Jinyi Night Walk

In Fengyang, the central capital, by the Huaiyang River, Guanhuai Tower.

This is the most upscale restaurant in Fengyang, Zhongdu. The dishes and service are not mentioned, but the biggest feature is that it is expensive!A banquet eats up the income of an ordinary person for a year?That's just a slightly lower mid-range dish.

Such expensive food has become a symbol of status. The sons and daughters of phoenixes, grandchildren, nobles, gentry and wealthy merchants would not come here to show off unless they are needed for a banquet, but when they really want to meet some important guests, Then you must come here, and being able to sit here and entertain guests is a symbol of status, wealth, and strength.

It is said that this big restaurant is the property of Xu Yingxu, the third son of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan. Xu Da was the first hero in the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Prime Minister You joined the army for state affairs, was granted the title of Duke of Wei, and issued a hereditary iron certificate.After his death, he was posthumously granted the title of King of Zhongshan, posthumously named Wuning, and bestowed upon all three generations as kings.The yin of Zhongshan was buried, and the imperial Shinto inscription was made.It is equipped with the Taimiao Temple and the Temple of Portraits of Heroes. They are all number one, and they can be described as extremely human officials.His son set up property in Fengyang, the central capital, and even the sons and grandsons of the central capital can hold on. Naturally, no one dared to make things difficult for this store.

Zhao Zikai was entertaining guests on the Guanhuai Building. He was a big businessman in Fengyang, the central capital, more precisely, a big construction businessman.At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang originally intended to use Fengyang as his capital, and he moved [-] rich households here and started construction projects. Later, because Fengyang did not have the conditions to be the capital of a country, he gave up Fengyang and established Jinling under the persuasion of Liu Bowen and others. .

The Zhao family prospered during that time. Zhao Zikai's father was Zhao Zhengkui. He was originally a steward of Shen Wansan's mansion, the richest man in Ming Dynasty. To build a house, he saw this opportunity, resigned from the errand in Shen's residence and took root in Fengyang, earning a lot of money, and the soles of his feet are full of oil. Now Fengyang is the central capital, the place where the Ming Dynasty rejuvenated, and its status Still detached, with all the sons and daughters of phoenixes and grandchildren gathered here, the Zhao family still has a lot of business to do.It's just that Zhao's father is old, and now he has left most of the business to his son.

Zhao Zikai has been paying attention to a pair of young girls by the window, because there are very few people who come to such an expensive hotel to eat, not for banquets, but just to satisfy their hunger, and that pair of young girls is exactly like this .They didn't enter the private room, but ordered a few dishes there. While eating, they looked at the scenery of the Huaihe River outside the window, as if they were at home leisurely.

The two girls are not very old, the older one is fifteen or sixteen years old, with bright eyes and bright teeth, as bright as the moon.She was wearing very elegant but luxurious clothes, but judging from the style of the clothes and the hairstyle on her head, she seemed to be just a personal maid.The master is naturally even better if the servant girl watches over him.The owner is another younger girl, who looks only eleven or twelve years old, with picturesque features and a cute face, perhaps because her family background is good and she eats well, so she is more physically developed than girls of the same age. The child needs to be more mature, her clothes are also the elegant pear-blossom white, and her crystal ruddy face reveals an innocent smile.

Zhao Zikai knew that this simple and elegant style of wearing no jewelry was the ethos of members of the Ming royal family, and later it spread, and only families with a close relationship with the royal family and high status would wear this style of dressing.Such a family does not need to rely on fragrant cars, BMWs, and jewelry to show off their status.

What attracted Zhao Zikai's attention was not the beauty of these two girls. If they could sit here and eat and dress like this, then they were not women he could afford to provoke. There are a lot of them, even though they are not in power, but they have privileges. Squeezing Zhao Zikai to death is almost like crushing a bedbug. He dare not beat the temperamental girl who eats in the Guanhuai Tower.

What he cared about was that he accidentally heard the young lady mention that the manor house was old and needed to be refurbished. This immediately attracted Zhao Zikai's attention. There are not many villas in the houses, but the materials used in the construction are very particular, and the hands are very generous.Once he takes over the business, he will earn a lot of income just from the renovation and maintenance, and the refurbishment and sale of the valuable wood and other things that are no longer used after cleaning up the old house is another windfall, so he Immediately fell in love.

"Miss, although this is the Central Capital, there is the left-behind division of the Central Capital, and there are eight guards surrounded by officers and soldiers, so nothing can happen, but after all, dragons and snakes are mixed here, and the lady has a noble status. She ran out to play alone, leaving her family behind. After all, there is something wrong with the chariots and horses, if the Eldest Master, the Third Master, and the Fourth Master find out, the maidservant will definitely be reprimanded." The older beauty complained faintly to the little beauty who had just escaped The girl looked like a girl, the girl ate with great interest, and said impatiently: "It's done, I wanted to go to Peiping to play, but I was watched by my sister and brother-in-law all day long. Feel free to be alone, if you come to make noise again, I will drive you back, and I will go out to play alone!"

The little beauty said, looking at the resentful expression of the personal maid, a pair of big, black and bright eyes smiled into crescent moons: "Okay, okay, you are the one who pesters people. In this way, the food will be used up in a while, Let's go shopping in Baoyue Tower and buy things in Beiping, all of which are paid by my sister. I will go out for a while, so I can't be uninterested, pick up some jewelry, and go back to my sisters-in-law. Then we will go back to the manor. "

"By the way, let's talk about our Zhuangzi."

The little girl put down her chopsticks, and said angrily to the little maid: "You tell Guanshi Liu to find someone to renovate immediately. It's been a few years since you came here. The houses in 'Guiyuan' are already so old, how can people live there?" Ah. I have the final say on this matter. I will come over to play this summer, and I must fix the garden. Otherwise, he doesn’t have to work here, huh!”

"Returning to the courtyard? Is this young lady the owner of the returning courtyard?"

Guiyuan is the property of Xu Guogong's family, this young lady is the owner of Guiyuan?Well, I heard that Xu Guogong had a young daughter, who was born in the year that Xu Guogong died of illness (this should also be harmonious), which is about the same age. Could it be that this young lady is the little princess of Xu Guogong's mansion?That's right, that pretty maid just now said 'Elder Master, Third Master, Fourth Master', but didn't mention the second child, Xu Guogong had four sons, and the second son died early, isn't that just..."

No wonder the two of them dined here casually, even a maidservant spoke gracefully and elegantly like a minister's daughter, she turned out to be a nobleman of Xu Guogong's mansion, Zhao Zikai was so elated that he immediately wanted to recommend himself.

After the guests left, Zhao Zikai didn't just leave. Seeing that the young lady had finished her meal meticulously, she stood up and took the maid and left. The young lady was very respectful, and she didn't even accept the meal money. When she saw her, she just bowed and said: "Miss, go slowly." The master and the servant went out in a big way, and Zhao Zikai was even more determined: Hey!Of course they don't have to pay, this is the restaurant opened by her third brother.

Zhao Zikai hurriedly paid the bill, not caring about the change, and hurriedly chased him out, and saw that naughty and lively little girl walking up the street with great interest, looking around, as if she couldn't get enough of it.Zhao Zikai hurriedly waved his hand to his subordinates, the chariots and horses, and quickly chased after him with his robes in hand, and said with a long bow: "Hey, miss, please stay."

"Oh?" The little girl stopped in her tracks, rolled her black eyes, and looked at them curiously, but the beautiful maid took a step forward and stopped in front of the young lady, she didn't understand, and said with a pretty face: " Who are you? Isn't it rude to strike up a conversation on the street?"

Zhao Zikai hurriedly laughed and said: "Forgive me, forgive me, the villain is Zhao Zikai, a businessman from Zhongdu, and the villain has participated in the construction of many princes and nobles' mansions. Just now I overheard the young lady saying that I want to rebuild the garden, the villain It is precisely in this line of business that I recommend myself..."

The little girl pushed away the maid standing in front of her, looked him up and down, and asked naively, "Are you doing well? I want to build a red five-cornered pavilion and a big fish pond. Stock more fish, I have to demolish the original house and rebuild it, and build a bathroom made of the best stone materials, and plant some flowers and plants in it, and open the skylight to make it brighter. I like the feeling of being stuffy..."

Zhao Zikai grinned, nodded again and again and said: "So, so, as long as the lady uses a villain to do it, she must do it perfectly and make the lady satisfied."

"Oh, that's it, that's easy. You follow me. I'll be back in a while." After the young lady finished speaking, she bounced away, and Zhao Zikai followed closely behind, followed by his servants and After driving for a while in a luxurious carriage, they arrived at Baoyue Tower, which specializes in precious jewelry. The young lady secretly glanced at the maid, with a hint of sly complacency in her eyes. "Feifei, calm down!"

The little lady quickly restrained her smile, and with her support, she entered Baoyue Tower in a grand manner...

On the spacious and flat official road leading to Fengyang, a group of vehicles is approaching.

"Master, are you arriving in Fengyang soon?"

Xiao Di lay on her stomach in the carriage, only poking her head out of the car to ask.

Xia Xun rode on the horse, smiled and said: "Yes, we have just passed Guzhen, and we will arrive at Fengyang immediately. In Fengyang, let's stop for a while, look around, and then continue south. But the relatives of the emperor there Walking all over the street, dignitaries and relatives will catch a lot, we have to be careful not to cause trouble."

"Okay, sit down quickly. Your young master said he would take you to play, so don't worry this time."

Xiaodi stretched out a hand from behind, and slapped her round buttocks with a crisp sound, and then Peng Ziqi's delicate and charming face, which was close to the rain and dew, was exposed from behind Xiaodi's shoulders, showing to her Xia Xun smiled sweetly.The two pretty faces of Peng Ziqi and Xiaodi are close to each other, like a lotus with two pedicles.

Peng Ziqi is Xia Xun's woman, and Xiaodi already knows it.Her young master brother had many women before, and she was used to it.The environment in which he lives and his childhood education can shape a person's thoughts. Xiaodi, who was born in this era, took such things as a matter of course since he was a child, and would not object to them. Relatively speaking, Peng Ziqi has a bright and cheerful personality. , and she got along very well. If Xia Xun must have a woman, she would prefer to be a woman like sister Peng who is easy to get along with.

Along the way, the two girls with similar temperaments got along very well, sitting, lying and walking like glue.However, Xiaodi later discovered that sister Peng, who was clamoring for an early bed at night, would show off her ability to move around and disappear without a trace when she fell asleep, and she went to nowhere.Xiaodi is not stupid, and he can guess that sister Peng is going to be close to the young master.

"Tch, slip away while I'm asleep, and come back before dawn, and I'm not too tired. If you don't stay together for a few days, you will die!"

Xiaodi curled her lips secretly, although she is still not sure about her affection for the young master, but some sour jealousy has fermented in her heart.Vinegar, the bacteria that can breed love, the little mushroom has begun to take root in the little girl's heart, and one day, it will grow into a big mushroom that can pick the girl...! ~!