Chapter 623: Cold Face and Red Face

Shen Zheng Sanya is also the time when the people who went out to do business return home, and there are more and more pedestrians on the road, and there are several horse-drawn carriages with pink flowers hanging on the outside, all of which are half-old black oil carriages. Seeing these carriages passing, passers-by all turned their heads and looked sideways, smelling the aroma of fat powder inside, and many of them showed envy.

This is the official prostitute from the courtyards of the East Fourth Pai Lou Goolan Hutong!

Because there is no ban on official prostitutes, although there is a system prohibiting officials from entering and leaving the Qinglou Chu Pavilion to stay in prostitution, if they commit it, they will be impeached, but if it is a banquet at home, it is okay to call the second or third official prostitutes to come forward to persuade them to drink and have fun. Therefore, except for those poor Beijing officials, whenever the family of officials with a solid family calls friends to gather at home, they will always send their family members to Goolan Hutong to call people.

At this moment, one of the carriages walked along Chongwenmen Street for a while, crossed the silver ingot bridge on the Shicha Sea, and turned into the Qunli Hutong next door to Chongguo Temple. Immediately after, four young women got out of the car, two pink and two emerald green, with a coquettish posture and a charming appearance, and entered the black oil gate next to a large mansion gracefully.

The four official prostitutes are naturally not qualified to go through the main gate, nor are they qualified to go through the West Point Gate where guests enter and exit. But at the same time, the West Point Gate is also lively and bustling. The people who came one after another were all dressed as officials in black gauze hats and collar shirts. Someone at the door had already invited them in, and the two porters were just busy bowing and greeting. An endless stream of carriages and sedan chairs filled half of the alley, and the sound of greeting each other came out from inside, but I don't know how many empty words were perfunctory, how many fake greetings.

At this time, there happened to be a group of people passing by at the mouth of Qunli Hutong. Zhang Yue, who was the leader, grabbed the reins and looked inside thoughtfully. The residences of many nobles and important civil officials in the capital were all in this Xicheng area, and he happened to remember where the sacred place lived here. It's just that his house is still further south, and he didn't stop by in the past, so he rarely passed here, but he had heard of the reputation of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the chief constitutional magistrate, who drank and feasted as a prostitute. After just one pause, he saw two black oil carriages with pink branches turning into the alley, and the rest of the carriages and horses were even more.

"Young master, it's too dazzling to stand here."

Hearing Peng Shisan's reminder, Zhang Yue immediately came back to his senses, nodded and set off. It was only after he had walked more than a hundred paces that he slowed down his horse again, and began to think about it in his heart.

Zhu Di seems to be suspicious, but in fact, as long as he doesn't touch the scales, the ministers are much better than those officials in the Hongwu Dynasty. Just like at the beginning of the country, although Zhu Yuanzhang opened an official prostitute in the Fuller Academy, few civil and military officials dared to come out with a prostitute to accompany the wine. Now Liu Guan invited the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate to a banquet, and there were dozens of official prostitutes called, and one was eye-catching. He believed that since Yuan Fang ruthlessly abolished Liu Guan's arm, he would never stand idly by if this charge worked, but Liu Guan is still swaggering, which shows that Zhu Di does not care about these.

Peng Shisan followed Zhang Yuenian, and knew what he thought when he saw his face, so he stepped forward immediately, only half a step behind Zhang Yue: "Now the official eunuchs are feasting, and they are full of singers at every turn, and they are all official prostitutes who are called by the line." Besides, the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is still like this, what scruples do others have? ”

Zhang Yue shook his head and said: "There are too few officials in Beijing, many of them are single in Beijing, and they can't even afford to hire servants. In such a predicament, it is forbidden to call official prostitutes to drink and feast as companions, and it only forces those people to turn in another direction. It's just that there are more than a dozen people like Liu Guan, and it's just to show off their power and money. Having said that, now that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is so smoky, some people can stay in it. ”

"Young Master is talking about the Seventh Young Master of the Gu Family? That stupid man is the most upright, and it's not easy to pull him into the water! ”

Hearing Peng Shisan directly call Gu Bin a stupid person, Zhang Yue almost choked, and then laughed. Thinking about it, although Gu Bin is no longer as tall as when he was a child, there are some deep-rooted habits that cannot be changed, just like Gu Bin can accept Yang Rong's arrangement, but he will not accept the promotion and kindness of others casually, I heard that even a lot of funding from the Gu family in Kaifeng He also rejected them one by one, preferring to live in a rented house with his parents, and even others don't know how much they refused.

This guy is twenty-two!

It's just that what he just thought of was not only Gu Bin, but also Yu Qian, who had not yet been taught the imperial history for two years. It's just that he seems to have not inquired about this person for a long time. Although it was a well-known figure in the annals of history, in this era, it is still a difficult trial history in the Imperial Procuratorate. It is very rare to be upright under Liu Guan! Having said that, Liu Guan is only allowed to use Zhang Liang's strategy, and he is not allowed to use the city ladder?

Because he was ordered to go to the Inner Government Military Bureau today, Zhang Yuenai went home from Bei'anmen in a big circle, and when he turned into Wu'anhou Hutong, it was already half dark. Standing at the entrance of the alley, you can see that the two houses adjacent to each other are hung with lanterns, and the whole alley is deserted. It was probably because of the fact that Wu'an Hou Zheng Heng was out of town, the main gate and the east and west corner gates of Wu'an Hou Mansion were all closed, and the east corner gate and the main gate of Zhang's house were also closed tightly, and only the west corner gate was still guarded.

"Young Master!"

is different from usual, but it is not the porter who comes out first at this time, but Lian Hu. Helping Zhang Yue to dismount diligently, he rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Young master, my daughter-in-law...... My daughter-in-law gave birth to him! You said you were going to help come up with a name, and now ...... Nowadays......"

"Just waiting for me at the door for this, you really have the heart, will I still rely on you?" Zhang Yue was angry and funny, seeing that Lian Hu, who had always been smarter than his brother, was laughing silly, he didn't bother to tease him anymore, "Okay, I've written down this matter, I'm sure to come up with a good name for you." ”

"Thank you, young master, isn't this a little anxious?" As soon as Lian Hu thought of the cute child with a tiger's head, he couldn't help but smile, and then remembered another thing, "Someone came to visit the young grandmother this afternoon, because she has been staying in the upper room of the west courtyard to talk, and the young grandmother has already ordered to stay for dinner." The young grandmother specially asked the little one to wait here, saying that she had to inform the young master in advance. The one surnamed Tang also asked the young master to have a preparation before going to meet people......"

Zhang Yue, who had originally slowed down his pace when he returned home, suddenly felt a sudden burst in his heart when he heard this Tang character. When he wanted to scold this kid for not distinguishing between priorities and priorities, he remembered that there were still a few scattered servants around, so he had to maintain his original steps patiently, and only turned his head until he reached the second gate, and glared at Lian Hu in annoyance.

"If you put important things behind in the future, I will punish you for looking at the door for the rest of your life!"

Seeing that Zhang Yuetou didn't turn his head to enter the door, Lian Hu was stunned for a while, and then his face was bitter. It's never a big deal to have a guest here, isn't he just a rare treasure with his son? If he really looks at the gate for a lifetime because of this, he has to be beaten to death by Lao Tzu!

Entering the inner courtyard, Zhang Yue unconsciously quickened his pace. Among the people he knows, there are very few people with the surname Tang, and even fewer have friendships, and it can only be that one who can make Du Juan deliberately command such a sentence. However, he hurriedly entered the West Courtyard, and saw that the girls who were usually crowded in front of him were nowhere to be seen, and he didn't know that Du Juan sent people away under the pretext, so he went straight forward and opened the door curtain and went inside, but saw that the outside room was empty. Just as he was hesitating, he saw that the green soft curtain in the middle of the room had been raised, but at first glance, it was amber with an alert face.

"The young master is back!"

There were indeed guests in the back room, but they were two female guests. The one on the left is indeed the White Lotus Sect Leader who is elusive and doesn't give people a headache, while the one on the right looks younger, but his face is as cold as ice, as soon as he sees him, his cold gaze immediately shoots over, and there is hatred that can't be concealed.

Seeing that there were no other girls in the room, only Amber was with him, Zhang Yue understood that Du Juan was also afraid that today's matter would be leaked, so he found an insider. Knowing that there was too much at stake, the moment he stepped into the room, he responded with all his energy.

Since Du Juan sent Qiu Zhen to deliver a letter to the British Mansion in the afternoon, and called himself into the house to accompany him, and then saw Tang Sai'er, a guest with an extraordinary background, Amber knew that today's situation was extraordinary. At this time, since Zhang Yue was back, she stood up and said, "Young master, young grandmother, I'll go to the hall to watch, so that no one will break in by mistake!" ”

Seeing Amber go out, Tang Sai'er smiled faintly and said, "Lord Zhang, if the news of my coming to you leaks out today, I'm afraid that no matter how much your family has a Sacred Heart, I'm afraid it won't be beneficial." ”

Seeing that Zhang Yue didn't speak, she paused slightly, and then said with a straight face: "Only although I am a woman, I still count the words I said to you at the beginning." I have come to you today for the sake of my master. After I learned the news from Miss Meng, I managed to get people to search all the areas under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Mansion, and almost turned the ground over, but I still couldn't find any trace of him. I only have one relative now, except for Qingshuang, so I just want you to do your best. But to find him, I promise to do one thing for you, both in heaven and on earth. Although I am not a manly husband, I will never break my promise. ”

Hearing the last categorical tone, Zhang Yue was stunned for a moment, thinking that Feng Yuanming's apprentice really had a character. However, he didn't answer the conversation, but asked directly: "Sect Master Tang, before I promise you, can I ask why you came to the capital again this time?" ”

Tang Qingshuang on the side couldn't help but sneer: "Does the third sister still have to report to you when she comes to the capital?" ”

"Qingshuang, shut up!" Tang Sai'er stopped Tang Qingshuang in one gulp, then lowered his head and gently rolled up the sleeves of the green satin robe, and then said coldly, "It is said that the Jingshi over there sent a message to the past that someone in the Han Palace's Mansion disappeared for no reason, so it also alarmed the government. It's just that that's the surface, as far as I know, the step-princess of King Han suffered the fate of her predecessor. There was a lot of rumors over there, and there were some rumors in Jingshi, so I came to take a look, just to be a spectator, who knew that this kind of thing would happen. ”