The winter night fell very early, but just after the beginning of the year, the sky was already dark.

They set sail from Zhenjiang, and within a day, the merchant ship arrived at Hangzhou.

Because it is not possible to sail at night, the large merchant ship is docked at the edge of the port.

Fan Yi was sitting at the table, looking out through the window.

Under the night, boats kept coming into the port. Apart from the big ship they were on, there were already about [-] ships parked on the shore. The port was very lively with people coming and going.

Fan Yi watched with great interest the several ships that came in from behind fighting for a better parking position. After watching for a while, he looked into the distance again.

The clear brilliance of the cold moon sprinkled on the river surface, and silver patterns appeared as the river water rippled.Farther away, three boats decorated with lights and festoons were parked.

Fan Yi raised his eyebrows and walked towards the window.He poked his head out and saw more clearly. On the three boats, there were figures walking around. It seemed that the sound of silk and bamboo drifted over through the gap between the voices of people, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

This is the famous painting boat in the south of the Yangtze River?

Fan Yi was very interested.

At this moment, Zhu Wenxuan and He Qing came in together, and saw Fan Yi leaning against the window motionless, as if in a trance.He Qing shouted: "Xiao Fan, why are you standing there blowing the cold wind? Close the window quickly."

Fan Yi turned his head, looked at them with piercing eyes and suggested, "Shall we get off the boat and go shopping?"

Seeing the puzzled faces of the two of them, he smiled and said, "I see a few painting boats not far away, brothers, don't you want to go and see them?"

When Zhu Wenxuan heard the words, his face showed embarrassment, and he hesitated: "This...isn't very good?"

He has studied and practiced calligraphy seriously under the guidance of his father since he was a child.His father is also a very well-behaved person, and he is very strict with him, so he has never stepped into the place of fireworks.

He Qing's eyes lit up, and upon hearing Zhu Wenxuan's words, he said, "What's so bad about it? People don't want to waste youth! I think it's fine! Let's go! Let's go!"

Zhu Wenxuan saw that both of them looked excited, and his heart was a little moved, thinking that it would be okay to go once in a while, so he nodded, but said: "This son is giving up his life to accompany his confidant."

He Qing squinted at him, and said with a teasing smile: "Maybe our young master Zhu has gone, and meeting a lady in pink, wouldn't it be a good talk?"

Zhu Wenxuan's face turned red, and he pushed He Qing back: "I see that Langzhong He has a lot of boldness these days, don't you be fascinated by the extravagance of Jiangnan?"

The smile on He Qing's face faded a bit, and he quickly said, "Since we're here, wouldn't it be a pity if we didn't go and have a look?"

Fan Yi had already reached the door. Seeing that the two of them were still in place, he backed away, pulled one of them with each hand, and dragged them out, "What are you dawdling about? Hurry up and hurry up."

The three of them left Fan Yi's room, took Guanzhu and Yuanbao, and went down to the second floor.When he was about to disembark, he asked the boatman to find out when the merchant ship was leaving tomorrow, and explained their whereabouts this time, then disembarked and walked ashore.

They passed through the crowd and walked towards the painting boat.

Dragons and phoenixes are carved on the boat pillars of the painting boat, which is elegant and eye-catching.Not to mention the colorful lights hanging from the bow to the stern, the characters depicted on the lights are vivid and very lifelike.

As soon as the three of Fan Yi approached, someone on the boat came out to greet them warmly: "Young masters, please come inside!"

After they boarded the boat, another bustard came forward to serve tea: "Young masters, do you want to listen to the music? Or is there a familiar girl here?"

Zhu Wenxuan blushed slightly, coughed lightly, handed the purse he had prepared to the old bustard, and asked politely: "I heard that there were talented people who wrote poems and painted paintings in the boat, I wonder if I may have the chance to see them today?"

The old bustard weighed the weight of the purse in his hand secretly, and smiled even more enthusiastically on his face: "Oh! You came at the right time! What a coincidence! The sons upstairs are reciting poems and painting! The three sons ,this way please!"

As he spoke, he led them to the hall on the second floor.

Fan Yi and the others stood at the entrance of the hall and looked in, they were immediately shocked by the scene in front of them.

In the hall, sitting on the right is a young woman, with a pair of Qianqian reaching out to pluck the strings.There are a few desks in the middle, and four or five young masters in extraordinary clothes are either holding pens and brushes, or raising glasses to drink together.They are all accompanied by graceful women who are more delicate and covered with light veils.

In the middle of the hall, there is a young man in a suit holding a long sword and dancing. Every move is full of momentum and strength, but the movements are so chic that people can't take their eyes off.

Great dance!

After the young master finished his sword dance, Fan Yi couldn't help applauding and applauding.

Mr. Huafu stopped his momentum, put the sword back into its sheath, turned around and looked at Fan Yi and the other three. He had good features and was very handsome.Seeing someone cheering for him at the door, his face showed a hint of color, and he asked, "Who are you?"

Zhu Wenxuan stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "I'm Zhu Wenxuan, who is from Jiangcheng."

Fan Yi and He Qing also introduced themselves:

"Xiaosheng Fan Yi is also from Jiangcheng."

"I'm He Qing. I don't know how to call the young master?"

Young Master Huafu saw these three people were handsome, with clear eyes, and couldn't help but feel good about them.So he laughed loudly and said, "I'm just Lu Rong. You guys came from afar, and it's really a fate to meet you here! Come in quickly, and I'll introduce you."

When Fan Yi and the others walked into the hall, the young masters put down their things, stepped forward one after another, and said to Lu Rong, "Are these brothers Lu's friends? It seems strange."

After another round of introductions and greetings, Fan Yi and the others were invited into the banquet by Lu Rong and the others.

As soon as Fan Yi sat down, a slim and graceful girl came to his side and poured wine for him.Seeing that everyone else was like this, Fan Yi said to the girl with a smile on his face, "Thank you."

He looked at Zhu Wenxuan and He Qing, saw that their faces were slightly red, and they were both a little embarrassed, so he couldn't help but secretly smiled in his heart.

Knowing that Fan Yi and Zhu Wenxuan had passed the examination of scholar, Lu Rong and those young masters' eyes became even brighter, and they toasted them to invite them to drink. For a while, the atmosphere was very warm.

On the merchant ship a few hundred meters away from the painting boat, after Ji Lanshu sent out the ink book, he proposed to Ji Lancheng: "Brother Emperor, we can stay here for a few days. You see, it's all in Hangzhou, how can we not Go and see? I heard that the West Lake in Hangzhou is so beautiful, it would be a pity not to take a look!"

Ji Lancheng held the wine cup in his hand, as if he couldn't hear, he brought the fine Jinhua wine to his mouth and tasted it slowly.

In fact, the corner of his eyes was all on Ji Lanshu, seeing his younger brother's expression of not giving up if he didn't agree, he couldn't help laughing.

He deliberately said: "I have been away from Beijing for a few months, how can I put aside state affairs and just go sightseeing?"

"Brother Huang! Just stay for two days! My younger brother promises that I will never delay my trip back to Beijing!"

Only then did Ji Lancheng nod his head, and said with a smile, "Since Lan Shu really wants to see it, I agree." After speaking, he shook the wine glass in his hand.

Ji Lanshu immediately poured wine for him, then filled his own glass, and said with a smile, "Thank you, brother."

Mo Sheng walked in at this time, and after bowing to the two of them, he glanced at Prince Chu.

Ji Lanshu was very knowledgeable, and got up to say goodbye: "Brother Huang is busy first, and my younger brother is going to look around."

Ji Lancheng nodded, and after the people went out, he looked at Mo Sheng who was standing beside him. Mo Sheng immediately stepped forward, leaned over and reported the secret report just received to the Holy One.

Walking out of the hall, Ji Lanshu saw Zuo Yi standing by the door, he raised his hand to signal Zuo Yi to follow, and asked as he walked down, "Are the seasickness of the two getting better?"

The first from the left: "Go back to your lord, I have visited Young Master Fan and Young Master Zhu in the afternoon, and they are well."

Ji Lanshu kept walking, nodded and said: "It happens that the king is going to go shopping, you go and invite them to come and go with the king."

The one on the left should be, when you get to the second floor, turn around immediately.Quicken your pace to invite someone.

Ji Lanshu walked slowly to the first floor of the merchant ship and onto the deck.

The cold wind of the winter night made his skin tighten. He looked towards the river and saw the painting boat not far away, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

After a while, Zuo Yi walked up to him, bowed his head and replied: "Master, they are not in the room."

Ji Lanshu raised his eyebrows, a little surprised: "What did you say? Are you not here? Where are they?"

Zuo Yi lowered his head a little more: "The young one asked a few servants on the boat, and a boatman said that they went to a painting boat not far away."

Painting boat?Ji Lanshu was taken aback, and asked with an ugly face after a while: "Did you hear me right?!"

"The boatman said that they also asked about the time of departure tomorrow. It seems that they don't plan to return to the boat tonight."

Ji Lanshu's face darkened completely.

Fortunately, he was still thinking about taking Xiaofan on a tour of the West Lake tomorrow!For this reason, he even gave up his face to pretend to be pitiful in front of the emperor, but he didn't expect this person to run to the place where the fireworks were waiting without saying a word!

good!Really good!

Ji Lanshu sneered twice, anger welling up in his eyes.

During this period of time, he deeply felt that he was wronged, so he thought of inviting the young man to swim in the West Lake, so as to ease the condensed atmosphere between them.

When did Ji Lanshu bother to please someone so much?

Fan Yi is simply too ignorant!How dare you drink flower wine!

Ji Lanshu looked to Zuo Yi, and said coldly: "Let's go and see where the boat is!"

As the prince's former secret guard, Zuo Yi's ability to perceive words and expressions is very outstanding, seeing his prince's face so gloomy that he could drip water, he couldn't help admiring that little Mr. Fan.That Young Master Fan obviously didn't do anything, and he never showed any kindness to the Prince, but just went for a stroll on a boat, and he was able to make the Prince so angry, it can be seen that the Prince regards Young Master Fan very seriously.

No way... This person will be a guest in the palace from now on... No, I don't know if it's the princess!

Zuo Yi couldn't help telling himself in his heart that he must not neglect Mr. Fan in the future.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but whispered: "Master, Mr. Fan is still young, maybe he is a little curious."

The implication is: what does Fan Yi know?Probably not as much fun as you might have guessed.

Ji Lanshu heard the words, stared at Zuo Yihan and said, "Lead the way."

Zuoyi shuddered, didn't dare to say anything, and immediately walked forward quickly.

Ji Lanshu took a step, got off the boat, and walked towards the three painting boats.

Whether it is curiosity or something else, just go and see!

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