I was a prince in ancient times

The bright moonlight, against the back of Lu Chengjia, was thin and powerful.

Listening to his warm and sonorous voice, for a moment, Xie Anlan really thought about climbing up with both hands and feet.

A look of amusement flashed in his eyes, he stretched out his hand slightly, and wrapped the man in his arms from behind, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, he hugged him.

"Hey..." Lu Chengjie visibly panicked as soon as his body flew into the air.

Xie Anlan coughed lightly, comforted him a little, looked at the person in his arms, and smiled lightly, "This way I can also protect you from the wind and cold."

Lu Chengjie's wrist naturally hooked on Xie Anlan's neck, his eyes looked at his slightly frivolous lower body, and he was slightly suspicious, "Can you do it?"

Xie Anlan raised her eyebrows, her tone was uncompromising, "Of course."

There is nothing wrong with men.

Lu Chengjie smiled happily, stopped talking, and lay quietly in Xie Anlan's arms. Through the moonlight, he looked at Xie Anlan's beautifully curved jaw from bottom to top, and the slightly curved jaw hidden between his collar. Raised Adam's apple.

Lu Chengjiao is actually not very heavy. He is tall, but he doesn't have much flesh on his body, and his bones are light. Xie Anlan usually doesn't struggle to hold him.

However, I'm afraid I drank two more glasses today, my feet were unsteady, my walking was slightly wobbly, my hands were a little weak, and I couldn't stop sinking while holding the person in my arms.

"Can you do it?" Lu Chengjiao asked again when he felt his body slip.

"Yes." Xie Anlan lowered her head, caught a glimpse of the smile in his eyes, raised her hands up, and hugged him tighter.

Seemingly affirming but also seeming to be angry, he said again, "I can't do it without me."

"Well, you're the best." Xie Anlan hugged him tightly, and Lu Chengjiao's face was already pressed against his neck. Although what he said was admiring, his tone was slightly teasing.

Xie Anlan tightened her lips, took a deep breath, and walked slowly towards the Chen Palace with her in her arms.

Tonight's moonlight is infinitely gentle, reflecting the shadows of the two of them as if they were one. Lu Chengjiao suddenly raised his head in Xie Anlan's bosom, which bumped from time to time, and asked, "An Lan, if one day I earn enough money, Yong Chao will Don't worry about it, what do you want to do most?"

Lu Chengjie didn't know why he suddenly asked this question in such a good atmosphere.

After asking, he felt palpitations for no reason, and clutched Xie Anlan's collar uneasily.

Xie Anlan paused, and exhaled a hot breath from his tightly pursed lips. After panting for a while, he looked at the person in his arms amusedly, and raised his eyebrows, "Do you still need to ask?"

"Huh?" Lu Chengjiao straightened his back, not quite understanding the meaning of his words.

Xie Anlan put her left hand tightly on the back of Lu Chengjiao's hand, as if she wanted to hug someone tightly into her body, and whispered in his ear, "At that time, I think besides spending time with you, There will be nothing else."

Xie Anlan never said love words, and never promised him anything, but this time, it was just the three words of fleeting years, just like the unpretentious moonlight, penetrating into his heart bit by bit, filling his heart all the gaps.

"Me too." Lu Chengjiao struggled to climb onto Xie Anlan's shoulder, and whispered in his ear.

Xie Anlan smiled, took her last breath, and stepped into the Chenwang Mansion with her in her arms.

As soon as he entered the mansion, when Xie Anlan's last rope was about to break, Lu Chengjiao swallowed a piece of sweat that had slipped onto his Adam's apple without a trace, and jumped out of his arms.

The winking servant immediately put a cloak on him.

Xie Anlan flicked his weak wrist, felt a thin sticky feeling from his neck, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

A group of Chu merchants received the deposit from Xie Anlan, and they all went back to buy sugar cane.

It was autumn at this time, and they went back just in time for the harvest of sugar cane and grain. If they were faster, they would be able to earn a wave of money for selling grain and sugar cane before the Spring Festival of the Yong Dynasty.

Why not do it.

At that time, Chu State was also facing a serious problem.

There is simply too much food.

Compared with the many disasters and disasters in other countries, the weather in Chu State has been smooth and the weather has been good for the past two years, and the crops in the fields have grown well. The harvest has been bumper for several seasons. The granaries of the people’s homes are full of grain, and some old grain even It's all starting to get moldy.

And this year, without the surprises of previous years, it is another bumper harvest year, and the crops in the field are growing well.

A group of people were harvesting in the fields under the scorching sun, without much joy on their faces.

Farmers like them are of course happy when the grain grows well. What is not happy is that no matter how well the crop grows, it is also worrying if it cannot be sold.

Because there is no shortage of grain in Chu State, the price of grain is extremely low, and the weather has been good in the past two years. In the past, some big merchants who came to the countryside to buy grain have not come for several years.

Without these merchants, no matter how much grain the people planted, there would be no market for it, and in the end they could only be piled up in the granary and moldy.

There is no shortage of food, and the people should not worry about it, but it is based on the fact that people in Chu State have never been hungry. People who are not hungry, after eating a full meal, are more eager to be rich in other aspects .

They began to expect to fix nice houses, wear nice clothes and so on.

But these preconditions are all based on the fact that the food is easy to sell. If the food is not easy to sell and there is no money, you can still buy bad clothes and cannot afford to build a better house.

Of course, the monarch of Chu State is also aware of the situation of the people of Chu State, but he has no choice but to open the way to sell grain to other countries.

Don't look at him being friendly with other countries now, but Chu's geographical location is so good that it makes people mad with envy.

If the people of other countries are fed, once they are full and have strength, it is time to target them in Chu.

Therefore, Chu State has a lot of grain, but it has been controlling sales.

But these years seem to be too smooth. The Chu State has a bumper harvest year for several years, and the food in the people's homes is accumulating more and more. If there is no solution, something will happen sooner or later.

The government of Chu State has been arguing about this matter for several days, especially when the autumn harvest is approaching, the quarrel is even more turbulent.

The monarch of Chu State was also very worried about this matter.

Many ministers have already wavered, wanting to sell grain to other countries at a low price.

This idea is extremely stupid. The prairie department is wolfish and ambitious. This group of people must not be fattened. Let them take their time to confront the Yong Dynasty, so that their Chu State will be safe and sound.

Snow Country is feasible, but Xue Country has formed an alliance with Yong Dynasty, if Xue Country is fed to fat, Yong Dynasty and Xue Country will attack Chu Country instead.

The Yong Dynasty is not what it used to be now, they have a new type of gunpowder in their hands, even the grassland department can't do anything about it.

Once they teamed up with Xue Guo to target them, Chu State, it was hard to say whether Chu State would have the power to resist.

Some ministers even said that the Yong Dynasty could form an alliance with the Snow Country, why they couldn't form an alliance with the Grassland Department.

I didn't see that the Grassland Department is now one step behind the Yong Dynasty, and they were beaten back to the grassland. Once they form an alliance with the Grassland Department, the Yong Dynasty will be the first to target Chu State.

If the Yong Dynasty did not have gunpowder, this proposal was not bad, but now that the Yongchao had gunpowder, it would be better for the Chu State not to fight against Yongchao.

At least with the Grassland Department, the enemy that attracted Yongchao, Yongchao would not take Chu State into consideration.

The monarch of Chu State was so worried that he didn't sleep well for several days.

Just at this time, the merchants who came back from the Yong Dynasty returned and were buying sugar cane wantonly.

The state of Chu restricts the export of grain, but it does not restrict the export of these things, so the merchants are not very worried.

Originally, no one cared about their purchase of sugar cane, but now the food issue is the big deal, and those insignificant facts are nothing.

But the amount they asked for was too great. Many people who grew sugarcane at home made money this year and spread it everywhere.

The common people have not made any money in growing food for many years, and now at first glance when they see that other families are making money growing sugar cane, everyone can't help but feel envious.

They went to the merchant's house to ask whether they would still receive sugar cane next year.

The businessman signed a long-term contract with the Prince Chen's Mansion, and at first they agreed to some farmers one after another, but more and more people came to inquire later, and they all remained silent.

After all, no one knows whether the Prince Chen's Mansion can eat such a large amount of sugar cane.

But regardless of whether these merchants agree or not, the common people have decided not to grow grain next year. Anyway, there is enough grain in the granary for a year or two, and they may make some money by planting something else next year.

This matter aroused the ideas of some caring people, and it was soon reported to the monarch.

The monarch of Chu State frowned slightly, but he had no objection after all. He planted sugar cane and sold it to Yongchao, which strengthened the national power of Chu State, and sugarcane was not food, so it could relieve the burden of the people of Yongchao if they could not feed them. Grain pressure is feasible.

Through this insignificant incident, the monarch of Chu State also realized that they could grow other crops besides food.

With the promulgation of new policies of Chu State, the people of Chu State gradually settled down.

The merchants also set off with a small amount of grain and a large amount of sugar cane.

Xie Anlan didn't know what happened in the state of Chu. He was counting gold bars with Lu Chengjiao at home right now.

A few months later, Boss Ma finally sent the first glass money and asked to leave the half-person-high glass mirror.

It was the first time Boss Ma saw such a big mirror, and the first time he saw himself clearly from the mirror, he couldn't help being shocked.

In their Nanyue Kingdom, except for the Nanyue King who has such a big golden mirror, no one else has such a big mirror.

At most, it is a slightly larger bronze mirror, which can only illuminate the upper body clearly, so don't think about the whole body.

Boss Ma paid the money and walked away holding the half-length mirror in fear, leaving behind a lot of gold and silver.

"How did he transport so much gold and silver out of South Vietnam?" Xie Anlan couldn't help being curious.

Just as the state of Chu banned the export of grain, South Vietnam also banned the export of gold and silver.

Lu Chengjie pursed his thin lips slightly, and said two words silently.

Xie Anlan didn't hear the voice, but through Lu Chengke's mouth movements, he also knew those two words.

smuggling.

Gold and silver are different from other things. They are valuable and small. As long as you use your heart, it is extremely easy to smuggle.

Xie Anlan slightly bent her lips, thinking about it too.

However, it is hard to say whether this loss of gold and silver will hurt the rich South Vietnam.

"Move all the gold to the treasury, and keep the silver."

After counting all the money, Xie Anlan ordered people to move all the money to a pure steel vault he newly built.

"What do you do with the silver?" Lu Chengjie stepped aside to make it easier for the guards to carry.

"Of course I'll stay here and wait to pay for the sugar cane." Xie Anlan nodded Lu Chengjiao's forehead and said with a smile.

"Is there not enough money in the Prince Chen's Mansion?" Lu Chengjie knew that Xie Anlan was short of gold and silver. For ordinary business, he would not accept cashier receipts.

These collected banknotes can meet such unexpected needs.

"No." Xie Anlan shook his head, "We bought too much sugarcane, if we pay with bank notes, those foreign merchants will go to the bank to exchange a large amount of gold and silver. Once the bank's gold and silver are exchanged, it will be our country that will suffer Merchants and people."

Usually, some small businesses can be settled with bank notes, but this time is different. They signed a large amount of sugar cane with Chudi, which cannot be solved by some small money.

It's not like his bank can be opened in a short time now, so it doesn't matter if it spares a little gold and silver.

Lu Chengjiao pondered for a moment, narrowed his eyes slightly, and finally nodded in agreement.

Boss Ma returned to Nanyue with the mirror in his arms. A mirror was wrapped in three layers of various soft things. He was afraid that it would be broken on the way. A mirror of such a large size, even if a corner is broken, would make him angry. Had to vomit three liters of blood.

The journey along the way was very slow, and every time he walked a section of the road, he had to peel off the soft objects on the carriage to see if his mirror was still intact.

But he didn't know that in Xie Anlan's bedroom there was still a mirror as tall as a person lying quietly, and no one cared about it at all.

Time soon came to October [-]th, the Yuan Festival.

The Xiayuan Festival is just after the autumn harvest. People can take advantage of this free time to worship the dead and congratulate the autumn harvest.

All the servants of Chenwang Mansion got up early to prepare food, and Zhao Lu brought all the servants of the kitchen to pay homage to the Stove Lord in the kitchen.

Lu Chengjie prepared incense and paper money early in the morning, and went to the old Duke Lu's mansion, where the tablets of all the members of the Lu family were placed.

After not returning home for a long time, the place is very desolate, the yard is full of weeds and trees, spiders weaving webs, and there is a strong smell everywhere.

Lu Chengjie took the paper money, and entered through the back door of Lu Guogong's mansion unobtrusively, stepping on the tall weeds, searching for the memory to find the ancestral hall.

The door of the ancestral hall was in disrepair for a long time, and it was shaking as if it was about to fall apart. Lu Chengjiao pushed a heavy and unpleasant sound in the quiet courtyard, and soon the ashes inside rushed to his face.

He and the experienced ones immediately dodged and waited for the dust inside to disperse before entering with Lu Chuyi, who was carrying shoes, incense and paper money, covering their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs.

The ancestral hall was dark and quiet, and the two could even hear each other's heartbeat.

Creak, a wind slammed the door.

When the two turned their heads, they saw the slightly swaying door and the footprints extending from the door to their feet, which looked a bit permeable.

Lu Chengjie slowly looked away, and calmly took out incense paper money from the basket in Lu Chuyi's hand, and placed them one by one in front of the tablet that had been so gray that the writing could hardly be seen.

"The ancestors of the Lu family are above all, and the unworthy descendants of the Lu family, Lu Chengjiao, respectfully."

Lu Chengjie lit a few candles, and the room was lit up instantly. He took three incense sticks, bowed to the tablet, and then lit a pile of paper money on the ground.

Some remains of paper money can be vaguely seen on the ground, which were left when he came to worship in the past.

Lu Chengjiao was burning paper money at the side, and Lu Chuyi was bowing at the side.

After bowing, Lu Chuyi came over to help Lu Chengjiao burn paper money together. While burning paper money, he looked at his young master and asked weakly, "Master, you don't talk to your ancestors."

In general sacrifices, people always like to talk to their ancestors, praying for them to bless their children and grandchildren, or to have good weather in the coming year, etc. His young master always comes and leaves quietly every time.

Lu Chengjie was not afraid of breaking the taboo, and smiled while throwing the paper money, "What do you say, let them bless my children and grandchildren, or pray for wealth and prosperity for the rest of my life."

Lu Chuyi scratched his head, the young master with many children and grandchildren was gone, and the rich and prosperous young master now has, there is really nothing to say.

"Let's burn the paper money. We'll rush to the Marquis Mansion after burning." Lu Chengjie shook his head slightly when he saw him scratching his head, and accelerated the speed of burning the paper in his hand.

"Why do you still have to go to the Hou's Mansion?" Lu Chuyi frowned.

"Go and burn paper for my mother." Lu Chengjiao said calmly, "Uncle has already allowed me to see her."

"That's right." Lu Chuyi remembered that when he was in Yicheng, Lord Hou agreed to the young master.

The two bought a lot of paper money, and it would be difficult to burn it all if they didn't speed up for a while.

Xie Anlan's place is much simpler, he doesn't need to worry about the imperial mausoleum, everything will be prepared by the Ministry of Rituals, and it's enough for them princes to go and just go through the motions.

Seeing that Lu Chengjia hadn't come back when he returned home, he couldn't help being curious, and asked Gao De beside him, "Where is the princess?"

"This meeting should be in the Lu Mansion." Gao De looked at the sun in the sky, and calculated in his heart that the paper money that Wang Hao bought a few days ago should still burn for a while.

"Then go to the Lu Mansion." Xie Anlan nodded, jumped into the carriage again, and gave instructions.

Gothe pursed his lips, feeling quite helpless, since he became the prince's personal bodyguard, he has not escorted him a few times.

On the contrary, the prince asked where the princess was every day.

The carriage staggered to the Lu residence.

It can be seen that the Lu Mansion has been abandoned for a long time, the heavy gates have been eroded by the rain, and several holes gnawed by insects are exposed.

Through these openings, one can vaguely see the tall vegetation growing naturally in the Lu Mansion.

"My lord, the door is still locked." Gao De stepped forward to check and found that the lock had never been opened.

"Go to the back door and have a look." Xie Anlan gave another order, and the coachman drove the horse to the back door.

Sure enough, the back door was ajar at the moment.

Xie Anlan jumped out of the carriage, pushed open the back door, and saw a few fresh footprints, following the weeds that had just been trampled.

Along the way, there were many spider webs entangled, and one of them even got on his hair without paying attention.

Xie Anlan frowned, and followed the footprints while removing the mesh from her hair.

Finally, I came to the small courtyard at the back of the Lu Mansion, looked up at the former decoration of the courtyard, and saw that it was an ancestral hall.

There was a faint fire coming from the ancestral hall, Xie Anlan took two quick steps, and sure enough, he saw two masters and servants burning paper money in the ancestral hall.

"It's burning, why didn't you call me." Xie Anlan lifted his foot and walked in, saying hello in a neutral manner.

"My lord." Lu Chu stood up and saluted together.

Xie Anlan nodded, went to Lu Chengjiao and knelt down, took a wad of paper money from the basket and burned it for him.

"Are you finished?" Lu Chengjia burned the stack of paper money in his hand, and threw some gold and silver ingots into the fire.

"I'll just make a cutscene. It's not as troublesome as yours." Xie Anlan looked at the ancestral hall for a moment, and said, "You also know that there are people burning paper in the Ministry of Rites. I just need to light some incense."

"En." Lu Chengjiao nodded, his eyes fell on the few strands of spider webs on Xie Anlan's body, he got up, and carefully picked them up for him.

"Just wait outside, why come in and suffer." Lu Chengjiao threw the spider web in his hand into the fire, frowned and said.

Xie Anlan smiled, "It's boring to wait for you, why don't you just come in and help you cook together, the three of you should hurry up."

The two of them chatted at random, and quickly burned a large basket of paper money.

After the fires on the ground were all burned, the three left.

After such a toss, it was almost noon, and the two hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of pastries in the carriage to satisfy their hunger, and then rushed to the Hou Mansion.

It was the first time for Xie Anlan to step into the Hou's mansion. As expected of a great general's house, the furnishings in the courtyard are very grand.

The mistress Fang Ru came out to greet the two of them in person.

Hearing the request of the two, there was no surprise on his face, and he asked the housekeeper to take them to the ancestral hall.

Lu Chengjiao's mother was buried in Fu's ancestral grave, and only the tablet is in the ancestral hall.

The two entered the ancestral hall and saw a pile of ashes in front of the memorial tablet. It was obvious that the people from the Hou Mansion had already paid homage first.

Lu Chengjie pursed his lips, took out the sacrificial objects from the basket, found his mother's memorial tablet, arranged them one by one, lit the joss sticks, and burned the paper money.

When he came here, he originally wanted to say a lot to his mother, but when he got here, he suddenly couldn't say it.

In the end, they had to burn the paper money silently with Xie Anlan.

"Don't say anything." Xie Anlan raised his eyes and asked after burning the last bit of paper money in his hand.

"There is nothing to say. I am happy to comfort my mother's spirit in heaven." Lu Chengjie shook his head, got up, took out a handkerchief and wiped his mother's tablet, and then put it back in its original place. Said to Xie Anlan with a smile.

Xie Anlan saw that he really didn't look too sad, she felt relieved, and the atmosphere when she went back was much more relaxed.

The two even went to the dojo to watch a few Taoist practices on the way, and they didn't return to the house until dusk.

In the evening, three sky lanterns were hung outside the Prince Chen's mansion, Zhao Lu cooked a large table of delicious dishes, and Xie Anlan brought out the lemon wine they had soaked.

At this moment, the rock sugar in the glass jar had completely melted, leaving only some lemon slices. As soon as the wine jar was opened, a scent of wine mixed with lemon overflowed from the jar.

"It smells so good." Lu Chengjie was delighted when he smelled it, and couldn't wait to put his wine glass over.

Xie Anlan immediately filled him up, "Taste and see if it's hard."

Hearing this, Lu Chengjie picked up the wine glass and took a sip, his eyes sparkled, "It's not bitter, it's sweet."

The taste of rock sugar has completely covered the sourness of lemon, and even the spicy taste in the wine has been buffered, leaving only a faint aroma of wine.

"I'll try it." As soon as Xie Anlan said, Lu Chengjie brought his cup to his lips and fed him.

"It's so sweet." Xie Anlan took a sip, knowing that he put too much rock sugar, but it's okay, it won't affect the use.

Xie Anlan poured herself another glass, and the two of them sat under the moon and enjoyed the delicious food with the fine wine, feeling that the years were peaceful.

"It's rare for you to like this wine today, so drink a few more glasses." Xie Anlan wanted to get drunk on Lu Chengjiao, and kept persuading him to drink during the dinner.

As a result, Lu Chengjie didn't move when he was slightly drunk, and his face turned red, "You drink too."

"Let's drink together." Xie Anlan's drinking capacity was a little better than Lu Chengjie's, seeing him feeding herself vigorously, she smiled secretly, and secretly changed the wine glass while he was toasting.

After a while, under Xie Anlan's cup after cup of comfort, Lu Chengjiao was really overwhelmed.

He propped his chin and looked at Xie Anlan, who had nothing to do, and his remaining rationality told him that he was following Xie Anlan's advice.

Immediately, he hooked his lips and leaned on Xie Anlan's shoulder. The strong smell of alcohol and the unique fragrance of lemon sprayed on Xie Anlan's face, and said with a smile, "I'm going to disappoint you, I'm drunk, a little Neither is fun."

Before Xie Anlan could react, Lu Chengjiao's body slid down little by little and landed on Xie Anlan's lap. He closed his eyes, and fell asleep with a steady breathing.

Xie Anlan: "..."

Xie Anlan pinched his nose, poked his cheek again, remained motionless, and really fell asleep.

Smiling helplessly, she lightly kissed him on the forehead, "It's also good to have a good night's sleep."

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