Jian Huaizhen was quite appreciative, and said slowly: "You can think like this, you are a good boy." There are not many people I admire in my life, but your father Yu Qian is one. In the past, he worked hard for the country and did his best for the court, and he was a rare loyal and good general. Now, you can serve the imperial court, and this palace feels very comforted. ”

"Follow the teachings of the eldest princess. The boy will not forget what my father had admonished me in the past. Thousands of hammers were carved out of the deep mountains, and the fire burned as if it were idle. Don't be afraid of broken bones, you have to leave your innocence in the world. Yu Mian said slowly.

"Good!" Jian Huaizhen's eyes flashed with tears, and she slowly repeated Yu Mian's words: "Thousands of hammers are chiseled out of the deep mountains, and the fire burns as if you are idle." Don't be afraid of broken bones, you have to leave your innocence in the world. Your father wrote this poem "Lime Yin" in his early years, and I also savored it at the beginning, and discussed with your father the spirit of 'the great minister and the people'. To this day, you can still understand your father's hard work, which is finally rare. ”

Yu Mian remembered his father's deeds for the country and the people and the society, and he was also quite fascinated for a while, and after a while, he slowly replied: "Yes." ”

Jian Huaizhen stood up and walked in front of Yu Mian, his voice was full of love and care, and said, "Mian'er, you have suffered for six years in Shanhaiguan. Your mother and sister are in Shanxi, and life is not easy. Now, now that you've returned to the capital, it's better to settle down. As for your mother and sister, this palace will send someone to Shanxi to pick them up and bring them back so that your family can be reunited. What you have suffered, what the Zhu family owes you, will be compensated. When Jian Huaizhen said that later, his voice became more and more categorical, vaguely with the style of the year.

Yu Mian was greatly moved and asked, "Eldest princess, my mother and sister can really come back from Shanxi to reunite with me?" ”

Zero Luo stepped forward, helped Jian Huaizhen to sit down again, and said with a smile: "You kid." Since the princess said so, she must be able to do it. You haven't thanked the princess yet. ”

"Yes." Yu Mian's joy was beyond words, and he knelt down and kowtowed three times to Jian Huaizhen.

Jian Huaizhen helped him up, and said with some pity: "Your father Yu Qian was good friends with me in the past, and there is still ......" A trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes, and she immediately said: "There is also Bai Qingqing." She's your father's sweetheart. She's my sister. He died at the burial of your father. I have a very close relationship with you at home. In the future, you will call me a princess in front of people, and call me aunt in private. ”

Every time Bai Qingqing is mentioned, Jian Huaizhen's heart is full of soft knots. At the beginning, it was clear that he could have saved him, but at the beginning, Qingqing didn't have to die. It's just that the creation makes people, and her good sister just followed Yu Qian.

Yu Mian also heard his mother, Mrs. Zhang, mention the matter of being too humble and Bai Qingqing. Mrs. Zhang is virtuous and virtuous, and she is not jealous of Bai Qingqing. She knew Yu Qian's affection for Bai Qingqing, and she also knew that Bai Qingqing's departure had fulfilled her and Yu Qian. Yes, she has always been grateful to Bai Qingqing. To her children, she also vaguely mentioned the deeds of Bai Qingqing and Yu Qian when they were young.

Jian Huaizhen and Yu Mian gossiped commonly, and then sent him out of the palace. Jian Huaizhen had already sent someone to ask for the holy decree, removed the seal of Yu Qian's mansion, and ordered someone to sweep Yu Qian's former mansion, sent a lot of daily necessities, and sent a few servants to wait. When Yu Mian leaves the palace, he can return to live in the house.

Along the way, Scattered told Yu Mian about Jian Huaizhen's arrangement, and he couldn't help but deeply feel that Jian Huaizhen's arrangement was appropriate. The two walked forward for a short time, but saw a tall man with a crown in front of them walking over. He was dressed in black satin dragon group embroidered pleats, with a white python jade belt around his waist, and the whole person looked personable, and the jade tree was in the wind, but who was not the prince Zhu Jianshen?

Yu Mian was grateful to Zhu Jianshen for saving his life, and immediately pulled Scatter to salute him and thanked him for saving his life.

Zhu saw that he was also free and easy, helped Yu Mian up, and said heartily: "It's not that I want to save you." But I know that you are not in collusion with Warat. You are the son of Yu Ge Lao, how could you do something to collude with other races? I know that you are innocent, how can you wronged a good person? He was conclusive.

Yu Mian was a little curious, and said with sincere fear: "I am not familiar with the prince. How does the prince know that his ministers are innocent? Is it just because of my father's name? ”

The corners of Zhu Jianshen's mouth turned up slightly, and he smiled: "It's not good to say." Looking at people alone, you will never be wrong. On weekdays, when I go to see the Emperor's aunt and grandmother, she always tells me about your father's heroic deeds. After hearing and seeing it for a long time, he naturally understands what kind of hero Yu Ge Lao is. You are his son, you are honest and open, and naturally you will not be far behind. ”

"Crown Prince Xie trusts." After Yu Mian returned to Beijing, he encountered twists and turns, almost died in the palace, and saw Jian Huaizhen's aunt again, now it is rare that the prince is young, but he can distinguish between black and white, and he trusts him, and he can't help but be very moved.

Zhu Jianshen shook his head, and said loudly: "My father once promised the emperor's aunt and grandmother that he would definitely rehabilitate Yu Ge Lao in his lifetime, so you can rest assured." If my father can't rehabilitate the elder, I promise you that in the future, I, Zhu Jianshen, will definitely help the elder rehabilitate, return the name of his loyal minister, open a temple to worship, and let him enjoy the incense offerings. ”

Yu Mian saw Zhu Jianshen speaking loudly, and hurriedly thanked him. Zhu Jianshen didn't care, and asked him about the customs of Shanhaiguan. Yu Mian slowly told Zhu Jianshen everything he had seen in Shanhaiguan in the past few years. Unconsciously, the two of them stood and talked for most of the hour. Yu Mian said it vividly, and Zhu Jianshen listened to it with relish. Seeing that the two of them were very agreeable, they didn't bother, and quietly went back to Wan'an Palace to report while the two were not paying attention.

By the time Yu Mian finished talking about what he had seen, more than two hours had passed. Zhu Jianshen still hadn't heard enough, and asked Yu Mian to think about it more. Yu Mian was deeply stunned and said: "The minister and the prince hit it off at first sight, and it is rare for the prince to be interested in what the minister said." The minister should have told the prince in detail. It's just that it's getting late today, so why don't you talk to the prince about it another day? ”

Zhu Jianshen felt a little numb in his legs and feet, and immediately replied: "That's it, it's very good." The two of them had a sense of sympathy at first sight.

Zhu Jianshen specially sent someone to send Yu Mian out of the palace. After leaving the palace, Yu Mian returned to the palace, and the old situation was vivid, but it was a pity that the flowers were similar every year, and the people were different every year. A thousand times in my heart, a thousand words are all in my words.

Jian Huaizhen had already sent someone to clean up the mansion, and there were three maids, three servants, and two cooks serving in the mansion. Yu Mian couldn't help but thank Jian Huaizhen. He thought that in the near future, his mother, Mrs. Zhang, and his sister Yu Rou would return to Beijing from Shanxi, and he was quite happy.

On the second day, Yu Mian went to the official office to report, took office, and became the deputy thousand households from the five products. He was extremely loyal, handled things very properly, and won the love of the whole yamen.

On this day, it was a little late. The sky is covered with colorful geese, and the remnant sun is like blood, illuminating the buildings of Shuntianfu faintly with orange color. Yu Mian returned home from the official office, passing by the most prosperous Jinding Street on the way. The street is full of people, people come and go, so it's not lively.

Yu Mian strode through the crowd, galloping in his heart, and sighed. In the past, it was sent to Shanhaiguan, Xiongguan Mandao is really like iron, standing on the city wall and looking out, the sky is firm, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep. It is very different from the hustle and bustle of the capital. The buzzing voices in the capital made him find a stability, warmth, and popularity again.

Yu Mian was sighing, and suddenly someone slapped him on the shoulder from behind him. He was startled, almost jumping. When I turned my head, I was speechless in surprise. It turned out that the person standing behind him was none other than the crown prince Zhu Jianshen, who had only met in the palace a few days ago and interceded for him.

Zhu Jianshen was dressed as an ordinary son, wearing an embroidered moire round-necked brocade shirt with large sleeves, a square cloud scarf, deerskin boots, and a gold-bone fan in his hand, and a cat's eye-sized pearl shining on the fan. This dress makes it more and more personable and graceful, and the jade tree is in the wind.

He was surrounded by a man dressed as a small servant. The man couldn't tell his actual age, he was very thin, and he looked younger than Zhu Jianshen. His face was white and beardless, his lips were slightly flushed with carmine, and when he raised his hand, he made a gesture of orchid fingers, and he spoke softly and slowly. Yu Mianrao had only returned to the capital for a few days, and he could see at a glance that the person who followed him was a little eunuch.

"Prince, why are you here? Shouldn't you be in the palace now? Yu Mian's eyes widened and asked in some surprise.

Zhu Jianshen made a gesture and said softly: "Shhhh Don't call me prince in public. ”

Yu Mian seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and hesitated: "Prince, can you get the emperor's permission to leave the palace?" What do you have to do when you leave the palace? It's not as peaceful as the palace outside, so you have to be careful. ”

Zhu Jianshen nodded and whispered, "Don't worry, don't worry." The lonely king left the palace to observe the people's feelings, and his father naturally would not stop him. After speaking, he took the little eunuch with his head held high and walked forward.

Seeing this, Yu Mian inevitably felt a little curious and suspicious in his heart. Zhu Jianshen was above the palace that day, interceding for him, and his words were sincere and reasonable. He was very tall and burly, and looked to be in his twenties, but in fact he was only sixteen this year. Dealing with people and things will inevitably bring a bit of willfulness.

With this in mind, Yu Mian was silent and quietly followed Zhu Jianshen. Sure enough, he saw Zhu Jianshen and the little eunuch turn two corners and come to a richly decorated attic. The attic was three stories high, and was decorated with lanterns of red, green, and green, as well as various ornaments. On each floor there are jade carvings, and behind the railings, there are colorful women standing in costumes. When I looked up, my eyes were full of red sleeves.

Yu Mian looked up again to see the gold-lacquered signboard hanging above the attic, on which were written the three big characters of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing: Qianhong Courtyard. It turns out that this is the largest Qinlou Chu Pavilion in the capital.

Yu Mian was secretly shocked in his heart: I didn't expect the little eunuch who was accompanied by Zhu Jianshen to be so bold that he dared to take the emperor out of an ordinary brothel to look for flowers and ask willows while the emperor was seriously ill. And Zhu Jianshen is really ridiculous, his father is seriously ill, and he is still in the mood to come out of such a place. Most of the women in this kind of place are filthy, if Zhu Jianshen is contaminated with any illness because of this...... The more Yu Mian thought about it, the more anxious he became, the more nervous he became, but he didn't know what to do.

He thought about it for a long time, and felt that it was time to go in, and I was afraid that Zhu Jianshen would not listen to his opinion. If the two are entangled, they will alarm the people in Qianhong Courtyard and expose Zhu Jianshen's identity, which will put him in danger. Rather than this, it is better to wait for tomorrow to ask the eldest princess Jian Huaizhen to persuade the prince.

Thinking of this, he decided to leave. The moment he turned around, his eyes seemed to be pierced by something bright. He subconsciously looked up and saw a few big men with knives in black clothes walking into the Qianhong Courtyard. And the bright light flashed from above their blades. Those people looked like they were dressed as people from the Central Plains. Yu Mian recognized at a glance that they were by no means Middle-earthers.

Yu Mian was assigned to Shanhaiguan for six years and had seen many people of different races. They are very different from the Central Plains people in many ways. Even if they wore the costumes of the Central Plains, they still couldn't hide their identity. For example, the people of the Central Plains pay attention to subtlety, and when they go to the street with a sword, they will definitely return the sword to the sheath, and even put the sword in the package. I will never let the knife be naked and carried into the green building.

Yu Mian thought to himself: The prince had just entered the Qianhong Courtyard with his front foot, and a few alien swordsmen entered behind him. I'm afraid that their arrival has nothing to do with the crown prince. Thinking of this, he decided to hurry in and inform the crown prince to leave.

Yu Mian hurriedly walked to the door of Qianhong Courtyard, and before he could enter, three girls had already surrounded him. When they saw that Yu Mian was dressed up and talented, they all felt that they were Sven high-rollers, so they stepped forward to rob people. One of them glared angrily at the other two and said, "This Xianggong is the first time I saw it, and you are not interested in robbing your aunt and grandmother!" Between the words, he was full of pungency, but he turned to Yu Mian and smiled gently: "Xianggong, let's go in." ”

Before Yu Mian could answer, another woman crossed her waist and sneered in front of the horizontal knife: "Feng Sixteen Niang, you don't go to find a mirror to look at, you are forty years old, and you are embarrassed to rob us juniors of the business?" What's more, how can this son look at you in his eyes when he is so young? I advise you not to be embarrassed here. ”

While speaking, she didn't forget to twist the woman next to her and said, "Zhenniang, do you think I'm right?" ”

The woman he called "Zhen Niang" looked to be twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with beautiful eyebrows, especially a pair of willow eyebrows, like smoke and fog, like green peaks, like the first bloom of spring mountains. Yu Mian couldn't help but be secretly surprised, he also saw a lot of beautiful women in the world. There is affection and anger between the eyebrows, which makes people feel pity from the bottom of their hearts, but it is the first time I have seen it. Moreover, I actually saw it in the largest green building in the capital.

The woman who was called "Zhen Niang" added a bit of cowardice between her eyebrows, her words were soft, her eyes were a little serious, and the slender jade hand that was holding Yu Mian's clothes was loosened, and she said: "Zhen Niang doesn't have the intention to compete with her two younger sisters. Be...... It was Sister Phoenix who said that if I couldn't get any more guests today, she would sell me to the lowly Sanguanzi Rouge Building. ”

Three-tube rouge building? Yu Mian frowned slightly, and suddenly realized. Sanguanzi is a place where the poor, gamblers, and drunkards gather, and the Sanguanzi Rouge Building is probably a lowly brothel there. If you get there, I'm afraid it won't be long before you lose your life.

He was in a hurry, and he couldn't get out immediately to find the prince. Seeing Zhenniang say this, a feeling of pity arose in his heart, dragged Zhenniang's hand, and said, "The person who this son came to find today is Zhenniang." After speaking, he broke free from the hands of the two women and dragged Zhenniang inside. Zhen Niang couldn't help but glance at Yu Mian gratefully.

Walk into the building, old. Bustard Gu Phoenix immediately greeted him. She saw that she was dignified and dressed as an official, so she naturally didn't dare to slack off. Yu Mian didn't care about anything else, let go of Zhen Niang's hand, and asked, "Are you the mother of Qianhong Courtyard?" I ask you, have you seen a young man under twenty years of age, dressed in great clothes, with a very thin servant? Where is he now? ”

The phoenix immediately changed his face and said coldly: "It turns out that the prince came to my Qianhong Courtyard, not to patronize the old lady, but for recreation?" ”

Yu Mian was stunned. Zhen Niang suddenly raised her head and glanced at the purse on Yu Mian's waist. Yu Mian suddenly realized, didn't think much about it, took out more than 20 taels of silver, stuffed it into the phoenix's hand, and said: "As long as you tell me where that son is now, this ingot of silver is yours." ”

When the phoenix saw Yin Liang, he immediately changed his face, and said with a smile: "Childe turned out to be looking for someone, and he would have said no." The boy you are looking for is in a private room on the third floor. If Childe wants to find someone, I will let Zhenniang take you there. After speaking, he glanced at Zhen Niang and said, "Zhen Niang, you immediately take this son up to find someone." After speaking, she said fiercely: "You haven't been a guest today, wait to see how the old lady cleans you up!" ”

Zhen Niang subconsciously shrank back, and there was a look of fear in her eyes. Yu Mian couldn't bear it, so he took out another fifty taels of silver and sent it to the phoenix, saying, "These fifty taels of silver are earned by the virgin girl for you." You are not allowed to embarrass her for a month. I'll definitely come back to her in a month's time. ”

Yu Mian's move, even though he is very merciful to Zhenniang, is also a righteous and courageous act. And the phoenix pondered for a while, with Zhen Niang's age, it is not bad to earn fifty taels of silver in a month. Therefore, she hurriedly smiled and said, "In this case, thank you to the son." Zhenniang, I haven't thanked my son. ”

Zhen Niang hurriedly thanked Yu Mian. Before Yu Mian could reply, Gu Fenghuang said to himself: "Who is that gorgeously dressed son?" He came to my Thousand Red Courtyard three times, and each time he went out, it was a hundred taels of silver. Even a few of his friends are so bold. ”

"How many friends?" Yu Mian's face was a little uncertain, looking at Gu Fenghuang.

Phoenix nodded in response, "Isn't it?" There were a few strangely dressed knifemen who also claimed to be friends with the young man. They asked me where the boy was, and they also sold twenty taels of silver. ”

When Yu Mian heard this, his face changed greatly, and he knew that something was wrong. Without any further delay, let Zhenniang take him upstairs.

Above the third floor, it is very quiet, except for the small guy who serves tea and water occasionally walks by, there is no one else. Zhen Niang explained beside her: "The third floor is reserved for rich and generous guests and top girls. On weekdays, no one is allowed to come up without the permission of Sister Phoenix. The boy you said was in this private room. With that, she pointed to a private room on the far side.