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?Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March. It is March, and Yangzhou is full of beautiful scenery, and literati from all over the world gather here to take advantage of this beautiful scenery.

The so-called good scenery refers not only to the beautiful scenery of the Slender West Lake, but also refers to the Xuanlou in the city, which makes the amorous literati linger and forget to return.

Xuan Lou sells men's sex, which is different from the brothels in the city where female prostitutes are the principal and male prostitutes are the vices.Although the folk customs are open, and the matter of cutting off sleeves is more acceptable than in the previous dynasty, in the final analysis, this matter is not on the table, so Xuanlou also attracted criticism when it opened, but Xuanlou said that it was a show and not a body, and it was instantly It attracts many elegant and elegant scholars who claim to be talented.

In the following year, Xuanlou became Yangzhou's leading place for literati.However, the proprietor of the Xuanlou set a rule - the Xuanlou opens in March and closes for half a year in September, so you can only come back in March.

On the first day of March, people who had waited for half a year gathered outside the Xuanlou Building with new poems.

"Master Ji, I knew you would be the first one to come this year." A man in Tsing Yi, about eighteen or nine years old, stood in front of the building door, eating delicate pastries while holding a thick The man with thick paper said: "Mr. Wu is waiting for you in the wing room on the second floor. I hope Young Master Ji can defeat him this year."

"Ziyu can just laugh at me." This young master Ji said a little frustrated.

"I don't take Master Ji as a joke, but I really miss Master Ji..." Before he finished speaking, the sound of breaking things came from inside the building. Yao Ziyu was startled, and the plate in his hand shook shake.After calming down, he immediately ate the remaining piece of butterfly cake into his belly, and then put the plate to the boy next to him, and said to everyone: "Young masters, you can go in after you hand over the silver taels to Bao'er." , he rushed back to the building to see what happened.

Back in the Xuanlou, he followed everyone's gaze to the second floor.Upstairs there was a man in a dark blue dress, bending over, picking up broken porcelain pieces on the floor with a trembling left hand.

"A Pu!" Yao Ziyu exclaimed, and immediately rushed forward to pick up the tiles for him, "Your hand hurts again? Don't move, I'll clean it up."

"I wanted to take the pastry to my elder brother just now, but I suddenly felt a pain in my left hand, so I accidentally..." The speaker raised his head. At first glance, he has a good face, especially his pair of clear and clear eyes. However, when you look down, you will find a deep and long scar on his chin, which is shocking.

"It might rain," he said thoughtfully.

"The only use of your wound is to predict the weather." Yao Ziyu wrapped the tile with a handkerchief, and joked, "And it's extremely accurate!"

The man named A Pu couldn't help laughing, his smile was beautiful, but the scar on his chin was pulled up with the smile, which ruined the scene by half.But he didn't care about the scar, thinking on the bright side, it added a bit of manliness to him.

But sometimes he couldn't help thinking, if Huai Jun saw this injury, would he be so scared that even the previous friendship would be wiped out?

That's right, this person is Chen Pu. After leaving the palace three years ago, he came all the way to Yangzhou. He didn't expect to meet three thieves on the way, and his money was robbed. These three thieves were also determined to take his life. Yes, a knife was stabbed in his left hand and chin.Fortunately, he was injured and lying in front of the Xuanlou, and Yao Ziyu brought him back to save his life, which was a blessing in disguise.

"Don't just smile, the landlord will scold me again if he sees that I leave my work outside and come to you." Yao Ziyu rubbed his nose and said, "I'll take it out for you and throw it away." , don’t tell the host that I’ve been here.” He tightened the handkerchief wrapped with tiles, then turned around, and when he saw the person in front of him, he could only smile awkwardly.

"Ziyu, didn't I ask you to collect money outside?" A cold voice sounded, and this person was the owner of Xuanlou——Sun Ao.

"Lord, I'll collect it right now." Yao Ziyu said, then stepped forward boldly and left.

Sun Ao didn't say a word, and let Yao Ziyu pass by his side safely.When he saw Yao Ziyu's stiff shoulders drooping and his back in relief, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly.But his smile didn't let Chen Pu see, Chen Pu was afraid that Sun Ao would blame Yao Ziyu, so he immediately spoke for him: "Ziyu came from outside because he was worried about my injury. Brother, don't blame him."

"I didn't blame him."

Hearing what he said, Chen Pu felt relieved.

What happened three years ago is destined not to be forgotten, he said he doesn't care, but the scene there is still lingering in his mind from time to time, so there is always a fear in his heart, fearing that he will harm the people around him , even if Sun Ao might just blame Yao Ziyu, he didn't want to see this happen.

He still can't forgive himself for killing Min Luo. He has always believed that Mo Huichuan will take Min Luo away that day. If he doesn't arrive at Jingchen Hall, or if he goes there one step too late, Min Luo will leave the palace. , this person who regards him as a friend will not die in Huai Jun's hands.

Seeing Chen Pu's pale face suddenly, Sun Ao knew that he was thinking of the past again.

Regarding Chen Pu's matter, when he decided whether to take Chen Pu in or not, he asked him to make it clear without reservation, because he could take in anyone, but he couldn't take in someone from the palace without reason.It turned out that what happened to Chen Pu was enough to make him nod and let him stay.

"It's just," Sun Ao didn't want Chen Pu to continue to meditate on the past, so he interrupted his thoughts: "Didn't I tell you that the weather is not very good these days, so I want you to rest well?"

Chen Pu shook his head and told himself again, don't think about the past, he is living a good life now, and the past is no longer important.

He laughed and said, "This little injury is nothing. Today is the opening day. I saw that everyone was so busy, so I wanted to come out and see what I could do to help."

"I said, you don't have to worry about the things in the building."

"So no matter how busy they are, they will ask me to go back to the room." Speaking of this, Chen Pu became a little unhappy. He took the kindness of helping, but was rejected again and again, as if his injury was serious. Here, he couldn't help saying bad words: "Then I was going to bring you some pastries, but it turned out like this."

"Your injury didn't heal in the first place, but if I want pastries, I will order someone to bring them."

What Chen Pu heard meant that he didn't need to do these trivial things, so he just stayed in the building as a useless person.If Chen Pu heard this meaning three years ago, he would be happy, because Huai Jun never asked him to do anything.However, three years later, Chen Pu had learned a lot during his time among the people, and asking him to be an idler with nothing to do would really insult his dignity as a man.

"Brother, if this goes on like this, Bao'er will be more useful than me." Chen Pu said displeasedly, the Bao'er he was talking about was the child brought back by Sun Ao a few months ago, who was collecting money outside the door, but Now it belongs to Yao Ziyu.

"You know your injury best. If you don't want to confine your feet in four days, you should take a good rest in these few days." Sun Ao said sternly.

"It's not the first day it rained..." Before Chen Pu finished speaking, Sun Ao's cold eyes forcefully pushed him back into his stomach.

In fact, Chen Pu is not really so unhappy, because his idleness is only limited to rainy days, he just likes to tease Sun Ao.

When he first met Sun Ao, Chen Pu felt that he was very familiar, and even believed that he was a trustworthy person.However, Sun Ao is a bit cold on weekdays, and doesn't really deal with people, except him.

Yao Ziyu also said that Sun Ao treated him differently.Even though Chen Pu couldn't think of the reason why Sun Ao treated him well, he would never misunderstand what Sun Ao thought about him, because he knew what it was like to love someone. Once Sun Ao stared into the distance, missing someone.

That being the case, he was more calm towards Sun Ao and had no scruples.

Seeing that Chen Pu was silent, Sun Ao asked, "Any comments?"

Chen Pu shook his head.

"Then you have nothing to say?" Sun Ao asked again, but this time he immediately took the second sentence without waiting for Chen Pu's answer: "If you want to take something out in a few days, let Baoer pack it for you. If you want If you find someone to accompany you, just take the bag and go out."

The voice below began to boil, and it seemed that more and more people came in.

Chen Pu has always been curious about the bustling situation outside, but he hasn't seen it for three years.Suddenly, the noisy voice calmed down again, replaced by a crisp zither sound.

The one who played the zither was Mr. Zhang from the building. He played the zither with a unique finger, and his posture in playing the zither was even better.

The ethereal zither sound became majestic, as if thousands of troops were coming.It is impossible to hear this song in ordinary brothels, but everyone in the Xuanlou is a performer, so naturally he can play whatever he likes, and Sun Ao didn't stop him.

This point, on the contrary, attracts those literati and scholars to come here.

Chen Pu wanted to go and watch Mr. Zhang play the zither. Mr. Zhang once played a piece for him in private, and that one time was already very memorable. Unfortunately, since that time, he has never had such a blessing.

Sun Ao saw Chen Pu's thoughts and said without letting him object, "It's night, you go back to your room."

"Brother..." Chen Pu wanted to say something at first, but after thinking about it, the last thing Sun Ao wanted in the past few years was to let him see the scene after the opening of Xuanlou, so he couldn't force it, he could only hope for another day Mr. Zhang is in a good mood and is willing to play one more song in front of him.

Chen Pu sighed secretly, turned around and walked to his wing.