July 20, 5th year of the Apocalypse

As another capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the city population of more than 700,000 Nanjing is still prosperous, every day there are countless boats and pedestrians pouring into the most prosperous city of the Ming Dynasty, as the most famous Qinhuai River in Nanjing is a painting boat, every day there are countless literati and ink writers and huge rich businessmen Jia on the painting boat, or with the famous prostitutes to chant poetry or with them for a time, the life of drunken gold fans is really to make countless people indulge in this gentle township.

As soon as night fell, candles began to light up on the Qinhuai River, and painting boats began to shuttle back and forth along the river. On the riverside, the Qinglou taverns have also opened their doors, with colorful lights, green windows and red houses, and beauties like jade.

There is a three-storey color building next to the Confucius Temple by the river, called Meixiang Building, it is one of the most famous green buildings of the Qinhuai River generation, and the pillar of Meixiang Building is Zheng Tuniang, who is known as the Oiran of Qinhuai River, since her debut last year, it has caused a sensation in the entire Nanjing City, and the people who can become her guests are either high-ranking officials and nobles who are rich and wealthy businessmen.

Today, dozens of tables in the hall on the first floor of Meixiang Building are already full of people, and hundreds of scholars, businessmen, and all kinds of admiring tourists are exchanging heads with the people around them. Although the six singers on the stage were singing softly, as time passed, people's emotions gradually began to become anxious, and a gentleman in a green shirt shouted loudly.

"Zheng everyone, why don't Zheng people come down, the reason why we are here is to admire the name of Zheng family for a long time, and I came here to see Zheng family, but you have not let Zheng family come out for a long time, what is your intention?"

Just when everyone was getting more and more excited, a half-old wearing a light red Luo shirt and combing a falling horse sideburns on her head, about forty years old, still had the charm of the charm, and walked out quickly. I saw her smile at everyone without saying a word and said with a smile: "Eh, Luo Gongzi, you must not say that, if you want to say this, you are really wronged by the old body, today she is not feeling well, there is really no way to serve the guest officers, and I hope that the guest officers Haihan." The old body promises that when the mother's body is healed, the old body will let her personally pour wine for you to make amends, what do you think? ”

This half-old is the owner of Meixianglou, surnamed Liu, more than 20 years ago was also a famous prostitute on the Qinhuai River, and then after old age and decay, he continued to open this Meixianglou with his life, with the rich and officials who had incense with her in the past and her skillful wrist, in this more than ten years, Meixianglou gradually developed into a famous gold cave on the Qinhuai River, and people who are idle will generally sell her a face.

Unexpectedly, this scholar didn't eat this set at all, and I saw him say unhappily: "Mother Liu, are you playing with me?" If the Zheng family is really unwell, then it is naturally difficult for us to be this wicked person. But someone told Luo that Zheng was not unwell, but boarded a painting boat to greet some distinguished guests, do you say yes or no? ”

Seeing that her lies were exposed, the smile on Liu's mother's face also retracted, and she stood up straight and said lightly: "Since Luo Gongzi knows it, then the old body will not hide it from you, Tu Niang is indeed not here, but is accompanying the distinguished guests on her painting boat." ”

"...... Uproar"

As soon as Liu's mother finished speaking, there was an uproar in the hall, and many people were so angry that they stood up and pointed at Liu's mother and scolded. In the face of everyone's accusations, the charming Lady Forty just said lightly: "The guests who accompany Tuo Niang tonight are Grandpa Xu from the Duke of Wei, Grandpa Zhang from the British Mansion, and Liao Shangshu from the Ministry of War is coming from the capital from Lord Qincha, if you think you have the ability to snatch people from their hands, the old man will not only not stop him, but will personally send him on the boat, I don't know which prince and master want to try?" ”

As soon as Mother Liu's words came out, the originally boiling hall immediately became like a duck that had been choked by the neck, and all of them were dumb.

Who are the Duke of Wei, the Duke of England, and the Secretary of the Ministry of War? Not to mention Nanjing, even if it is placed in the city of Beijing, it is also a well-known top nobles and the chief of the real power department, especially Wei Guogong is holding the seal of military power, thousands of battalions and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Nanjing City are under his control, who dares to have the courage to go over to disturb his interest when he entertains guests.

"Yes...... But even so, Mother Liu, you should wait with me in advance. ”

That Luo Gongzi originally looked like he was not afraid of the powerful, but after Mother Liu's words came out, his eyeballs shrank significantly, and when he spoke again, his voice became much quieter.

A look of contempt in Liu's mother's eyes flashed away, and although she was still smiling, anyone could hear her voice much louder.

"Today, Tu Niang really can't come out to perform for you, if you want to talk with Tu Niang or listen to music, please come back tomorrow night, but the old body has a word first, I dare not guarantee that Tu Niang will have time to come out and meet you tomorrow night."

It's strange to say, when Mother Liu first came out just now, the hall was boiling, but when they heard that Zheng Tuoniang was going to accompany Wei Guogong, the British Duke and the Ministry of War, Shangshu and other people, everyone was dumbfounded, and even the person who danced the most happily just now instantly turned into a quail and stopped making a sound.

The events in the hall passed quickly like a farce, but on a painting boat not far from Mei Xianglou, more than a dozen guests in civilian clothes were staggering. Several beauties are singing and dancing lightly, it can be said that they are silk and bamboo tube ears, Yingge Yan dance, at the end of the round table, Zheng Tuniang is listening to the people at this table with a smile, these people are the Wei Guogong and his party that Liu's mother just said.

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, as the person with the highest status among the people who are doing it, naturally sits in the first seat, on his left is the British Duke Zhang Weixian and Liao Yongquan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and on the right of Xu Hongji is Lu Jianshen, who came to investigate Yang Feng.

Xu Hongji raised the wine glass in his hand and said to Lu Jianshen with a smile: "Lord Lu, today Xu is the east, please Lord Lu to visit the Qinhuai River at night, take a look at the beautiful scenery of my Jinling, and also see how peaceful the rich land of my Ming Dynasty is, I hope that Lord Lu can report truthfully to His Majesty and the princes of the court and the central government after he goes back." ”

Today's Lu Jianshen is wearing a light cyan robe, with a reserved smile on his face, although the injuries on his face have not yet healed, and he can faintly see red marks, but compared to a few days ago, Xu Du is already better, he raised it and said with a faint smile: "Grandpa Guo is polite, it is an honor for Xiaguan to be treated by Guogong today, but it's a pity, but this beautiful scenery of Jinling Xiaguan doesn't know if he can see it again?" ”