few good singers to sing." Remember, I will never short you of silver taels, but the wine and food must be clean! ”

The brothel boss is well-informed, so he naturally has a lot of money and is not affectionate. Seeing that Murong Fu was extraordinary, he instantly gave up Qin Guan and turned to Murong Fu to be attentive. "This son is a talent, I don't know what to call it?"

Murong Fu quietly took a step back and only said, "Lead the way ahead." ”

Seeing Murong Fu's awe-inspiring expression, the old bustard knew that he could not be offended, so he left Murong Fu's side, and obediently and skillfully beckoned the turtle prince to step forward and lead them to the wing room on the second floor.

In the crowd, Qiao Feng and the Seed Master Dao were both deaf and clear-sighted, and the old bustard fluttered at Murong Fu, and the two of them couldn't help but look at each other and smile, and only secretly said to themselves: With a talent like Murong, I don't know who is here to entertain whom.

Compared with the two who gloated, the children of the Su family did follow the rules. I saw them all the way to hold their breath and not squint, carefully dodging the red/sleeved skirts, looking not as if they had come to visit a brothel but as if they had stepped into a tiger's den in Longtan. On the contrary, Wang Yuyan, who was dressed in men's clothes, was even more down-to-earth and generous, she lay on the windowsill on the second floor and watched the singing and dancing performed in the hall for a while, and then asked curiously: "Cousin, why are we here?" ”

Murong Fu picked up the wine jug and sniffed it carefully, and after making sure that there was no aphrodisiac/aphrodisiac/drug in the wine, he filled everyone present with a full glass, and replied: "Although the land of fireworks is complicated, everyone here will come here to socialize sooner or later, whether they are in the officialdom or in the rivers and lakes. It is inevitable that you will be at a loss and will be plotted by others, so it is better to try it out now. As for Yu Yan...... he poured another glass of fruit wine and handed it to Wang Yuyan, and said with a smile. "Although you are a woman, my cousin has always thought that if you set too many limits on yourself in life, it will be boring. So, while you are not married, let's see and see together. When you get married, you're not so comfortable! ”

Su Yu, who was sitting next to Wang Yuyan, was wholeheartedly devoted to Wang Yuyan, lest Wang Yuyan would not marry him after listening to Murong Fu's words, so he hurriedly expressed his loyalty. "Yu Yan, if you like it, ...... in the future In the future, I will come with you in the same way. ”

Su Yu is honest by nature, even if he says such sweet words, he sounds sincere and undisguised. Wang Yuyan was happy in her heart, and couldn't help but take Su Yu's hand and smile brightly. She was born beautiful, and this smile is like the moon shining brightly, and the hearts of people are shaken, and they all sigh that Su Yu is lucky.

Only Qin Guan watched coldly, and only shook his head secretly with sympathy and pity. No matter how beautiful this daughter-in-law is, the daughter-in-law will always be jealous. What fun can you have when you accompany your daughter-in-law to a brothel?

After a while, the door of the wing room was pushed open again. A gust of incense poured in, but it was the old bustard who arrived with a few beautiful courtesans. There are juniors such as Wang Yuyan and Su Yu, even if Qin Guan is the reincarnation of a pervert, he has to pretend to be a righteous gentleman with everyone at this time, so a few courtesans set up a posture in the wing room to play and sing.

Murong Fu filled everyone present with wine, and with the reminders of what he had seen and heard in his previous life and Bao was different, he casually talked about the doorway of digging a pit and setting up a bureau with the singing of the courtesan. Beauty scheme, fairy jump, bitter meat scheme, anti-plot ...... This fragrant and vicious conspiracy and trickery is terrifying, and even Qin Guan, a veteran of the party, shouted incredible.

But it was the few courtesans who sat with him who were unhappy in their hearts, and couldn't help crying: "Where are these courtesans that Gongzi said, they are clearly liars!" Since Childe doesn't believe us in every way, why do you need our sisters to come over! ”

Without waiting for Murong Fu to reply, Qin Dacaizi, who had always pitied the fragrance and cherished the jade, immediately changed his face again, and angrily pointed at him and said dissatisfiedly: "I said that you are a wood, and you still don't recognize it!" How can anyone make people cry every time? With that, he hugged the courtesan beside him as if no one was around, and soothed him softly. With practical actions, he shows that his beauty cannot be disappointed, and even if he is deceived into the game, he is willing to take a firm position.

With the example of Qin Guan in front, the rest of the courtesans stopped playing songs and singing songs, and bowed their heads and wept one by one.

The planter saw that in the blink of an eye, this group of originally smiling warblers and swallows brought rain to each pear blossom, and he couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp. In line with the belief that the dead Dao friends will not die and the poor Dao, he hurriedly brought a glass of wine to Murong Fu, and said loudly: "Murong, if you say disrespectful to the beautiful woman, don't make amends quickly!" ”

Murong Fu laughed dumbly, and was about to defend himself, but suddenly heard a familiar female voice in his ears and said with a low smile: "Murong Gongzi is so ruthless!" How many women do you have to cry for you before you give up? ”

Everyone followed the prestige, but they saw Li Shishi, the head of the Jingshi line, who was dressed in a willow-colored Luo shirt and lightly swept his eyebrows, standing outside the door vividly.