Drunk Qingqiu

Two days later, Chen Tingjing and Yinzhen set off for Jiangsu with the others.Yinzhen asked Gao Wen to take Li Wei to Xuzhou to pick up his sister, and everyone took a carriage to Jiangning, the capital of Jiangsu.

The carriage also took some detours and passed by Wuxi, and sent the old man Qiao Linfu to the door of his house.Qiao's family is also a big family in this area, and the old man was very excited when he saw the brother with gray beard and hair walking out of the gate with tears in his eyes.

Chen Tingjing nodded secretly, declined the kind invitation from Qiao's family, and the group set off for Jiangning.Wuxi Jiangning is very close, and it takes half a day to arrive.Speaking of Jiangning, I have to mention the famous Jiangning Weaving Mansion in history.Now it is Cao Yin who is in charge of weaving in Jiangning, and Kangxi regards him as a family member.He was also the grandfather of Cao Xueqin who wrote "The Story of the Stone" in later generations. Not only was he a rigorous official and held a lot of power, he was also good at riding and shooting, knew poetry, and knew rhythm.

When they arrived at Jiangning Mansion, the officials who came to greet them and Chen Tingjing greeted each other.When Chen Tingjing called a certain official Dongting, Yinzhen realized that the person in his 40s and [-]s, with a three-point refined face and bright eyes, was the famous Cao Yin.

Looking at Cao Yin's appearance and response, Yinzhen secretly praised in his heart, he is not surprised by favor or humiliation, strict and shrewd, Cao Yin deserves to be the eyes and ears chosen by Kangxi to stay in Jiangnan.The weaving mansion in Jiangning, where Cao Yin lived, is the prototype of the Grand View Garden in "A Dream of Red Mansions". Kangxi went to Jiangnan six times, and lived in Cao Yin's mansion four times.It can be seen how much honor the Cao family received, but Xiao He failed Xiao He because of success, and Cao Yin was short of millions because of several pick-ups.

Putting aside the admiration and regret for Cao Yin, Yinzhen did not dare to have the idea of ​​getting close.Cao Yin can be regarded as a famous pure minister, if he accidentally recited a few words about his behavior in the south of the Yangtze River during a conversation with Kangxi, which sentence would inadvertently offend Kangxi... When Yinzhen thought of this, his ass would start It hurts faintly.

The point is, it's a shame...

Next, the accommodation was arranged, Chen Tingjing went to run errands as usual, and Yinzhen went out for a stroll.Chen Tingjing sent many guards to protect Yinzhen, and he sent out many of them to inquire about the famous silk merchants nearby.

After Yinzhen finished the deployment, he began to inquire about famous places in Jiangning, and prepared to visit.Su Yang listened on the sidelines, with a smile on his lips, and said: "Master, speaking of this, I remembered that it is the end of March, and there will be a temple fair at night. There will be many theater troupes and jugglers to add to the fun. It was very lively."

When Yinzhen heard this, his mind was moved.Although he often goes out of the palace, he seldom goes out at night, so he decided to go to the temple fair at night.

This trip to the temple fair was only Su Yang, He Yuzhu and Gao Wu followed, Chuyun and Liuli were exhausted from the day-to-day journey, so they decided to stay and rest.Before leaving, Chuyun picked out a moon-white robe for Yinzhen, the style was plain, with only some dark jacquard on the cuffs of the skirt.He explained with a smile: "I'm afraid that at night, those three people will not be able to find their master."

Yinzhen had dinner and it was already dark, so he took the three of them out.Chen Tingjing was invited to a banquet by officials today, but has not returned yet.

When we got to the street, it was indeed very lively, just like the New Year's Lantern Festival in Beijing.Colorful lights are hung on both sides of the street and are brightly lit.Most of the restaurants on both sides of the street are two or three storeys high, and the guests on the first floor look out while tasting wine.Upstairs are mostly officials or businessmen gathered.

There are also people around the road watching, most of them are ordinary people.Yinzhen originally wanted to take everyone upstairs to watch, but felt that it would be better to get closer and see clearly after going up, so she led a few people to the front row, watching the troupe or juggling troupe parading the street with great interest.

Now the troupe's floats are passing by on the road. They are said to be floats, that is, there are large flowers and mulberry branches on the carts.Mulberry branches are used by the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to pray for blessings and hope for a good harvest of sericulture.Standing or sitting in the car, people in costumes are all covered in silk and jewels.

There is Zhaojun who is holding the pipa back, there is Yang Guifei who is drunk in red clothes, and there are matchmaker and Yingying who are clever.The floats passed by, and the people on the car sang Kunqu opera softly, and the water mill tune was soft and melodious.

"Although watching the show is boring, it's really interesting." Yinzhen looked refreshed, but there was actually one sentence he didn't say, the key is: beauty is good for the eyes.While trying to separate Yinzhen from the people around him, He Yuzhu carefully explained with trembling voice: "Master, this is different from your ancestor's play, so you will naturally like it. However, I have to remind you that these actors are terrible. They're all men." I'm afraid Yinzhen might have misunderstood.

It turns out that since Lord Shunzhi, the imperial court has clearly stipulated that female music should not be used.Those class leaders couldn't, and the young and beautiful women were replaced by charming men.In fact, this also provided an excuse for some officials. The imperial court did not allow officials to go whoring, but allowed them to listen to operas, so many people kept beautiful actors in their houses.

Yinzhen couldn't help feeling sorry, it turned out that all beauties are men...

From time to time, people threw purses, sweat towels, poetry fans, and broken silver onto the car on the side of the road, and from time to time, a servant upstairs gave reward silver, one tael or two taels.

At this time, suddenly someone shouted from the side of the road, "Everyone, look, beauty!"

Yinzhen looked at himself, just about to get his purse.He Yuzhu looked at it, and stopped him: "Master, Miss Jiayu embroidered it herself, and she wants to nag you if you throw it away." For a moment, Yinzhen seemed to see the little girl looking at him with her lips pursed and smiling, and took a sip. Tea will have to chatter.Thinking of this, the corner of Yinzhen's mouth twitched, and he took out some broken silver.He Yuzhu thought to himself, the purse embroidered by Miss Jiayu can't be bought in Beijing for ten taels, so it would be a shame to lose it.

On the slowly approaching float stood a slender, white-dressed beauty with picturesque features, more outstanding than the previous few.Everyone was scrambling to throw things up, and the beauty above only smiled slightly.

Several people in front of the window on the second floor were watching and commenting on you, but the person at the front looked down silently for a long time, then suddenly ordered, "Quan Fu, give this to the one in white."

A young man in brocade clothes next to him laughed and said: "Brother Bai really has a very high vision, this is the only time I have enjoyed it all night." He looked at the danjiao on the float and praised: "This is from the Suzhou Pear Blossom Class." The headed Huadan is really stunning."

Brother Bai in front smiled, shook his head and said, "Wrong, I'm looking at the one next to him in white."

The young man in brocade clothes looked down along his fan, and stood there in a daze.In the brightly lit place, a man in white clothes was standing at the very front, with delicate and beautiful eyebrows and a graceful figure.

After watching for a while, a weird smile appeared on the face of the young man in brocade clothes: It really didn't take much effort to get it, brother Jiu, back then you were so powerful in the capital, I think the whole person couldn't get what he wanted.Now that your white dragon fish suit has come to my territory, you have to let me vent my anger.However, for this Bai Ye to take a fancy to you, you are really worthy of memorization.

Because he felt dissatisfied, although the young man in brocade clothes recognized that the person Bai Ye rewarded was Yinzhen, he pretended not to know.I am going to see what kind of face the noble brother Jiu will look like if he is treated like an actor.

Over there Quan Fu held two gold ingots, each worth twelve taels, and went down the Ruyi Building.Passing through the line of floats, everyone was surprised to see the many silver taels he was holding, and buzzed with each other.

The class leader standing on the float walked over excitedly, wishing he could pick it up himself.That Huadan in white was very calm, her expression didn't change.

Yinzhen was signaling to He Yuzhu to throw the broken silver, when a man dressed as a servant over there walked up to him with a tray under the eyes of everyone, raised his head and said, "Young master, this is a gift from our Lord Bai. "

As soon as this sentence came out, the surrounding area was quiet for a while, and then there were louder discussions.On the float, the head of the class next to the beauty in white had his face twisted, looking at this side with hatred.

"It's Lord Bai!"

"There are so many husbands in his family, why can't they be too many?"

"It's a pity for this young master to be favored by him."

"That's right, the people he liked before, regardless of their status, ended up going to his house."

Everyone shook their heads and sighed, but they thought in unison that if this little young master really went to Bai Ye's mansion, the people in Bai Mansion would be jealous again.Lord Bai is considered one of the most powerful and wealthy families in this area. I heard that he is not only a cousin of a certain prince, but also runs many big businesses. Some people say that he also has a lot of property elsewhere.

Because this Bai Ye occasionally does some good deeds on weekdays, everyone respects him very much.There is a hobby that is quite criticized. He likes to collect beautiful boys, and if he takes a fancy to it, he must try every means to get it into the house.

Listening to all kinds of discussions around, Yinzhen looked at the two gold ingots speechlessly, it was an offense...

Yinzhen raised his head and looked at the window indicated by the boy. In the dimly lit place, there was a person standing with his backlight, looking at this side. Although he couldn't see his expression, he was very imposing.

The faces of the people around Yinzhen changed color, and He Yuzhu scolded sharply: "You are blind! No matter who you are, you dare to—"

Yinzhen stopped him with a wave of his hand, took the two gold ingots and handed them to the beggars who were begging one by one, who were holding the chipped white porcelain bowl next to them, and smiled slightly: "Take it, their Master Bai is here today." I will reward you for being kind."

The beggar has probably never seen so much money in his life, and he stays there not knowing what to do.The boy was not happy, he opened his mouth and said: "Obviously—uh", for some reason, a piece of horse manure was suddenly thrown into the boy's mouth, and his face turned red.

Su Yang looked at Gao Wu who was wiping his hands, and said with a smile, "In this world, there are actually people spraying dung on the street. The world is getting worse."

The boy was angry and ashamed, so he turned and left.

Gao Wu leaned over to ask Yinzhen, so he could go up and teach that short-sighted Bai Ye a lesson.Su Yang already shook his head, "Forget it, the strong dragon doesn't overwhelm the local snake, and there are too few people with it, if someone bumps into Master Jiu, it's not good."

Although Yinzhen did not object to masculinity, he resented those who came to strike up a conversation because of his appearance, which gave him the illusion that he was seen as a woman.However, so far, not many dared to express it so blatantly, and Yinzhen couldn't help but think of another person.

Besides, the young man rinsed his mouth, and when he reported everything, the young man in brocade clothes listened secretly and suppressed a smile. Master Bai raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and ordered: "Take someone to follow him and find out his identity." The young man arranged for someone to go.

At this time, the young man in brocade clothes said: "Brother Bai has always been smooth sailing, if you can't get what you want this time, what should you do?"

That Master Bai was about thirty years old, with clear features and clear eyes, and dressed like ordinary scribes, but from time to time there was an unconcealable gleam in his gentle eyes.The momentum of the whole body is not comparable to that of ordinary officials.Hearing the young man's words, he said lazily: "No matter what your status is, people will always have desires, and if you have desires, you will be weak."

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Although there were some unpleasant episodes, Yinzhen still took everyone around for a long time.He also brought Chuyun some golden silk dragon beard crisps, which are smooth and smooth, soft and sweet.

After returning home, Chen Tingjing had already returned and did not rest.I also invited him to go over and talk for a while, praising Cao Yin that although he is favored by the emperor, he is very serious as an official, and his words and actions are beyond reproach.It was mentioned by the way that the Lord Long Live would send a decree to Jiangnan in two days, but it seemed that it was for Jiangnan officials and had nothing to do with them.

Yinzhen was worried about listening, afraid that Kangxi would be relieved when he knew that he came to Jiangnan with him, and heard that it had nothing to do with them.Seeing sleepiness on the old man's face, he bid farewell and went back to his own room. After washing, he also settled down.