Tianchang Mansion is the largest mansion in Jiangnan Province, Tongdu Dayi, outstanding people, and countless famous people have been produced for thousands of years. Even if it is a large or small restaurant and tea shop, the second brother can say a few words of "Zi Yue Shiyun", and the courtesans in the Qinglou can also talk about their life ideals with their talented colleagues.

Outside the west gate of Tianchang Mansion, there is a world-famous Huaizhu River. On the banks of the Huaizhu River, there are many Qin Lou Chu Pavilions, famous prostitutes gather, and the fans compete for beauty. At this time, just in the spring of March, the willows are swaying, how many dignitaries and dignitaries, romantic celebrities, linger for it.

Not far from the east bank of the Huaizhu River, there is a Tianfu Restaurant, which is not conspicuous among the large and small restaurants in Tianchang Mansion, but because the wine and food taste is good, and the price is fair, it has become a good place for scholars and literati to spend their time. There are often courtesans in and out of the restaurant, but it also has a unique scenery.

On this day, still as usual, a few Xiucai with square scarves found a Qi Chu Pavilion on the second floor to drink, and they had to give some guidance and talk about the country.

Slightly different from usual, today a Xiucai named Jin Yunzhang is going to Jiangzhou Mansion thousands of miles away to join his uncle who is a Taishou, and a few good Xiucai will give him a meal in Tianfu Restaurant.

Jin Xiucai's best courtesan on weekdays, surnamed Du, named Wanyu, comes from the famous Qinglou Red Sleeve Pavilion in Tianchang Mansion. Although the courtesans in the Red Sleeve Pavilion have a low status, there are many innocent people, and they don't sell their bodies.

At this time, the Wanyu girl was stroking the pipa with her slender jade hand, and her red lips were lightly opened and sang in a low voice.

"Don't go to Guan Shanyuan,

A song is left before singing.

The return date is not said with the cuckoo,

Before speaking, Yurong was bleak first.

This heart has a lover,

This hatred is even more resentful.

The smoke waves are vast, and the river is water,

Looking at the old Beijing double swallow.

When will I see all the Chang'an flowers,

Reunite with Liu Lang under the moon. ”

Jin Xiucai looked at the beautiful Wanyu girl, her eyes were a little red, although the two of them had the intention of having a concubine, but Jin Yunzhang couldn't redeem Wanyu. One is due to family pressure, and the other is financial pressure. A courtesan like Wanyu, who is both beautiful and artistic, will never be able to redeem herself without five hundred taels of silver.

What is the concept of 500 taels of silver? Ordinary Zhuang families have no weddings and funerals, and a family can live a good life with a dozen taels of silver a year.

As a friend of Jin Yunzhang, how could Yu Song, who is also a Xiucai, not know his thoughts? He raised his glass and said with a smile on the side, "Brother Jin, why should you be like this, this time when you go to your uncle, donate a prisoner, and you can not test in Jiangnan Dao Township." With the talent in Brother Jin's chest, making a move in Jiannan Dao is like picking up things. When the next year will be examined, the title of the gold list will be further improved. When you are famous, wouldn't it be beautiful to come back and redeem Wanyu girl?"

Jin Xiucai arched his hand and said with a smile, "Borrowing Brother Yu's auspicious words, the younger brother can only do this now." ”

Sitting on the left hand side of Jin Yunzhang, the square-faced Xiucai named Li Boru straightened the square scarf on his head with his hand, and said: "Brother Jin is going to Jiangzhou Mansion, and the eldest uncle will donate a prisoner to you, and the township test next year must be from Jinbang High School." It's not like we're still nesting in Tianchang Mansion, I'm afraid that this life will be a showman, and there is no hope of being promoted. If Brother Jin is developed, he must not forget the brothers. ”

Jin Xiucai said with a smile, "Eh, Brother Li Xian is serious, brothers, Gou Fugui will not forget each other." This donation to the prison is firstly the uncle's intention, and secondly, it is also a helpless move. In our Tianchangfu Jiangnan Province, it is too difficult to take the exam. After all, not everyone has the talent of Xiao Tang Xian. ”

Tianchang Mansion is full of talents, and scholars can enter the school and be a showman, they are already very capable. And the entire Jiangnan Province is like a forest of literati, and tens of thousands of people come to take the township examination once every three years. And among these tens of thousands of people, there are only more than 100 people who can be examined, which is really fiercely competitive, one out of a hundred.

And the talents of Tianchang Mansion, if they take the risk to take the exam in other ways, it is easy to be promoted. But once you are denounced and your reputation is gone, you don't want to have the opportunity to take the exam again in this life.

A fat Xiucai named Fang Ming in the audience was very disdainful when he heard Jin Yunzhang talk about the talented "Tang Xiandi", raised his wine glass and smacked his wine, "If I had a family with an ancestor who was a hereditary national teacher, I would have been in it early." ”

Tong Liang, the short man sitting next to Fang Ming, squinted at Fang Fatzi, shook his head, and disagreed: "Brother Fang's words are wrong, that Tang Jiusheng entered school at the age of ten to be a Xiucai, and at the age of eleven, he won the second place in high school, and then won the second place in martial arts." At the age of thirteen or fourteen, he was able to win the second place in both the civil and military forces of Tianchang Mansion, and in a hundred years, is there a second one?

Fang Fat Man snorted in his nose, but he didn't say anything more.

Speaking of this, Tong Liang glanced at Jin Yunzhang: "Brother Jin, you are going to Jiangzhou on this trip, according to the younger brother, it is okay not to go." ”

Several Xiucai looked at each other, and Yu Song couldn't help asking: "Brother Tong Xian, Brother Jin has a long future ahead of him, why did you say this?"

Tong Liang picked up the celadon wine glass, took a sip of the famous willow leaf green in the south of the Yangtze River, and then said: "How far is Jiangzhou Mansion from Yuzhou? According to the younger brother, our king of Pingxi County may have a heart of disobedience. If this king of Pingxi rebelled, Jiangzhou Mansion would bear the brunt, and whether Brother Jin and Uncle Ling would fight or surrender? ”

Jin Xiucai couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Tong Xian, you can't talk nonsense, how do you know that King Pingxi has a heart of disobedience?"

Tong Liang took a piece of yellow croaker, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly, "This King of Pingxi is just a county king, but he occupies a quarter of the Yuzhou Mansion to repair his Pingxi Palace." The palace is only more than 1,000 acres, and the largest prince's palace in this dynasty is the Zhou Palace, which covers an area of only 300 acres. But we, the king of Pingxi County, his palace covers an area of more than 500 acres, and if the court investigates it, this is a serious violation. ”

Fat Xiucai Fang Ming looked at Tong Liang with disdain, and sneered: "Old Tong, you are really alarmist. As everyone knows, King Pingxi has always been extravagant, and even today's saints have no intention of holding the palace accountable for violating the system. In my opinion, this king of Pingxi County will most likely be promoted to prince in the future. Moreover, this king of Pingxi is romantic, and all the courtesans and celebrities who have some appearance must find their way out to integrate into the palace. I heard that the mother-in-law of the king of Pingxi was also a great beauty when she was young, and if she hadn't been older, I think the king of Pingxi might have to be robbed to the palace. ”

When all the Xiucai heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

Tong Liang sighed: "How stupid! As everyone knows, a hereditary prince is romantic, and he is just ridiculed for being a fool. But why did he snar talents everywhere and secretly buy many dead soldiers?"

Jin Yunzhang hurriedly said: "Brother Tong Xian whispered, don't you hear it, the wall has ears? Be quiet, don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about state affairs......

Li Boru said with a smile, "Exactly, Brother Jin is about to leave, but Lao Tong, you are so miserable, you should punish yourself with three cups." ”

Zhong Xiucai laughed and said, "What Brother Li said is very true, little second brother, go and get a big bowl for Tong Xianggong!"

Xiao Er responded: "Come on!"

At this time, there are guests on the second floor of the restaurant, and there are three guests in the Qi Chu Pavilion on the left, one master and two servants, the master is a young scholar, but fifteen or sixteen years old, with a dark robe, wearing a square scarf, handsome and romantic. There are two servants, one old and one young, the younger one is a scholar, handsome, with white teeth and red lips, indistinguishable between male and female, the old servant is about fifty years old, dressed in black, Shenhua is introverted, and there is nothing special about it.

The curtain of Qi Chu Pavilion on the right hand side was half-opened, and I vaguely saw a man sitting inside, and a short knife with a shark skin sheath was placed on the table. It's just that when he heard Tong Liang say that King Pingxi had a disobedient heart, this man seemed to be a little disdainful, and snorted in his nose. When Xiao Er first came in to serve the food, he saw that when the guest officer lowered his head to drink, he refused to take off the hat on his head, and Xiao Er muttered to himself in his heart, is this person's hat rented?

In the blink of an eye, full of wine and food, Li Boru had already settled the account, Zhong Xiucai and Wanyu got up to send Jin Yunzhang to the Huaizhu River to take a boat, and the foreman of the Red Sleeve Pavilion held the pipa for Wanyu, saying that he was serving the girl, but it was actually surveillance. Otherwise, if this Qing man took a boat and went away with Kim Xianggong, wouldn't the brothel lose a lot?

When they arrived at the shore, the show said goodbye to each other and gave each other hands, which was nothing more than to cherish it, and to reach the first time as soon as possible. Only Tong Liang ran to pick up the two good Liu Yeqing, and said to Jin Yunzhang: "Brother Jin bought a boat to go west, Tong Liang is a cold man, and he has nothing to give." The younger brother has always known that Brother Jin likes the things in the cup, and these two jars of old wine will be sent to Brother Jin for pastime on the road, one to relieve boredom and the other to dispel sorrow. After speaking, he bowed to the ground, and Jin Xiucai hurriedly returned the salute.

The crowd walked away, and Miss Wanyu boarded the boat again and chatted with Jin Xiucai about some satisfying private conversations, and then got off the boat, and the two parted in tears.

Tong Liang and Jin Xiucai are the best on weekdays, but now they have sent away their confidants and friends, and they are unhappy and slowly walk home. Walking into Jade Alley, it is not far from home, and there are no pedestrians in the alley at this time. Tong Liang was drunk, so he had to lean against the wall. Suddenly, I felt a chill on my neck, and when I looked down, it turned out to be a bright short knife!

The swordsman was the man who was drinking in Tianfu Restaurant and wearing a hat, and the man looked fierce and said viciously: "Boy, take care of your mouth, don't let it affect your eating guy to move!"

Tong Liang was both a cold man and a madman, and when he saw this person making a threat, he laughed, "What? It's bright in broad daylight, and you are still carrying a broken knife, what are you afraid of?"

The man said angrily: "If I hear you say half a bad word about the prince again, I will kill your whole family!"

Tong Liang took a sip: "Everyone gets the rebellious ministers and thieves and ......" Before he finished speaking, the man shook his hand and was a mouth, Tong Liang was beaten and stumbled, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding.

The man smiled evilly, and was about to do it again, but he saw a covered carriage coming out of the alley, and the man pretended to be nothing, holding Tong Liang, as if he was holding a drunk companion.

When the carriage passed by the two, the old coachman suddenly struck the man with a hat, knocked the man wearing the hat unconscious, and then dragged him to the car. The curtain of the canopy lifted a corner, revealing half of his face, it was the handsome scholar in the long shirt who was drinking next door to them in Tianfu Restaurant, the scholar smiled apologetically at Tong Liang, and his voice was pleasant, "Tong Xianggong, right? Readers, if you are uneven, you will sing. ”

The curtain was lowered, and the wheels rolled against the bluestone paved road, creaking and creaking, and slowly moving away.

Tong Liang looked at them in a daze, suddenly like a dream. Tong Liang shook his head, and walked towards the door of his house leisurely, no matter what, go home and sleep first.

The covered carriage that drove out of Yuxiao Lane entered a main road in Tianchang Mansion. In the carriage, the handsome little scholar pointed to the stunned knife man and asked the handsome scholar, "Princess, what should you do with this person?"

The scholar known as the princess widened his eyes and knocked a chestnut on the little scholar's head, "Li Lanqiu, are you going to die?" How many times have you said it, you want to call me Gongzi outside, Gongzi!"

It turned out that the two in the car were all women dressed as men, and the third sister of Emperor Yin Guang, Princess Yin Ruonan, the princess of Pingyuan, and the little scholar was Li Lanqiu, the personal maid of Princess Pingyuan. The old servant who drove the car was Sikong Jing, the commander of the Ouchi guards.

Li Lanqiu stuck out her tongue and said coquettishly, "I know, princess, it hurts so much." ”

"You still say!" Yin Ruonan is still fighting.

Li Lanqiu stretched out his hand to protect his head, and said with a smile: "Oh, son, can't I be wrong?"

Sikong Jing outside the car laughed heartily.

Yin Ruonan stretched out his foot and kicked the knife man, "Send this guy to Old Man Tang." This King of Pingxi, his hand is stretched long enough, and the spies in the scout room of Pingxi Wangfu have all run to Jiangnan Road, is this still possible?"

Outside the Luofeng Pavilion in Tongque Mountain, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the spring is full of joy, a few horses are grazing on the side of the road, Tang Jiusheng, the fat man, the re-Lai and Ximen Yushuang are sitting in the pavilion, Tang Jiusheng pillows his hands, leans on the pillar, squints and smiles, "Miss Ximen, this son has now terminated your maid contract, and you are free." ”

Ximen Yushuang came over, "Xiao Tang, I said that I would be your wife a few days ago, why don't you agree, is it because I am not beautiful enough?"

Tang Jiusheng said expressionlessly, "This has nothing to do with whether the drift is not beautiful. You were desperate at that time, do I look like someone who is taking advantage of others?"

Ximen Yushuang smiled, "It's very similar," Tang Jiu blew his beard angrily and glared, Ximen Yushuang smiled and trembled, and added, "But obviously not." ”

Tang Jiusheng nodded, "Well, it's pretty much the same, even if you have a conscience." Your marriage contract with King Lingnan has been dissolved, and he will no longer pester you, are you ready to go home now?"

Ximen Yushuang shook his head, "If you don't go home, I will follow you all my life, and I will go wherever you go." ”

Tang Jiusheng jumped up, "Eldest sister, what do you want to do?

Ximen Yushuang took a sip and said with white eyes, "Stinky rascal." ”

The fat man stood up dissatisfied, and muttered as he walked outside the pavilion, "Come on, big cousin, you guy who has no eyesight, are still sitting there and not leaving? ”

Hurriedly chased it out again, with a sad face, "God, have mercy on me, reward a girl!"

The fat man smiled evilly, "Big cousin, that Liu Ruqing in the cottage is good, why don't you accept it?" If you are ashamed, I will help you propose." ”

The pain on my face all over again.........

In the pavilion, Ximen Yushuang asked with a tender and sweet face, "Xiao Tang, to tell you the truth, what do you think of me?"

Tang Jiusheng pondered for a moment, nodded, and said seriously, "Not only is the person good-looking, but also the chest is full of hills and valleys. ”

Ximen Yushuang smiled sweetly, and there was a taste of abduction in her voice, "Xiao Tang, then you really don't want to marry me and go home as a wife?" I'm so well-behaved, so cute, so good-looking, what a pity if someone else snatches it away." ”

Tang Jiusheng shook his head firmly, "No, I'm going to marry my little sister and go home to be a big wife first, what about you, let me think about it again." ”

Ximen Yushuang was annoyed and went to pluck Tang Jiusheng's ears, "Xiao Tang, you thief who steals your heart, if you don't marry me, forget it." I'll go home and find my father, if my father doesn't care, I'll let the second brother come to your father to propose marriage, if you don't marry me, I'll marry you as a wife!"

Tang Jiusheng almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, "This tough mother-in-law is simply terrifying!"