Qinhuai River, the ancient name of Longzangpu, the Han Dynasty called Huaishui. According to legend, Qin Shi Huang will go through the Moling Tomb in the east, and there is a "royal spirit" in this place, and ordered to dig a clear post in the area of Fangshan and Shiqi Mountain in the southeast, and guide Longzangpu north into the Yangtze River to break it, to the Tang Dynasty, according to this legend, it was renamed Qinhuai.

The Qinhuai River in the sound of oars and lights, the Qinhuai River in the smoke and rain of Jinling. Qinhuai Bayan, Wuyi Lane, Wang Xie's former residence, Qinhuai River, in the smoke and rain of the Six Dynasties.

Qinhuai River is a delicate figure in a dream. Different from the style of "green wattles on the soft mud, swaggering under the water", the Qinhuai River is restrained, and even the aquatic plants on the shore are swaying timidly. Zhou Xing leaned on the side of the boat, looking at this beautiful scenery. The stars in the sky appear exceptionally bright. The river was breezy, and occasionally a painting boat passed by in the distance, and Zhou Xing peeked at it, and seemed to be able to see the singer dancing with water sleeves inside.

"This is the Qinhuai River in my imagination. This is the Qinhuai River of 'smoke cage, cold water, moon cage sand'. Zhou Xing said silently.

After passing through the singing and laughter all the way, the big ship approached the official wharf, and there were already people from Yanwangfu waiting on the shore.

"His Royal Highness King Yan, I've worked hard all the way." After Zhu Gaoxu's introduction, Zhou Xing knew that this old man's name was Kangcheng, who was a eunuch in the palace before, and was appointed by the current emperor to be the housekeeper of Yanwang's mansion.

"Father-in-law Kang, why did you come here in person so late?" For the people in the palace, Zhu Di still showed due respect.

Kang Cheng smiled and said: "Young people are not reliable, and the old slave feels that his hands are steady." ”

As he spoke, he saw Zhou Xing following Zhu Di, and his eyes couldn't help but flash a strange light.

He has seen everyone else here, but this Zhou Xing is a strange face.

Zhu Gaoxu said at this time: "Father-in-law Kang, I haven't seen you for a long time. I recruited a storyteller a few days ago, and the story he told was good. He patted Zhou Xing's shoulder and said in an old-fashioned manner: "Zhou Xing, haven't you seen Grandpa Kang yet?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu's sentence, whether it is the timing or the content, is just right. couldn't help but impress Zhou Xing, and silently gave a thumbs up in his heart.

Zhu Di was also surprised in his heart, he couldn't imagine that Zhu Gaoxu actually had such eyesight. The love for this son has deepened.

"Grass people Zhou Xing, I've seen Gonggong Kang." Since Zhu Di's father and son are so powerful, Zhou Xing naturally can't drop the chain, so he came over and gave Shi Shiran a salute.

Fortunately, you don't have to kneel when facing the eunuchs.

Gonggong Kang smiled and said in the sharp voice unique to the eunuch: "His Royal Highness King Yan, the food in the house is ready. ”

He is disdainful of folk storytellers like Zhou Xing.

Zhou Xing was not annoyed, he felt that as long as he was above his own principles, he was still a good-tempered teenager in essence.

On the contrary, he felt that it would be better for the people in the capital to ignore him, so that he could have some time to familiarize himself with the various forces.

The Yanwang Mansion in the capital is not as magnificent as the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping. Because the princes of the Ming Dynasty had to go to the fiefdom to become a vassal when they became adults, the poor emperor Zhu Yuanzhang felt that if each prince built a mansion, it would be a bit of a waste of land, so he built ten princes on Wangfu Street in the capital to provide temporary residence for the prince to and from the capital.

Walking on the street of the palace, most of the palaces are quiet and dark in front of the palace, only the two mansions are lit up, and there are two big white lanterns at the door.

One of them was Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, and the light showed that Zhu Fan had been called and rushed back to the capital from the fiefdom to attend the funeral of the crown prince Zhu Biao.

Speaking of Zhu Rong, the past two years have been enough to toss. Last year, because of many mistakes in the fiefdom, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't stand it anymore and recalled him to Jingshi. After staying in Beijing for half a year, after the intercession of the crown prince Zhu Biao, he was finally allowed to return to the fiefdom at the beginning of this year. His fief was in Xi'an. It took so long to return to Xi'an. As a result, before two days of comfortable life, this Zhu Biao died, and he had to be called to Beijing to rush to the funeral.

In addition to Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, there is also Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, who has also arrived in the capital. Like Zhu Zhang, this Zhu Hu has been very tossed recently. In the winter of the twenty-second year of Hongwu, Zhu Hu was convicted of leaving the fief to Fengyang without authorization, and was ordered by the emperor to move to Yunnan. Soon the emperor changed his decision and left Zhu Hu in the capital, and the prince Zhu You stewed the affairs of the domain. In December of the 24th year of Hongwu, he was allowed to return to the fiefdom. As a result, the front foot had just arrived in the fiefdom, and the back foot was ordered to enter Beijing again because of the death of the crown prince Zhu Biao.

Zhu Di's two elder brothers have now come to the capital earlier, and this Zhu Di can be regarded as having just the right time to become the third vassal king to enter Beijing under the edict.

Back at Yanwang's Mansion, after dinner, someone came to arrange accommodation, and Zhou Xing was assigned to a small room with only one bed. He didn't care, and after washing up, he was ready to go to bed.

It has been a while since he came to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhou Xing has almost adapted to this sunrise and daily resting time. If you count it, it's just now.

As a result, as soon as he lay down, there was a knock on the door outside. Zhou Xing wondered in his heart, he had just arrived at Yanwang's Mansion, and he didn't know anyone, who would knock on his door?

As a result, when I opened the door, it was Zhu Gaoxu. At this time, Zhu Gaoxu had already changed his dress, dressed in a lilac splendid dress, holding a folding fan, and looking like a rich son.

"Second son, what are you doing?" Zhou Xing yawned and said, "You don't sleep so late?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "What are you sleeping, it's still so early." Let's go and go to the Qinhuai River. ”

Zhou Xing's eyes lit up, this was a good idea. The Qinhuai River is only fun at night, and this is the time when the Qinhuai River is at its most lively.

Why is the Qinhuai River more lively at night than during the day? Because the current emperor specially allowed both sides of the Qinhuai River to operate a rouge business. Therefore, this bank of the Qinhuai River is a street of government-run Qinglou.

Go to the Qinglou for this kind of thing, go during the day, and others will say that they are prostituted during the day. But at night, it's fun to visit the green house.

The two masters and servants hit it off, and when Zhou Xing changed his clothes and followed Zhu Gaoxu out.

Why did Zhou Xing dare to follow Zhu Gaoxu so confidently and boldly? That has to start from when Zhu Di saw him on the boat.

Zhou Xing still clearly remembers what Zhu Di said at the time: "Xu'er is quite clever on weekdays, but he is a little arrogant, and few people can serve him, since he is willing to call you, you will go with him......"

The two left the mansion, rode horses, and soon came to the bank of the Qinhuai River. After finding a place to store the horses, he walked up to the riverbank.

Looking at the Qinhuai River bank from the boat and walking on the Qinhuai River bank are two completely different feelings.

Those fireworks women who rubbed grease and powder, holding fans, looked forward to the brilliance, walked by one by one, smelling the aroma of rouge emanating from their bodies, it was a great enjoyment.

"Zhou Xing, just have fun tonight, and all the expenses are on me." Zhu Gaoxu said proudly.

Someone paid for it, Zhou Xing was naturally not polite, and said with a smile: "The second young master is mighty and domineering. ”

Those vulgar fans on the side of the road kept waving the fans in their hands to attract customers. The two walked along the river for a while, and they met several times.

Zhou Xing just came to enjoy the scenery, and he didn't have any ideas about that aspect for the time being, while Zhu Gaoxu didn't look down on these vulgar fans at all.

"The girl of the Tang family is on a cruise......" Suddenly, I don't know who shouted. In an instant, the men and women around looked in the direction of the voice.

"Miss Tang's boat is there." Sharp-eyed people found that on the Qinhuai River, there was a huge painting boat floating, with gorgeous decorations and brilliant lights. There is a colorful flag on the bow of the ship, on which is written a huge "Tang" character, which is quite ostentatious.

With the appearance of the target, everyone ran over there, showing excessive enthusiasm for this "Tang girl".

Zhu Gaoxu, who was worried about not knowing what to play, seemed to have found his goal, his eyes bloomed with a strange brilliance, and he said to Zhou Xing: "Let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

The two of them rushed to the bank of the river where the painting boat was located, which was already surrounded by water, and it took them a lot of effort to get to the river.

"Wow, who is this Tang girl? Why is everyone so crazy when they see her painting boat? Looking at the men and women around him who seemed to be chasing stars, Zhou Xing suddenly became curious about this Tang girl.

A boy and brother around glanced at Zhou Xing with contempt, and said disdainfully: "You came from out of town, don't you even know Miss Tang?" That's the top card of Lucky Place! ”

The first card?

Well, this term Zhou Xing is still very familiar.

Zhu Gaoxu pursed his lips and said, "Even if it's the top brand, there's no need for such a big battle, right?" ”

Brother Gongzi saw that Zhu Gaoxu's bearing was extraordinary, but he didn't dare to show his disdain, and his tone was a little lower, and said: "This young master doesn't know something, legend has it, this Tang girl is a rare talented girl in Qinhuaihe, known for her poetry, calligraphy and painting. So far, no one has been able to beat her on all three at once. ”

Zhou Xingdao: "How is it a legend?" You haven't seen her? ”

The boy said with a wistful expression: "Where can this Tang girl be seen if you want to?" Legend has it that she made a rule that on the fifteenth day of the first month of each month, she would take a painting boat to travel the river, and at the same time issue a question, and only those who answered the question correctly could be invited to board the painting boat of the Tang girl and talk all night. ”

Long talk all night? On board? It's really reverie.

Zhou Xing smiled: "It seems that you didn't have a good record before. ”

The boy was suddenly annoyed and angry, and said, "Miss Tang is very talented, there are few people who can get into her eyes!" ”

Zhou Xing smiled and said nothing, but Zhu Gaoxu stared at the painting boat with blazing eyes, and said, "Then this Tang girl, what is the topic tonight?" ”

He Zhu Gaoxu expressed great interest in this Tang girl!

As he was talking, with the sound of a gong and drum, a neutral voice shouted: "Miss Tang, you have to solve the problem." ”