Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 357
After bathing and changing clothes, Zhu Xiuyuan was about to go to bed. He was about to turn off the lights, but a boy came outside and said, "Uncle, Prince Zhenze and Prince Poyang are visiting together..."

The prince of Zhenze is Liu Wencai, and the prince of Poyang is the "chivalrous man" Liu Xun.

This morning, Liu Wencai was "captured" by his father and came to the capital, and Liu Xun also followed him.

But I didn't expect that tonight, they would meet again in the capital!

"Welcome the two distinguished guests into the front hall and serve them fragrant tea. I will be there shortly!"

While changing clothes, Zhu Xiuyuan gave instructions to the servant outside the house.

"Yes, Uncle!" The boy stepped back.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhu Xiuyuan walked out of the house and rushed to the front hall.

The reason it took so long was because Zhu Xiuyuan was busy changing his clothes.

"I should bring Qiuwen with me today..."

Zhu Xiuyuan muttered and walked all the way to the front hall.

Although Jiangcheng Uncle's Mansion is large, the main house is very close to the gate of the house, and reception of guests and gifts is usually done in the main house, so Zhu Xiuyuan quickly came to the front hall.

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu!" Zhu Xiuyuan smiled and handed over to Liu Wencai and Liu Xun respectively.

"Brother Zhu! Haha, after saying goodbye yesterday after boating on the river, brother Zhu, you have been promoted to the uncle of Jiangcheng! Congratulations!"

Liu Wencai still looks the same, wearing a Confucian shirt, tall and thin, with a folding fan stuck behind his neck that is slightly tilted forward.

"Uncle Jiang Cheng!"

Liu Xun, on the other hand, looked distant, and only lightly cupped his hands, his face as if made of iron, unable to smile.

Zhu Xiuyuan knew the temperament of the Prince of Poyang. He had such a character. In fact, the fact that Liu Xun came here could already explain his intentions.

"Two distinguished guests, why are you here? Please sit down, please sit down."

"Hey Brother Zhu, it is a great joy for you to be granted the title of Uncle Jiangcheng. Daxia Liu and I came here specially to send you a gift and congratulate you."

Liu Wencai waved his hand. Dozens of servants had already brought in dozens of gifts, and a list of gifts, and handed them to Yan Dashan behind Zhu Xiuyuan.

"You're welcome, you're welcome. Come, hurry up and prepare a table of delicious food and wine. Today, I want to stay drunk with the two brothers Liu!"

"Yes, uncle!" A servant of the uncle's house took the order and left.

"Brother Zhu, no need to bother, no need to bother!"

Liu Wencai stopped the servant, and the smile on his face became even more vulgar.

He smiled and said: "Brother Zhu, let's put aside the wedding banquet for the new official's appointment for the time being. Brother Zhu, Daxia Liu and I are half from the capital and half locals."

"Brother Zhu is here for the first time, so we two locals should treat him to a drink. Is that what we call the landlord's friendship? Haha, Liu Daxia, don't you think so?"

"Yes!"

Liu Xun was very straightforward and cherished his words like gold.

"Well, that makes sense!" Zhu Xiuyuan nodded, "But it's getting late today, so we might as well do it tomorrow..."

"It's not too late, it's not too late. It's dark now and the lights are bright. It's a good time. Besides, brother, I wish your mansion is in a good location. We can arrive there in less than half a quarter of an hour!"

"Brother Zhu, let's go. As a local, I will show you the night market in the capital. There is nothing so lively in Jiangzhou. Brother Zhu, please..."

"Since Brother Liu has kindly invited you, I would be disrespectful to refuse!"

Zhu Xiuyuan immediately prepared a carriage and horses. Zhu Xiuyuan, Liu Wencai, and Liu Xun all sat in one carriage. Yan Dashan followed on horseback, followed by the servants from Jiangcheng Bo's Mansion and the generals from Prince Zhenze's Mansion.

A large group of people started from Jiangcheng Bofu and went east along Xufu Street.

After walking for a while, Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly heard the noise of people outside the carriage, and hurriedly opened the side curtain and looked outside.

Sure enough, he saw a large flow of people and bright lights. At this time, the carriage was passing a bridge. Zhu Xiuyuan saw the three words "Wende Bridge" on a stone tablet.

"Brother Liu, where are we going?"

Zhu Xiuyuan put down the side curtain and stared at Liu Wencai with burning eyes.

"Haha, brother, great place, let's go to a great place!"

Liu Wencai flapped her folding fan in her hand, looking mysterious and smiling obscenely.

Liu Xun remained motionless in the carriage, with his arms folded across his chest and a big knife between his arms, and turned a deaf ear to the conversation between Liu Wencai and Zhu Xiuyuan.

"A good place? Could it be the Qinlou Chu Pavilion on the bank of the Qinhuai River?" Zhu Xiuyuan was sure.

"Hey, Brother Zhu, do you know?" Liu Wencai looked very surprised.

"No, no, go home!"

Zhu Xiuyuan secretly cursed in his heart that he had made a bad friend by mistake. If he left, there would probably be a lot of trouble. He had seen this kind of scenario too many times!

"Hey Brother Zhu..."

Liu Wencai grabbed Zhu Xiuyuan and held him down, "Brother Zhu, you and I are both people who are studying. How can we not go to elegant places for recreation..."

"Besides, Brother Zhu, you are known as 'unparalleled poetic talent' and 'Jiangzhou Sima is a good poet'. With such a reputation, wouldn't it be a pity not to show off in that elegant place..."

"Brother Zhu, you are here as a guest, and Daxia Liu and I are half of the hosts here. Since ancient times, guests do as they please. Besides, brother Zhu, you have agreed to attend the banquet!"

"Brother Zhu, I believe that with your poetic talent, you will be able to show your style in that elegant place..."

……

"Good, good, good!"

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled helplessly, "Brother Liu, why don't you let me go? Let go first, my hand is numb..."

Zhu Xiuyuan bared his teeth, his damn body was too weak, and sadly, his plan to practice martial arts and keep fit was never implemented and was delayed by various things.

As a result, he couldn't even fuck Liu Wencai...

"Haha, brother Zhu, this is right!"

Liu Wencai smiled obscenely.

He said excitedly: "Brother Zhu, let me tell you that the place we are going to this time is called 'Hua Man Lou'. It was the last time at the [-]th birthday party of Prince Poyang. That Kou Wanwan and other dancers were all from The building is full of flowers..."

Liu Wencai kept talking and "popularized" Zhu Xiuyuan.Zhu Xiuyuan, on the other hand, moved his wrists and listened noncommittally.

Soon after, the carriage stopped at Chaoku Street and everyone got off and walked.

After Zhu Xiuyuan got out of the car, he turned around and looked around. He had actually been to this place once, the night before he entered the palace for the first time to meet the saint. He had walked with Dong Shuzhen and Dong Shuyu.

"Brother Zhu, go this way."

Liu Wencai seemed to be afraid that Zhu Xiuyuan would take the opportunity to escape, so he came over to put his arm around and lead the way.

This place is indeed very prosperous, with a steady flow of people and bright lights. The commercial pedestrian streets of later generations will only be of this extent.

Liu Wencai pulled Zhu Xiuyuan and turned into an alley called "Pipa Alley". After walking only two steps, a four-story building was approaching.

The gold-lettered signboard with three big characters "花ManLou" hangs high.

The entire four-story building is decorated with lanterns and lanterns, which is really beautiful at night.

People were constantly coming in and out of the three open doors. Everyone who came in and out was very well-dressed and obviously a wealthy person.

After entering the building, Liu Wencai paid enough money and rewarded him with a gold ingot. The woman in charge of the reception wanted to call him her biological father.

Liu Wencai is a frequent visitor here. Zhu Xiuyuan and Liu Xun were all here for the first time, so Liu Wencai arranged the whole process.

Finally, the three of them entered a place on the third floor, which looked like a "small theater". There were people performing songs and dances on it, and there were several tables of spectators below, drinking and having fun while enjoying the songs and dances.

Yan Dashan stayed on the second floor, and Liu Wencai arranged for him to go to a "big show". He also had food and drinks, but there were more spectators.

Huamanlou's singing and dancing are really good, the melodious voice, slender figure, glamorous and luxurious, it is very easy for people to be intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves.

After dozens of glasses of wine, everyone was tipsy.

There were Zhang Ke, the son of the magistrate of Jiangning County, Luo Ding, the son of the ambassador of the Jiangning Weaving Bureau, and someone who said he was the "King of Jiangyin" and was the prince of His Majesty.

The three men came here drunk, and their enemies were extremely jealous when they saw them.

I don’t know why the commotion started, but eventually Liu Wencai, Liu Xun and others got into a fight with these three people.

Because when he was in Jiangzhou earlier, Zhu Xiuyuan formed a relationship with Zhang Ke, Luo Ding and others at the Poyang King's [-]th birthday banquet.

Instigated by the rebel Xue Yuan, they wanted to disgrace Zhu Xiuyuan at the poetry festival.

But in the end, it was successfully resolved by Zhu Xiuyuan, but Zhang Ke and Luo Ding lost tens of thousands of taels!
Zhang Ke and Luo Ding not only lost their position as the chief poet, lost face in front of Kou Wanwan, but also lost tens of thousands of taels in a bet.

To them, this is a great shame!
Coupled with being drunk again, the quarrel started due to the drunkenness...

In an instant, the "small theater" was in chaos. Tables and chairs overturned, vegetable juices flew everywhere, the singers and dancers kept screaming and howling miserably, and the rest of the audience fled in panic.

"Who is so bold and dares to cause trouble in Huamanlou!"

Suddenly there was a loud bang. Although it was a woman's voice, it was still powerful, like a thunder, and the chaos in the "small theater" suddenly stopped.

Everyone stopped and looked towards where the sound came from.

But it turned out to be a woman in her 30s, very heroic, but she had never worn gold or silver, nor had she painted her face with makeup. Her hair was tied up like a Taoist nun, and she held a long sword in her hand.

Behind this woman, there are a dozen people, who are slightly younger, but they are also dressed in this way, holding long swords in their hands, and they are full of evil energy.

At this time, people were lying on the ground in the "small theater", including Zhang Ke and Luo Ding. Some were covering their heads, some were covering their legs, howling miserably, and some were covered in blood.

There were only a few people still standing.

Zhu Xiuyuan is one of them, because he knows that his skills are not for fighting, so he has been hiding aside for a long time.

In addition, Liu Xun was still standing, standing proudly.

He didn't have any injuries on his body... A fight of this level couldn't hurt Liu Daxia.

As for Liu Wencai, her face was bruised and there were a few shoe prints on her bright clothes, which made her look a little embarrassed.

There were several other people standing, including the King of Jiangyin and several plainclothes guards protecting him, who were watching Liu Xun and the dozen or so women who broke in with vigilance.

After everyone stopped, the woman in her 30s walked slowly over and walked directly in front of Zhu Xiuyuan.

In the extremely strange eyes of Liu Wencai and others, the woman said: "Your Excellency, is Jiangzhou Sima Zhu Xiuyuan, Mr. Zhu?"

"Yes, I am Zhu Xiuyuan!"

"Master Zhu, my lady has invited me, please come with me."

After that, the woman turned around and walked out, leaving behind a chic figure.

"Brother Zhu, Miss Wanwan has invited me, why are you still standing there, go quickly... God, why don't Miss Wanwan invite me..." Liu Wencai beat her chest in grief and anger.

Under Liu Wencai's push, Zhu Xiuyuan followed the woman to see Kou Wanwan.

To be honest, he still has a good impression of Kou Wanwan.

Because at the [-]th birthday banquet of King Poyang, it was Kou Wanwan who selected his poem as the best poet, and Zhu Xiuyuan was able to defeat Zhang Luoding and others.

The woman in her 30s led the way, walking around on the third floor of Huamanlou, and finally climbed to the fourth floor from somewhere.

Zhu Xiuyuan followed him up. As soon as he climbed onto the fourth floor, he felt that this floor was surprisingly quiet, as if he had walked into a paradise from the noisy downtown.

This feeling is very strange.

The woman didn't speak, she just led the way.

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't hesitate to ask, so he followed her and looked around.

Finally, the woman stopped in front of a door and said to Zhu Xiuyuan: "Mr. Zhu, my lady is inside, please come in!"

After saying that, she turned around and left without any hesitation.

Zhu Xiuyuan looked back and forth, and it was only then that he felt something was wrong.

The fourth floor of this flower-filled building... is too quiet!

Strange!
Too weird!

"Since you've come, let's settle down. Let's go see him first and then talk about it."

Zhu Xiuyuan pushed open the door and walked in slowly.

(End of this chapter)