The city of Beijing is the capital of Yongle Emperor "the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the eight desolations are all over the world", and the ancients used to look up at the celestial phenomena, saying that the brightest star in the sky is the purple micro star, and the stars around the purple micro star surround the purple micro wall, which is the residence of the legendary emperor of heaven.

Therefore, the emperor called himself the Son of Heaven, and intended the projection of Ziweiyuan in the world, which was the origin of the Forbidden City, the residence of the emperor's family. There have been two families living here, one surnamed Zhu, and one will be surnamed Aixin Jueluo in the future.

Xia Mu walked down the bridge along Chang'an Avenue in Beijing and came to the legendary Curtain Hutong.

In fact, it is said to be a curtain alley, but this is not an alley.

Curtain Hutong is a general term for brothels gathering place, in the Ming Dynasty, official prostitutes are very popular, Liangjing is known as "the rouge of the north, the gold powder of the southern dynasty".

The so-called well-dressed cultural relics, a in the south of the Yangtze River, white under the green stream, peach leaf fan, smelting Yan Mingshu, endless in history. As early as the early years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of 14 floors such as light smoke, light powder, Mei Yan, and Liu Cui to accommodate official prostitutes.

After one or two hundred years, in the reign of Sejong, the warbler flower business in this curtain alley became more and more vigorous.

This is ironic, the dead corpses in the southeast are left behind, the river loop is in the hands of the enemy, the country will not be a country, and those people are still drunk and red sleeves, it is really a businesswoman who does not know the hatred of the country, and she still sings ** flowers across the river!

Xia Mu went from the Jinshui Bridge to the overpass, and then extended to the Curtain Lane, looking at the area of the river in the water, one by one, and the people who lived in it were not famous prostitutes in the north.

The dwellings of these famous prostitutes were called river houses, also known as river houses.

Sulou is one of the more famous of the several major river buildings in Gyeonggi in the north, and it is also extremely delicate and gorgeous, with carved railings and painted thresholds, silk curtains and windows, which looks like the realm of immortals.

In addition, in addition to the Su Building, the famous river building in this area, there are three houses: Stopping Clouds, Qinghe, and Yicui. is because the owners of these three buildings are all popular prostitutes with excellent color and art and excellent skills.

The prince and grandson, the wealthy giant, when they arrived in Beijing, they all wanted to visit and kiss Fangze. Therefore, if you want to get their favor, you have to make an appointment in advance. Just said that the owner of this Su Lou, named Liu Xianglan, had a date with her for more than a month.

However, Xia Mu thought about it, this was also due to Xu Jue's great ability, so he squeezed in temporarily.

It was dark, and the bright palace lamps had been lit in the plain building.

Xu Jue arrived one step earlier and sat in the upstairs hall with Liu Xianglan, gossiping sentence by sentence.

In order to hide people's eyes, Xu Jue deliberately took off his official robe and changed into civilian clothes. However, from head to toe, one move and one style, it is still the style of officialdom.

Liu Xianglan is seventeen or eighteen years old, her eyebrows are like a crescent moon, and her skin is like cream. Wearing a white shirt and skirt made of Western fabric, she also combed a high bun with ingenuity, and a red rose was obliquely inserted on it, standing in front of the window, like a jade tree in the wind. A smile and a smile are all charming and moving.

In fact, this is also the first time Xu Jue and Liu Xianglan have met, the reason is that Liu Xianglan came back from Jiangnan, and in the past, Sulou was a steward named Mr. Shao.

At the beginning, Xu Jue was still a little raw, but after a cup of tea, the two of them spoke unobstructed.

"Lord Xu, what did you say about the master who came tonight?" Liu Xianglan asked in a coquettish voice.

"Hey, why did you forget what you just said?" Xu Jue deliberately pretended to be angry, "I'll say it again, you remember clearly, the surname is Xia, Master Xia." ”

"How old an official is Master Xia, it deserves Lord Xu to slap him like this."

"How do you know I'm talking to him?"

"You don't need to ask," Liu Xianglan raised her two slender eyebrows lightly and giggled, "The people who come to me are all just concerned about their own souls, how can there be someone like you, who has entered the Su Building, but is waiting for that Master Xia." ”

Liu Xianglan was sharp-tongued, laughing while talking. Hearing this sarcasm, Xu Jue didn't feel embarrassed, and laughed with him.

"Xiang'er, refill the tea for Lord Xu." Liu Xianglan shouted to the little girl ring standing aside.

Xu Jue took a sip of tea and said in a sneering manner: "Xianglan Female History, do you think that there is no pity for the jade?" From the moment I walked through your door, I was stunned. ”

"Then why did you give it to someone else?"

"People are big people, I should always be a bit of a gentleman?"

"What a gentleman's style," Liu Xianglan smiled teasingly, "You are a five-grade official, it is not too small to say that you are small, and you take a little woman to stammer with the eldest man surnamed Xia, this is also a gentleman's style?"

"You?" After receiving this robbery, Xu Jue's face was a little unbearable, and he said stupidly, "You are visiting with a lantern, the official is in Nanjing, and his reputation in Beijing is not allowed to talk nonsense like this." ”

"Yo, look, the official is unhappy," Liu Xianglan learned Xu Jue's tone, swept up like a warbler, walked up to Xu Jue, bent down and gave a salute, and said, "The slave family is so offensive when he speaks, this is not a compensation." ”

Looking at Liu Xianglan's coquettish demeanor, Xu Jue turned his anger into joy again, and turned around and said: "Just you, a man who has the ability to harm you, when you come here, your bones can't be called two pounds." ”

"Lord Xu, the slave family can't hear it, what you say, are you exalting the slave family or belittling the slave family."

"Of course it's lifting," Xu Jue said to Xiang'er Yahuan, "You go downstairs and call my housekeeper up." ”

After Xiang'er went for a while, she brought a half-old man up, carrying a gift box in his hand.

Xu Jue took the gift box, sent it to Liu Xianglan with both hands, and said: "These are a few pieces of jewelry, as a meeting gift to the female history, I hope to accept it." ”

Liu Xianglan took the gift box and opened it to see that it was a pair of big night pearls, as well as bracelets, all of which were high-quality jadeite. Seeing such a valuable gift, even Liu Xianglan, who was used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but be surprised.

"Lord Xu, how can the slave family afford such a valuable gift."

"I thought that the building name of the female history was called Sulou, so I chose a few elegant jewelry, which is trivial. There are also 1,000 taels of silver tickets here, which can be regarded as fat powder money for you. ”

Xu Jue's shot was so generous, which really moved Liu Xianglan. She snorted and said, "Lord Xu, you are so expensive, how can the slave family repay you." ”

"Stand down." Xu Jue waved his hand, and the steward retreated. "As long as you accompany Uncle Xia tonight and let him go back with joy, you will repay me."

"Who is this Master Xia?" Liu Xianglan asked again. This time, she was no longer flirting, but inquiring solemnly.

Xu Jue groaned for a moment and asked, "Do you know Gonggong Feng?" ”

"Grandpa Feng, where is Grandpa Feng?" Liu Xianglan shook her head blankly.

"It's today's celebrant and eunuch Feng Bao."

"I don't know." Liu Xianglan still shook her head.

Xu Jue didn't know what to ask her, and he felt a little angry in his heart. But thinking about it, it is normal for her, a woman in a green house in Nanjing, not to know the prominent figures in Beijing officialdom. So he raised his voice and asked: "Who is the emperor today, you should always know, right?" ”

"This is not difficult for the slave family, the current emperor is Emperor Jiajing." Liu Xianglan replied seriously.

"This Master Xia is a big celebrity next to the emperor."

"Ah, the people around the emperor," Liu Xianglan's expression immediately became solemn, "Lord Xu, you said he was here tonight?" ”

"I'm asking Gonggong Feng to accompany me, how can I invite Master Xia myself."

"What is the relationship between Master Xu and Grandpa Feng?"

"We're friends! Gonggong Feng is a person from Yuwangfu, he wants to win over Lord Xia, I will pull the strings! ”

Hearing that Xu Jue had been around for a long time before he came up with this relationship, Liu Xianglan said in her heart: "After all, it's a shrimp on the dragon's tail." But on the surface, she complimented, "I said how Lord Xu is so pious, it turns out that he is a character who has stepped on the imperial city and swayed." ”

"It's good to understand," Xu Jue let out a sigh of relief and said, "At this time, Master Xia should also arrive." ”

Liu Xianglan regained her relaxed and lively demeanor, she said: "Please rest assured, Lord Xu, tonight, I want Master Xia to have fun here at the slave house, but ......"

"But what?" Xu Jue stared at her and asked.

"It's a play with Master Xia, and the slave family really likes Master Xu now."

At this time, I could only hear a shout downstairs: "Master Xia has arrived!" ”

Xu Jue stood up steeply, ready to go downstairs to greet the guests, and said to Liu Xianglan when he went out: "If you really like me, you have to wait until this scene tonight is finished." ”

Before Xu Jue walked downstairs, Xia Mu had already rushed up to the staircase. I saw that he was tall and tall, and the jade tree was in the wind, so he was a good son.

Looking at Xia Mu's respectful face, Xu Jue couldn't help muttering in his heart, and secretly said that this is the Jinyi Wei Zhen envoy who disembowels people alive, why is he so weak? But then I think about it, people can't look good, and the person Feng Gonggong likes must have some ability. Come to think of it. Xu Jue shouted to Xia Mu, who was going upstairs: "Lord Xia, the lower official Xu Jue has been waiting here for a long time. ”

"You're Xu Jue?" Xia Mu came upstairs, glanced at Xu Jue, and saw that this person had a garlic nose, big eyes, and a pair of squinting eyes, and he didn't look like a good person.

Entering the hall, Xu Jue first gave up his seat, and then greeted him. Xu Jue introduced Liu Xianglan to Xia Mu.

"Lord Xia, this is the female history of Su Lou, and her kung fu in bed is first-class!"

Liu Xianglan hurriedly bent over and squatted for a thousand blessings, and said, "Master Xia, thank you for your face, and you are willing to go to the slave's humble house to talk about it." ”

Xia Mu frowned, didn't reply, kept a straight face, and saw that Feng Bao hadn't come yet, so he waited with a twist.

However, looking at Liu Xianglan, she is also in her cardamom years, and she is mixed with the dust at a young age, and she is not like a person who colludes with Japanese slaves. couldn't help but say: "Liu Nushi, at a young age, is she in charge of Sulou, isn't it small?" ”

"Master Xia laughed, thank you for your support." Liu Xianglan was afraid of this big celebrity in front of the emperor, but because of Xu Jue's affection, she had to force a smile, "Actually, the slave family is in vain. ”

"Well, that's a good idea." Xia Mu took the tea handed over by Yahuan, drank it in one go, and then said: "In the capital, I have seen a lot of people who do what you do, and when I first debuted, I was satisfied to eat a rotten pear, and it was right to quench my thirst." Once it became popular, hey, he began to raise his arms and claim to be a saint or a sage. As the saying goes, the wife of the emperor's daughter, the wife, is called Hanako's wife......"

Xia Mu's words were not good, seeing Liu Xianglan, the two willow eyebrows frowned, Xu Jue knew that things were not good, so he coughed dryly, and interrupted Xia Mu's words: "Master Xia, look, are you putting the wine on the table?" ”

"Let's have some more tea, isn't Gonggong Feng still here?" Xia Mu said and deliberately glanced at Liu Xianglan, who was still biting her lip and angry, and pointed to the pipa hanging on the wall and asked, "The girl must be a master in the song?" ”

"I can't talk about it." Liu Xianglan replied coldly.

Xu Jue laughed and said, "I Xu Jue has a big hobby in my life, that is, I like to see beauties angry. Today, it's another addiction. Miss Liu, you go downstairs for the time being to dissipate your anger, I will talk to Lord Xia about some serious things, and later, I will listen to you sing while drinking. ”

Liu Xianglan glanced at the cold Xia Mu, as well as the terrifying flying fish suit, and went downstairs with a sigh of relief.