The night is getting darker.

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"Third brother, why did you come to such a place?"

The person who spoke was none other than Fan Jin, and the man dressed in dust and wearing a hat across from him was the third brother in his mouth, Fan Nian, the director of the Fan family's Tianjin Wei.

At this moment, Fan Jin glanced around, but he was slightly confused.

However, he said that although this Fan Jin is not motivated, he can be said to be a disciple of Lang Fu in the eyes of outsiders, but in a place like Zhangjiakou, where the three sects and nine streams gather, Fan Jin asked himself, but he couldn't look down on it in his heart.

Regarding Fan Jin's complaints, Fan Nian suddenly turned a deaf ear, still holding the big bowl in front of him, drinking the spirits in the bowl and chewing fennel beans by himself.

"Third brother!"

Faced with his third brother's ignorance of himself, Fan Jin, who was a little suspicious of dressing up in disguise at night, was more and more puzzled, but he didn't know what kind of medicine his third brother was selling in the gourd.

At this moment, there was a sound in front of the wine shop.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am fortunate to invite the famous Kunqu Opera Society in Beijing to Liuyun Society, but it is an honor for the small shop, and there is a famous Zhengdan Flower Building of Liuyun Society below."

Hearing this shout, it was full of people for a while, and it turned out that this Zhengdan flower building was a famous corner in Beijing.

Speaking of this here, but I have to mention this Kunqu Opera, Kunqu Opera, formerly known as "Kunshan Cavity", "Kun Cavity", is an ancient Chinese opera vocal cavity, opera, in the end of the Yuan Dynasty (mid-14th century) that was produced in the Kunshan area of Suzhou, it originated from Zhejiang Haiyan cavity, Yuyao cavity and originated in Jiangxi Yiyang cavity, known as the Ming Dynasty four major vocal cavities, the same belongs to the Southern Opera system, Kunshan cavity began to be just a folk Qingqu, small singing. Its distribution area was initially limited to the area of Suzhou, and in the Wanli period, it expanded to the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Qiantang River with Suzhou as the center, and in the last years of Wanli, it also flowed into Beijing, becoming the most famous opera at that time.

said that when he heard this scene suddenly, Fan Jin was overjoyed.

"Third brother, it turns out that you are about to come here to listen to the play, well, yes, Hua Xiaolou's play is not often heard of even in Beijing."

This Fan Jin is an old drama bone, and as soon as this flower building appeared here, it seemed that he had forgotten his original intention.

"Sixth brother, the guest has arrived!"

And just when Fan Jin turned around and wanted to go to see the Kunqu Opera, Fan Nian, who had not spoken all this time, spoke up.

Hearing this, this Fan Jin was stunned, but for a while he seemed to think of something.

At this moment, Fan Jin suddenly noticed that a young man in a black robe appeared beside him at some point and sat down directly.

"Who is this?"

Just when Fan Jin was still a little puzzled, the black-robed man directly put him aside and said.

"Brother Fan, it has been a few years since the Jingshi parted, but I don't know that Brother Fan is fine, and my brother has not thought about failing to repay his brother's kindness that day over the years, but his heart is like colic."

Hearing this, Fan Nian spoke up.

"Lord Zhang can be concerned about being a brother, but he is a little flattered to be a brother, but you and my brother, if you say this, I'm afraid that even brothers won't be able to do it for long."

"Haha! Brother Fan still hasn't changed his true colors back then! ”

For what Fan Nian said, the black-robed man laughed heartily.

"By the way, Brother Fan asked his brother to come here, shouldn't he want his brother to enjoy this Kunqu Opera!"

When he glanced at the Kunqu Opera stage gathered not far away, the black-robed man continued.

"Don't dare! Brother Wen brother is known for being honest, naturally he does not dare to bribe the virtuous brother so openly, and he does not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. ”

Speaking of this, this Fan Nian looked around, but he was looking at Fan Jindao, who was a little stunned on the side.

"Sixth brother, let me introduce to you, the person in front of you is the Shuntian Mansion Cheng Zhang Cai Zhang Shouxian!"

Hearing what his brother said, this Fan Jin gave up his hand and bowed.

"It turned out to be Lord Zhang, who has heard of the name for a long time!"

"You're welcome!"

But said that the person in the mouth of this Fan Nian, surnamed Zhang, named Cai, the word Shouxian, called Nanguo, is the first year of Chongzhen's Jinshi, since Chongzhen's three-year imperial examination case, Zhang Cai was assessed by the Ministry of Officials, and was transferred from Linchuan Zhixian to Shuntianfu Fucheng.

To say that this Shuntian Mansion is different from other imperial palaces, because it is the highest administrative organ of the imperial capital, but its government Yin is a third-grade official, but it is higher than the general prefect of the second and third levels, and the three-grade yamen uses a copper seal, but the Shuntianfu uses a silver seal, and is the same as the governor and governor of the feudal territory. Although the twenty-four counties under the command of Shuntianfu were within the jurisdiction of the governor of Zhili, there was no subordinate relationship between the governor and the governor.

Since the new imperial policy in the second year of Chongzhen, in addition to the establishment of Fu Yin and Fu Cheng as the chief and deputy governors, the Shuntian Mansion has also set up more than a dozen halls of various sizes, such as officials, degree branches, agriculture and industry and commerce, as an institution to deal with specific matters in the Shuntian area, and this Shuntian Mansion Cheng is the magistrate of the four products.

But after saying a little cold, Fan Nian explained all the things discussed in the Fan Mansion before.

And when he heard what Fan Nian said, Zhang Cai did not have the situation that Fan Nian had guessed in his heart, but laughed out loud.

"Brother Zhang Xian, but why?"

And when Fan Nian was full of doubts, Zhang Cai spoke.

"Brother Fan, you saved yourself by yourself!"

Hearing this sudden sentence, the two Fan Nian brothers became more and more puzzled.

"Brother Fan, do you know why Brother Xian came in such a hurry to answer your letter at night."

Speaking of this, Zhang Cai sighed heavily.

"This ......."

Hearing this, Fan Nian shook his head.

At this moment, Zhang Cai didn't seem to pay attention to the Fan brothers, but he said it on his own.

"In the final analysis, my brother is sorry for the empire, sorry for Your Majesty! This matter was originally a confidential matter of the Empire, and the entire Shuntian Mansion only knew about it, and His Majesty ordered that those who leaked the secret would be killed! But Brother Fan was kind to his brother back then, how could my brother not repay ......"

As Zhang Cai gradually spoke, this Fan Nian understood it, and unconsciously broke out in a cold sweat.

When Zhang Cai entered Beijing, he was destitute, but he was an occasional Fan Nian banquet and a gift of silver, and if it weren't for this kindness, I am afraid that he Fan Nian would not be able to escape the misfortune here.

"Forget it, this matter has also fulfilled my brother's wish for many years, and when this matter is over, my brother will ask His Majesty for guilt."

"Brother Xian, why are you doing this?"

Hearing this, Fan Nian sighed unconsciously, but here he finally figured out why Master Zhang, who has always been known for his honesty, was invited to come at night, it turned out that he was like this, and he still complained about him before.

"I'm ashamed of my brother!"

As for what the two said, this Fan Jin was a little puzzled.

"Lord Zhang came at night, but he didn't know why he was so ......."

Fan Jin's words were not finished, but Zhang Cai shook his head and said.

"No, no one in this world can hide from Your Majesty, not to mention that Your Majesty's Holy Ming is definitely not something you can understand!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Caiben's gloomy eyes actually showed a glimmer of light.

"Brother Fan, I'm afraid that your Fan family is also over here, because it is the elite of the empire that is dispatched here, the Tiger Mighty Army!"