After receiving the agreement, Zhu Funing jumped up and ran to find Zhu Zhen. This little girl was obviously openly accepting bribes to do things. After Zhu Zhen took out something from his arms and gave it to him, she jumped away. Just now, he was still coquettishly calling Fifth Brother in Zhu Su's arms, but now he was holding Zhu Zhen's bribe but he didn't even look back.
Alas, the love of a child disappears so quickly.
Zhu Zhen slowly walked towards Zhu Su and the others. When he came in front of him, he bowed again and said, "I'm taking the liberty of disturbing you brothers."
"What's not easy to say about my brother? But he got Funing to use this little trick." Zhu Fan said dissatisfied. He hated Zhu Zhen's cautious appearance the most, making it seem as if his elder brothers had bullied him.
"It's...my brother is taking the liberty." Zhu Zhen quickly apologized.
"Third brother, there is no need to be so harsh." Zhu Su raised his hand to appease Zhu Fen, and then said to Zhu Zhen: "Old Liu, you came to find us, do you want to listen to the story with us?"
"Then it's unlucky that you're here. My brothers and I are just about to go out to play in the palace. If you want to hear a story, just come to us when you go back to the main hall to take a rest."
"There's no need to be so formal. We're all brothers, there's no need to live apart."
"That's what Fifth Brother taught me." When Zhu Su said that he had no story to listen to, a flash of disappointment flashed across Zhu Zhen's face. He hesitated for a while, raised his head and asked tentatively: "Brothers... where are you going to play?"
"My little brother is very boring in the palace, can you..."
Zhu Zhen finally followed Zhu Su and others out of the palace gate. Seeing his pitiful appearance, even Zhu Fan couldn't bear to refuse him. The brothers put on their regular clothes and left the palace. Zhu Su strongly requested Lao Zhu to leave the palace this time, because the last time he left the palace and caused trouble, Zhu Su had been grounded for the past few months. It took some hard talking to get Lao Zhu to agree to let him go. This is because Fule Yuan is where the Jiaofangsi is located, and their brothers have brought enough guards to allow this opening.
After all, he was the Hongwu Emperor. How could he accomplish such a big undertaking if he made the children fearful if he was bitten by a snake?
But there is another possibility. Along the way, Zhu Su could always detect extremely hidden glances from various angles from time to time. He already knew that Lao Zhu had asked the Gongwei Division to be reorganized into the Jinyiwei in advance. Thinking about it, these eyes were the spies of the Jinyiwei who were hiding among the people in the city and secretly protecting their brothers. Lao Zhu must have been confident that he had completely mastered the Yingtian Mansion, so he allowed Zhu Su to live in Zhuangzi outside the city and allowed his brothers to go out for fun.
Looking at the Qinhuai River in front of him, Zhu Su felt deeply that he was in the wrong era. The legendary ten-mile boat and the swollen river did not appear. There were only a few boatmen driving small boats in the Qinhuai River. There is no aura of wealth and nobility in Jinling, but a sense of desolation.
"It seems that in the early Ming Dynasty, this city had not yet reached the prosperity that would attract countless literati and poets decades later." Zhu Su thought to himself. "I hope it will become prosperous as soon as possible and continue to be prosperous."
Although there is not yet the "Qinhuai 24th Floor" that men of later generations yearn for, the first building on the 24th floor, "Fu Le Yuan", is already on the bank of the Qinhuai River. Fule Yuan was established by the Jiaofang Division, which meant that it was a government-run brothel and it was endorsed by Lao Zhu. At this time, Yingtian Mansion, the magnificent Fule Yuan built by the imperial court, was the most high-end gold-selling cave in the entire Ming Dynasty.
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It is located along the river with beautiful scenery, facing the Jiangnan Gongyuan, also known as the Imperial College, across the river. Seeing this choice of location, Zhu Su couldn't help but complain to Old Zhu: If the brothel is built directly opposite the country's highest university, it's strange that those students still have time to study every day!
However, Fule Yuan actually does not have much flesh and blood business. The literati in the early Ming Dynasty were relatively pure, and there were more storytellers and geishas here. People listen to books and music here, and occasionally hold literary meetings here to make friends through writing. This place is close to the water and overlooks the city, and is full of literary atmosphere. It is the most suitable place for reciting poems and meeting friends.
It was still early for the poetry meeting, so Zhu Su and others reserved a private room to sit down and listen to an old storyteller downstairs. After a while, the dishes ordered were brought into the private room. Zhu Ming looked at the dishes and said in a very dissatisfied tone: "Which dog slave stole our brother's food and let us eat the leftovers!"
"Second brother, please stop losing your temper. Someone is helping us test the poison!" Zhu Di said as he spoke
Fengjuan Canyun said. "It must have been my father's order."
Only then did Zhu Ping calm down his temper. Zhu Su looked at the dishes that were obviously bitten, and couldn't put down his chopsticks, so he simply put down his chopsticks and listened to the storyteller downstairs. Although Lao Zhu allowed them to hang out, security was extremely cautious, and there were even guys specializing in poison testing...
The old man downstairs was talking about "Three Kingdoms", a Chinese version of the Yuan Dynasty. The old man spoke in a cadence, and from time to time, the people in the outer hall would burst into cheers. Zhu Xi and others listened for a while, but they said in disgust: "This is also called the Three Kingdoms? It sounds ordinary, but what you said, Lao Wu, is much more interesting than him!"
"My little brother feels the same way." Zhu Zhen, who had been keeping his head down, said boldly. "Although I only heard a few words relayed by Xiao Funing, I still feel that what Fifth Brother said is a thousand times more interesting than this Yuan Dynasty script. What he said originally was that the Three Kingdoms still had expectations in their hearts, but now that I hear it, There are only four words left: boring."
That's natural. Lao Luo's "Three Kingdoms" was born out of various Three Kingdoms stories and was reorganized and created. The "Three Kingdoms" that the old man said was just a defective product that was destined to be eliminated by "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in history. He defeated the enemy with one hand. How can it compare with Lao Luo's version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which has been tested for a long time in later generations?
"Old Five, there is nothing to do if you are sitting around." Zhu Di had finished his meal and took out the "Spring and Autumn" with only one torn page, but he didn't notice that the word "Spring and Autumn" was upside down. "Why don't you continue to tell us about the Three Kingdoms?"
"It's not impossible." Zhu Su also felt bored. He came out this time because he wanted to experience the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty poetry meeting and experience the literary talent of the ancients. It was still early for the poetry meeting, so it was okay to tell stories. "The sixth child has only heard what Funing recounted. I'm afraid that what Funing recounted when he was young was not detailed. How about I start from the beginning today."
Zhu Zhen was excited and grateful, as were Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan and Zhu Di. They have not heard of the Three Kingdoms once, but even if they heard this good story dozens or hundreds of times, it would not be too much. At that moment, several people sat upright, listening to the voice of the old man downstairs speaking "Pinghua", and opened the window and started telling "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from the beginning.
The story of the Three Kingdoms was very popular, and Zhu Zhen and others were fascinated by it. Although Zhu Su was already familiar with it, his heart couldn't help but get hot when he talked about the heroes and heroines. This talk lasted for a long time, and no one in the private room knew what year it was. Even the sound of gongs and drums downstairs and the old man's storytelling disappeared. When Zhu Su said that Guan Yun had passed five levels, killed six generals, and finally returned to Liu Bei, he heard a loud shout outside the room, which brought everyone in the elegant room back to reality from the situation of the Three Kingdoms.
"Okay! This Guan Yunchang! He is a good man who hides his extravagance! Only such a man can live up to the name of our Chinese hero!"
"It's a pity that I, Lan Yu, was born at the wrong time. Otherwise, I would definitely have brought a jug of good wine and drank three hundred cups of it with Guan Yunchang!"
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