Entering Dingfang Building in the middle of the day, Qing Huan thought that he would see a deserted scene, unexpectedly, there were already guests in the lobby, maybe it was still early at this time, there were not many people, and there were more than ten of them.

Seeing the old bustard leading Qing Huan in, they only glanced at it, and then turned their eyes away, with a commonplace look.

Qing Huan was surprised in his heart, and only after thinking about it did he react, he was misled by the memories of later generations, Dachang has a curfew at night, and all shops will be closed after the curfew, and Qinglou is no exception, so if you don't want to stay in Qinglou, don't you have to come early and return early.

The scene in the lobby is also different from the Qinglou in Qinghuan's impression.

There is a high platform in the hall, there are women quietly playing the guqin, although the maids waiting in the lobby are dressed beautifully, the tone of action is not vulgar.

Most of the guests in the lobby are dressed as scholars, and the content of the conversation is mostly poetry and songs.

At first glance, the lobby of this Dingfang Building looks like a gathering of literati mixed with men and women.

The old bustard took Qinghuan through the lobby, there is a small courtyard behind the lobby, planted with all kinds of flowers and plants, there are several small buildings behind the courtyard, and there are courtyard flower walls between the small buildings.

There are many red square lanterns hanging under the eaves of the small building, with blue bricks and tiles, and the flower windows and wooden beams have become a different scenery.

The old bustard took Qing Huan and walked towards one of the small buildings, and when he reached the bottom of the small building, there was another handmaid with beautiful eyebrows waiting.

The old bustard smiled and said to Qing Huan.

"Childe, this is Miss Helen's residence, Childe just go up."

Qing Huan thanked the old bustard, and under the gaze of the old bustard, followed the maid down the stairs and walked towards the second floor.

In a room that passed by first, the door was closed, and there was a square sign hanging on the left side of the door, which was engraved with the word "Lanlu".

After passing this room, I walked in for a long time, and then I saw another door with a square plaque, this time engraved with the word "Hailian".

At this point, the maidservant girl who led the way in front of her really stopped and knocked on the door three times.

Soon there was a sound in the room.

"Please come in."

The maidservant girl pushed open the door from the outside, made a gesture of please, and let Qing Huan in.

Xu had never been to the Qinglou, as the door opened, Qing Huan stood at the door, was actually nervous, took a deep breath, and then smiled at the woman who led the way, and walked in.

Inside, there are also two rooms, inside and outside, separated by a scene wall in the middle.

There was incense and curtains in the room, and there was a bed with a shelf in the innermost room, and a table with food and pastries on the table.

Chen Zilai was sitting at the table, and not far in front of him, there was a sitting graceful, good-looking woman, with a pipa on her side, thinking that the woman had just played it not long before Qing Huan came in.

Seeing Qing Huan come in, Chen Zilai stood up with the woman.

With a smile on his face, Chen Zilai first led Qing Huan to sit down, and then introduced the woman in the room to her, and the woman was indeed Hailian.

Qing Huan was still a little nervous before entering the room, but when she really entered the room, she let go, and she also responded with a smile when the Helian girl greeted her with a smile.

After Qinghuan sat down, a maidservant girl came to add tea, Miss Helian is a master of provoking the atmosphere, and she quickly became lively in the atmosphere.

The three of them sat down and talked for a long time, but Chen Zilai didn't say a word about inviting Qinghuan to come here.

Qinghuan has always been casual, Chen Zilai didn't say, she didn't ask, and after drinking tea for three rounds, Chen Zilai couldn't help but speak.

"Gu Gongzi, have you heard of Shi Mingyao, Shi Shangshu, the former household secretary?"

Chen Zilai's words, although he used a question, the tone was a statement tone, as if he felt that Qing Huan should know this person.

This is the first time that Chen Zilai has taken the initiative to provoke a topic after Qing Huan sat down.

But who is Shi Mingyao? What does this have to do with Chen Zilai's search for himself? Why did you talk about this person for no reason?

In the past, Miss Hua didn't go out of the door, and she didn't know this person at all, but now Qinghuan came through it, and she didn't have much contact with people on weekdays, and she didn't know this person.

Qinghuan answered honestly.

"I've never heard of it."

Chen Zilai was looking at him with a smile, just waiting for Qing Huan to say the word "know", and then he was going to continue to say the next words.

Who knows, but what he got was this answer, Chen Zilai choked for a while, and looked at Qing Huan with some surprise, but the latter looked back at him with a frank face, Chen Zilai turned his head to look at Miss Helian again.

Miss Hailian was twisting a melon seed to send to her mouth, when she heard Qing Huan's words and saw Chen Zilai's gaze, she couldn't help but be stunned and immediately smiled.

"Shi Laoshangshu has been feathered for five years, Gu Gongzi is sincere in reading, and it is normal not to know."

As she spoke, Miss Hailian glanced at Chen Zilai, Chen Zilai picked up the tea bowl in her hand and took a sip, as if she didn't plan to answer, while Qing Huan looked at Miss Hailian with a look of deafness.

Miss Hailian was silent, gently put down the melon seeds in her hand, and slowly talked to Qing Huan about the old past.

It turned out that Shi Mingyao Shi Lao Shangshu was an old friend of the first emperor in the Wu Dynasty, and he was the first to respond, and then followed the first emperor to fight in the south and the north, and made great contributions to the establishment of Dachang.

Shi Laoshangshu had three sons and two daughters in his life, and the eldest son, Shi Renjun, died in an enemy attack to cover the evacuation of the first emperor.

The second son, Shi Chunguo, was captured by the enemy in a battle, the then anti-king Huainan Wang Cunding.

At that time, the two armies confronted each other in Huaishui, and the battle situation was stalemate, and the king of Huainan tied up Shi Chunguo and wanted to use this to blackmail Shi Laoshang, who was the supervisor at the time, to make concessions, and Shi Laoshangshu personally ordered the archers to shoot his second son in order not to be constrained by the army.

Because of Lao Shangshu's resoluteness, the battle, which seemed to be enough to turn the tide of the battle later, was finally won.

To the establishment of Dachang, Shi Mingyao was worshiped as the head of the household department because of his merits.

At that time, Shi Lao Shangshu was faint and old, and the affairs of the family were all in charge of his third son.

In the peaceful years, Shi Laoshangshu's third son, Shi Zaisuo, felt that his family had made outstanding achievements, and he thought that he had survived such a difficult time, but it was not for the prosperity of his current status.

So, Shi Saburo was arrogant and extravagant, privately occupied other people's fields, accepted bribes and other things, and did not do less.

At that time, Taizu was in power, remembering the merits of his family, and turned a blind eye to Shi Sanlang's actions, and he did not see the power.

When today's son ascended the throne, in the second year of Jinghe, Shi Sanlang's matter was impeached by Fang Yushi, and the trouble was about to start.

Fang Yushi was sprinkled, listing Shi Saburo's crimes such as doing evil and accepting bribes over the years, with a total of 18 articles and nearly 10,000 words.

The Son of Heaven was furious and sentenced Shi Saburo to behead in autumn, because the merits of the historian did not harm the children and grandchildren, and it was already an extrajudicial favor.

But at this time, the Shi family actually only had one man, Shi Saburo, and for some reason, Shi Saburo married countless wives and concubines, but only got two daughters, and there was nothing else.

Shi Mingyao Lao Shangshu begged in front of the Son of Heaven with a shy old face, wanting to save his son's life, but the Son of Heaven avoided it, but Lao Shangshu was ridiculed by Yu Shi, ashamed, and angry, Lao Shangshu fainted on the spot.

After the internal supervisor carried him back to the house, he lasted for three days, and Lao Shangshu finally died, and Mrs. Lao Shangshu also died of illness within a month, and on the day of the autumn beheading, Shi Sanlang's wife hanged herself at home.

Saying this, Miss Helian sighed faintly.

"Back then, this incident caused the whole Dachang to be in an uproar, and so far, the historian is a family, and it can be regarded as a desperate one."