Bright Spring

The old man said with a mournful face, "We don't owe money on credit at all."

"It's just that I didn't bring any money with me today..." the young man blushed, "Do you want a receipt?"

The old man turned to look at Zhu Gaoxu, who nodded slightly to him.

That young man was clever, and he looked back at Zhu Gaoxu, blushing and said: "Don't underestimate him, just wait and see!" After saying that, he forced a pen and paper to write an IOU, then turned around and left.

Zhu Gaoxu watched his back, and said to the old man: "I will pay the bill later, just add [-] guan to my table."

The shopkeeper of the theater seemed to have done nothing wrong, someone was going to lose money, and he gave the boy's IOU to Zhu Gaoxu.Zhu Gaoxu sat down again, unfolded the IOU and looked at the payment: Geng Hao.

He was taken aback immediately, and circulated the IOU to Wei Da and Wang Bin.Wei Da immediately whispered: "Could it be someone from Changxing Hou's family?"

Zhu Gaoxu was noncommittal.Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, was beheaded by Zhu Gaoxu in the battle of Zhending. I heard that some family members did escape to Yunnan after the "Battle of Jingnan"... The Geng family must have gone to Mu Sheng when they fled to Yunnan, because Mu Sheng's own uncle It is Geng Bingwen.

When I met this man surnamed Geng who spoke Mandarin in Yunnan Mansion, he might really be a descendant of the Changxing Hou family!

Looking down from the window next to him, Zhu Gaoxu didn't see the boy just now again.He thought for a while and said, "That's all."

The two followers also nodded.

The messy things have been cleaned up, and when the dishes are served again, Zhu Gaoxu picks up the chopsticks.He looked left and right, and felt very calm. There was no stool or anything that flew over suddenly, and finally caught a chopstick and put it in his mouth.The lunch of the three of them was finally able to eat safely.

... After a while, someone else sat at the next table, two girls.

One of them was wearing a dress with colorful patterns and very complicated patterns, and a strange hat that looked like a cover. At first glance, he looked like a chieftain from Yunnan.The other is a Han girl, she is more than ten years old, she has a light yellow face, big eyes, and a pointed chin; but she is wearing a round-neck robe, with a bun on her head and a turban. Women disguise themselves as men and dress up as scholars...but it's useless. It's a woman at first glance, regardless of the curvature of the breasts. It's really difficult to pretend to be a man with that face.

The two girls were looking around, as if they were looking for someone.Zhu Gaoxu ate his food without saying a word, and ignored them rashly.

At this time, the waiter with a shoulder scarf came up and asked, "Would you like to drink tea or light a fire?"

"Serve two cups of raw tea." The girl disguised as a man said, and then asked, "No one has been to this table?"

Xiaoer said: "Several groups of people have been here, and there is a junior who sits in this position, who almost demolished our building just now!"

The little girl stared wide-eyed: "What does it look like?"

Xiao Er frowned and thought for a while: "I can't remember anymore."

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu put down his chopsticks and said, "Is the person you are looking for Geng Hao?"

As soon as the words came out, the mouth of the colorful girl opened in shock, and she looked over with a defensive look, very unfriendly, but the girl disguised as a man was very calm, stood up quickly, and turned to Zhu Gaoxu. He bowed and said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency Gao's name, do you recognize him?"

Seeing that she was very calm at such a young age, Zhu Gaoxu secretly admired her, and stood up to return the salute, saying: "Your surname is Hong, I don't know him, but there is a piece of writing by him."

"I don't know what it is?" The little lady tilted her head slightly, bowed and bowed again, facing Zhu Gaoxu with her forehead sideways.

Zhu Gaoxu took out the paper and put it on the table, "Miss, look, is it his paper?"

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/p>The lady disguised as a man looked at the document and said: "Little brother, please redeem this document for him."

brother?Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "Forget it. The little brother broke something just now to punish the evil and promote the good. I just sat by the side and didn't make a move. Then I will clean up the mess."

The little lady was not persistent either: "Brother Hong donates money with righteousness, I admire you so much." She paused and said, "There will be a time later, so I will leave."

Zhu Gaoxu also said goodbye to her, turned around and shouted, "Check out!"

He took a look and saw the two young ladies went to the theater inside.

When counting the money, Zhu Gaoxu wanted to use the Daming banknotes for settlement, after all, they were printed by his family; but only then did he realize that the Daming banknotes in Yunnan Prefecture had depreciated in value, and the ratio of banknotes to money was actually fifty to one!It seems that the Ming court's advanced banknotes will soon be unplayable.

Twenty guan (copper) coins require [-] sheets of Daming Treasure Banknotes with the highest face value!Zhu Gaoxu obviously didn't bring that much, so he had to pay with a piece of silver ingot.

Zhu Gaoxu and others also walked towards the theater, and they were shocked by the scene as soon as they entered!It was a sea of ​​people inside, and there were heads everywhere.The lobby and the upper floors on three sides were already full, and there were still many people standing by the door. Zhu Gaoxu almost didn't even have a place to stand when he entered the door.

Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu was tall, so he looked at the stage very curiously at the moment, but there was an old woman standing on it, who was reciting: "My surname is Zheng, and my husband's surname is Cui. The official paid homage to the former Prime Minister, but unfortunately passed away due to illness. Only one child was born. The little girl, the small character Yingying, is 19 years old, she is a needle-pointing female worker, she can calculate poetry and calligraphy, and she is capable of everything..."

Although the accent of the play was different from the usual one, Zhu Gaoxu still understood "the husband's surname is Cui... the little girl's small character is Yingying", he immediately smiled and said, "Isn't this "The Romance of the West Chamber"?"

A man next to him said, "This is Laodan. Li Louxian, the most popular Huadan in Yunnan Province, hasn't played yet. We need to find a place to lean on. Li Lou will play first in a while. We are afraid that we will be overturned and trampled on the ground." Step up!"

"So powerful? I really want to meet that Li Louxian later." Zhu Gaoxu said.

The man snorted and laughed, "Brother can't even buy a seat to sit on, why do you still see Li Louxian?"

"Isn't this name the meaning of 'the moon is the first to get near the water'?" Zhu Gaoxu laughed.

The man didn't know why, so he stretched his neck and continued watching the show.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu saw the two young ladies just now. The young lady disguised as a man was not too tall yet, and was blocked by the people in front, standing on her toes there, but it was useless.She heard Zhu Gaoxu and others talking, and looked this way.

Zhu Gaoxu squeezed over, and said according to what she said just now, "Little brother likes to watch "The West Chamber"?"

The girl glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and immediately argued: "Who said I love to watch it? I just want to see Li Louxian!"

It took Zhu Gaoxu a moment to come back to his senses. In this era, The Story of the West Chamber is a restricted-rated drama that will teach children badly. Girls from rich families cannot watch it... This girl, Zhu Gaoxu guessed her background, may not be simple.

The little lady said again: "I can't see it, forget it! I asked someone to buy a seat, but he didn't come."

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, then said: "I have a seat, I have something to leave today anyway, why not give it up to my little brother."

"Ah, really? How dare you..." The little lady said no, but her eyes were full of expectation.It seems that the little girl really likes this play.

"Come with me." Zhu Gaoxu turned and walked to the door.

A group of people saw a middle-aged woman greeting guests outside the theater.Zhu Gaoxu went up, took out a post, and said to the woman: "Your wife gave me this post, saying that there is a seat for me, do you think it is useful?"

The middle-aged woman took a look, glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and immediately bowed her knees and said, "Please, distinguished guest, I will guide you."

At this moment, Xiaoniang suddenly said: "Huh? Mr. Hong, you probably said a fake name, Brother Meng!"

Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "To each other."

The little lady refused to accept it and said: "You didn't ask my name, and I didn't lie to you."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "When you meet and listen to a play, treat it as a play, why should you be obsessed with things outside the play?"

The little girl just shook her head and smiled.

Several people followed the woman up the stairs and came to a private room.When I walked in, I saw that this place protruded a little, like a half-enclosed balcony.Zhu Gaoxu looked at the stage. Although this place was facing the stage obliquely, it was very close. It was better than sitting in the front row of the lobby. Sitting here was high, and it was very relaxing without having to look up.

"Little brother, please." Zhu Gaoxu greeted.

Zhu Gaoxu sat down with the lady dressed as a man, while Wei Da, Wang Bin, and the lady in colorful dresses all stood.