Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

The robbery of grain and grass in Shandong soon caused a sensation inside and outside the court.It was a good Mid-Autumn Festival, and the imperial palace had been preparing for nearly a month. At the end, such an incident happened, which diluted most of the anger and anger of the festival.The banquet in the palace broke up hastily, and Lin Ruhai was left by the emperor to discuss matters in the palace.Daiyu took a few servants back to the mansion by car, and sat down in the room, still feeling uneasy, so she quietly released the villain to ask Zhou Hang for information.

After the news of the accident came out, both the First Prince and the Second Prince made changes.The first prince turned indifferent after being surprised, while the second prince seemed to have a bit of joy on his face besides a little worried.However, Zhou Hang said that this matter should have nothing to do with these two princes.

Needless to say, the First Prince is a person who understands.I didn't want to mess with this matter from the beginning.Maybe he has the idea of ​​being happy to see the success and making a profit, but he dare not personally participate in it.

As for the second prince, he wanted to do it, but his intelligence and strength were limited, so he couldn't do it easily.He has not even found out when the grain and grass will be shipped out, where they will pass through, etc., and he definitely has no ability to rob them.Besides, Zhou Hang has been sending people to watch his every move. If he is really entangled in the robbery of grain and grass by a large group of people, it is impossible not to leak any news.

According to the news from the front line, it is said that the people of Rongguo robbed the grain and grass.

The problem is that Rongguo is now beaten by the army led by Qin Guang, throwing away his helmet and armor and retreating to the isolated city, with no power to fight back.What's more, their people fled and surrendered, and there were not many generals left who could lead troops, and they were all trapped in Mingzhu City, with no place to display them.Where did such a strong army come from?It is still such a force with extraordinary combat effectiveness and a large scale that can defeat Li Yu's elite troops from the Gyeonggi camp in order to ensure the safety of food and grass.

The courier said it was from the seriously wounded.Those Rongguo people didn't speak Rongguo dialect, at least not all, because he heard a few words of the official language in the capital before he was seriously injured and passed out.

And judging from the report, this is a long-planned and well-planned conspiracy.

Li Yu led his troops to protect the food and set off from the border city of Wuzhou. The journey was uneventful, and there was not even a small-scale invasion.After entering the northern grassland, nothing major happened. It was not until the road passed a canyon that it was suddenly ambushed and suffered heavy casualties.The place where the ambush was encountered was a canyon, with steep cliffs standing on both sides.There are no less than dozens of such canyons and cliffs along the way, and because of the terrain, it is easy to be ambushed. Li Yu will be very careful every time he goes to such a place.

In this attack, the opponent had ambushed their men and horses in the mountains on both sides of the canyon early on, made a big bag, and waited for the men and horses led by Li Yu to drill into it.

The problem is that even if the enemy calculates that they must take the canyon along the way, how will they know which way to go and which way to go, and how can they predict and ambush in advance.Obviously, the other party had already known the route of the food and grass army.

However, the route of the army is the top secret of the imperial court, how does the other party know?

The origin of the robbers is also very suspicious.Although we don't know who they are at present, at least one thing can be concluded that there are traitors in the imperial court.

Li Zhao was furious about this, and immediately ordered a thorough investigation of all those who knew the matter.

Those who knew the route of food and grass, besides the cabinet ministers, were senior officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, plus Zhou Hang and Li Zhao, there were no more than a dozen people in total.Li Zhao was relieved of Lin Ruhai, so he left this matter to Lin Ruhai.

But how to do this matter is indeed somewhat difficult.

They are all great officials of the imperial court, and some of them are old ministers who are favored by the emperor. Too tough will hurt the dignity of these ministers, and too gentle will not work, and it has no effect.Lin Ruhai interviewed these ministers alone, and secretly investigated the recent behavior of these people, but found nothing suspicious.

Da Yuan, who has reached the first and second ranks as an official, cherishes his official reputation very much.

Although most of the officials were admitted through the imperial examination, everyone started from the same starting point and slowly climbed up.But ordinary people can only become officials of the fourth and fifth ranks when they reach their seventies and eighties. Officials above the third rank are either from famous families, or they are very capable and well-versed in officialdom.This is especially true for those who can mix into the first and second grades.

Which of the high-ranking officials is not a monkey spirit, who knows what can and can’t be done, and occasionally corrupts the law by corrupting them, they dare, because most of the people’s interests are touched.The common people sue the officials, and it has always been one word—difficult, and in the end they can only let it go.But they did not dare to blatantly support the enemy and conspire against them.This is tantamount to ruining their reputation for the rest of their lives, and even costing the lives of their entire family.

Lin Ruhai understood the cabinet ministers and the officials of the household and military departments to some extent, and somewhat had this mentality.

On this day, Li Zhao called Lin Ruhai to the imperial court, and asked, "Lin Aiqing, how is the investigation going on with the collaborating with the enemy?"

"Long live the report, the minister is incompetent and has not been investigated yet."

Li Zhao saw that Lin Ruhai was frowning and his eyes were flickering, as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it, so he asked him what's wrong, and said, "There are no outsiders here, you can speak up if you have anything to say, just say What does it matter if it's wrong?"

Lin Ruhai pursed his lips and said: "I don't have anything to say, but I suddenly remembered something, so I was a little distracted. Please forgive me for the crime of disrespect."

"Oh?" Li Zhao couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and asked, "What's the matter? Let's hear it."

Lin Ruhai said: "When I just entered the palace, I was passing through the Hanlin Pavilion, and I ran into Elder Wangge by chance. He came out of the Taishang Palace, and his complexion looked much better than last time."

Li Zhao searched for the name of the elder Wang Ge in his mind, and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Isn't he sick at home, hasn't he attended the council meeting for several months?"

Lin Ruhai said: "I don't know if she is better now."

Li Zhao waved his hand and put the matter aside.

The food and grass accident in the frontier has already caused Li Zhao to be very anxious. At this moment, he is not in the mood to discuss whether an old minister of the Supreme Emperor is recovering from illness or not.The frontier war is critical, and now food and grass have been robbed, which is even worse.On the one hand, Li Zhao was worried about Li Yu's safety, and on the other hand, he was worried about the border war. The moment he learned of the accident, he sent a team of secret guards to the accident site day and night to search for Li Yu's whereabouts.After all, Li Yu was Li Xu's only heir, and it was a son that Li Xu compromised with great difficulty. Li Zhao had always treated him like his own son, and if his whereabouts were unknown by chance, why not worry?

At the first great court meeting after the accident, many ministers advocated the temporary withdrawal and merger on the grounds that the labor force had been on an expedition for more than half a year, the soldiers were tired, and the soil and water were not acclimatized, which led to the rampant epidemic.

Li Zhao is well aware of the principle that expeditions by teachers should not be abandoned halfway.If you withdraw your troops today, it is tantamount to giving up the achievements you have made. While you are recuperating, you are also giving the enemy time to recuperate.This expedition was about to succeed, the enemy army was left with only one lone city to resist stubbornly, if they withdrew their troops and gave the enemy a chance to breathe, it would not take long for Rongguo to recover.The people of Rongguo are famous for being good at fighting, and they will definitely become a big problem for the border town again.

Therefore, this expedition can only succeed, not fail, and no matter how much the price is paid, it must be guaranteed to win Rongguo in one fell swoop.

In the court, Li Zhao insisted on continuing the expedition against all opinions, and continued to supply food and grass.

The emerging courtier forces headed by Zhou Hang and Lin Ruhai were extremely supportive of Li Zhao's proposal, and set the style of carrying the war to the end.

But one of the most important problems before us is how to solve the problem of food and grass.

The war in the north lasted for more than half a year, consuming a lot of national power, coupled with the shortage of grain in Shandong and other places, the stock of the imperial court's warehouses was not bad.A few days ago, the grain and grass transported to Jiangjiang was almost all the grain stored by the Qinghu Department, but they didn't want to be robbed halfway.Now if we want to collect food and grass, we will not be able to get it together in a short time.Furthermore, there is another problem, who should be sent to deliver the food this time, the food and grass that was finally put together cannot withstand another accident.

Zhou Hang wanted to ask Ying to deliver food and grass, but Li Zhao refused to allow him.

The disappearance of Li Yu has made Li Zhao very heartbroken, and he cannot afford another accident for his son.In the past, he heard that some parents doted on their sons for fear that he would be wronged outside, so they raised them at home and laughed at their stupidity.People learn the way of survival through hard work. If you keep a person in a greenhouse like this, then he will have no chance to grow up for the rest of his life.Now he seems to be able to understand the thoughts of those people. Sometimes people's feelings are irrational, what love is deeply responsible, and true love is deep, sometimes it is unreasonable and unreasonable.

Even though he thought so, it wasn't that he doted on Zhou Hang.From the bottom of his heart, Li Yu felt that Zhou Hang was still a child, a child who had no power to protect himself.If he is really mature and strong, and has enough self-protection ability, Li Zhao will naturally let him practice well and endure setbacks within a controllable range.

Sending food and grass is still too dangerous.

After much deliberation, Li Zhao decided to leave this matter to Li Xu.Li Xu has his own well-trained guards, and beside him is a resourceful, martial arts expert, Sang Sheng, who can at least protect himself when he is in danger.He is now in Shandong, which is relatively close to the frontier. Now that the sweet potatoes are ripe, the Shandong government has planted a large amount of wasteland. It is said that it is very good to guard the city, and it is convenient to collect some food and grass nearby.Furthermore, Li Yu disappeared on the way to transport food. As a father, Li Xu should go and find out for himself.

Li Zhao has ordered someone to run to Shandong to deliver the imperial edict to Li Xu.

When Li Zhaozheng was talking with Lin Ruhai, Zhou Hang came over, and the three inevitably had another discussion about the current situation.Zhou Hang had just returned from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs had tried everything he could in the past two days, but he could only collect the army's food for ten days.From the capital city to the battlefield, it was thousands of miles away, food and grass were escorted by the army, there were fewer escorts, and there were more escorts for fear of encountering robbery on the road, the consumption alone was not a small number.So many people have to eat and drink along the way, and it will take about a month to transport the food for ten days to the battlefield, and half of it will be good.

Obviously, transporting these grains and grass to the past is a drop in the bucket, and it is of little use.

This is also a very tricky thing.Lin Ruhai was ordered to assist Zhou Hang in raising food and grass, and was extremely busy.Zhou Hang was originally scheduled to move the palace on August [-]th, but as soon as the border incident happened, the emperor and ministers were all in a state of distress, so this matter was temporarily put on hold.

A few days later, Daiyu finally saw Zhou Hang, and asked him how the food was raised.Zhou Hang shook his head and said: "We have used everything that can be used, and now the Ministry of Household Affairs has started to use the treasury bank to buy the stocks in the hands of the people, which is still a lot worse."

"This is not a solution..." Daiyu frowned and thought for a long time, and said, "As far as I know, since Emperor Tai*zu followed the strategy of 'digging deep holes and storing grain widely', warehouses have been built in various places. Facilities, there are no less than ten warehouses on the road that stretches thousands of miles from Shandong to the frontier, so don’t they all run out of food?”

Zhou Hang sighed and said: "Mr. Lin has already thought of this, and sent people to investigate. In the past, there was a lot of grain and grass stored, but the country was stable under the Supreme Emperor. Those grains were either used or stolen by local officials. There is not much money left now."

"It's so unreasonable!" Daiyu couldn't help frowning and said, "The silverfish in these places only do such unconscionable things! Isn't this disregarding the interests of the people's life and death? They are not as good as animals, they should be killed!"

Zhou Hangdao: "Father has ordered that all these guards and self-thieves be beheaded for public display."

There are also many people in the household department who take advantage of their positions to do things like guarding and stealing.Zhou Hang took the opportunity to conduct a thorough investigation, arresting the officials from the household department and military department who colluded with the second prince a few days ago, and handed them over to the emperor.

Hearing the words beheading for public display, Lin Daiyu pursed her lips slightly.Although those people committed heinous crimes, Daiyu also felt that their death was not a pity, but hearing the word beheading at first glance was a little scary to the daughter in the boudoir.Letting out a breath, Daiyu tilted her head, frowned, and said, "Maybe there is a way."

"What method?" Zhou Hang raised his eyes and asked.

"As far as I know," Daiyu said, "the aristocratic families in the capital have a lot of grain, or they can find a way to raise the coarse grain in their hands. It must be a big amount, and I'm afraid there will be another war. That's enough."

Zhou Hang said: "How could it be such an easy matter, how could they hand it over so easily?"

Daiyu said: "It is not known that some wealthy families who care about the imperial court and the country are willing to donate on their own initiative."

"Even if there are, they are still a minority," Zhou Hang said.

Daiyu laughed and said, "It's better than nothing. In addition, as far as I know, the daily expenses of the imperial palace are also very considerable. After Brother Hang returns, it is better to persuade the Holy Majesty to take the lead in saving food and clothing, and donate the saved things to Country. Think about it, if the Holy Majesty turns around and saves money, can the ministers show something? Of course, this alone may not be enough, and there is a last resort. If Brother Hang uses it, it will be enough to protect it..."

Speaking of this, Daiyu raised her eyebrows to look at Zhou Hang, and blinked her eyes, very playful.Zhou Hang couldn't help but leaned forward and asked with a smile, "What's the trick? Please teach me, Miss Lin." He cupped his hands as he spoke.

Daiyu beckoned, beckoning Zhou Hang to come forward and whisper something.

Zhou Hang raised his head, raised his eyebrows and eyes, surprised and delighted, he couldn't help giving a thumbs up, and said: "Gao! My Yu'er is really smart, you have thought of such an idea."

Daiyu subconsciously took a step back and turned her head.Zhou Hang could only see her reddish neck, knowing that his words "My Yu'er" embarrassed the thin-skinned Sister Lin, and he felt very sweet in his heart.On the face, however, he put on an annoyed expression, bowed his hands to apologize, and only said that his words offended the girl, and the girl said a lot, don't be as knowledgeable as me, but in fact, she was already happy in her heart.

Daiyu snorted and said, "Who cares about your apology!"

Zhou Hang was in the middle of his arms, with a smile on his face, walked across to Daiyu, looked at her face and asked: "Yu'er has done me such a big favor, I have to show it." A small brocade box, "It's better to give this thing to Yu'er."

Daiyu asked, "What is this?"

Zhou Hang said: "You accept it first."

Daiyu said: "If you don't tell me what it is, I won't accept it."

Zhou Hang smiled and said, "It's okay to tell you, it's the key to my warehouse in the East Palace. All my previous things have been moved to the warehouse in the East Palace, and they are in your charge."

Daiyu pushed away his hand and said, "I don't want it!"

Zhou Hang still insisted on giving it to her, but Daiyu insisted on refusing to take it.The two argued for a while, Zhou Hang sighed and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't want it, I will move all the things into the space later, and there will be no difference."

Daiyu muttered, "The space is not mine alone."

It means that the space belongs to the two of us, you can move it if you want, and I can stop you.

On the second day, Lin Daiyu got up early in the morning and went to the meeting hall.He ordered people to call all the stewards in the mansion, the difficult stewards waited in the yard, and the female stewards went directly to the conference hall to discuss matters.The content of this discussion is also very simple, the main thing is to count the grains stored in all the warehouses in the mansion, and the grains stored in the nearby farms should also be counted together, and all the grains that are close to the road will be transported.

Lin Daiyu called the supervisor one after another to inquire, and intensive statistics were also going on outside.

The population of the Lin Mansion is not large, about two to three hundred people including servants, and three to forty people in charge.After asking around, Daiyu couldn't help feeling parched.Just after picking up a bowl of tea and taking two sips, Li Feng's wife came in with an account book.

"Girl, all the food has been counted." She said out of breath.

"How many are there?" Daiyu put down the tea bowl and looked up.

"There are five hundred stones of polished rice, two thousand stones of ordinary rice, two thousand stones of wheat, five hundred stones of soybeans, not many sweet potatoes, sorghum, and various grains, each of which is only ten or twenty stones."

Daiyu counted with her fingers, and said with a frown: "According to the seven liters of solar eclipse for each male, a person would need nearly one shi of grain per month. The sum of these is only more than five thousand shi, which is only enough for one hundred thousand. The army ate for two days..."

Although there was still a lot of difference, she thought that if her family donated five thousand shi, there were as many aristocratic and powerful families in the capital, so even if the family only donated one thousand shi, it would be enough.

Li Feng's daughter-in-law said: "Several Zhuangzi near the capital have sent people to ask, but they still have some food in store. In two days, they may be able to gather a few thousand stones."

"Is there a problem with five thousand stones?" Daiyu asked.

Li Feng's daughter-in-law thought for a while and said, "It should be fine."

Daiyu nodded to show that she understood.It was not until noon that Daiyu returned from the conference hall to the small courtyard where she lived.On the kang, on the kang table was "Zhuangzi" that I had flipped through yesterday. I was a little tired today, and I was not in the mood to read it again. I was about to put it away, and just touched the book when Huier came with tea and snacks. He frowned and persuaded: "Girl has been tired all morning, why is she reading again now, please put down the book and thank you."

Daiyu put the book away and said with a smile, "Who wants to read it? I just put it away, and you saw it and came to persuade me again."

Hui'er laughed and said, "This is the servant's fault, girl, you often make fresh cakes in the kitchen."

Daiyu didn't eat cakes, but took a few sips of water from her tea bowl.Seeing that Hui'er didn't back down, but stood on the sidelines looking at her, he asked, "What's the matter with you?"

Hui'er said: "Zicuckoo will leave the cabinet in three days, do you still remember?"

Daiyu put down the tea bowl, wrinkled the tip of her nose, and said angrily, "I've been so busy these days that I forgot about it." Juan has not gone far, and is still living in the capital. Now when she comes out of the cabinet again, she has to give something to show her affection as a master and servant.Zijuan is married to be the main wife, and the wedding dress is embroidered by hand in advance, so there is no need to give her clothes.It is not good for clothes, but it is better to give two pieces of jewelry, which are both beautiful and decent.

Thinking about it, Daiyu ordered Huier to open the warehouse and bring back a box where she kept her jewelry.

Hui'er took the key and went out with two little maids. Not long after, three people came carrying a big box.Daiyu ordered someone to open it, and picked out a red gold ruby ​​butterfly hairpin, a pair of pearl earrings, and a set of emerald emeralds, and handed them to Huier, saying: "You go there yourself, just say that you are busy these days, I can't Kong'er, I can't go see her anymore. I'll invite her to visit our house tomorrow, just say I'm thinking of her well."

Huier took the order.When Xueyan heard that she was going to find Zijuan, she wanted to go with her. Daiyu ordered Li Feng's wife to arrange a car for the two of them.

The two went there for half a day and didn't come back until evening.

"Girl, do you want to hear some news?" Seeing Daiyu, Xueyan walked over excitedly and said mysteriously.Daiyu was used to her surprises, so she didn't take it seriously, she just asked a casual question.

"What news?"

"Does the old lady of Wangge know?"

Daiyu nodded and said, "I know. What happened to him?"

"His family..." Xue Yan deliberately paused at this point, Daiyu is still not doing well, and the maids who are waiting to hear the follow-up have already lost their temper and asked: "What's wrong with his family? On the contrary, don't try to be tricky on purpose!"

"Wangge is old, he is dead." Xueyan said.

"What? Dead!" Everyone's eyes widened, as if they couldn't believe it.

Daiyu said: "As far as I know, this Wangge old man is an old official of the three superpowers. He is now over 70 years old and has always been in poor health. Since he ascended the throne today, he has been sick all the year round. It is not surprising that he passed away suddenly from a serious illness."

Xueyan said: "The death of a person in his seventies and eighties is naturally not a miracle. What I want to talk about is another matter."

Everyone asked what was the matter, and Xueyan continued: "This old Wang Ge had two sons, and the eldest son died before he was 20 years old. Although he was married, he gave birth to a daughter, and did not leave him behind. A male. The second son is strong and strong, but he is ignorant. The only grandson is now 28|[-] years old, and he is [-]% like his father. Lawless, some time ago a drunken fight killed a person. The family of the deceased reported to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The procuratorate saw the evidence and ordered people to take down the grandson of Mr. Wangge. It is said that the elder Mr. Ge left It took a lot of connections to get the grandson out, but not long after his grandson was released from prison, he robbed the people's daughter. There are rumors in the market that Mr. Ge was pissed to death by this unprogressive grandson."

After hearing this, the maids all said that they deserved it if they were mad, whoever let Mr. Wang Ge bend the law for personal gain, this is retribution!

Du Daiyu frowned and remained silent.She knew that Lin Ruhai was investigating the matter of collaborating with the enemy, and all the people who were in love checked it out, but this old Wang Ge was the most suspected.Now that the story of Wang Ge's old age has been spread in the streets and alleys, Daiyu thinks her father must have known about it.Two days ago, Daiyu also heard from Lin Ruhai that Wang Ge had entered the palace, and she looked much better than before, so she shouldn't have suddenly died of illness. Could it be that she committed suicide in fear of crime?

In the evening, when Lin Ruhai returned home, Daiyu asked, "Father, is it true that Mr. Wang Ge leaked the news about the grain and grass?"

Few officials would discuss government affairs with the female family members in the mansion, and even the husband and wife were silent, let alone father and daughter?However, Lin Ruhai could see Lin Daiyu's intelligence and knew that she was different from ordinary women, so as long as she asked, he would not hide it.

After thinking about it, Lin Ruhai said, "Although I'm not very sure, I still have seven or eight points."

"Then, did he commit suicide in fear of crime?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet."

"Didn't he always say he was sick? How did he pass the news on? And to whom?"

Lin Ruhai told Lin Daiyu that he was also investigating this issue.But all the evidence has been considered wiped out. Someone is preventing him from investigating the matter to the end. This person is very powerful and has inextricable connections with the palace, especially the Supreme Emperor.

Daiyu was surprised, she asked: "Father, does the Supreme Emperor know?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head.However, he didn't know that it would be very difficult if the Supreme Emperor was involved. If the Supreme Emperor knew about it, he couldn't even imagine how it would end.

Zhou Hang knew that most of the masters in the palace were pampered and well-fed. He also thought that food and clothing were wasted a lot, but he didn't expect to waste such a waste.

The identities of the masters and sons in the palace are different, and each has its own role.Naturally, the emperor's daily expenses were the highest. In terms of meals alone, he provided [-] catties of pork, [-] catties of beef, two sheep, ten chickens, ten ducks, and twenty catties each of various fruits and vegetables. One hundred catties of polished rice, twenty catties each of various grains and beans, and countless teas, drinks, soups, porridge, etc.The emperor alone can eat and use as much as he can. These things are enough for a hundred people. Isn't the rest all wasted?

This is only the emperor's, there are countless concubines and young masters in the palace, and each of them is supplied with tens of catties of meat every day. After a year, it is not a small amount.

After reading Zhou Hang's statistical data, Li Zhaodao said, "I know that the imperial dining room has always been wasted, but I never expected it to go to this extent. Since I ascended the throne, I have devoted myself to governing the government. I didn't take care of the harem for a while. It's really an omission."

Therefore, from now on, the supply of harem fees will be halved.In order to show his dedication to raising food and grass, Li Zhao took the lead in donating all his supplies as military rations. He only ate one bowl of rice and two vegetarian dishes for each meal, and ordered the imperial dining room to cook according to this and not to waste.

The emperor set such an example, and the concubines in the harem naturally followed suit, donating their daily expenses one after another.The concubines thought that the emperor only had two vegetarian dishes for each meal, so they naturally had to be first-class than the emperor, so they only had one vegetarian dish.Even those who wanted to stand out to attract the emperor's attention simply stopped eating vegetarian dishes and only ate a bowl of white rice for each meal.

But Li Zhao's imperial decree caused dissatisfaction among several concubines and concubines.

They didn't come to Li Zhao directly, they just made noise in front of the Queen Mother, expressing their meaning through the Queen Mother's mouth.When Li Zhao went to greet the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor's attitude was a bit cold.

After returning, Li Zhao issued another imperial decree, to the effect that this dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and he should be frugal no matter what, but the Supreme Emperor should not be frugal.Therefore, the halving of the quota is only for the emperor, the prince, and his concubines, and it is still the same for the Supreme Emperor.

With the emperor taking the lead to set an example, the courtiers also rushed to donate food. On the first day, they raised about [-] shi of grain and grass, but on the second day only [-] shi.The third day was a rest day, Zhou Hang also told Li Zhao a day off, and left the palace.

There is a famous brothel in Beijing called Zuihuanlou.Every day of rest and bathing is also the most prosperous and lively time in the most happy building.Gein, because those officials are busy with official duties, they have no leisure on weekdays. On the day of rest, they often come out to hang out in plain clothes, and gather in small groups to do things that they would not dare to do on weekdays.The law of the imperial court expressly stipulates that all officials are not allowed to linger in the Lane of Fireworks and Willows, or the Goulan of gambling houses.This rule was set by Tai*zu back then, but after tens of hundreds of years, with thunder and rain, it has existed in name only.When officials go to these places, as long as they don't wear high-sounding official uniforms and put on casual clothes, everyone will turn a blind eye.

This day coincided with the first day that the old bustard bought a woman of both skill and skill from Jiangnan to pick up customers, and it was even more lively.

In the middle of the main hall of the most happy building is a stage, with desks and armchairs on both sides, and it is full of people at the moment.The second floor is the private room. There are about a dozen rooms in a semicircle around the stage. When you open the windows, you can see the situation in the hall on the first floor at a glance.Now, except for the most exquisite and best room on the second floor facing the stage, the windows are closed, the rest of the windows are open, and the ones sitting facing the windows are all potbellied masters, with servants standing beside them. in groups.

There were sitting people in the hall on the first floor, and there were many standing spectators.

At this moment, those people were discussing a lot, and they all said to spend five taels of silver to come in, just to see the demeanor of the most popular Loutou card.It turned out that this favorite building is not something anyone can enter if they want to, especially on this special day today, if you want to see the style of the top card, you need five taels of silver to get in.If you want to have a seat to sit on, depending on the location, there are a few hundred taels more, and the least is 50 taels. As for the private room on the second floor, it costs at least a thousand taels.

A thin, middle-aged man with triangular eyes and beard, who looked like bamboo poles, pushed the shoulder of a man beside him and asked, "Brother, why is the window in the middle of the second floor closed?"

After speaking, several people looked at him at the same time, and some even gave him a sideways look with contempt, which made the man very puzzled.The man whose shoulders he pushed earlier smiled and said, "This brother is from outside, right?"

Shou Zhu Gan'er nodded and said: "Although I am a foreigner, I can speak Mandarin fluently in novels. I don't know how you can tell that I am from a foreigner?"

The man laughed and said, "If you're from the capital, wouldn't you know that the elegant room in the middle of the second floor of the Most Huan Building has never been open since it opened?"

"Why is that?" Shouzhu Gan'er asked.

"But I don't know. It is rumored that the owner of the most happy building is very powerful. The private room in the middle of the second floor is reserved by the owner himself. It is said that only the most distinguished guests can sit in it. Others, even if they pay 1 taels of silver, don't give it away." I wish I could get in."

Shouzhugan'er suddenly realized: "So that's how it is..." As he said that, he couldn't help raising his head and forgot to glance, secretly thinking that such a good position is really a waste.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Two mighty and extraordinary men cleared the way in front, and four or five people who looked like guards walked in with two young teenagers behind.

As soon as the two teenagers came in, they focused the eyes of the audience on one place.

These two young men were so handsome that everyone couldn't help but gasped, and said to themselves: What a pair of handsome young men!After the likes, everyone was puzzled again, could it be that such a handsome young man can go shopping in a brothel?

There are a few wretched old men whose eyeballs are already glued to the two of them, with greed|greedy desire in their eyes.

The two teenagers were led up to the second floor under the watchful eyes of everyone.Everyone raised their heads involuntarily, wanting to see which window they would appear behind on the second floor.After a while, the window in the middle was slowly pushed open, but it was covered by a pearl curtain, and the person behind it could not be seen.

The pot exploded below, and everyone speculated whether the two young men had entered the private room in the middle.

One person said: "It must have gone in, otherwise why would the window in the middle open as soon as they went up."

Everyone agreed and said yes.

Suddenly one of them sighed, "It's a pity...it's a pity..."

Everyone asked him what was the pity, and the man said: "The two young men who are so handsome and handsome are very seductive to look at, but it's a pity that they are covered by a curtain, so we can't see them."

But he said that in the private room on the second floor, Zhou Hang arranged the tables and chairs and helped Daiyu to sit down.There were only her, Zhou Hang and Koizumi in the private room, and the rest of the guard Zhou Hang ordered him to wait outside the door.The two people who came in from the outside just now are Daiyu and Zhou Hang, and Daiyu is dressing up as a man today.Koizumi had met Daiyu before, he was Zhou Hang's confidant, and Zhou Hang did not hide from him that Zhou Hang brought Daiyu out.

Daiyu was surrounded by so many men just now, and at this moment, her heart beat a little faster, and she sat on the chair and let out a long breath.

Koizumi hurriedly moved another armchair and put it down next to Daiyu's chair, bowed his head and said, "Master, you can sit too."

Zhou Hang sat down and said to Daiyu in a low voice: "Wait a little longer, the oiran will come out."

Daiyu glared at him angrily, and said, "Daddy knows I'm coming to this kind of place, he must be so mad!" She was a little annoyed that Zhou Hang insisted on letting him come with him.Although it was a matter of business, Zhou Hang alone was enough, so he didn't need to come here.

Daiyu regretted compromising with Zhou Hang. Thinking about it, since she met Zhou Hang, she seemed to be compromising everywhere.

Zhou Hang is like this, if you take a step back, he will take a step forward.For example, if I allow her to hold hands once, he will think about the second time, thinking that he can accept this level of contact; if I promise him a trip in men's clothing once, he will think about the second time.Now, even places like brothels have come with him.

Dai Yuming knew that this was not something a daughter who hadn't left the court should do, but she was compromised by what he said.

Daiyu is not a casual person, the reason why she wants to compromise with Zhou Hang time and time again is because she has identified him in her heart.She believed in him, trusted him, even more than she trusted Lin Ruhai.She felt that the only people in the world who would not betray her were her father and Zhou Hang. For these two people, she was willing to make any compromises and sacrifices.

Looking at Daiyu's swollen cheeks, Zhou Hang said, "This is your idea, why don't you help me implement it yourself? What's more..." He paused at this point, then turned his head and glanced at Koizumi.The latter turned his head tactfully and hid in a corner that would not affect the two of them.Only then did Zhou Hang lower his voice, and approached: "What's more, what kind of place is this? This is a brothel. If you don't supervise yourself, how dare I come in?"

Daiyu was a little ashamed, stomped her feet and said, "If you talk about this again, I will ignore you from now on."

Zhou Hang hurriedly raised his hands in surrender, saying that he knew his mistake and would never do it again.For his guarantee, Daiyu just snorted disdainfully, this is not the first time he has made such a guarantee.

"It's just that I'm magnanimous, and I don't care about it like you." Daiyu said that she forgave someone very generously.

Zhou Hang covered his stomach with a smile and said: "Yes, yes, you are the prime minister who can pull a boat..."

The two were chatting and laughing, and suddenly there was a commotion below, it turned out that the oiran had come out.The first performance was the piano art, the oiran was playing the qin, and the eyebrows and eyes of the men below all floated up, sticking to the oiran's body, wishing to turn those eyes into thousands of arms, and take off the clothes on the oiran's body, some Already yelling obscene language in his mouth.

Daiyu frowned, and looked at Zhou Hang: "You men are really shameless!"

Zhou Hang felt that he was wronged, those men were shameless, they had half a dime relationship with him!He hurriedly cast a sound-proof spell, and at this moment he regretted that he didn't block the nonsense outside from the beginning. Those words spread here, which really polluted Sister Lin's ears.

"Koizumi!" Zhou Hang called out, and Koizumi rushed over to ask for his order.

Zhou Hang said: "You go out too! Tell them to write down what those officials said, and remember them clearly, do you understand?"

"I'll save it for you slave." Koizumi agreed and withdrew.

Not long after, Koizumi came back again, Zhou Hang asked him what was going on, Koizumi said: "I don't know, the one sitting next to us is Prince Zhennan's son, the slave just happened to meet him when he went out, he said he would come to see His Highness. "

"Gao Xuanyi?" Zhou Hang frowned, "He's here too?"

Koizumi said "Yes", then raised his hand and asked, "Master, do you want to summon me?"

Gao Xuanyi still has a temperament towards Zhou Hang, if we meet each other normally, it's okay to meet him, but today with Daiyu, Zhou Hang is a bit scrupulous.Naturally, the less people know about Daiyu's appearance as a man, the better.He thought that although Gao Xuanyi had never met Daiyu, he was very smart.Perhaps he had noticed it when he and Daiyu came in just now, and he already had doubts about Daiyu's identity in his heart.If I don't see him now, won't it make him more suspicious?

Thinking of Zhou Hang looking at Daiyu, Daiyu suddenly remembered that day when she and Zheng Lihua ran into Gao Xuanyi and Gao Rusi.At that time, she felt that the matter was over and it was over, and she would never have the chance to meet Gao Xuanyi again.I don't want to meet here again today, I'm afraid Gao Xuanyi already knows his identity.

Thinking about it, Daiyu hurriedly told Zhou Hang about the previous events.

Zhou Hang was surprised and said: "There is such a thing, why didn't you say it before?"

Daiyu said: "Who would have thought that there will be a day of goodbye, you must not let him in."

Knowing this, Zhou Hang dared to let people in, but ordered Koizumi to decline.Unexpectedly, when he finally went out, he ran into Gao Xuanyi.This time it was a head-on collision, and I couldn't dodge it even if I wanted to.When several people met, Zhou Hang said that Daiyu was a little friend he met outside.Gao Xuanyi glanced at Daiyu, and met him as a friend, his attitude was not condescending, but he was very kind.

Daiyu didn't dare to face Gao Xuanyi directly, and she didn't know whether Gao Xuanyi recognized her or not.Her dress today is very different from that day. In order to look more like a man, she deliberately used magic to thicken and raise the eyebrows, making them look like Zhou Hang's sword eyebrows, which is a little more heroic than her daughter's dress.With her current skill, it is not enough to support the illusion of the entire face for a long time, so Daiyu just uses magic to change it a little, and there is no way.

When we parted, Gao Xuanyi said that he and Daiyu were very close, so he gave Daiyu his name card, and said that if something happened, he only needed to take the name card and go to Zhennan Wangfu in Fengzhou to find him. help.

As soon as Gao Xuanyi left, Zhou Hang snatched the name card angrily, tore two pieces and threw them in the trash.What does Gao Xuanyi mean?Isn't this blatantly looking down on him, Zhou Hang? His Zhou Hang's woman will take good care of herself, so why is there any difficulty?Even if there are difficulties, he will solve them, no outsiders are needed.

"Be careful!" Daiyu smiled.