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/p> The season has come to summer, and the morning in Yunnan is still a little cool.

Zhu Gaoxu got up early in the morning, took more than 300 soldiers who guarded and guarded the palace, each carrying 60 catties, and ran twice in the spacious area of the three major palaces of the palace.

By the time he arrived at the study on the east side of the Carrier Hall, it was already dawn.

As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he really doesn't have anything serious to do, but Zhu Gaoxu maintains a positive fighting spirit after getting up every day!

Although the population of the entire Yunnan political envoy is only more than 700,000, Zhu Gaoxu also believes that this is his new starting point; At least in terms of strength, he is a hundred times stronger than when he was in Jingshi, who only had three or four thousand men and horses, and was stared at by a large group of people.

There are two invitations on the desk in the study. One was sent by Mu Fu, the old lady of the Mu family, Geng's birthday in June, and she posted a banquet for Zhu Gaoxu. The other copy was actually sent by Shen Fu, and Shen Xu wrote that Liyuan had rehearsed a new play, and he sang the first show this afternoon, and invited Zhu Gaoxu to watch the play.

Last time, she used a trick to play with Zhu Gaoxu, and she seemed to think that he didn't know!

What made Zhu Gaoxu even more angry was that it was seen from the report of the palace guard that Mu Sheng had never been to the pear orchard since he "recovered", and it had been almost a month. Shen Xu's ruse seemed to have played a role.

However, Shen Xu is not useless, she at least knows Yunnan very well. The approximate number of the Han Chinese population was known to Zhu Gaoxu the last time he talked to her.

…… The political envoy of Yunnan should know a lot of things, but Zhu Gaoxu was very conscious and did not ask the officials in Yunnan; Because according to the rules, he can't be a prince who is in charge of the political secretary and the capital secretary.

On the contrary, it is Xiping Hou Musheng who can manage the military and politics of Yunnan.

From the time of Hongwu, the emperor ordered: Civil and military officials at all levels must report to the Mu Mansion before they can implement it! The three generations of emperors Hongwu, Jianwen, and Yongle did not take back their orders.

Mu Sheng is not only a marquis, but his actual power is equivalent to that of the governor of Yunnan, and he is above the three divisions of the capital command envoy, the Yunnan political envoy, and the inspection envoy, and controls the military, political, and judicial powers.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu, the prince, is just a high status; He would not think that the fiefdom was in Yunnan Province, and the entire Yunnan Province really belonged to him. In Yunnan, Zhu Gaoxu's power is not as great as Mu Sheng's, and his soldiers are not as many as Mu Sheng's.

Fortunately, Mu Sheng showed kindness from the first meeting. Otherwise, Zhu Gaoxu fought directly with Mu Sheng, and it was really hard to say who would take advantage...... King Min was in Yunnan, and from the Hongwu period to the early years of Yongle, he didn't see Mu Sheng fall.

Zhu Gaoxu decided to accept Shen Xu's invitation and go to the pear orchard to watch a play in the afternoon.

Dealing with a merchant widow, Zhu Gaoxu still decided to keep a low profile and go by car. However, this time, he found the Quan Yong team of the Imperial Guard, and first deployed more than a dozen ears and eyes inside and outside the pear orchard.

Zhu Gaoxu got into an ordinary carriage, took a few entourages, and went out from the west gate tower of the palace.

As the carriage walked down the street, I occasionally saw some Tusi people in strange costumes, but most of them were Han Chinese. The Tusi population in Yunnan is larger than that of the Han Chinese, but most of the people in Yunnan are still Han Chinese.

…… Liyuan has a new play today, and Hua Dan is Li Louxian. Mu Zhen hadn't seen her cousin Geng Hao for a while, so she asked the Yi clan attendants around her to make an appointment with Geng Hao, just like in "The Legend of the West Chamber".

The Yi people have martial arts and can use knives and archery. Originally, Mu Zhen gave her the name "Yao'er", but when the people in the house saw her, they called her "Ah Mei", thinking that the Yi people would call Xiao Niang like this; So Yao'er's name inexplicably became Ah Mei.

Ah Mei told Mu Zhen that even their clansmen are not called Xiaoniang like this, but "Liza"; So Ah Mei didn't like her name very much.

There is a small gate on the west side of Mufu, and it is a street outside; But this street does not allow people from outside the house to enter and exit, and there are men and sergeants guarding the entrance of the street, and Mu Zhen can't go out there.

On this street, there are also all slaves of Mufu. However, there is a Yi family among them, who is a fellow villager of Ah Mei; And the Nayi slaves are particularly fond of drinking. Mu Zhen once asked Ah Mei to take a good wine and send it over; After promising that even if they were found secretly going out, they would not confess to the Yi slaves, so they secretly went out of the Mu Mansion from that courtyard.

Mu Zhen knew that even if she secretly went out and was known by her father, it would not be good. She felt that as long as she was not found out and went to see Geng Hao privately, everything would be fine.

Today, after Mu Zhen dressed up in disguise, she took her sister and slipped out of Mu Mansion from the west in the same way. Yesterday, I sent a pot of good wine to Ah Mei's fellow villagers, so it went very well.

…… Zhu Gaoxu arrived at the pear orchard and was led straight to the elegant seat upstairs. Looking down at the lobby from here, you can see the scene in the lobby of the theater clearly.

He sat down in his seat, and the two guards who accompanied him stood behind him. After a while, Shen Xu came in person.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at the door, and saw that Shen Xu was wearing a light-colored cotton skirt today, and he still didn't wear a few pieces of jewelry. The Ming court forbade merchants to wear silk, but few laws and regulations were really implemented, and Shen Xu's family wore cotton cloth when he went out, and he dared to love because of that decree?

"The concubine has seen the son." Shen Xu gently bent his knees, lowered his eyes, and made a blessing with a graceful and gentle posture.

Zhu Gaoxu sat still and didn't move, but said, "Mrs. Meng's hospitality, please." ”

Shen Xu walked to the chair opposite, reached out and gently flicked the back of his skirt, and sat down on the chair.

Waiting for the slave maid to come up with the teapot and teacup, Shen Xu personally picked up the purple clay pot and poured a cup of tea, handed it over with both hands and said, "If there is anything wrong, I hope that the son will not be strange." ”

Zhu Gaoxu took it, but he didn't drink it, and suddenly smiled: "I heard that Xiping Hou also often comes to the pear orchard, why haven't I heard that he has come again in the past month?" ”

Shen Xu's face did not change, and he said softly: "The concubine heard that Xiping Hou had an illness before, or she was recovering from a serious illness, so she didn't want to listen to the play?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: Still pretending in front of me! This is very calm.

At this moment, suddenly a military general wearing a green cloth robe walked to the door. Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at him, and the military general bowed in and bowed his head to Zhu Gaoxu's ear.

Shen Xu, who was sitting opposite, still with a shallow smile, picked up the small cup and took a sip gently, and turned his head to look at the stage casually.

The military general covered his mouth with his palm, and said in Zhu Gaoxu's ear in a very low voice: "The brother over there in the Mu Mansion has just reported to the Jinpu Branch, and the little lady of the Mu family and the others have gone out, it should be the little lady that the prince said." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, and the general retreated with his fists clenched.

Shen Xu turned his head at this time and said with a light smile: "The concubine heard that the old lady of the Mu family is going to have a banquet next month. The old lady loves to listen to the drama very much. ”

"Oh......" Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

At this moment, he found that at the entrance of the lobby, the little lady of the Mu family was looking over here, and it seemed that she had seen Zhu Gaoxu.

Shen Xu also glanced sideways slightly, and continued: "Mu Mansion has a family opera troupe, but the opera troupe in Liyuan sings better than the family opera troupe. ”

Zhu Gaoxu saw that the little lady of the Mu family was walking upstairs, and at the same time talked to Shen Xu's family: "Madame is going to the banquet?" ”

Shen Xu covered his mouth and chuckled: "Thank you, Your Highness, for raising you, but of course Mu Mansion will not invite concubines." Although the Shen family has an old relationship with the king of Qianning; The concubine also has some personal relations with the Marquis of Xiping, but her identity is not elegant...... It's Li Louxian's troupe, the concubine can be borrowed from His Royal Highness and sent to Mu Mansion to sing for a few days, and the old lady must like His Royal Highness's gift very much. ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while: If you go to the banquet by yourself, you will have to give some gift money, but Mufu is not short of money. It would be great if you gave the old lady something she liked.

He originally wanted to knock on the side and deceive Shen Xu today, but at this time, he suddenly couldn't speak, so he immediately hugged his fists and said, "Since that's the case, thank you Madam first." ”

"It's a gesture." Shen Xu said.

At this time, a woman walked to the door and curtled her knees and said, "Young man, there is a young lady who claims to know you, but I don't know ......."

"She's right." Zhu Gaoxu said casually.

And the woman bowed and withdrew. After a while, the young lady of the Mu family, who was dressed as a woman, a strangely dressed toast woman, and the handsome Geng Hao came to the door of the private room.

"Brother Tai is not harmed, it's really fate." The little lady of the Mu family hugged her fists and said, and Geng Hao also saluted.

Shen Xu stood up quietly, smiled lightly and said, "Gongzi's friend is here, and the concubine will retire for the time being." ”

Zhu Gaoxu bowed back.

The little lady of the Mu family walked in and glanced back at Shen Xu. Mu Xiaoniang shouldn't know Shen Xu's family, she smiled: "That woman is so beautiful, the little brother disturbed the good things of the brother's platform, sorry, sorry." ”

"You may be seated." Zhu Gaoxu greeted.

Mu Xiaoniang and Geng Hao sat opposite each other, and the toast lady should just be an attendant, standing behind the two. Geng Hao blushed and said, "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Brother Tai again today......"

"Really don't mention the twenty yuan again, I already threw it away." Zhu Gaoxu was a little impatient and spoke out first.

Mu Xiaoniang said: "The little brother doesn't want to disturb the good things of the brother's platform, but I didn't catch up with the seat today, there are too many people." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Zhu Gaoxu said.

At this time, there was a recitation of the tone of the play, and Zhu Gaoxu said: "I started singing." ”

Mu Xiaoniang and Geng Hao both turned sideways and looked at the stage.

It wasn't long before there was a commotion in the lobby. A female actor had just appeared on stage, and before she started singing, there was a burst of "Okay!" from below. Good ......" sound.

The female actor's face was heavily colored, and she couldn't see what she looked like at all, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what was good anyway. But soon she sang, her voice was indeed correct and round, and her movements were also very charming.

Although Zhu Gaoxu doesn't know much about drama, after listening to it for a while, he got used to listening to that tune, and he thought it was very good. And the lyrics of the opera are very slow, and you can still understand the plot. In the Ming Dynasty, listening to opera was indeed one of the few spiritual entertainments.

He had just listened to the content of the play, when suddenly, there was a sound of metal hitting something with a "bell"!

(End of chapter)