Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 24

This mother does not mean mother, but the old bustard, that is, people like Li Zhenli.

Although Li Zhenli is not in the skin business, and her Meixianglou is not the same as a brothel, it is more like a modern French salon, but this kind of profit from women has always been looked down upon in China, and it is not wrong to say that she is a procuress.

Li Zhenli was displeased when she heard the servant hurried in, shouting, and felt that he had ruined the atmosphere of the night under the moon.

"Why are you panicking? Jinyiwei is here, and I can't eat us up. Besides, I, Li Zhenli, am not a vegetarian. I know a lot of officials in Jinling City. If those Jinyiwei dare to mess around, I will let them eat." Can't walk around."

Li Zhenli is not an embroidered pillow, to be able to open this Meixiang building as a weak woman, she naturally has some means and connections.

"Come on, follow me to have a look." Li Zhenli dragged the young man to the gate of the courtyard as she spoke.

It's a pity that what caught her eyes was not the tall and mighty Jinyiwei in her imagination, wearing a flying fish suit, holding an arrest warrant, and embroidered spring knives on her waist, but a group of men in plain clothes.

"Who are you?" Li Zhenli was still wondering where Jin Yiwei had gone.

Zhu Cihong looked at Li Zhenli, a young woman who was under [-] years old and still charming, and said, "I heard that the people in Meixianglou are beautiful and Quer is good. It's like bringing friends over to have a look, and have a cup of tea and some food by the way. Know what Li's mother wants?"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Cihong signaled Liu Bao to take out ingots of silver to make tea money for Li Zhenli.

Li Zhenli took the silver ingot from Liu Bao's hand, weighed it in her hand and found that it weighed about ten taels, then turned it over to look at the bottom, and found that it was actually Ku Pingyin.

Twelve kuping silver is the income of a peasant family in this era for one or two years.

She is an old bustard, so she is naturally open to seeing money, besides, today is not a big day, and no one came to sit, Zhu Cihong is a good-looking person with a handsome appearance, just coming here can make them a group of women relieve their boredom.

"Okay, please come in, please come in, I'm going to let the kitchen light the fire and cook, I don't know what the name of this master is?" Li Zhenli asked Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cixiang didn't expect to ask him his name, but he didn't want others to know his identity, so he said, "My surname is Zhu. You can just call me Master Zhu. You can also call me Second Master Zhu."

There are many people with the surname Zhu in the world. There are tens of thousands of people from Zhu Yuanzhang alone. Jinling City is the accompanying capital, and there are even more descendants with the surname Zhu. No one could find out.

The reason why Li Zhenli called him Zhu Erye was because Zhu Cihong had brothers above him, but he died early.

Everyone followed Li Zhenli to the second floor, but the guards in plain clothes were left downstairs, because they all had knives in their hands, and they might have frightened the women when they entered the room.

Zhu Cihong felt that no one knew his whereabouts today, and he was in the high walled courtyard, so he was not in any danger, so he only brought Zhang Chao with a knife to guard him.

"Xiangjun, Yujing, Tuoniang, come out to meet the guests." Li Zhenli called Xiangjun and the others by their names as soon as she reached the second floor.

As soon as her voice fell, three beautiful women came out from the room. Although they did come out, they thought they were covering their faces with silk fans, Zhu Cihong and the others still couldn't see what they looked like.

In the middle of the hall on the second floor, there was a round table big enough for six or seven people to sit around. Li Zhenli was arranging the three of Li Xiangjun, Zhu Cihong, and Zhou Yuantong.

"Ah, I'm starving to death, bustard, hurry up and serve food. Is there any roast chicken? Just give me one first." Facing the beauty, Zhou Yuantong didn't show any interest, instead he asked Li Zhenli to bring him a roast chicken eat.

Li Zhenli was a little angry when she heard that Zhou Yuantong actually called her a bustard, but for the sake of Zhu Cihong's money, she didn't bother with him.

Zhu Cihong heard that Zhou Yuantong called someone a bustard when he came up, it was too unpleasant, so he said, "Didn't you say that the meal is ready? There is tea here. You should drink it first to fill your stomach." Zhu Cihong pointed to the teacup on the table and said .

He thought that Zhou Yuantong would dislike it. He said, "I think this cup is only worth a few dozen dollars. The workmanship is too poor, and the decoration is not good-looking."

"Then please ask Mama Li to get a better set of cups, it's troublesome." After finishing speaking, Zhu Cihong ordered Liu Bao to take out another ingot of silver.

This fireworks place is a gold-selling cave. Without money, they can’t do anything. Guigong and the bustards are even more open-minded when they see money. If they have money, they will do everything. The eunuchs and maids at the rudder are also exaggerating.

Sure enough, when Li Zhenli saw the silver, she waved the colored handkerchief to take the silver, and said, "Young Master Zhu, you are very polite. We have a lot of tea sets. I'll send someone to get a new set."

"This son's accent sounds a little strange, you are not from the south." When Li Zhenli ordered the servant to fetch a new set of tea sets, Li Xiangjun suddenly asked Zhu Cihong.

"Yes, I'm not from the south, I'm from the capital." Zhu Cihong introduced generously.

"What's going on in the capital now, what's going on with the court?" Li Xiangjun asked when Zhu Cihong said that he came from the capital.

Although she is a weak woman, she also has family and country feelings, and she is more patriotic than ordinary men.

In the drama "Peach Blossom Fan", there is a scene where Li Xiangjun and Hou Fangyu reunited after they were separated due to the war.

Zhu Cihong didn't know what to say, but logically speaking, now that he has come to Jinling, after burying Chongzhen's body, he can ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, ready to cross the river and conquer the north.

But now that people like Ma Shiying and Fu Wang are making trouble, Zhu Cihong doesn't know what to do.

"North of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, almost everything has fallen, and the Ming Dynasty only has a corner in the south of the Yangtze River." Zhu Cihong thought for a while, but decided not to mention such complicated things as power struggles.

Just after Zhu Cihong finished speaking, Li Zhenli suddenly brought several maids with dishes and soup. Seeing that Zhu Cihong had chatted with Li Xiangjun, Li Zhenli started to joke.

"Yo, Mr. Zhu is really good at chatting, look how happy you are chatting with my daughter Li Xiangjun."

Li Zhenli is Li Xiangjun's adoptive mother. Li Zhenli herself is actually only in her 20s, and Li Xiangjun is the same age as Zhu Cihong, both 16 years old.

Zhou Yuantong was so hungry that he couldn't stand it long ago. When he saw a dish being served, he immediately grabbed a pair of chopsticks and started eating. He didn't care about other people's feelings, and only cared about his own enjoyment.

(End of this chapter)