For three days in a row, Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu were soaked in Qianbaolou, although the collected news was messy and the accounts were different, but after repeated analysis, Zhu Neng still sorted out the situation a rough idea. After careful discussion with Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng carried out a series of arrangements.

After another five days, Zhu Di led a large group of people back to the capital, Zhu Di wanted to enter the palace to probe the wind, but was immediately told by the envoy in the palace that he was not allowed to enter the palace, and at the same time the envoy sent a decree, ordering him to return to the palace immediately, without a will not to leave the palace for half a step, let alone contact with any officials, Zhu Di hesitated and weighed it, or decided to return to the house in accordance with the order.

Back in the house, Zhu Di immediately called Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng retold the information he had collected in the past few days, and gave his analysis together: "Although the officials who impeached the prince this time are generally not high, most of them are Qingliu with a good reputation, and they have the same reason for making a fuss, obviously planned in advance, and they are secretly connected. ”

In fact, there is no need for Zhu Neng to emphasize, from the emperor's orders and envoys' attitude towards him after he returned to Beijing, Zhu Di has further realized the seriousness of the situation, it seems that this time the difficulty is more difficult than before, and he regrets not bringing Yao Guangqi back: "Is there a way?" Do you need to call him back? ”

Zhu Neng frowned and shook his head: "I have already written a letter explaining the situation in Beijing, a few days ago I secretly arranged for someone to send the letter away, he knows the ins and outs of the matter, I wrote the situation in Beijing in detail, if nothing happens, he will receive the letter in a few days." Speaking of this, Zhu Neng paused: "As for the solution, there is one at the moment, but it can only temporarily solve the urgent need for coal burning, and cannot solve the fundamental problem."

"What's your idea? Let's talk about it," Zhu Di was a little impatient to hear.

Zhu Neng said his method, which he had thought about for two days, and had already discussed it with Zhang Yu, and the two even discussed more sensitive details in some links, and after saying the method, Zhu Neng did not forget to add: "This method is not so above board." If Yao Guangqi has a superior strategy in the reply letter in two days, he will naturally use his method, and if there is no response from his side, he can temporarily use my method to respond to the emergency. ”

Zhu Di nodded and praised: "Yes, it's a good strategy." After listening to Zhu Neng's method, he had some bottom in his heart, but he still said: "When is this coming, I can't think about anything bright, and I don't have to be informal." You arrange it according to your method first, his master is a weirdo, in case there is something else on his side, we will not be too passive. ”

Song Ji was not in a good mood, because he was scolded by his father again today, and the reason was still the same as before: idleness and idleness.

But Song Ji didn't care, he was already scolded and used to it, he planned to go to relax and have a pastime, go to Fenglou, it happened that today is the day to come to Fenglou to choose an Oiran, I heard that there have been a few new girls there recently, the reason why Song Ji dared to go today is because he just secretly sold a set of ancient books of the Song version at home two days ago, and got eight hundred taels of silver, with this silver, it is enough for him to have a good time tonight.

Laifenglou is not the largest brothel in the capital, but it is one of the most famous, because he has a way to play that other brothels do not have, the Oiran election, the fifteenth of each month is the day of the selection of the Oiran, every day of the selection of the Oiran, those acquaintances and old customers will gather in the Fenglou, competing to send flowers to their favorite girls, a red flower is equivalent to one or two silver or consistent treasure money, sending flowers is actually to send silver, or in fact, it is to compete for the girl's right to stay overnight that night, Because the guest who gives the most flowers to a certain girl can stay in that girl's room.

And the girl who was given the most flowers among all the girls will be hung as the top card of the month by Laifeng Tower, so whenever it is almost the day to choose an oiran, the girls will try to contact the guests they knew before, and try to make themselves an oiran.

Song Ji entered Laifeng Tower, and walked directly to the atrium in the middle, there is a five-step high platform in the atrium of Laifeng Tower, and the girls will appear on the platform one after another during the Oiran election, and the guests under the stage will bid for it.

When Song Ji arrived, the Oiran election was about to begin, and the platform was already full of guests, and the Fenglou on this day was the most guests, the rich businessmen of all sizes in the capital, the rich people who came to Beijing to do business and sightseeing, the children of the princes and nobles in Beijing, and of course, some high-ranking officials who did not dare to show their true faces with makeup, were the favorite gold owners of the girls who came to Fenglou.

As soon as Song Ji stopped under the platform, he heard someone behind him shouting: "Get out of the way, get out of the way for me." As soon as he turned around, he saw a tall red-faced man pull out of the crowd and squeeze over, judging from the thin muslin cover on his upper body, this person should be a rich merchant or a rich man, the reason why Song Ji concluded this way is because the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang had issued a strange ban: merchants were forbidden to wear silk, so rich merchants generally wore silk clothes inside, and a thin muslin coat was put on the outside.

The red-faced rich man obviously drank a lot of wine, his eyes looked a little blurry, and he staggered when he walked, but this man was not small, and the people on both sides were easily separated by him, Song Ji instinctively flashed to the side to avoid this person, but when he stepped back, he didn't pay attention to the person behind him, and when he stepped back, he accidentally bumped into the person behind him, and the person behind scolded: "Blind, get out", and then Song Ji's back was pushed hard, this push, Song Ji stood unsteadily, but was pushed in front of the red-faced man, happened to collide with the red-faced rich man, and the rich man scolded angrily: "You fucking looking for a fight" said that he was going to hit Song Ji with his fist. Seeing that the situation was not good, the old bustard and the turtle who came to Fenglou hurriedly gathered around, persuaded peace, and laughed with laughter, and wasted a lot of effort to separate the two.

After this toss-up, the Oiran election was also postponed for a while. At this time, Song Ji was invited to a corner by the turtle father, and Song Ji, who was angry enough, also calmed down after a while.

At the beginning of the Oiran election, the rules for choosing the Oiran are four girls at the same time in each round, and the bustard introduces each girl in turn, and the guests can send flowers to any girl on the stage, at this time, the guests below can rest assured that they will send flowers at a high price, even if they do not fight for the girl's guests, they don't have to worry, because of the rules of the Fenglou, only the saffron of the highest bidder is accepted, and the guests who are pressed down by others do not need to pay for it, so that the losing guests can use the silver on the safflower bidding of other girls.