Chapter 34: Love and Hate
It was a very fortuitous opportunity to find Bai Changjue, a certain dark pile under the winter solstice went to a family to talk to his sister-in-law, but he saw a man in the courtyard, his appearance was a little similar to the person he was looking for, and he asked his sister-in-law, only to know that he had just come to Jinling from other places, and said that he was a relative of the girl, and the time was right, even if he was careful. Later, after careful investigation on the periphery and bold verification, it was basically determined that the person was Bai Changjue, who was injured and missing.
"Got a portrait of him?"
"Well, Bai Changjue showed his face in the courtyard under the Zhoushan Mountain, there are not a few people who have seen him, and it is not difficult to get a portrait." Dong Solstice took out a portrait from the box in the room, Xu You took it and looked at it, and laughed out loud. I don't know where to find the painter on the winter solstice, and Gu Yun is far worse than nature, the painting style is still the mainstream impressionism, the eyebrows are visible, but it is not vivid, but it is full of charm, and it is difficult to recognize the dark pile.
"Whose house?"
"Cui Yuanjiang, one of Qin Huai's Shuangyan."
"She?"
Xu You suddenly realized that all famous prostitutes who can gain a firm foothold in Qinhuai River, appearance and talent are important, but the most important thing is the dependence behind them! Without a backstage, no matter how talented you are, it will only be a flash in the pan, and you will be slapped to death on the beach by countless back waves. Only those prostitutes who are supported by powerful forces have the manpower, material and financial resources to summon a large number of literati to repeatedly and continuously package, hype, tout and raise their value, and the literati circle and the entertainment industry have not been separated since ancient times, and this is the reason.
Cui Yuanjiang turned out to be a person from the Heavenly Master's Dao, and with such a famous prostitute in the song, whether it is to buy people's hearts or collect intelligence, there will be infinite convenience.
Xu You touched his chin, with his current financial resources and social circle, it is really easy to hold a girl out, and he can follow the practice of Heavenly Master Dao in the future - Qinhuai River is an ecosystem formed by the interweaving of Jinling's politics, culture and economy, and it is necessary to install his own people.
"It's also luck, in addition to his own maidservants, Cui's house has never allowed outsiders to enter, my subordinate because there is a sister who is Cui Yuanjiang's maid, and she will go to the house from time to time, which is considered an old acquaintance, otherwise who would have thought that Bai Chang's majestic Heming Mountain Great Sacrifice Wine would hide in Cui's house......"
This is taking advantage of the inertia of thinking, Cui Yuanjiang is a celebrity and a prostitute, everyone thought that Bai Chang would secretly find a remote place to hide and recuperate, but he did the opposite, living in the city openly, or a well-known famous prostitute.
What a guts!
Xu You smiled: "Speaking of which, shouldn't Cui Yuanjiang live in the painting boat?" ”
Dong Zhi said speechlessly: "Cui Yuanjiang is not one of those prostitutes who sell her body, if it weren't for a noble person or a close eye, she wouldn't pick up customers when she was idle, so she naturally wanted to buy a house in the city......"
Xu You slapped his forehead, he made the mistake of empiricism again, Cui Yuanjiang has long been out of the initial stage of prostitution, and he is not a fish, he likes to grow on water, if he talks about life, of course he is comfortable in the city.
"Go and secretly leave a message for the wind gate and tell them Bai Changjue's hiding place." Xu You's eyes turned cold, and he said, "Since Six Days deliberately killed Bai Changjue and took advantage of his illness to kill him, this is the best opportunity!" ”
After being in contact with the wind gate at the beginning, Dong Solstice knew their secret signal, and handed Bai Changjue over to the people of the six days to go dog eat dog, and Xu You could also take a breath. The winter solstice then reported the route and emergency measures for arranging the evacuation, Xu You listened carefully, and found no mistakes, now the winter solstice is more and more meticulous, and he has paid a lot of price on the way to growth, but after all, he has grown up, and it is worth it!
"There is a woman in the East Palace, how to describe it? Particularly...... Well, particularly striking......"
Dong Zhi said with a smile: "What Xiao Lang said must be Yu Dao Zhen, this woman has followed the prince's side for nearly seven years, and it is said that she can drive away ghosts through ghosts, sit on fire and enter water, and is quite magical." In the eighth year of Yong'an, there was a great drought in Jinling, she took the stage to pray for rain, and the heavy rain arrived in seven days, so she was respected as a saint by the prince, and she was in the East Palace, and she obeyed her words and was very trusted. ”
"She's also a member of the Heavenly Master's Dao?"
"I haven't heard of anything to do with the Heavenly Master, the origin of the fish road is really very clear, Jiangzhou people, parents died early, grew up with the villagers, and later married a man in the same village as a wife, after the widow at the age of twenty, he tied his hair and cultivated the Tao, claiming to have been taught by the gods in his dream "Jindan Enlightenment Sutra", and was favored by Princess Shi'an, invited into the house, day and night. After praying for rain in the eighth year of Yong'an, Princess Shi'an introduced her to the crown prince, and since then she has not appeared very often, but she is quite favored and trusted, and there should be no doubt. ”
"Princess Si'an?"
Xu You's eyebrows gathered slightly, and Wang Yan's unprovoked words came to mind again, as if there were several invisible threads entangled, intricate, and the source could not be found.
Is this a fortuitous coincidence?
"Winter solstice, a few days ago, Wei Tianzhi, the concubine in the East Palace, invaded other people's good fields, forced his father to death, and humiliated his daughter. If so, confirm if there is another mystery behind it? ”
"No!"
There was an argument in the East Palace, and after hearing Yudao's real threat, Wei Tianzhi's face was so dark that he could almost write calligraphy, and said: "You said that if you cast a spell, the Lord must not be able to last a few days, what is the result?" I see that the body and bones of the Lord are more Kangtai than the prince......"
The prince's eyes widened instantly, don't hurt by mistake, okay? Yudao really smiled and groaned: "Is the prince's body good, is it possible that I don't know it to you yet?" "The eyes are like silk, and the delicate prince is sideways.
Wei Tian was so angry that the prince coughed dryly and said comfortingly: "Talking about business, don't talk nonsense." Dao Zhen, how sure are you? ”
"Ten percent!" Even if Yu Daozhen said something big, he still looked careless and lazy, and said: "The emperor will definitely die soon!" It's just that I don't know what method Zhu Daorong used, so that he could barely support the hearts of the people of the Yi'an Dynasty. ”
Wei Tianzhi was silent.
The prince trusts Yu Daozhen, what can he do? Over the years, he has tried all kinds of means, and even tried his best to find a beautiful man who was captivating the country and the city to seduce Yu Daozhen, both of them went to bed, and the prince also caught the adulterer, but he didn't care, and by the way, he also accepted the beautiful man......
After many confrontations, she was deflated and let Yumichi really control all matters, but fortunately, she was determined to let the prince succeed to the throne, and there was no essential conflict with Wei Tianzhi, and they were at peace with each other recently, until this plan.
"Zhu Daorong! Dog monk! The prince gritted his teeth and said, "When I ascend to the treasure, I will definitely dig out the heart and liver of this old leather and expose the corpse for three months!" ”
After scolding Zhu Daorong, the prince complained again: "If you are really sure, you might as well act according to the plan, why bother to let me and my tenth brother enter the palace the day before yesterday and suffer such humiliation?" ”
Yu Dao really leaned over, gently kneaded the prince's shoulders, leaned over his pretty face and rubbed it lightly on his neck, and said softly: "We have prepared too hastily, some important people in the court have not yet been brought over, and the arrangements outside the city have just been put in place, the most important thing is that the Heavenly Master has not yet arrived, now do it, who will check and balance Zhu Daorong?" If you delay for a while, I promise that within a month, you will be worshiped by the ministers in the Taiji Palace! ”
Wearing twelve jade Pingtian crowns, wearing twelve heraldic black crown clothes, wearing white jade, hanging vermilion yellow ribbons, leather belts, with swords, high dragon chairs, kneeling in all directions, thinking about it is extremely excited, as if there is a fire in the body burning wildly, burning the eyebrows are all red, the prince suddenly grabbed Yudao's really thin waist, put her sideways on his legs, roughly tore off his skirt, revealing a white skin that can be broken by jade blowing, and then there was a burst of ecstasy and bones-destroying sounds, Wei Tianzhi sighed, looked at the people next to him who were all shooting fiery desires, and retreated silently.
"Cangzhi, take me to the post, go to Princess Shi'an's mansion, and ask Wang Yan, the captain of the horse, to go to the rotten stove boat tonight!"
The painting boats of Qinhuai River all have their own names, such as the mottled snow where Cui Yuanjiang is located, the green smoke drunk where Feng Zhong'er is located, and the painting boats of Xu You and Qingming Cai Liu Hongyu that night are called Jiaoyue Bai, most of them are three-character, there are also four-character, and two-character ones are not common. There is a stove on this rotten stove boat, only one pot of jumping pills is made every day, it goes down the river from Qingxi to Zhuque Hang, it is just out of the pot, the aroma is overflowing, it melts in the mouth, it is a famous dish of Jinling. People at the time jokingly called it a rotten stove, but in fact, it has the meaning of praise.
Most of the rotten stove boats are singers, chimes, drums, bells, sheng, pianos, and seers, all of which are readily available. This is not a top-notch painting boat, and the skills and artistic sense displayed have already amazed Xu You, who has just entered the scene, but you can know how far the entertainment industry has reached in this era!
Naturally, Wang Yan couldn't be invited alone, and when it was spread, he thought that the two had some adultery, so he invited more than a dozen officials and literati who had a good relationship with Gu Lu, Zhu and Zhang, and also sent posts to Zhang's mansion, but no one came.
Xu You didn't plan that Zhang Xuanji's father, Zhang Ji in the Imperial History, would come to the scene in person, but according to reason, send a child from the family to come over to take a scene, and that was as it should be. But until the banquet began, no one from the Zhang family boarded the boat, thinking of Zhang Xuanji's statement that night, Xu You seemed to understand something.
The singers are very knowledgeable, and they sing the poems of all the Langjun during the banquet, especially Xu You's poems. After all, whoever pays is the uncle, and it is human nature to flatter and flatter more. Xu You is famous for his poetry, and he is not hypocritical, he listened to the music with everyone shaking their heads, and heard the wonderful shouting of reward, and thousands of dollars were thrown out.
It's just that he was unwell, he didn't drink, he touched a glass with Wang Yan, and the others shallow occupied his lips and didn't have a lower stomach, everyone knew his situation, and there was more compassion than lamentation, but no one blamed him. Then talk about poetry and Taoism, talk about Xuanru, and the atmosphere is so good that it can't be done.
After three rounds of drinking, seeing that everyone was gradually hazy, Xu You escaped outside the cabin by urine, leaning on the railing and blowing the autumn wind. Wang Yan followed out with interest, looking at a bright moon, reflecting the beautiful scenery of Qinhuai, like in a dream. Xu You tightened his robe and said, "Don't you, do you want to say something to me?" ”
Wang Yan hesitated for a long time and asked rhetorically, "Can Weizhi be trusted?" ”
Xu You was indignant and said: "If you talk about trust, relatives and friends, it is still suspicious, but what about me and my horse Pingshui?" However, the world pursues profit, and the literati have a good reputation, and now I have both fame and fortune, and there is no conflict with the horse, perhaps, I can trust more than my relatives and friends......"
Wang Yan was silent for a while, and then said in a low voice: "There is a maid in the princess's mansion, named Li Que'er, who was ruled by the prince two months ago and married the new crown prince Zhan Shicheng Shen Yue as a concubine. That Li Que'er was born beautiful, and she was quite favored by Shen Yue, and she was grateful to the prince and loyal. However, what Shen Yue didn't know was that Li Qi'er and her adopted son Ying Tianxing had been fornicating for several years, and the two had prostitution day and night, losing all their humanity and shamelessness. I think that Ying Tianxing was originally a small part of the princess's mansion, but he relied on Li Que'er to be powerful, and he didn't even pay attention to me. Later, he was somehow favored by the prince, and he actually entered the East Palace as the team leader, serving the prince closely, and gradually gaining trust......"
Xu You heard Shen Yue's name again and learned that he had become the crown prince Zhan Shicheng, but it was not unexpected, the Shen family and the prince are now grasshoppers on the same rope, Shen Yue has a reputation, and he started from the East Palace, which is considered to be a shortcut.
"It's horrifying, but I can't guess what the colt told me about!"
Wang Yan smiled suddenly, the hatred in his eyes couldn't be concealed, making people shudder, and said: "Weizhi, you are valued by the Lord, I heard that even the Jade Ruyi that you have carried with you for decades has rewarded you, at this critical juncture, how can you not share the worries of the Lord?" I'm telling you this because if there is an ulterior secret in the East Palace, Li Que'er and Ying Tianxing will definitely know about it. It's hard for others to deal with, but these two are just stupid pigs......"
Xu You turned an unknown number of thoughts in his mind at this moment, but his face was very calm, and said: "Donkey, it's not that I can't trust you, just being abused by Princess Shi'an is not enough for you to take the risk to talk to me." I need a valid reason! ”
Wang Yan grabbed the railing with both hands, his fingertips turned white with force, his handsome face was distorted terrible, the pain came from the bottom of his heart, it was impossible to pretend to come out anyway, he looked down at the reflection in the water, and said: "I traveled to Xiangzhou before, and met a person, he has a gorgeous appearance, slender and white, mantis and hair, and natural eyebrows, which is three points more beautiful than the more beautiful women in the world." We hit it off at first sight, and returned to Jinling in the same car, day and night, how happy? Thinking about it at this time, that kind of day is the most unforgettable luck in my life. ”
After Xu You heard it, he heard that fucking Wang Yan was talking about a man, although he knew that in today's world, the gate lord clan is all good men, but seeing that a man who is usually normal is so painful for another man, he is still a little chrysanthemum slightly tight, and he can't accept it.
"But who knew that Wei Tianzhi, the prince's concubine, had a jackal heart, conspired with Princess Shi'an, forcibly took him away from me and dedicated him to the prince...... I know that he misses me day and night, waiting for me to save him from his misery...... But I, but I ......"
Wang Yan slowly knelt on his knees and cried loudly, Xu You quietly waited for him to finish venting, and asked, "What is the name of the person you like?" ”
"Jiang Man! I heard that the prince gave a new name, called Jiang Ziyan! ”