Half an hour later, Zhao Hongrun and his party came out of a rather elaborate curiosity shop on Chaoyang Street, and now they had money in their hands, and even their waists were much straighter.

A full six hundred taels, who would have thought that the picture of mountains and rivers drawn by the sixth prince Zhao Hongzhao would give a return of as much as six hundred taels to the shopkeeper.

Even so, Zhao Hongrun can still infer a thing or two from the shopkeeper's tone and attitude: he was still slaughtered by the other party.

Later, Zhao Hongrun learned that his six emperor brothers, who were known as Qilin'er, had been famous in Beijing since he was a child, and he was highly respected by the talented and beautiful people in the capital because of his graceful and wealthy five cars.

It's a pity that Zhao Hongzhao's "Yafeng Poetry Club" is not just anyone can participate in it, even if it is the son and nephew of any minister of the DPRK and China, if he does not have enough talent, it is difficult to be invited by Zhao Hongzhao.

Because of this, the talented and beautiful people in the capital will be invited by Zhao Hongzhao to Yafeng Pavilion to participate in the poetry meeting, and appreciate the ink treasure of the six highnesses as the most elegant thing in the capital, and try their best to praise it, so that Zhao Hongzhao's ink treasure is very famous in the capital and is collected by rich and wealthy people.

But unfortunately, Zhao Hongzhaogui is the most favored prince of the Great Wei Dynasty, and he is neither short of money nor does he want his works to be contaminated with copper odor, so in addition to giving a few calligraphy and paintings to acquaintances, he is almost not circulating in the market of Beijing, so that the price is rising year by year.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Hongrun is determined to suffer a loss, because the painting he secretly came out is also stamped with the seal of his sixth emperor brother Zhao Hongzhao, and it is worth a thousand taels of silver if it is sold casually. If you are lucky enough to meet some powerful and wealthy people with vassal elegance, the price may be even higher.

But then again, Zhao Hongrun is already very satisfied with the return of six hundred taels, after all, how much did he pay for the prince in the past month? According to the regulations of the Great Wei ancestral system, the prince who has not left the cabinet enjoys the treatment of a prince of fifty percent, and enjoys the treatment of a prince when he becomes an adult, and the prince's monthly salary is fifteen percent of the monthly salary of a courtier, that is, 1.5 times.

Converted, the prince's monthly salary that has not been out of the cabinet is about more than seventy percent of the first-class courtiers in the court, which is equivalent to more than 500 taels of silver, and about 60,000 taels per year.

For ordinary people, this is definitely an astronomical amount, after all, the normal living expenses of a few people in the capital all year round are only a hundred taels of silver, sixty thousand taels of silver, enough for them to live for six hundred years!

But for the prince living in the palace, more than five hundred taels of silver a month is really nothing, after all, it costs five to ten taels to reward the little eunuchs in the palace casually, or don't let them do things. In addition, there is also the maintenance and procurement of the dormitory, the purchase of new clothes, and the maintenance of their respective sects, these messy expenses are all added together, more than five hundred taels a month, so that the princes in the palace generally need the private help of their respective concubines, otherwise it is really difficult to maintain the consistent "elegance of the superior".

Six hundred taels of silver, even if it is exchanged for the largest fifty taels of silver, there are twelve ingots, which is almost equivalent to the weight of a six or seven-year-old child. Therefore, at that time, Zhao Hongrun exchanged some silver ingots of five taels and ten taels to the shopkeeper, and only took a few silver ingots of twenty taels and fifty taels.

First, five taels and ten taels of silver ingots are the most commonly used on the market, and second, after the split, it is also convenient for all Zongwei to carry, otherwise it is really necessary for Lu Mu to carry a full six hundred taels of silver on his back, which is equivalent to asking him to carry a six or seven-year-old child around on his back, and after a long time, even if Lu Mu is a strong man in his early twenties, he can't bear it.

With this split, each Zong Wei carried so many taels to dozens of taels of silver in his arms, and Lu Mu's pressure was greatly reduced.

"Shen Yu, you are a native of Daliang, do you know the most famous ...... in the Jingshi What, where? ”

"The most famous Qinglou?"

Although Shen Yu was reluctant to lead his Royal Highness to the land of fireworks and willow lanes, since Zhao Hongrun had already decided, he had no choice.

He thought for a while and said, "On one side of the Dujiang Canal, there seems to be a relatively well-known building. ”

Dujiang Canal is a canal dug by manpower from a nearby river in Chendu Liang. Because this place is the Great Wei Jingshi Chen Du Liang, so the river is called "Dujiang", and this canal that was artificially excavated to lead water into the city is called "Dujiang Canal".

The Dujiang Canal has a wide range of functions, it not only connects the moat outside the city, but also is the source of drinking water and living water for most of the people in the city, and has a pivotal position in Chendu Daliang. Even in order to protect the canal water, the Great Wei Criminal Department also issued relevant criminal laws.

For example, it is forbidden to throw dirty objects into the canal, and it is forbidden to bathe in the canal water, play and so on.

"Dujiangqu? I know where. ”

Mu Qingxing hurriedly wanted to lead the way for everyone, but unexpectedly, Zhao Hongrun interrupted him.

"Don't be busy yet." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said meaningfully: "Let's take a casual stroll around the city first, and shake off the tail behind us by the way." ”

The sect guards were stunned when they heard this, and subconsciously looked around.

During this period, Shen Yu asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, could it be that there are people from the inner chamberlain?" ”

"Huh."

Zhao Hongrun smiled faintly. Although he didn't know whether there were any people from the inner chamberlain behind him and watching them, but if he thought about it carefully, when they left the palace for the first time today, his father, the current Great Wei Emperor, would definitely follow the people from the Tongxian Sect from afar, secretly monitoring their itinerary today.

If the current Great Wei Tianzi knew that their gang went to Fireworks Willow Lane today, would this be okay?

"Walk the alley."

Shen Yu, who was faintly the leader of the Zongwei, whispered, and the Zongwei understood and quickly entered an alley with his highness.

Sure enough, as soon as they left, across the street, there were several men dressed as ordinary people, all of whom looked clear and lacked the masculinity of a man, and they knew that they were the father-in-law of the palace eunuch.

“……”

The older father-in-law in the lead frowned and looked at the alley that was already empty, couldn't help frowning, and ordered in a low voice: "Find them separately." ”

Several young eunuchs nodded, some down the street and backwards, others chasing along the alley in front of them.

About half an hour later, Zhao Hongrun and his party jumped out of another alley and blended into the overcrowded street.

"If someone really followed, they should have been dumped, right?" Shen Yu said to himself a little unconfidently, after all, tracking and anti-tracking are not what they are good at.

"It's better to be careful." Wei Jiao said in a low voice.

While the two of them were talking, the rest of the Zongwei also looked around frequently, their eyes were like torches, as if they wanted to find out the inner eunuchs who were mixed in the crowd, if there were really palace eunuchs in this crowd.

Seeing that the strange behavior of these people caused the surprise of the people on the street, Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes wordlessly, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, the more you are like this, the easier it will be for us to be found...... Calming. ”

Only then did all the Zongwei retract their sharp gazes.

For the sake of caution, they passed through several lively streets and secluded alleys in a row, and only after feeling that they should get rid of the eunuchs who were in charge of the inner eunuchs, did they go towards the smoke and willow land built on the edge of the Dujiang Canal in Shen Yu's mouth.

As he walked, Zhao Hongrun gradually noticed that the flow of people around him gradually changed.

I remember that when I was on Chaoyang Street, there were all kinds of people on the street, old and young, men and women, but now this street is mostly male, there are graceful noble sons, there are powerful people wearing silk and satin, and there are almost no young women in sight.

After walking a little further, Zhao Hongrun was surprised to see an attic in front of him that was almost half built out of thin air on the Dujiang Canal, and this attic was accompanied by the gentle breeze on the canal, and a faint fragrance came from it.

"It's so fragrant, what kind of flower?" Chu Heng, who was more mellow in Zong Wei, sniffed his nose and asked in surprise.

"Floral? No, it's ...... Carmine.'

Smelling the refreshing faint rouge fragrance, Zhao Hongrun felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart for no reason.

And along with this excitement, there is also an inexplicable restlessness.

"That's what ...... That's what I yearn for......

Zhao Hongrun, who had been locked in the deep palace for fourteen years, was so excited that he almost cried, and he felt that this faint rouge fragrance saved his physiological outlook and outlook on life, which had gradually become a little distorted because of the environment in the palace.

"Shen Yu, Mu Qing, Lu Mu, follow me, and the others will enter in batches."

Because the eleven people in his line were too attention-grabbing, Zhao Hongrun only brought Shen Yu, Mu Qing and Lu Mu, and the rest of them temporarily obeyed Wei Jiao's command.

"Let's go."

After the arrangements were made, Zhao Hongrun led Shen Yu, Mu Qing, and Lu Mu to the land of smoke and willows that he had always longed for but had never had the opportunity to set foot in.

"A water pavilion?"

Seeing the plaque of the building from afar, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Because he thought that this kind of place would be called "XX Garden" and "XX Pavilion", but he didn't expect it to be such an elegant name.

——— "Because the number of words is not enough, so popularize a little knowledge———

First of all, explain that Qinglou, Qinglou, originally referred to the luxurious and exquisite elegant house, and also referred to the wealthy and noble.

Therefore, only the high-grade ones can be called Qinglou. Although the meaning is close, it is higher than the grade of "Fireworks Willow Lane", which can be understood as "what a feast", "what a world", an entertainment place in the trench.

Let's explain the difference between "prostitute" and "prostitute".

The word prostitution is composed of two parts, "female" and "chang", chang, which means prosperous and lively, referring to the street, so literally, prostitution refers to a woman standing on the street to solicit customers, alluding to a woman who trades in the flesh.

And prostitution, it is composed of two parts, "female" and "branch", at first glance it is not clear, but if the "branch" is understood as half of the "skill", then it is not difficult to understand, simply put, it is a skilled woman. "Note: Skill literally means craft."

In other words, a prostitute is a woman of great skill than a prostitute. Of course, this skill does not refer to kung fu in bed, but refers to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc., and because of this, some people will successively call the Qinglou woman Miss, you know, Miss in ancient times refers to the daughter of a rich family.

If you still can't understand this, you will search for famous prostitutes in Qinglou in the Song Dynasty, and almost all of those famous prostitutes are multi-talented women who are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but unfortunately their fate is bumpy.

In the end, I have to summarize and distinguish the women in the Qinglou in one sentence: in the Qinglou, if you sleep with your "talent", it is a prostitute; If you see your "wealth" sleeping with you, that's a prostitute.