Outside the old Fengqiu Gate in the inner city, there is a dirt market.

The first cross street to the north of Tushizi is called Wren'er Market, and on the east and west sides, there are two alleys, called Ji'er Lane.

These two alleys are famous in the city of Tokyo, because the alleys are full of brothels.

Whether it was called Chicken Lane because of the brothels, or the first Chicken Lane, and then moved to many brothels, many old Kaifeng people can't figure it out.

I only know that this chicken alley is a gold cave for looking for flowers and willows.

How many brothels are there?

Since the beginning of the new year, it will take two and a half years to complete all the shops in one day.

Moreover, the two alleys are very different.

West Ji'er Lane is mainly a half-hidden door, and it is a skin and meat business.

The kind of person who enters the door to pay the money and strips and grinds soy milk......

The East Chicken Lane is much more high-end, performing art is the main business, and selling oneself is just an additive.

Everyone in the museum, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, four books and five classics are all proficient, and all of them are refined.

One by one, like everyone's ladies, from time to time to participate in various poetry meetings, outings.

After Master Li came out of Fan Lou, he settled in Dongjier Lane, and there was an endless stream of visitors every day, all of whom were princes and nobles, talented and wealthy businessmen.

In the evening.

In the third alley on the left-hand side of East Ji'er Lane, a door quietly opened half a crack, and half of the head poked out of it.

After looking left and right for a moment, he saw that the alley was empty, and quickly shrank back.

In the elegant and chic courtyard, a beautiful and dignified little woman asked, "Your Majesty, how is it?" ”

This woman is Zhao Huan's queen, Zhu Lian.

Although Zhao Huan also left the minister and ran away, he was not as ruthless as his old man, and brought Queen Zhu and a pair of children with him.

Zhao Huan shook his head and replied, "I don't know yet, I have to wait." ”

Zhu Lian frowned: "The concubine is worried that if she stays in the city for too long, then Han Zhen will find out that His Majesty is not in the palace, and will send troops to search from house to house." ”

"But if you go out rashly, the risk of being caught is greater."

Zhao Heng's words made Zhu Lian silent for a while, and his eyebrows were full of sorrow.

"Daddy, Roujia is so hungry."

Princess Roujia, who was only six years old, raised her little face.

Seeing his daughter's pitiful appearance, Zhao Huan couldn't help but feel sad.

As the eldest princess of Zhao Song, she doesn't even have to eat now.

He fled in such a hurry that he didn't dare to go out to buy food, even though he brought a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.

Now the people in the city are panicked, and they can't even see the small merchants and vendors except for the rice shops.

This mansion was built by his father in order to facilitate the search for flowers and willows.

There were also several secret passages leading to the outside of the city, but Zhao Huan did not dare to go.

"Roujia endure it a little longer."

Zhao Huan touched his daughter's head and comforted him gently.

Suddenly, there was a sound of a woman's conversation in the alley outside the courtyard.

It's just a little far away, and I can't really hear it.

Zhao Huan instigated: "Queen, you go and ask." ”

He was afraid of being recognized, so Zhu Lian didn't have so many worries, she was originally a Kaifeng auspicious charmer.

Since becoming the crown princess, she has been living in the deep palace for a long time, except for the familiar imperial relatives and important ministers in the court, others do not recognize it.

"This ...... Okay. ”

Zhu Lian bit his lip and finally nodded.

Taking a deep breath, she pulled open the door and walked out.

The alley was deserted, only a few dozen steps away, there were two women talking, each followed by a little maid.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the two women turned their heads and looked at them with picturesque eyebrows, and I felt pity.

He is not very old, about eighteen or nineteen years old.

In fact, for people like them, the golden period of their careers is only two or three years, and after twenty, they are not so popular.

"This sister is a little embarrassed."

Looking Zhu Lian up and down, one of the women looked surprised.

She was not surprised when Zhu Lian moved in, but because of the age of the other party.

The appearance is beautiful, the temperament is also the best, dignified and elegant, revealing a sense of wealth and nobility, but the problem is that no matter how you look at it, there are twenty-five or sixteen.

Could it be that the trend of the Kyoshi division has changed recently?

Princes and nobles, are you starting to take a good bite of this?

"Ben...... I, I just moved from Xiangfu some time ago, and I was going to visit my sisters, but I didn't think that Jin Ren would call. ”

Zhu Lian was bitter in her heart, thinking that she was a dignified queen, but at this moment, she wanted to be commensurate with a group of dusty women as sisters.

"That's the way it is."

The two women nodded suddenly.

Zhu Lian glanced at the rice bags in the arms of the two maids, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know where the food of the two sisters was bought?" ”

One woman replied: "The price of the Huangjia rice shop in the city of Wren'er is 30 percent lower than usual. ”

Zhu Lian asked again: "Dare to ask my sister, how is it in the city?" ”

Another woman said: "For the time being, those Qiu Ba look fierce and vicious, but they are also reasonable, and they have not harassed us and others." If my sister wants to buy food, she can go with confidence. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Lian asked the question he was most concerned about: "Can I go out of the city, I want to go back to Xiangfu's hometown to have a look." ”

"Yes, but I've heard that the checks will be stricter."

"Thank you, two sisters."

Zhu Lian was overjoyed and curtsied his knees to make a blessing ceremony.

The two women hurriedly returned the salute and said enthusiastically: "If my sister is free, she can come to find our naughty son." ”

"Okay."

Zhu Lian replied casually.

When he returned to the courtyard and closed the door, Zhao Huan hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhu Lian lowered his voice and said, "You can go out of the city, but it is said that the investigation will be stricter." ”

"It's nice to be able to get out of the city, but it needs some planning." Zhao Huan was overjoyed.

"Your Majesty, it's better for the concubine to go buy some rice and grain and come back to cook and eat, Chen Er and Rou Jia are hungry."

Zhu Lian is distressed about the child in the end, and he has not eaten a grain of rice since yesterday.

Zhao Huan dissuaded: "I'll go." ”

Zhu Lian was surprised: "Your Majesty is not afraid of being recognized?" ”

"How can you keep hiding, you always have to escape, just by buying rice, give it a try."

Zhao Huan himself was hungry, so he did what he said.

Take off the Shu brocade robe on your body, put on a shabby Confucian robe, and dress up as a down-and-out scholar.

Such scholars abound in the city of Tokyo.

It's just that he was born white and pure, and at a glance, he knows that he has been pampered all year round, and he has nothing to do with the downfall.

Zhu Lian looked at it for a while, and then said, "Your Majesty, wait a moment." ”

With that, she hurried into the back room.

After a while, he took out a bunch of rouge gouache and smeared it on Zhao Huan's face and the back of his hand.

Soon, Zhao Huan became a sallow-faced scholar.

In addition, the evening light is dim, if it is not an acquaintance, it is really unrecognizable at first glance.

"I'm going!"

Zhao Huan took a deep breath, his face was sad, as if he was going to the battlefield.

Zhu Lian's eyes flashed with tears, and he advised, "Your Majesty should be careful." ”

"Hmm!"

Zhao Huan nodded solemnly, opened the courtyard door and went out.

All the way out of the alley, not long after walking out of East Ji'er Lane, I bumped into a man in a Confucian robe.

Seeing him come out of Chicken Alley, with a smell of rouge gouache on his body, the gentleman looked weird, and arched his hand: "Friends are really interested, at such a time, they don't forget to be chic, and they admire it tightly." ”

"Huh."

Zhao Heng lowered his head, arched his hand with a smile, and left in a hurry.

Seeing this, the scholar didn't care, but looked at the location of Chicken Alley.

After pondering for a moment, I saw him clap his hands and suddenly realized: "Wow! There is no business at this time, and I can't say that the sisters will reduce the price, isn't it a good time to look for flowers and ask willows! ”

Thinking of this, the gentleman smiled and strode towards Chicken Alley.

Zhao Heng has a quiet temperament, he has not been out of the palace for a long time, and he can't remember the road clearly.

I have been going around for a while before I found the Huangjia rice shop in Wren City.

At this moment, business in the rice shop is booming, and people continue to come to buy rice.

Because it is 30% lower than usual, many people have made up their minds to buy more and hoard at home.

Zhao Huan lowered his head, for fear of being recognized, and he was extremely worried.

Just when he was at a loss, a guy stepped forward: "Buy rice? ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Zhao Huan nodded hurriedly.

The guy asked, "What kind of rice to buy?" ”

Yes?

Zhao Huan was stunned.

Why is there still a type of rice?

Zhao Huan said hesitantly: "This ...... Just the rice you usually eat. ”

The man looked him up and down, saw that he was dressed shabby, and then said, "That's corn, how much to buy?" ”

"Five...... Hachidou! ”

Where did Zhao Huan understand this, and casually said a number.

The man stretched out his hand and said, "Chenghui is one thousand one hundred and twenty wen." ”

"Okay."

Zhao Huan took out a silver ingot from his arms and handed it over.

Looking at the white silver in the other party's hand, the guy frowned and said, "Isn't the big official here to entertain me?" ”

There is no one who buys corn with money?

This is also the city of Tokyo, otherwise in another county seat, a down-and-out scholar buys rice with silver, and the store is afraid that he will immediately report to the official.

Zhao Huan hurriedly waved his hand, with a pleading tone in his tone: "It's not a pastime, I'm waiting at home to save my life with food, you hurry up." ”

Seeing that although he was dressed in a bad manner, he had an excellent temperament, and did not look like a person who stole chickens and dogs, so the man said no more, took the silver, cut a small piece with scissors, and began to weigh it in front of him.

It's not convenient to buy things with silver at this time.

Not only do you have to cut the silver and weigh it, but you also have to convert the price.

This is one of the reasons why green money is so popular in the city of Tokyo.

It's so convenient, you can have as much as you want, and it's clearly written on the denomination.

After working for a while, the man put eight small sacks in front of him and said, "Walk slowly." ”

Looking at the bags of corn, Zhao Huan was immediately dumbfounded.

There are so many buckets of corn, I knew that he would buy less.

Seeing the guy staring at him, Zhao Huan didn't dare to stay for a long time, picked up the sack and left.

"It's really stupid to read, and I don't know how to carry it with a flat burden."

Looking at his departing back, the man sneered.

It's just that he has always been pampered, he can't pick his shoulders or lift his hands, and after only walking for a short while, he is tired and out of breath.

Walking all the way to rest, hundreds of steps of the street, actually walked for a quarter of an hour.

At this moment, there was a neat and loud sound of footsteps behind him.

Zhao Huan turned his head to look and saw a team of Xuanjia soldiers coming.

For a moment, he was horrified, picked up the corn and ran.

Before he could take two steps, two sacks in his arms fell to the ground.

Zhao Huan didn't care about this, and continued to run.

"Stop!"

There was a loud cheer behind him.

Zhao Huan was struck by lightning, and the whole person was so frightened that he was stunned in place, and his calves and stomach trembled.

Zhao Huan turned his head and asked tremblingly, "What's the matter with the military master?" ”

"The food is gone!"

A Qingzhou soldier stepped forward to pick up two sacks on the ground.

Zhao Huanqiang smiled: "It's okay, it should be given to the military master." ”

What do you mean? Am I that kind of person? ”

Qingzhou Jun was suddenly unhappy, stepped forward quickly, slapped the sack in his arms, and advised: "Go back quickly, there will be a curfew soon!" ”

"I'll go back."

Zhao Huan nodded busily, holding the food and continuing to walk.

After walking out of a section, seeing that the Qingzhou army had been transported, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his whole body was completely soaked with cold sweat.

(End of chapter)