In the inn, Chen Xin changed his clothes, drank tea listlessly, heard someone knocking on the door, opened it and saw that the fat monk was standing at the door with his head drooping, and when he saw Chen Xin coming out, he immediately knelt down.

Chen Xin hurriedly helped him up and said: "Silly monk, what are you doing here, you don't need to do this, you don't mean to, but next time you have to pay attention to it, go back to the water master to learn to swim, in case Mr. Liu falls into the river, you can save him." ”

The stupid monk said: "The villain's sin deserves death." ”

Chen Xin laughed, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him, this stupid monk is also a thick nerve, and he quickly recovered his usual silly and optimistic appearance.

Chen Tingdong was still sitting under the corridor, looked at it and praised: "The adults are broad-minded and lead soldiers like children, no wonder they can sweep away Jiannu." ”

Chen Xin arched his hand and thanked him, he only swam in the swimming pool, his swimming skills were general, he ate a few mouthfuls of water after falling into the water, the boat lady pulled him up with a penny, Chen Xin was soaked, and he was not in the mood, so he let the boat girl row to the Huaiqing Bridge and went back to the inn to change clothes.

After Chen Xin asked the stupid monk to go back to the house, when he arrived at Liu Minyou's house, he closed the door and complained in a low voice: "What the is this bodyguard, go back and change him and let him farm." ”

"The stupid monk is good, if it weren't for him, I'm afraid I would be a soldier in Yansui Town now."

Chen Xin sat down at the table angrily, and Liu Minyou said with a smile: "You weren't very generous outside just now, it's all a face-saving project." ”

Chen Xin picked up the bowl on the table, took a few sips of tea, and said fiercely: "This flower monk, Lao Tzu is finally in the mood to play." It's all a mess of him. You too, one person and one boat. ”

Liu Minyou also understood what was going on at this time, but smiled and said: "You didn't make it clear yourself, you wanted to treat me as a monkey, but you put yourself in, it's only morning, it's still early, do you want to continue to take the boat?" The boat girls are still waiting by the river. ”

Chen Xin said boringly: "I'm not in the mood." ”

At this time, Chen Tingdong's voice came from outside: "Shopkeeper Tang, but your boss is back." ”

The shopkeeper's voice rang out, "Exactly." This is Mr. Zuo, I don't know if the general is there. ”

Chen Xin hurriedly went out, only to see Zuo Changhao dressed as a scribe, standing under the corridor with the shopkeeper. There were two fierce entourages behind him, and Chen Xin arched his hand and smiled: "Brother Zuo is back, a few months ago, we met in a hurry, and it was like in front of me." ”

Zuo Changhao also replied: "It's not a blessing, only a few months to see the general's demeanor again, thinking that three months ago was still in the tragic battlefield in the north, but goodbye is the gentle Qinhuai River, it can be seen that the world is unpredictable." ”

When the two met for the second time, they were already much more harmonious, and Zuo Changhao had a courtesy with Liu Min again. Chen Xin introduced Song Wenxian and Chen Tingdong to him, and then let Zuo Changhao into the house, and whispered that Song Wenxian sent the boat lady by the river away.

Zuo Changhao looked at the room after entering the house, and said to Chen Xin: "The water and soil diet in Nanzhi is very different from Shandong, I don't know if the general is still used to eating and living." ”

"I haven't thanked Brother Zuo yet, the inn here chosen by the shopkeeper Tang is the www.biquge.info of the Qinhuai Biqu Pavilion in Shili, and the scenery is quite good."

Zuo Changhao was about to speak, when he saw that Chen Xin's hair was wet, and when he saw it, there was a pile of dripping clothes on the ground. Curiously asked, "Did the general fall into the water?" ”

"Nothing." Chen Xin pointed to the woman washing clothes opposite, "I saw those women washing clothes by the river, and I took a set of clothes to try out of curiosity, but the water droplets were thrown up and my head was wet." ”

Zuo Changhao smiled: "The general is so elegant. Although the general is invincible on the battlefield, these laundry and cooking things. I'm afraid I can't compare to those women. ”

The two talked and laughed for a while, and Zuo Changhao returned to the truth, "Not long after returning from the next, I heard that the general was promoted, and after the rebellion of Jisi, the Wendeng camp was famous all over the world, and it was in the middle of the southern song, and it was also like thunder, and General Chen was called Qi Jiguang's second." ”

Chen Xin was a little surprised and said, "I'm so famous in Nanjing?" ”

Zuo Changhao: "My family Lord Xu also respects the general, just arrived in Yingtian and asked about meeting with the general, after I reported one by one, most of the Lord Xu agreed, but the matter of Qian Zhuang is not small, and there is no conclusion. At that time, I didn't know if the general would be able to make the trip, and Lord Xu said many times that it was a pity that he could not meet the general. ”

When Chen Xin heard him say this, it was estimated that Xu Xinsu had returned, and sure enough, Zuo Changhao said again: "Lord Xu and Zai Xia both responded to the day last night, and in the morning they learned that the general had come to the store, and immediately sent someone to inform Lord Xu. ”

Chen Xin secretly said that this Xu Xinsu treats people just right, and he has both a shelf and is not cold. smiled and said, "Lord Xu is polite." ”

Zuo Changhao looked at the sky and said to Chen Xin: "The general is a guest from afar, and there is nothing to do in the next day, please let the general Xu do his best to be a landlord, and the villain will accompany the general and his party to visit Nanqu." ”

"Thank you, Brother Zuo."

"The scenery of Nanqu is a river house, the second is a clear stream, and the general is a ......"

"Well, I'm from the Northland, so I won't take the boat."

Chen Xin left Chen Tingdong as usual and asked him to wait for Nie Hong and the others. Zuo Changhao accompanied Chen Xin and his entourage, following the old road they had walked in the morning and then in the direction of the old courtyard, Zuo Changhao accompanied by three guards, they looked very experienced, scattered in front and back, looking cautious.

At this time, it is almost noon, and the road by the river is already relatively lively, and the pedestrians are all gorgeously dressed, almost no coarse cloth clothes, and they seem very leisurely. Zuo Changhao spent a lot of time in Nanjing, and talked about the scenery of Nanjing along the way, which was different from Chen Tingdong.

Zuo Changhao said to a few people: "The old courtyard is also known as Nanqu, Qinhuai Fengyue is famous for Nanqu, wonderful dance and song, poetry and books, often make people linger, it is also a cave of gold, the surrounding people, there are many people in the river house to help idle, under the hearing and seeing, as good as possible, there are occasionally people who wear non-brocade, they are ashamed to laugh. ”

Song Wenxian agreed: "This is laughing at the poor and not laughing at the prostitute." May I ask Brother Zuo. The land of the wind and the moon in the south. Are they all as elegant as Nanqu? ”

"Non also, at the beginning of Hongwu, Nanjing built the fourteenth floor, the official prostitutes of the teaching workshop are all here, and then there are built one after another, a total of more than 20 floors, extremely prosperous, now there are only three places in Nanqu, Nanshi, and Zhu City, and the South City is where the vulgar prostitutes live, and the peddlers and pawns go in and out of it. Don't talk about it. The pearl market is mostly crooked prostitutes, although there are occasional bright colors, the scenery is much worse, only Nanqujia is in the four seas. Literati and writers flock to it, and there are about 2,000 official prostitutes in Lejia, and there are still many private prostitutes and maidservants, which are innumerable. ”

Although the prostitutes of the Ming Dynasty were also looked down upon, Qinglou was not labeled as a negative label, but for men, it was an elegant thing, so Zuo Changhao didn't feel inappropriate at all.

Chen Xin asked: "Are there any names called Chen Yuanyuan and Liu Ruyes in Nanqu?" ”

Liu Min listened to his question, and listened attentively, these two are famous prostitutes who have been passed down to future generations. He was also a little curious, so Zuo Changhao frowned and thought for a long time and asked, "But a famous prostitute?" ”

"Exactly."

Zuo Changhao shook his head and said: "Maybe it's a lonely and unheard of, but I really haven't heard of it." ”

Chen Xin and Liu Minyou glanced at each other, both of them were very strange in their hearts, and Liu Minyou asked again: "Are there Li Xiangjun and Gu ...... What is it, it is called Qin Huai Bayan. ”

"However, there were good deeds who rated the twelve hairpins of Jinling, but the twelve prostitutes of Nanqu, which are no longer there. Qin Huai Bayan has never heard of it, I don't know where the two of you know? ”

The two were stunned when they heard it, and the feelings of the twelve hairpins of Jinling were the predecessors plagiarized by Cao Xueqin. Looking at Zuo Changhao's curious expression, Chen Xin had no choice but to say perfunctorily: "I heard from a merchant from Nanjing last time that maybe he was just bragging." ”

Zuo Changhao nodded and said: "That's definitely the case, maybe it's just a crooked prostitute in Nanshi, he said it was a famous prostitute." ”

The two of them only knew so much about Qin Huai Bayan. In fact, they didn't know that Chen Yuanyuan and the others they asked were only a few years old. didn't come to Nanqu at all, Liu Ru is a famous prostitute in Wu County, Suzhou, even after becoming famous, he rarely came to Qinhuai for activities, and he was one of the eight Yans of Qinhuai who came out of the far-fetched by later generations.

Zuo Changhao did not doubt it, took a few people to cross the Wende Bridge, but did not walk along the riverbank, and continued to go forward to the banknote street, here is Nanqu, where the food shops, inns, goods stores, clothing shops are readily available, of course, there are some green buildings, the streets are made of bluestone, very tidy, the green trees on the side of the road are shaded, the green bamboo is dotted, the canals on both sides are clear and the streams are spring, all different from the messy and dirty in other places.

Zuo Changhao was familiar with the way, took them into the alley, and entered a restaurant, because there were outsiders, the sea dog and the stupid monk were not qualified to sit with them, so he sat at another table with Zuo Changhao's bodyguards.

Liu Min went in to take a look, even this small food shop is clean and elegant, the doors and windows of the bamboo curtains are half hanging, and the outside is planted with jasmine and bamboo, and the shop is fragrant.

Chen Xin whispered to Liu Minyou: "This is the original ancient town. Liu Min nodded in agreement, he prefers this kind of fresh small shop to a big restaurant, he just doesn't quite understand, from the beginning of the Jiangnan, everything he sees is a prosperous scene, food and clothing are not tired, life is elegant, from the prosperity of commerce and cash crops, the commodity economy is also very developed. It is completely different from the desolation and withering in the north, separated by a river, like the difference between heaven and earth, where is the appearance of the last days.

Zuo Changhao ordered the dishes, and the store soon came to serve desserts, all of which were served in small plates, not much of each, very exquisite, Liu Minyou asked: "Brother Zuo has also been to the north, and he should know the dilapidation of the north, why Jiangnan and other places are so prosperous." ”

Zuo Changhao stopped his chopsticks and said to the three of them: "The three of them arrived yesterday, and they don't know much about the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Yangzhou have a population of about one million, taking Nanjing as an example, in fact, the Nanzhi area has been very prosperous since the time of Taizu, and during the Wanli period, the number of households in the city wall reached hundreds of thousands, the big industry was ninety-five, and the shops were innumerable. Wuzhong Jinling two ten accounted for seven, Fujian ten accounted for three, even if the north is the Beijing division, it is not comparable. There are merchants all over the world, then the benefits of silk and cotton in the south of the Yangtze River are more prosperous, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Songjiang and other places almost every household raises silkworms and weaves cloth, since it is richer than the north, and the gentry in the countryside are also different from the north, compared with the business, the benefits of the land have been thin, such as the gentry in the north are bent on annexing the land, and the powerful ones set up all kinds of workshops, the silk and cotton cloth of Susonghu, the gold leaf and bookstore in Hangzhou, the most employed workers can reach thousands, how can it not be prosperous. ”……)

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