On the busiest long street in the capital, two plainly dressed men were wearing bamboo hats, looking like they were from the Jianghu.
At the feet of the emperor, such a dress is more eye-catching than a suit of silk and satin. Pedestrians couldn't help but look at them more, but saw the two walking around in place, not knowing what they were looking for.
"Uncle, please ask me the way."
The slightly shorter one grabbed a passer-by casually, and his voice was low and weird, "Excuse me, where is Huixiang Township? Didn't it mean that it is on the busiest street in the capital?"
The passerby looked at the man in front of him, "he" was wearing a thick bamboo hat, which made it hard to see anything, but his hands were quite tender.
The uncle couldn't help feeling contemptuous.
A Jianghu with such young hands, his martial arts are not very good at first sight, and he only wants to go to and from the countryside as soon as he comes to the capital, which shows that he is not a serious person!
His tone was frivolous, and he said slowly: "Huihuixiang is the most famous brothel in the capital, can I put it on the main road for you to see? No matter how famous it is, it's just a brothel!"
Yaolan's scalp became tense, and she thought that this uncle was showing off, so she hurriedly took out a piece of silver from her sleeve and gave it to him, "Uncle, please show me the way, we still have important things to do."
important matter
Hurry up!
The uncle's eyes flicked to the silent man at the side again, and he weighed the money in his hand, it's incredible, these two Jianghu people are quite generous.
The look of contempt on his face suddenly turned into a smile, "It's simple, do you see that alley? It's inside."
He pointed his hand, and it turned out that the so-called Shuai Township is indeed on the busiest street in the capital, but of course it is not on the bright side, but in the alley.
Yao Lan thanked the uncle, took Yu Fu to the alley, and said as she walked, "Your Majesty, do we still need this outfit when we go in later? Is it too strange?"
Yu Fu was also helpless, his voice came from under the bamboo hat, with a deliberately low voice, "Then what can I do? If I show my face, will you look like a man or I will look like a man?"
The folk customs of Beili are open, and it is not uncommon for women to flaunt themselves in the market, but places like this going to and from the township must be regarded as different.
In order to cover their faces, they had to pretend to be quacks.
Seeing Yaolan's worried face, Yufu leaned into her ear and said such and such, Yaolan immediately became happy.
The place in front is like a cloud of tourists, which is more lively than Yushan Building.
Before they got close, they could smell a strong fragrance of makeup and powder, and the women standing outside the door were singing swallows, their voices were so soft that it made people feel numb all over.
Before the two of Yu Fu approached, a sharp-eyed woman saw the bulging purses on their waists, and twisted her body to meet them.
Before getting close, Yao Lan quickly stretched out her hand, on top of which was a big hard ingot.
"Find us a private room to drink and talk, and don't ask you all to come here."
Her voice was very low, and the woman in front of her was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously took the money in her hand, but her mind hadn't turned around yet.
How can anyone come to the brothel not just to find a girl, but to drink and talk
Why not go to a restaurant if you want to drink and talk
After all, Huixiang Township is the most famous brothel in the capital, and even the girl standing at the door to greet guests has some knowledge, seeing that the two of them are dressed in Jianghu, they stopped asking, thinking that they might have some secret things to discuss.
They have seen a lot of important officials in the DPRK and China who come to and from the countryside to cover up people's ears and eyes and talk about unknown things. Now it is not surprising to see two people from the rivers and lakes.
"Okay, the two guest officers come with me, upstairs please!"
The woman who collected the money sent them in with a smile on her face, touched Yao Lan's hand as she spoke, and suddenly withdrew her hand as if she was electrocuted.
This man's hands are thinner and smoother than hers!
She felt weird for a moment, Yao Lan was more uncomfortable than her, and she couldn't help getting goose bumps on her back after being licked by a woman.
Looking at the way that girl who took money looked at her, Yao Lan was afraid that she would reveal her secrets. Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the slant, holding a piece of silver that was bigger than before, "Girl, take the silver and keep it properly. It's okay to toss the silver, but it's okay to toss your life."
Yu Fu's voice came out from under the bamboo hat, it was very low in order to sound more like a man's voice, it was eerie and threatening to the woman's ears.
The woman nodded hurriedly, led them to a private room on the second floor and retreated.
Yao Lan stepped forward to close the door of the private room, turned around and nodded to Yu Fu, Yu Fu then relaxed and took off the bamboo hat, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Although this bamboo hat can cover your face, it can affect your breathing somewhat."
"Who said it wasn't?"
Yao Lan also took off the bamboo hat, panting heavily, "It's too scary, if people here find out that we are two women, it will be terrible!"
"I don't worry about that."
Yu Fu looked out through the window on the other side of the private room, "I'm only worried about being found out. The majestic Beili lady came to the brothel, and that's the story of being laughed at for several lifetimes."
Before anyone found out, Yao Lan laughed out loud, "Yes, yes, this is too funny, right?! Hahaha!"
Yu Fubai glanced at her, and suddenly noticed a strange movement outside the window.
"Strange, I've only been looking at the private room opposite for a while, and seven or eight people have already entered, all young men. There are so many people in a room, don't you think it's too crowded?"
Yao Lan also came up to take a look, there were not only seven or eight people in the private room opposite, it looked like there were at least a dozen people.
She suddenly thought of something bad, "Could it be that some people have such special tastes that they like to be together with more than a dozen people..."
Yu Fu raised her eyebrows and turned to look at her, "Yao Lan, you've failed your studies."
This was obviously what Gu Shubai said about her back then, and she used it to talk about Yaolan, Yaolan had an aggrieved look on her face, "If you get close to vermilion, you will be red, if you are close to ink, you will be black."
Who is Zhu, who is Mo, and who is closest to her
Yu Fu didn't have time to think about this, just stared at the opposite side, "Come on, let's go over and see what the hell is going on over there."
She vaguely saw familiar faces among the young men who went in just now, but she couldn't remember where she saw them, let alone who they were.
If they want to find Gu Shubai, they can't stay here all the time, it's better to try their luck on the opposite side.
Yao Lan hurriedly put on the bamboo hat, her whole face was covered under the black veil of the bamboo hat, "Would it be noticeable for the two of us to pass like this?"
Yu Fu was confident, "What's the use of people outside paying attention? People inside the room can't see us."
makes sense.
Taking advantage of the people outside not paying attention, the two slipped out of the private room towards the opposite side, Yu Fu suddenly heard Yao Lan shout.
It turned out that she was walking behind Yufu, but she didn't adjust the shape of the bamboo hat, covered her eyes for a moment and couldn't see the way, and bumped into a man.
"How do you walk?"
The man seemed to have drunk a lot, and when he looked up and saw that Yao Lan was not tall, and was dressed in coarse linen clothes, he cursed unceremoniously.
Originally it was just a trivial matter, but just now Yao Lan's exclamation, she forgot to cover up her original voice.
Yu Fu secretly thought something was wrong, and sure enough, someone watching the fun said: "This seems to be a girl, when she screamed just now, her voice was quite thin, why is she dressed like a man?"
The drunk man became interested when he heard this, and stared at Yao Lan suspiciously. Yao Lan remembered the money strategy that Yu Fu had said, and hurriedly took out a piece of silver from her sleeve and handed it to the drunk man—
Money can turn ghosts around. As long as you have money, many things can be settled without opening your mouth.
It's a pity that the drunk man is not a brothel girl, people who come here for entertainment are not short of money, not to mention his curiosity has been aroused, and now he wants to know whether the person in front of him is a man or a woman.
Yao Lan was unprepared for a moment, and the drunken man lifted the bamboo hat, and the bamboo hat that was not wearing originally flew away, Yao Lan was so frightened that she covered her face.
However, it was too late, and everyone saw her woman's face clearly.
The drunk man stepped forward with a smile, Yu Fu raised his hand to stop him, "This is my wife, the daughter of the Jianghu is informal, I want to come to the most famous township in the capital to have a look, please don't argue with her, my lord." .”
Fangcai Yufu didn't open his mouth all the time, but felt that the man in front of him was very familiar, and after a closer look, he found that he was a low-ranking official of the Imperial Academy.
Although his position is low, the Imperial Academy is an institution that can often be in front of the imperial court, so Yufu recognizes his appearance.
When the drunk man heard her words, he immediately straightened his body and straightened his collar, "For you have good eyesight, you can recognize that I am a court official. Since she is a woman, I don't care about her anymore."
Yao Lan breathed a sigh of relief, walked to Yu Fu's side and was about to leave, when the drunk man said again: "I only care about you as a husband. Tell me, how should you compensate me for your wife hitting me?"
An imperial court official, drinking too much wine and making troubles like this, Yu Fu has opened his eyes.
Looking at the people around him, most of them were on the side of the drunk man, because they heard that he was an official of the court, so they didn't dare to offend him.
It is a common thing in the world to respect Luo Yi first and then respect others. It is the first time that Yu Fuda has been held in the palm of his hand since he was born.
Instead of being annoyed, she smiled, "How much compensation does your lord want?"
The drunk man raised a thick finger, Yu Fu smiled and said, "One thousand taels?"
There was a gasp of air from around, and she woke up most of the drunk man's drink.
He only wanted to say one hundred taels, but he didn't expect that the Jianghu man in front of him was so rich, and he asked for a thousand taels of silver!
Could it be the person in charge of some big Jianghu gang
The drunk rubbed his eyes, confirmed that the clothes she was wearing were made of ordinary fabrics, and quickly said, "Aren't you lying to me? Can you have a thousand taels of silver?"
Seeing more and more spectators gathered around because of the "one thousand taels of silver", Yu Fu suddenly remembered the serious business of coming here today, and did not want to get entangled with the drunk.
She leaned in front of the drunk man, lifted the corner of the bamboo hat, and said in her original voice: "Master Li, come back to the imperial study tomorrow morning, and I will give you the one thousand taels of silver."
Master Li suddenly sat down on the ground, looking at Yufu with a look of horror, who had rearranged his bamboo hat.
Although it was just a glimpse, he was absolutely right, the person in front of him was His Majesty!
No wonder she knew her identity!
"You... my minister..."
Mr. Li said he was busy kneeling and saluting, Yu Fu took a step forward with a stern manner, "Okay, I will give you one thousand taels and I will never break my promise, and I will order someone to deliver it to your house tomorrow, let's go!"
Master Li naturally didn't dare to expect a thousand taels, but he thought that Yu Fuyi had to pretend to come to Shuxiang, and he must have important things to do so that he didn't want to reveal his identity. If he exposed her identity, he would die in an ugly way.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, and ran downstairs quickly.
A guest who was familiar with him laughed, "Master Li has always been so timid and fearful. I think these two Jianghu people are not from ordinary backgrounds, so I frightened him like this. If you want me to say that no matter how powerful they are, they are also Jianghu white clothes. What is there to be afraid of?" ? Look at him and the mouse meeting the cat, and the minister meeting His Majesty!"
These words made the people present burst out laughing, Yao Lan almost couldn't help laughing, considering that the protagonist of the joke was right in front of her, she managed to hold it back.
Yu Fu didn't speak for a while, continued to walk forward, suddenly turned to Yao Lan and said, "What do you mean when a mouse meets a cat, or a minister meets His Majesty, I'm scary?"
Yao Lan hurriedly shook her head, "It's not scary, it means that His Majesty is intimidating. His Majesty is beautiful and benevolent. He caresses Bao Taifu's family in every possible way, treats the court ladies around him so kindly, and treats subordinates like Yan Zheng as well. Grace... how can it be scary?"
Yu Fu felt better after hearing this, and waved to her, and the two of them went to the outside of the private room they were concerned about smoothly.
Voices came faintly from inside.
"Your Majesty is very concerned about the affairs of the Ministry of Households this time. Except for Xue Bi, those who are corrupt and accepting bribes will be severely punished. Your Majesty will not condone those who bought official positions with money through Xue Bi and the Ministry of Officials."
The man's voice was a little strange, Yu Fu couldn't tell who it was.
There was a sudden silence in the room, there was the faint knocking of wine glasses and the rubbing of clothes, it seemed that everyone was waiting for something in embarrassment.
It took a while for someone to break the silence, "But those of us Jinshi last year have served in the court for less than a year, and the positions we hold are not important. Of course, except for Commander Gu Hanmo and Deputy Commander Li Mingli In addition to the talents who have been selected for important positions, those of us who have been selected for literature, the highest is only a fourth rank!"
The fourth rank is the number one scholar in the literary examination, and now he is practicing in the Hanlin Academy, and he is a talent that Yufu values very much.
As soon as this remark came out, everyone echoed.
"Yeah, even if some of us spend money to make some tricks, it's just changing from the seventh rank to the sixth rank, will your majesty not let this trivial matter go?"
"Yeah, let me tell you the truth, I don't believe anyone with a little money didn't participate in this incident! We are all young people, who is willing to sit in that humble position?"
Yu Fu listened to the conversation inside, and snorted angrily, "Did you hear, these people are very happy. They have just entered the official position at a young age, and they want to reach the top of the world. How can it be so easy?"
Such people do exist, but they need to show extraordinary talents, and if so, they may be suspected and jealous.
For example, Gu Shubai.
Yao Lan suddenly thought of Gu Shubai, and said softly: "Your Majesty, there seems to be no Eldest Young Master's voice here, shall we continue to listen?"
"Naturally."
What these people are discussing is what she is most concerned about at the moment, and Gu Shubai and the others running back and forth to the village must be related to this matter, so she naturally wants to listen.
Then, there was a burst of ambiguous laughter from inside, which was quite tacit.
People who can come and go to the countryside for recreation naturally have some money at home, who would be behind when they know Xue Bi's career
I'm afraid that most of these people in the room are involved.
At this time, the voice that was heard at the beginning said: "That's the reason, but your Majesty will settle the matter next, and the problem is not as simple as we thought. Let me tell you the truth, in fact, I have already voluntarily surrendered to Xue Bi bribed."
"What?!"
There was a rustling sound in the room, and someone said angrily: "I thought everyone was trying to figure out a way out of sympathy, but you are here to trick us? You want to use us to surrender to you, don't you?"
"Calm down, everyone. If I really wanted to, why would I come here alone? I have already asked the Dali Temple to send officers to come and arrest everyone with me."
The excited voice inside eased a little, and the man continued: "I came to share with you my solution to this matter out of good intentions. I can confess myself and be lenient, so naturally you can too."
After hearing this, everyone was ready to move, "Didn't you just say that His Majesty will punish you severely? Why are you now saying that you can confess and be lenient?"
The man said: "It depends on the priority of the circumstances. I heard from Commander Gu that I had some friendship with him when I took the imperial examination last year. He said that His Majesty will severely punish those who have serious circumstances and take the initiative to bribe, but if the circumstances are less serious, they will be threatened." Those who are tempted by profit can be given lightly. Think about it, if everyone is sent away, wouldn’t the court’s new force be cut by half? Your Majesty will not engage in such a loss-making business.”
Everyone immediately became excited when they heard this, "Me! I am! People under Xue Bi's subordinates came to me on their own initiative. If they don't give money, they say that I won't give Xue Shang a letter. I have no choice but to do so!"
"Me too! I only gave 10,000 taels of silver, and I didn't have to transfer my official position. It's purely to show respect to him, so I don't want to cause trouble, so I should be able to get off lightly, right?"
Yu Fu listened outside the window, and couldn't help but snort softly, thinking of what to do lightly—
She never said it.
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Yesterday morning’s chapter was uploaded the day before, maybe I didn’t pay attention to see that the copy was wrong, so the cuties who subscribed in the morning saw duplicates.
I have already modified it yesterday morning. For those who booked early, you can delete the cache, close the app and refresh, and you should be able to see the modified content. Sorry for the trouble.