Marry the right man on the wrong sedan chair

The next day, after going to court and eating, the two changed into ordinary men's clothes and left the palace together.

When I left the palace, I saw the bustling crowd walking shoulder to shoulder, yelling, talking and laughing, and there were students in the pavilions reciting poems and painting and talking about life, it was so lively.

"It seems that what is written in the notebooks of these ministers is not all true." Wu Wenxuan said rather proudly: "Zhen... It is true that the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the streets are prosperous."

"The capital city is at the foot of the emperor. The society is stable and the people live and work in peace and contentment." Zhuang Han said, "Brother Wu, what you see is only a corner of the thousands of miles of land."

Wu Wenxuan nodded and said: "What Hanhan said is that if all parts of the country can be as prosperous as this capital city, then it will really be the prosperity of the country and the people's safety."

Zhuang Han looked at Wu Wenxuan's side face, smiled and said, "Brother Wu, I'm afraid you have to change the name you call me."

Wu Wenxuan paused for a moment, then smiled and said: "I'm used to it, I forgot." Turning to look at Zhuang Han, he called: "Brother Han."

Zhuang Han laughed out loud, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Wu."

Both of them were happy, and then walked side by side on the streets of the capital.

I haven't come out for a long time, Zhuang Han will look at this one for a while, and pick another one for a while; seeing the dress and temperament of the two of them, the hawkers all concluded that they are not ordinary people, and couldn't help but when Zhuang Han asked the price, Raise the price a little bit.

Wu Wenxuan said: "Brother Han, the things these vendors sell are very cheap."

Hawker: "..."

"Well, it's really not expensive." Zhuang Han replied.

Hawker: "..."

After playing around in the capital, they drove a carriage to Suyang City, which was a two-hour journey to Suyang.

At noon on the day, sitting in the car, Wu Wenxuan pulled Zhuang Han into his arms and said, "I'm going to Suyang, shall I also drop by to see your father and his old man?" Seeing that Zhuang Han was thinking, he continued : "And your mother."

Zhuang Han's mind was said to be right: "In the past few years, I have been away from my father a lot, and I can't accompany his old man. If I come out this time, if I don't visit him again, wouldn't it be too unfilial?" He lowered his head and said in a deep voice: " As for my mother, I miss her even more, so I want to visit her at the grave."

Wu Wenxuan nodded in agreement, afraid of making Zhuang Han sad again, so he stopped mentioning it and hurriedly changed the subject.

"You are from Suyang. I wonder if there are any interesting and delicious foods in Suyang?"

Zhuang Han blinked, "Speaking of which, although I am from Suyang, because I was raised as a girl at home, I don't go to many places. As for the delicious food, I know a few restaurants. Why don't I take Brother Wu?" Are you going to try it?"

"Really? Well, it's rare to come out once, and you must return with a full enjoyment." Wu Wenxuan smiled sideways: "Today, you are not the queen, I am not the emperor, we are Wu Wenxuan and Zhuang Han."

Zhuang Han nodded and smiled, and looked out of the car.

At about Moshen time, the car drove to Suyang; got off the carriage, the two wandered around the city for a while, asked about the prices of vegetables and cooking oil in Suyang City, people's livelihood issues, public security situation, officials' situation, etc., and bought some gifts. Ready to go to Zhuangfu.

Wu Wenxuan supported Zhuang Han and was about to get into the carriage when suddenly there was a noise of fighting not far away.

Looking back, I saw a group of people chasing a young man, and after a while they caught the young man. The young man shouted for help at the top of his lungs.

Zhuang Han frowned, and couldn't help being a little angry. After Wu Wenxuan looked at it, he couldn't help but also frowned. He looked at Zhuang Han from the side, saw his worried expression, and knew his thoughts, and then ordered: "Pray for wealth, pray for longevity, save people .”

"Yes, young master." As they spoke, the two jumped up and fought with the group of people, saving the young man.

The rescued young man rushed over and suddenly knelt down in front of them.

Wu Wenxuan immediately protected Zhuang Han behind him, looking at the kneeling man, Zhuang Han also looked at the man, but saw that the man was only fifteen or sixteen years old, handsome in appearance and neat in appearance, and looked panicked at the chasing man behind him. His people were beaten away, and then they kowtowed to Wu Wenxuan and Zhuang Han, saying: "Thank you, Xiaomin, for saving your lives..."

Wu Wenxuan didn't respond, Zhuang Han couldn't help asking curiously: "Why are they chasing you?"

The boy raised his head and said tremblingly: "Because they want to arrest Xiao Min and go to Xun Huan Lou."

Hearing the word "Xunhuanlou", Wu Wenxuan's heart tightened immediately, and he looked at Zhuang Han. Zhuang Han looked suspicious and asked curiously, "Xunhuanlou? Where is that?"

The young man replied: "That is a terrible place. Xiaomin's elder brother was arrested there, and now he is locked there..." After thinking for a while: "I beg your two benefactors to rescue my elder brother too. Be an ox or a horse to repay the two benefactors."

Zhuang Han was taken aback, and was about to speak when Wu Wenxuan said first, "They arrested people without permission, why didn't you report it to the authorities?"

The young man said: "The people in the official yamen don't dare to offend the people in the Xunhuan building, even the high officials in the capital don't dare to offend them, the common people really have nothing to do."

Zhuang Han was very surprised when he heard this, he looked at Wu Wenxuan, Wu Wenxuan looked at the people around him who were gradually being attracted, and said to Zhuang Han: "Han Han, let's not go to Zhuang's mansion for now, let's find a place and ask in detail, how about ?”

Zhuang Han also meant the same, so he asked the young man to get up, followed them into the carriage, found a place to rest, and the others sat down.

Zhuang Han looked at the embarrassed young man, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, if you have any difficulties, and come together, this young master will definitely help you." He pointed at Wu Wenxuan.

Wu Wenxuan's complexion was heavy, he twitched the corners of his mouth, and echoed: "Yes, you will come here with the whole story."

The young man responded, looked at the temperament of these two people, and couldn't help but think in his heart that they must be the generation of high officials and nobles. He settled down and started from the beginning: "Xiaomin and Xiaomin's elder brother are twins, surnamed Liu, Xiaomin Min Dan Xuzi, sixteen this year, from Shandong, came to the capital for this year's general examination, but when he was passing through Suyang City, he met Zhuang Qian, the son of the Zhuang family, and he sent someone to entertain him at the Zuixian Tower. He told us that this year's general examination is particularly difficult, because the new dynasty has just established, and the requirements are strict, and the empress will invigilate the examination in person, and if they want to pass, they need the help of their banker." Pursing his lips, he said: "Xiaomin and brother Although I don't know why this Zhuang Qian is so kind, but I still know a little bit about the empress, and I admire the empress so much, so I listened to him in a daze. I went with him to the Xunhuan Building with my brother. It is said that the Xun Huan Building was specially built by the empress for the examinees. There are teachers from the palace in charge of food and housing, as well as books and daily information about the capital... How do you know, when you get there, but... ...But..." At this point, he bit his lower lip tightly, with tears in his eyes, a little hard to say.

Zhuang Han stared at him blankly, his heart was already burning with anger, he didn't speak, just sullenly, waiting for the young man to tell the following things.

The young man stabilized his mood and continued: "When we arrive, it will be like what Zhuang Qian said, food and housing, and the teacher, not only these, but in short, it is extremely luxurious, and there are all young and handsome men there. If we want to dress up as women, we have to learn everything from women, including poetry, poetry, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. We also need to learn female reds and various cumbersome etiquettes. In the Xunhuan Building, showing off others with sex, and even threatening to say something, ten years of hard study may not necessarily lead to fame, but in this Xunhuan Building, if you can learn well, you will be favored by some dignitary in the future , can fly up the branches and become a phoenix, and say..." At this point, he hesitated to speak.

Zhuang Han and Wu Wenxuan looked at each other, their faces were extremely ugly.

Zhuang Han said in a deep voice: "What did they say?" Pausing briefly: "Young Master Liu, it's all right if you say it, whether you believe it or not, I will guarantee you nothing will happen!"

Liu Xu looked at Zhuang Han, gritted his teeth, and said, "It is said that there was a male queen in the Zhuang family, and it was because she was raised as a female in captivity that she got her status today; more precisely, if we learn well, In the future, send us into the palace and be the people beside the emperor."

Zhuang Han felt chills all over his body, almost trembling; it was simply unforgivable for his family to do such a shameless thing.

Wu Wenxuan held back his anger and asked in a low voice: "Young Master Liu, what you are saying doesn't make sense. Since they are from the Zhuang Mansion, shouldn't they be courting the Empress? Why do they have to raise so many beautiful men and send them to the palace to compete with the Empress? "

Liu Xu frowned and said, "everything Xiaomin said is true, I dare not be false. As for why, Xiaomin doesn't know. I only know that many young men seem to be bewitched. Once they hear it, they can enter the palace and climb dragons and phoenixes." , so they all stayed in the Xunhuan Building honestly, willing to degenerate."

Zhuang Han was extremely angry in his heart, his face was cold, and he shouted angrily: "Damn it!"

Startled Liu Xu, she hurriedly fell from the chair and sat down on the ground, timidly looking at the angry Zhuang Han.

Zhuang Han didn't want to listen to any more words, and regardless of whether what the young man said was true or not, he just wanted to go to Zhuang's mansion to find out what happened right now.

He got up and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Wu Wenxuan, Zhuang Han turned his head to look at Wu Wenxuan, with indescribable grief and indignation in his eyes, the next moment, he pushed Wu Wenxuan away and walked out.

Wu Wenxuan quickly caught up and called out, "Hanhan."

Zhuang Han stopped and did not look at Wu Wenxuan; Wu Wenxuan approached him, sighed softly, and comforted him: "Maybe there is some misunderstanding here, judging from what Liu Xu said, it is contradictory and full of doubts, so don't act rashly." In conclusion, I misunderstood my brother."

After hearing this, Zhuang Han didn't feel so sad in his heart, but still couldn't hide his anger, and said calmly, "I'll go to Zhuang's mansion to find out what happened."

Wu Wenxuan held him back, and said calmly: "I definitely want to find out, but I want to start with the Xunhuan Building first, check the details there, and then go to the mansion to ask, how about it?"

Zhuang Han paused, then thought about it, it was reasonable, lowered his eyes, and said lightly: "I am not worried about whether the Xunhuan Building is real or not, but I am worried about my younger brothers who are not up to date, Brother Wu, you have repeatedly hindered my face , I don’t have the same knowledge as us, and I turn a blind eye to some of their evil deeds, but now such absurd things are happening, people don’t talk about it, and I don’t have the face to face it People, face you? The so-called unrighteousness will lead to death; if what Yang Liu said is true, this time, brother Wu, you should not take my feelings into account, and deal with it according to the law, and I have no objection at all. "

Wu Wenxuan smiled lightly, and said softly: "It's not that I haven't investigated the truth yet, so don't be so pessimistic, wait until we finish the investigation."

Zhuang Han replied with a gloomy face: "Yes."

The two disguised themselves and went to the Xunhuan Building on the outskirts of Suyang.

To be honest, when they got outside the Xunhuan Building, the two of them still haven't seen anything wrong with the Xunhuan Building.

It is not so much a building, but a building similar to a school, with many terraces, which is unique in this suburb, and has an indescribable sense of tranquility.

The two looked at each other with doubts on their faces. Before they had time to think about it, they walked in. As soon as they reached the door, one of them smiled and said, "The two of you are here to drink tea."

drink tea?The two were stunned, and then Zhuang Han said, "That's right, let's drink tea."

"There please."

As he spoke, he took Wu Wenxuan and Zhuang Han into the room, walked through a long pavilion, and entered a hall. As soon as he entered, he heard talking and laughing inside.

Looking around, I saw a few men coming and going, accompanied by waiters... talking and laughing as they walked to other places.

Zhuang Han couldn't help feeling suspicious, but he didn't speak.

"Do you two drink green tea or black tea?" the man asked.

Wu Wenxuan glanced at Zhuang Han, and said, "I don't know the difference between green tea and black tea?"

The man was silent for a while: "Green tea is the top, black tea is the bottom."

The two looked dazed and exchanged complicated glances, Wu Wenxuan held back the anger in his heart and said, "Then green tea will be fine."

"Okay, the two of you, please."

Zhuang Han glanced at Wu Wenxuan, Wu Wenxuan nodded slightly, and followed the man, not long after, he reached a building.

Before I went in, I heard noises coming from inside, playing the piano, talking and laughing. When I went in and took a look, I was a little stunned.

In this hall, cloud-top sandalwood is used as beams, crystal jade is used as lamps, pearls are used as curtains, and Fan Jin is used as pillar foundations.

A huge moon bead hangs on the top of the treasure in the hall, shining like a bright moon.The ground is covered with white jade, embedded with golden beads, the ground is chiseled into a lotus, and it looks like five lotus flowers.

Around the hall, there are towering old trees, green trees, red walls and yellow tiles, resplendent and resplendent.

Such a large palace-like building can be described as comparable to a royal palace.

On the top of the main hall hangs a black gold-threaded nanmu plaque, with three big characters "Xunhuanlou" written on it.

"This..." Zhuang Han closed his eyes, suppressed his anger and asked, "Little brother, you didn't take us to the wrong place, did you? Are you sure this is not a palace but a place to drink tea?"

The man looked at Zhuang Han with contempt, and said, "The appearance and temperament seem to be a person of status, why are you so ignorant and ignorant, and have never seen the world like this."

Wu Wenxuan and Zhuang Han's eyes widened at the same time, Wu Wenxuan chuckled and said to the man: "My little brother, what my brother asked is exactly what I wanted to ask, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like an ordinary teahouse. .”

The man looked at Wu Wenxuan and Zhuang Han in surprise, and frowned: "Do you two really not know or are you pretending not to know?"

Both of them were silent and did not make a statement.

Zhuang Han calmed down a little, and replied: "We are from other places, so we don't understand, but I just heard about this Xunhuan Building, so I came here, I hope I will bear with you if there is something wrong." He took out a silver coin and handed it to the man.

The man took the money with a smile on his face: "You will know later, the green tea you chose is the best, and there will be trained and professional men to serve you."

This last sentence was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, which shocked the two of them speechless for a moment.

This, this so-called drinking tea, no one would have guessed that men and women are looking for sex, with black tea as the next and green tea as the top.

The man saw the faces of the two of them turning green and then pale, and said with a smile, "It's the first time? Don't worry, it's no worse than a woman."

Zhuang Han's heart was turbulent, and his mind went blank.This, this, my brother actually opened this so-called tea house, how is it different from those brothels in the market?Isn't this secretly mocking him and the emperor?

Why did my brother put himself in such an embarrassing situation? It was as if he wanted to humiliate him to death.Zhuang Han turned to face Wu Wenxuan, his pale face made Wu Wenxuan's heart ache.

"Hey, you two..."

Before the man finished speaking, Wu Wenxuan suddenly kicked him, kicking the man to the ground, and the man immediately lay on the ground in pain and cried out.

His calling attracted other people, Wu Wenxuan protected Zhuang Han and pulled him into his arms to comfort him, then shouted to the people who came, "Who is in charge here?"

"Empress!" One person cupped his hands in the air and said arrogantly: "You don't know, this is our empress's territory."

"Presumptuous!" Wu Wenxuan said angrily, "This place is as obscene as a brothel, does it belong to the empress?"

Not only was the man not afraid, but he snorted coldly and said: "You don't know something, since we know that our Long Live Lord is as good as Long Yang, the local officials have tried to find beautiful men for the emperor, and there are some handsome men All the young students went to the capital, hoping to have a chance to be close to the emperor. Our empress built this building specially in order to enjoy the Long Live God alone. You all remember that it is enough for the Long Live God to have a Queen Empress, and the others are not worthy. Compete with our empress."

When the words fell to the ground, Wu Wenxuan could clearly feel the body of the person in his arms trembling. Zhuang Han bit his lower lip and clenched his fists. He only felt that staying in this place would be a kind of torture. His relatives actually, such, such an insult, insult yourself...

Heartbroken, his eyes suddenly went dark, his body went limp, Wu Wenxuan hugged him, and called out: "Hanhan."

Zhuang Han's face was pale, with cold sweat on his forehead, he glanced at Wu Wenxuan, and said softly: "Hanhan didn't..."

As he said that, he closed his eyes, was out of breath, and passed out.

Wu Wenxuan was shocked immediately, and hugged Zhuang Han tightly in his arms. At this time, praying for them to arrive, Wu Wenxuan raised his voice and shouted: "I will seal this building, arrest those who should be arrested, and judge who should be judged. If something happens to Hanhan, I will kill you!"

After finishing speaking, he picked up Zhuang Han and walked out.