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Geng Jingzhong came to Qinhuai River and did not reveal his identity, but Mu Tianyan still sent the guards who shot him to call a famous painting boat with a name, but the time was in a hurry, but Jiang was the most famous one.

"We have lived in Fujian for a long time, and we also know the beauty of the night view of the Qinhuai River, but we have never seen it with our own eyes. Geng Jingzhong looked at the painting boat that the monk rowed from time to time with great interest, the difference between this painting boat is not small, the big boat and the small boat are different, and the decoration luxury Cheng dù is also uneven, which makes people feel that it is high-grade at first sight, and the price of the boat is also very expensive, but, not to mention anything else, even the luxurious painting boat is almost worth that price!

As soon as Geng Jingzhong's voice fell, a scholar about five meters in front of him interjected: "This brother is reasonable, how can he go to our Jinling City and not visit Qinhuai at night?" ”

Hearing someone suddenly interject, Geng Jingzhong also turned his head slightly sideways. Look at this person's outfit, he should also be a child of a rich family, but his height is not high, about one meter seven, and his body is thin, but his dress has been changed to the clothes of the former Ming Dynasty, it seems that this person has no good impression of the Qing court at all. Geng Jingzhong has been abolishing the order to shave and change clothes for more than half a month, but not many Jiang costumes have changed back to Han costumes, especially the gentry, and they are afraid that if the Qing court comes back, there will be another shaving and easy clothes to keep their heads and not their hair or something. But the person in front of him has completely changed, and even his hair is no longer braided.

Just dressed up in this outfit, this person won Geng Jingzhong's favor: "Fortunately! Listen to this benevolent brother. But it's a native of Jinling City?! ”

"Huh. Younger brother Sun Shao. A local person in Jinling, I heard my brother Tai just say that he is a person from Fuzhou? ”

Geng Jingzhong arched his hand: "Sort of, I now live in Fuzhou." Oh, in Xia Gengzhong, the elders of the family sent me to follow the footsteps of the Metropolitan Governor to Jiangnan to do business, and when I came to this Jinling City, I was the first to go straight to the famous Qinhuai River! ”

Sun Shao looked at the few people around Geng Jingzhong, it was obvious that they were all tiger-backed guards, and ordinary people did not have such a formation. It seems that this person's identity background is not small, and there should be relatives and friends serving in the Mawei Army, otherwise how could he follow Jinling so quickly. The oldest is Gu Ping, although he is nearly fifty, but he is still fierce at first glance. As for Mu Tianyan, who was originally with him, he was now busy with official business, and after sending someone to call a painting boat, he left his two guards to go back first, otherwise, most of the people who came in and out of the Qinhuai River were scholars. It's easy to recognize him, once you recognize him. Then Geng Jingzhong's identity is about to come out.

"Oh, Brother Geng's surname is Geng, so Geng Dadu and Brother Tai" Sun Shao asked with a flash of his eyes......

"Huh. In the next place, he has some relationship with the Metropolitan Governor, and his family does business with the Mawei Army, and the Metropolitan Governor himself has met several times. Geng Jingzhong said with a smile.

"Oh, brother, good skills! took over the family business at such a young age, admired and admired, but the younger brother still achieved nothing, ashamed and ashamed! Sun Shao said complimentally, but his tone was no longer as surprised as just now, and he slightly picked up his scholarly demeanor. In this era, the average scholar is still proud, and it is no wonder that Shinong and Industry have been ranked this for many years, and Shang is ranked last, and these scholars, no matter how they change the dynasty, will eventually have the opportunity to become an official and enter the scholar class.

However, Sun Shao did not have eyes on the top of his head like ordinary scholars, and at the same time realized that Geng Jingzhong's identity should not be simple, at least it had something to do with the Grand Governor, but these Jinling City families were preparing to board the big ship of the Mawei Army, and now it was obviously a good opportunity. "Seeing that Brother Tai is older than the younger brother, the younger brother will call Brother Geng!" He said while looking at Geng Jingzhong's expression, seeing Geng Jingzhong smiling and nodding, he said happily: "That's good, Brother Geng has just arrived in Jinling, and today the younger brother will be the east, and accompany Brother Geng to enjoy the scenery of Qinhuai in the past ten miles!" ”

While the two were talking, two people walked in the teahouse behind Sun Shao, and one of them said: "Brother Zitan (Sun Shao's character), when has it been delayed for so long!" ”

Sun Shao looked back and saw that it was his close friend and friend, and introduced the two of them in front of Geng Jingzhong: "You came just in time, this is Brother Geng Zhong from Fuzhou, Brother Geng, these are the two friends of the younger brother, Yan Ping, Ziyu, this is Wang Yanzhi, Zishida." ”

At that moment, a few people exchanged pleasantries, seeing that the two of them were dressed in red and green, the cloth was luxurious, and there were flowers and flowers on the clothes, not only gorgeous, but also hidden fragrance, Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but smile slightly, this is out of the Forbidden City for a long time, he is not uncommon to see scholars, Jinling scholars' outfits are much more gorgeous than Fuzhou, there are many people with big red, it seems to be a fashionable color, but those who can pay attention to incense should not be ordinary poor scholars, it can be seen that the two of them have a good family background.

As the saying goes, things gather people in groups, and Sun Shao's family background must be good, his jade-colored shirt should be deliberately changed, thinking that they are indeed preparing for tonight's party, and they just happened to catch up with themselves. A few people chatted for a while again, and a painting boat docked on the side, but Sun Shao smiled first: "Okay, the painting boat has arrived, let's talk about the merchant ship again, Brother Geng, please!" ”

At this moment, behind this painting boat of about six meters, the same painting boat came over quickly, but this painting boat was eleven or twelve meters long, and it was much more luxurious. "This, I forgot to say just now, I had already sent someone to order a painting boat, but I didn't see that it arrived at the same time. There is a way to be a guest and a guest, how about a few people come to this painting boat to sit together! ”

When Sun Shao and the three of them looked at it, they were not unhappy, but said with a smile: "Brother Geng is very capable, most of the painting boats on the Qinhuai River are small painting boats, which are suitable for two or three acquaintances to visit and enjoy, like this kind of large painting boat, but it can accommodate more than 20 people, and the interior is spacious and comfortable far more than the small painting boat." However, when it comes to exquisite and detailed, the small painting boat is slightly better. Overall. The younger brother still likes the big painting workshop. However, this large workshop usually has to be booked a few days in advance. But the sought-after tight. Brother Geng can pack one as soon as he comes, amazing! ”

"Over the prize, it is true that I called someone to book two days in advance, and I happened to meet three virtuous brothers today, please!" After picking up a few people on board, the painting boat immediately turned around and returned against the current. Before getting on the boat, Sun Shao went to the small boat and said a few words to the owner of the boat, gave him a piece of silver, and then turned around and came back. Geng Jingzhong and the others came back on his behalf, and then entered the cabin. Since this painting boat is not small, Gu Ping also brought eight guards to stand outside the cabin at the same time. A few people came into the cabin, Geng Jingzhong took a closer look, and found that this painting boat is not only beautiful in appearance, but also very elegant in the cabin, with calligraphy and paintings hanging on the bulkheads on both sides, a table with gold lacquer, teapots and fruits on the table, and the windows on both sides are also finely carved, and the panes are carved quite finely. It makes people feel soft, and there are exquisite curtains hanging around the windows. Sitting in the cabin, although the boat is swimming against the current, the water flow is stable, and the cabin feels very stable.

Seeing that Geng Jingzhong was paying attention to the layout of the painting boat, Sun Shao explained: "The younger brother of this painting boat has also sat twice, and the layout is exquisite and meticulous, but it is not inferior to the small painting boat hired by the younger brother just now, in comparison, it is still comfortable in this big painting workshop!" ”

Geng Jingzhong also nodded with a smile, and said: "Nanzhou and North Horse, it has always been like this, but there is no such painting boat in Fuzhou. ”

At the moment, a few people were chatting while watching the scenery on both sides of the Qinhuai River, Sun Shao took the trouble to explain in detail one by one, and after a while, under the command of Sun Shao, the painting boat landed on the Wuding Bridge, and on the painting boat, Sun Shao was obviously interested in making friends, and several people soon became acquainted with Geng Jingzhong. Along the way, Sun Shao introduced all the way: "The old courtyard is also known as the poppy beauty, the original official workshop, the predecessor was the Fuller Courtyard, originally near the main road bridge, after the fire was destroyed, moved here, opposite is the Jiangnan Gongyuan." ”

Listening to this, Geng Jingzhong is not only angry, this is really interesting, the brothel of the Qinglou and the Jiangnan Gongyuan are facing each other, isn't this encouraging and tempting the scholars to visit the Qinglou? Geng Jingzhong knew what the Jiangnan Gongyuan was, and the Qinhuai River was once prosperous because of the Gongyuan and Confucius Temple, which was the largest imperial examination venue in ancient China. In its heyday, there were more than 20,000 rooms in the examination hall alone, plus hundreds of official rooms, dining rooms, warehouses, miscellaneous military rooms, etc., covering an area of more than 300,000 square meters.

As soon as he entered the gate, Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but secretly speak, this old courtyard is really a veritable big courtyard, and the scale is amazing, far from the general green building by the Qinhuai River. Could it be that all the women living here are from the old courtyard? Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but be secretly surprised, this place was much more luxurious than his Grand Governor's Mansion! But at this moment, he is not good to ask each other, and after making an appointment for tea, everyone entered a relatively remote courtyard, the courtyard is not big, but the courtyard is full of greenery, along the corner of the wall a chrysanthemum is blooming, and when you enter the door, you see that the hall is very wide.

A few people were happy to walk and chat in front, but Gu Ping, who followed behind, had a bitter face, he didn't want to see Geng Jingzhong enter this kind of place, but seeing that Geng Jingzhong was now very interested, he didn't dare to disturb, so he had to take the guards all the way to escort him, and the plainclothes people not far away were carefully guarding around.

Under the waiting of a group of small maids, a group of people did not rank, they sat down at will, Sun Shao naturally sat next to Geng Jingzhong, and the small servants served fragrant tea, and he said with a smile: "Brother Geng is a distinguished guest, and the little brother specially invited Yu Meiren to come out today." Sun Shao naturally sat next to Geng Jingzhong, and the little maids served fragrant tea, and he smiled and said: "Brother Geng is a distinguished guest, and the little brother specially invited Yu Meiren to come out today." ”

Poppies? Geng Jingzhong naturally didn't know, but guessed that it should be quite famous in the old courtyard, Yan Ping and Wang Yanzhi were shocked in their hearts, now Sun Shao has invested a lot of money, and he actually invited Yu Meiren to move, seeing that Geng Jingzhong and the three of them did not react, he chuckled and said: "Brother Mengran is sincere today, this poppy beauty is the jade feather pearl of the poppy beauty, her appearance is gorgeous, she is pretentious like a swimming dragon, and she is good at drumming and blowing the flute. ”

Sun Shao smiled slightly and said: "This poppy beauty is named Zhou Yuren, the word Yunhe, seventeen years old, bright and beautiful, even if there is a thousand gold, it is difficult to find a look." Today I heard that there was a distinguished guest, and the poppy promised to serve the banquet. ”

Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but be surprised, isn't this the same as inviting celebrities to dinner as accompaniment, even if Sun Shao said that he had a relationship with the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, I am afraid that the price will be expensive. You must know that the Qinglou is the same in the world, this head card is worth a lot of money, Qinhuai River Fengyue is famous all over the world, this poppy beauty is Qinhuai Fengyue Chu Qiao, what is the value of the top card, I think about it with my toes, I am afraid that I will not move if I don't have a few hundred taels of silver, this Sun Shao is so expensive for him to entertain! Geng Jingzhong has a better impression of this Sun Shao! Then he spoke: "Why do you need to spend so much money on the virtuous brother? ”

Sun Shao smiled slightly: "Even if you are willing to break the bill on weekdays, it is difficult to see the beautiful side, and today I hit it off with Brother Geng, what is the cost of nothing, how can I break the cost?" After a slight pause, he continued: "Yu Meiren woman, if you are a little famous, you don't want to be good, since ancient times, talented people love beautiful women, beautiful women are talented people, and the younger brother just now also told Yu Meiren about Brother Geng's demeanor." The poppy beauty is willing to serve the banquet today, completely for the brother, and in the end, whether she can capture the heart of the beauty and become the guest of the scene, and finally the beauty she holds depends on the brother. ”

Sun Shao smiled slightly: "Even if you are willing to break the bill on weekdays, it is difficult to see the beautiful side, and today I hit it off with Brother Geng, what is the cost of nothing, how can I break the cost?" After a slight pause, he continued: "Yu Meiren woman, if you are a little famous, you don't want to be good, since ancient times, talented people love beautiful women, beautiful women are talented people, and the younger brother just now also told Yu Meiren about Brother Geng's demeanor." The poppy beauty is willing to serve the banquet today, completely for the brother, and in the end, whether she can capture the heart of the beauty and become the guest of the scene, and finally the beauty she holds depends on the brother. (To be continued......)