One.

In the autumn of the twentieth year of King Chen, a rare good day after the great drought, but the atmosphere of Chenguo... Somewhat subtle.

Two.

On a rare day off, I got up early in the morning, made tea, and set up a position to play chess with Brother Qi.

Brother Qi and I were fighting, and Madame's voice sounded in my ears again: "Zhou Yulan, let me ask you, why don't you refute the demolition of Dongcheng Lane?" The osmanthus pavilion in Dongcheng Lane, you know the rouge of the whole city, I am used to this one! Now Dongcheng Lane is going to be demolished, but the shopkeeper said that he would never open a store again! How do you say! ”

"Madam-the demolition of Dongcheng Lane is Your Majesty's intention, how can I refute it? Lord Liu of the Imperial History wrote twice, and was scolded by His Majesty for four or five days. I focused on the chess game in my eyes, and touched my wife with one hand to calm her down, "The urban pattern of Wucheng has not changed for many years, and I see that it is also beneficial to change the pattern of the East City, as the wife of the prime minister, you must lead by example, don't make trouble." ”

"When I married you, I didn't know you would be prime minister!" Mrs. had an expression of "I would not have married you if I knew you were the prime minister".

"I really wasn't a prime minister at that time." I hurriedly defended, "Didn't our father still be healthy at that time—besides, you didn't tell me that you were the daughter of Lord Yao, the secretary of the ministry." ”

I didn't confess to her that I was from the prime minister's house before I agreed to marry her, and she didn't tell me that her father was a secretary of the ministry, but now I have to deal with my father-in-law every day, and I have to suffer from the etiquette of my father-in-law on weekdays, which is really tormenting.

"There are more rouge shops in the world, you don't have to want this one, there will be good ones in the future." The seventh brother persuaded him, and I was busy agreeing.

As he was talking, He Yunsheng came again. When Qiu Ming came to report, I thought to myself, why is this bastard here again? Can you stop for a few days? It has seriously affected the quality of life of my wife and me, and I only wish that a wicked woman would take care of him and not let him run around.

"Yu Lan! Yu Lan! I heard He Yunsheng call my name from afar, "Guess what?" Lord Ye and people quarreled! ”

"Who?"

Lord Ye Shu Luo Ye of the Ministry of Industry, Chen Guo is famous for his good temper, he never gets angry, the Ye family is a family of poets and books, and Lord Ye's good temper comes from the book anger handed down from his ancestors. In the past, when I made a bet with He Yunsheng, he said, "If you can quarrel with Lord Ye, I will never ask you for money again." "But I never succeeded, so He Yunsheng kept asking me to borrow money. Ye Shuluo has a good temper and a good personality, women like it, and men like it too... Work with him. How bad does this person have to be to quarrel with him?

How could I miss this kind of excitement that is rare through the ages?

I didn't have the heart to play chess, so I rushed to the scene of the incident with He Yunsheng non-stop.

Dongcheng Lane has been the most prosperous place since the city was built. However, Dongshi is located in the east of Wucheng, which is not the center of orthodoxy, and is close to the military barracks and the water prison of the criminal department outside the city, so King Ping decided to move the center of the city to the west market on the side of Xiqiao Street, and expand the military camp and water prison to the east.

Dongshi in Dongcheng Lane is undoubtedly my favorite place to go in my childhood, there are a variety of shops here, and the annual Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, the lights here reflect the whole Wucheng all night. In fact, Dongcheng Lane is going to be demolished, and I am also very sad.

When we arrived, the people who were watching the excitement had been dispersed by the officers and soldiers, and only some merchants were left watching the excitement.

"Hey, familiar faces." He Yunsheng stretched his neck and looked around for a while, "The twenty-year-old richest man in Chenguo, Chen Hanshi, who was born on the Cold Food Festival, is a well-known gentleman, tsk." ”

Since ancient times, officials and businessmen have not been separated, and Chen Hanshi also came to my house to play when he was a child, and I have seen him a few times and know such a person, but for the sake of He Yunsheng, I immediately said: "Which other gentleman in Wucheng dares to compete with you for fame?" ”

He Yunsheng glanced at me: "I'm still poor, you can think about it, as soon as the East Market is demolished, the Du Family Tavern will have to be moved, the Tang shopkeeper's money village will also be moved, and there will be a midnight building... That's right, Yu Lan, Midnight Tower. ”

Midnight Tower is a very important place for He Yunsheng, me and the people of Wucheng. Midnight Tower is a restaurant, Chen has four major restaurants, Wucheng Midnight Building, Anlan Fengwu Building, Changge Liuxiang Building and Yuzhou Huamanlou. And the Midnight Tower is the largest and the largest in the background. The owner of Midnight House is my fourth sister Zhou Yucheng. I've often mentioned earlier that my fourth sister doesn't live at home for some reason, and that's why.

My fourth sister was born not a little daughter's heart, unlike my sixth sister who embroidered, or the eighth sister who was named a talented woman, the fourth sister liked numbers since she was a child, and when she was older, she often followed my father to the banquet and was very good at dealing with people. The fourth sister likes to do business, so she bought a piece of land in Dongcheng Lane and built a midnight building. At the beginning, the fourth sister wanted to do business, and the whole family was unanimously opposed. Only my dad said, "If you really like it and don't regret it, you can do it." So the fourth sister walked on the road of the boss lady.

Later, it turned out that my fourth sister is indeed the material for doing business, and in just a few years, Midnight House has become famous all over the country, because there are the best singers, the best wine, the best service, and the best environment. Most of the girls in the midnight building are selling their arts, some of them were dug by the fourth sister from the teaching workshop, and some were rescued by the fourth sister from the side of the road, among which they are very outstanding, and they are favored by He Yunsheng, and Ruanqing is one of them.

Soft Qing is a drama in Midnight Tower, and she doesn't know what her real name is. She grew up in the Falling Moon Workshop, and her name was chosen by the owner of the workshop, and I heard that it was a flavored medicine. Soft Qing arrived at Midnight Tower when she was thirteen years old, but because she was young, helpless all the year round, and her courage was small, she kept singing some small roles, and she was also noticed by beauties.

I love to listen to operas, He Yunsheng hates biting words the most, and the reason why he is willing to patiently accompany me to listen to dramas is that the actors are good-looking.

The first time He Yunsheng and I noticed Soft Qing, it was a play "Leifeng Tower", Soft Green sang Green Snake, that day happened to be the scene where Green Snake scolded Xu Xian, Soft Qing sang very well, and there was charm in every smile and smile, when scolding Xu Xian, he had both momentum and the temperament of a little daughter, and he was applauded underneath. He Yunsheng stared at her in a daze, slapped the table and said to me, "Yulan, this girl is awesome." Childe likes it! ”

I don't know where the soft green touched He Yunsheng at that time, anyway, He Yunsheng took my money bag and went to find the soft green that night. When I asked him for the money bag the next day, he said he had run out of money. I angrily asked him to return the money bag to me, and he thought for a while: "That money bag is soft and green, and I gave it to her." ”

I was angry, although the money bag was not made by some expensive embroiderer, but it was given to me by my sixth sister, so I ignored He Yunsheng for many days. As a result, one day He Yunsheng came to my house unhappy, drank a lot of wine, and said, "I went to find Soft Qing today, and she shook her face to show me, and she was angry with me." ”

"Why, I know the soft green temper, the most gentle and obedient, you must have provoked her." I remember the hatred of the money bag, and I don't care about myself, and I hang high and say cool things.

"Didn't I just buy a two-night dance ticket for the soft red girl, and I didn't do anything with the soft red, just watched her dance, who knew that the soft green would be angry." He Yunsheng said distressedly, "I have grown so big, except for my fourth sister, which woman has taken care of me?" It's really terrible, I didn't expect Soft Green to be so terrible when she started her temper. ”

"Didn't you still 'like Childe' before? It's only been a few days, and it's annoying? I scoffed.

"Childe is used to being romantic!" He Yunsheng yelled at me, "Look at which official in Wucheng is not a third wife and four concubines?" Even you, there is a hollyhock sitting at home, and every time you go to the midnight building, Master Zhao, Yun Dai, and Yun Qiang take turns to listen to the play and watch the dance......"

"You're my uncle, be quiet, let my wife know that I have to sleep in the guest room again." I spat him, "Soft Qing is this character, although docile, but has her own opinions, if you want to provoke her again, maybe she will touch the pillar another day and die in front of you." ”

After He Yunsheng's accident, I went to the midnight building to listen to the play, and Soft Qing returned the money bag to me, saying that my fourth sister said that my sixth sister made it herself, and she was ignorant before, so she returned it as it was. This made me have a lot of good feelings for the girl who sings well in the play and has a good temperament. It's just that He Yunsheng, who doesn't like to be controlled, gradually stopped listening to Soft Qing singing, and didn't look at her, no matter what I said, it was useless.

One day he was dragged by me to listen to the play, and at this time Soft Qing was already singing Hua Dan, I ordered a play "Peach Blossom Fan", and Li Xiangjun scolded Ruan. Not to mention, a little girl in soft green, every time she sings such a scolding scene, she has a unique charm, which is very good-looking. I didn't want to vomit a mouthful of blood directly after scolding her, and the audience thought she was doing it on purpose and applauded.

Only He Yunsheng and I could see that Soft Green was really hurting her body. I was thinking about stopping, first find a doctor to show Soft Qing, our eldest son He had already come to the stage with a gloomy face, hugged Soft Qing down, left me with a back and left. That's all for later.

He Yunsheng grew up with me when he was a child, I know his temperament, the old marquis has seven children, only he is a boy, He Yunsheng, who grew up in the fat powder pile, is amorous when he is young. In the early years, the old marquis made the decision to marry him the daughter of the former criminal department Shangshu, and He Yunsheng left her behind in less than two days, even if he planted it on Softgreen this time, I also think it is because Softgreen is different from the girl He Yunsheng has been in contact with since childhood. He Yunsheng has never met such a girl from a hard background, strong, independent, beautiful and able to refute him, he is fresh. I don't think Soft Green can lock He Yunsheng, but at least, He Yunsheng won't go looking for flowers and willows for the time being.

But the identity of soft green is there, and it is impossible for He Yunsheng to marry her home.

"Why don't you take it home as a concubine and do housework. Or simply cook raw rice into rotten porridge and give birth to a child, the old marquis will not drive Rouqing out, right? "Madame's advice.

"Dong Kui, you know the daughter of the original criminal department Shangshu." He Yunsheng said, "She is also a concubine when she marries into my family, and there is also a niece of Chenzhou Mu, who is also a concubine, a scholar of the Criminal Department, a member of the second grade of Chen Guozheng, and a scholarly family, the family background is good enough, right?" My father is still not satisfied, he can't be my wife, don't say that Soft Qing is soft, unless Soft Qing is Zhou Yulan's sister, my father may be able to consider it. ”

My wife and I thought about it, He Yunsheng's character is poor, he has a lustful voice and horses, sings every night, and has a hearty radish, but no matter how bad his conduct is, his identity is there. What are you kidding, if He Yunsheng marries a drama, it will be a rumor that will cause a sensation all over the world, and the He family's face will be disgraced by him.

"If my dad had known that I had fallen in love with a play, he would have broken my leg." He Yunsheng said bitterly.

"And," I said scathingly, "he will also make you kneel in front of the Hou Mansion to admit your mistakes, kneel for three days and three nights, and apologize for the He blood flowing in your body." ”

"your grandmother's bloodline, my mother is Princess Jing'an, the sister of Her Majesty today, but she still gave birth to such a person, it can be seen that the bloodline of the He family is not much better." He Yunsheng said solemnly.

It is basically impossible for He Yunsheng to think that the golden house is hidden, the old marquis's eyeliner is everywhere, and he will not easily let He Yunsheng do this kind of thing before He Yunsheng marries his wife. It's even more impossible to hide me here, there are many people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and this matter will have to be poked out sooner or later. Only my fourth sister is not afraid of heaven and earth, so Midnight Tower is the only place that can accommodate soft green.

And Dongcheng Lane to demolish this matter, the fourth sister also showed trouble, she felt that it was too difficult to demolish the midnight building and rebuild a midnight building on Xiqiao Street, after all, after so many years of hard work, the pattern and architecture of the midnight building are not replicable, the attitude of the fourth sister is that if Dongcheng Lane is to be demolished, she will scatter the midnight building and go out to travel to Chenguo.

In this way, if other girls don't say anything, there will be no place for soft green.

This Dongcheng Lane is going to be demolished, and it's really a lot of trouble.

"Yu Lan." He Yunsheng's voice pulled me back to reality.

"If you don't have money, you have to die." I was alarmed.

"How about we kill Lord Ye?" He Yunsheng looked serious.

"Then I'll lend you money." I don't dare to kill the court officials, according to the law, to make a human stake, stand at the gate of the city, and be spit on by the world.

"I'm serious." He Yunsheng said solemnly, "Where will I hide the soft green without the Midnight Tower?!" ”

“… Looking for Du Duzhen! I pointed to Du Duzhen, who was looking at the bustle.

"No, he wishes his tavern was closed, and what if he took a fancy to Soft Green?"

“… Find the shopkeeper of Tang! I pointed to another shopkeeper Tang who was watching the excitement.

"Soft green is not money, what is the use of a savings bank? And shopkeeper Tang and my father have money dealings, don't you know? ”

"Then let's find Lord Ye." I spread my hands, "Anyway, he caused the Midnight Tower to close." ”

"Lord Ye is still single!! He Yunsheng slapped me suddenly.

I threw the money bag to him, "grab the money and get out." ”

He Yunsheng was stunned for a long time, and actually returned the money bag to me, twenty years, I have known He Yunsheng for twenty years, when he was a child, he was a person who had to snatch even half a candy, and today he actually refused the money and returned the money bag to me!

I was still in shock, and He Yunsheng said: "Yulan, I won't give up soft green easily." ”

"Come on, you see one love another, see a group of love bundles. Today is soft green, and tomorrow is soft red, soft purple, soft yellow, who knows how many others there are behind you? ”

"There are a few more behind it, I'm going to want this one today!" He Yunsheng said to me, "In a word, to help or not to help?" ”

I immediately took two steps back and affirmed my position.

"Good! It's brothers! I'll buy some good wine tonight and come to your house to get drunk! He Yunsheng patted me on the shoulder.

……

So you didn't want to ask for my opinion at all, did you?

He Yunsheng left happily, I stayed where I was, and vaguely heard Lord Ye say, "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land." Then Chen Hanshi retorted to him: "Your Majesty's ancestors granted this land to my Chen family ancestor back then!" Take my land, and find the king who gave it to my house, or you will call in the army, and I will lead my whole family to die here, and you will not be able to eat and walk around. ”

I thought it was interesting, and just as I wanted to come up and take a look, Qiu Ming came panting.

"Xiangye, go back quickly, uncle... My uncle came to the house and said he wanted to see you. ”

My heart sank, I pulled down my face, and rode home without looking back, even He Yunsheng called me from behind, but I ignored him.