Zhiqing took Ziyun to eat fasting early, and then went to the meditation room to bid farewell to Master Huiming. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Master Huiming instructed the two of them to say a few words, asking Zhi Qing to go early and return early, so as not to cause trouble.

The two left the mountain gate and walked down the bluestone stairs step by step.

Different from the feeling of being hunted down when she went up the mountain, Ziyun's mood at this time is a kind of freedom and joy after escaping from the cage, she unhurriedly admires the scenery on both sides of the mountain road, sometimes picking flowers and fighting grass, sometimes fluttering in the wind to attract butterflies, like a cheerful sparrow, releasing the innate agility and innocence in the mountains and forests.

But Zhiqing's mood is different, he has lived in the mountains for many years, and he has long been accustomed to the flowers and willows in the mountains, so there is not much freshness, he just smiled and looked at Ziyun's lively and active appearance, and there was an indescribable satisfaction and joy in his heart.

Just last night, Zhiqing asked his master for instructions to accompany Ziyun down the mountain, and at first Huiming did not agree to Zhiqing going down the mountain, because the place where Ziyun lived was Qinchun Building in Changle Fang, which was Flower Street Willow Lane, not a place for monks to come and go at will.

But Zhiqing insisted on accompanying Ziyun down the mountain, because he was worried that if the money was too small to learn Ziyun's whereabouts, he would go to Qinchun Building to take revenge on Ziyun, and the proprietress of Qinchun Building was ruthless and unjust, if Ziyun fell into the tiger's mouth again, everything he had done before would be in vain. Zhiqing begged the master for a long time, and expressed his determination, but Master Huiming finally agreed to his request, but repeatedly told him to go early and return early, and not to go to the brothel of the song building.

From Poria Mountain to Jiangdu County is only more than ten miles away, Ziyun and Zhiqing walked all the way, talking and laughing, and came to the west gate of the county for about an hour, Jiangdu County is the largest county under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture, and it is also the most prosperous place in Yangzhou.

Since the opening of the Grand Canal, Yangzhou has been the country's largest dry wharf, the silk grain and rice in the south of the Yangtze River are loaded here to the north, and the porcelain cattle and sheep in the north are exchanged for ships here, and then transported to the area of Suzhou and Hangzhou, so the merchants often gather here in the past. And most of these merchants are lonely travelers who have not returned to their hometowns for a long time, and they are bound to have some fun in their spare time to pass the lonely time, so there are many flower streets and willow alleys in Yangzhou, and there are many brothels in the song building, and there are many talented people among these singers and prostitutes, which attract many literati and ink writers to come here to find joy and mercilessness. Among the many literati of later generations, only Du Mu, a resident of Fanchuan, was the most fond of Yangzhou and left many poems and literary masterpieces. There is a poem "Sending Yangzhou Han Judge":

The green mountains are hidden in the water, and the grass in the south of the Yangtze River has not withered in autumn.

On the moonlit night of the twenty-four bridges, where does the jade teach.

There is another poem, "Repatriation", whose poem is as follows:

The rivers and lakes are full of wine, and the waist is slender and the palm is light.

Ten years of Yangzhou dream, won the name of the green building.

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When Zhiqing and Ziyun entered the city gate, they saw that there were many vendors on both sides of the street, shops lined up, and all kinds of shouts and shouts were heard one after another. Ziyun was very conspicuous in the red wedding dress, coupled with her handsome birth, which attracted the vendors on both sides to watch, and a young stall owner took advantage of the cold business, always like to comment on the past women on the street, and when he saw a young woman like Ziyun, he couldn't help but put down his business and take a few more looks.

"Oh, come and see, whose little lady is that, born so handsome!" A stall owner beckoned to his companions.

"yes, you look so good, huh? What's strange, why is there a monk next to him! Another replied in surprise.

"Alas, now the way of the world is really incomprehensible, even a monk can take his wife shopping, it's really a world of ......" another muttered beside him.

"Hey, this donor, please don't talk nonsense, I'll ...... with her" Zhiqing heard that these vendors didn't know the truth and were talking nonsense there, so he hurriedly stepped forward to explain to them, but was dragged back by Ziyun.

"Brother Zhiqing, ignore them, you can't tell them clearly, they will only gossip there, don't care about them!" After that, he pulled Zhiqing's clothes and walked straight forward.

Walk along the West Street, less than half a mile of effort, then come to a crossroads, turn right at the intersection and have a tall wood carved archway, the card is written with the word "Changle Fang". Ziyun said: "Brother Zhiqing, this is Changle Fang, the street where Changle Fang is located is the most prosperous place in the city, and the market is often closed at night, and people come and go day and night. ”

"Oh, oh." Zhiqing had never been here, so he was not familiar with the streets and shops here, and he just nodded again and again in the face of Ziyun's introductions one by one.

Zhiqing came to see the street scene of this Changle Fang, only to see that both sides are carved beams and painted buildings of the green tile Zhu Building, these carved buildings are hung in front of the door with blue and red ribbons, the façade is decorated with exquisite and gorgeous, and some wide plaques are hung upstairs, and the words "Drunken Cloud Building", "Jade Building", "Yihong Building" and so on are written. There were some women with heavy makeup in front of the door, these women stood on the side of the street, squeezing their eyebrows at the passers-by, sometimes scratching their heads, sometimes waving and shouting, so ashamed that Zhiqing's face was red and red, and they didn't dare to look up at people.

"Sister Ziyun, where do you live, why can't you get it yet?" Zhiqing obviously didn't want to hang out in this kind of place, he just wanted to help Ziyun finish his work quickly and then return to the mountains early.

"The building in front is it, do you see if the door says 'Qinchun Building'?" Ziyun pointed to a tall vermilion lacquer song tower in front of him as he spoke. Zhiqing came to see the song building, only to see that the building is divided into three floors, built to a high atmosphere, the floor is hung with twelve red lanterns from top to bottom, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestra faintly came from the building, it is really a prosperous place of singing and dancing.

Zhiqing followed Ziyun to the door of Qinchun Tower, but saw that the guests at the door of the store came and went endlessly, because it was noon, and it was the time for the merchants to listen to the song and talk about business. There were three guys and two little girls standing in front of the store, soliciting business there. Ziyun came closer, but saw that one of the two little girls was named Biyu, who was his best sister, so he happily stepped forward and called, "Yu'er, Yu'er!" ”

Biyu turned around and saw that it was Ziyun who came back, so she hurriedly put down the work in her hand and ran over and said excitedly, "Sister Yun'er, why are you back?" ”

"I'm going to come back to get my clothes and jewelry, and by the way, say goodbye to Erniang and Siniang, by the way, what about Erniang, are you in the store?" Ziyun replied.

"Sister Yun'er, how dare you come back? Yesterday, the old man Qian led people to make trouble in our Qinchun Building, not only to return the dowry of the Qian family, but also scolded Erniang, Erniang must hate you to the core, how dare you come back, good sister, you better run away, the farther you escape, the better! As soon as this Biyu heard that Ziyun was going back to the store to ask for clothes and jewelry, she was afraid that she would be locked up in a dark room by the proprietress and scolded her, so she repeatedly persuaded her to escape.

But Ziyun is not afraid of Erniang's beating and scolding of herself, because she has also figured out Wu Erniang's temper for so many years, although this Wu Erniang loves money like life and has a violent personality, but she is just a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and she also has the grace of nurturing Ziyun, plus there is also a Yun Siniang who loves herself very much, every time Erniang wants to physically punish herself, there is always Siniang on the side to protect herself, so she dares to come back openly.

"Yu'er, don't worry about me, I know Erniang's temper, she won't treat me badly." Ziyun was full of confidence and said with a smile at Jasper.

"Well, if Erniang gets angry, don't blame me for not reminding you!" After that, he will lead Ziyun into the store. This jasper was about to turn around and go back to the store, but when he saw a little monk standing stupidly behind Ziyun, he probed and asked, "Hey, little master, come in and listen to the song and drink tea!" ”

When Zhiqing heard this, he quickly shook his head, showing an innocent look and unwilling to approach the door of the store.

Ziyun patronized and talked to Biyu, but he forgot to introduce Zhiqing to his good sister, so he turned around and said to Zhiqing: "Brother Zhiqing, this is Biyu, we grew up together, she is my good sister." He said to Biyu again: "Yu'er, this is Brother Zhiqing, my life-saving benefactor, I was rescued from Liujia Village by him." ”

"Huh? He is the flower monk of Jietai Temple? My good sister, why did you bring him here! It's okay now, Erniang will definitely not be able to spare him. ”……