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Chapter 416 Fireworks Yangzhou

In the evening, when Xu Hao returned home, Li Dong took the post and said, "Lord Yang Shiqi from the capital sent someone to worship."

Xu Hao took it and saw that in addition to greetings, the letter was roughly said that he met a down-and-out son named Wang Ji, from Henan. He was born in a poor family and fell into the capital to make a living by selling literature. He said, "Although he is temporarily trapped in the world, he will definitely become a great man in the future."

"Somewhat interesting." Xu Hao was interested and was praised by Yang Shiqi. This person should be a talent. This is true. Wang Ji passed the Jinshi in the fourth year of Yongle in history, and later became the Minister of War. Three civil officials in the Ming Dynasty were awarded titles for their military achievements, including Mr. Yangming Wang Shouren, and Wang Ji was awarded the title of Jingyuan Bo.

Xu Hao naturally didn't know Wang Ji, so he invited him to meet him now. At this time, Wang Ji was only in his twenties, and he was introverted and upright. From his appearance, he looked very elegant and handsome. This was also a chronic disease in the officialdom. It was difficult to become an official if he was not good-looking or had some defects on his body.

Wang Ji bowed and said, "I have been in trouble for many years in the capital. I arrived in Hangzhou yesterday and visited the residence of my relatives. I knew that I had gone to the post with my family in the first half of the month. Lord Yang was instructed to say that if I was not satisfied with this trip, I would be ordered to visit Governor Xu and would be favored."

Xu Hao couldn't help but look up at the other party again. Many scholars nowadays are obviously eager to get close to them, but because of the so-called reputation, they pretend to be noble and sour. Otherwise, they would be some unscrupulous literati who only know how to be slutty, but Wang Ji was open and honest and could not go to the relative's house to surrender. They immediately came here according to Yang Shiqi's wishes, not a person who was absent-minded.

Xu Hao thought for a while and said, "You want to take the exam next year, so I'll send you to the Zhu family in Hangzhou. The head of the family Zhu Feng is a retired official. His son Zhu Boqing and his nephew Jiang Dengyun are passionate and talented people. They are both talented people. They are going to take the provincial examination this year. With his talents, you three will definitely go to Beijing to take the exam together next year. This will not hinder your reputation and will also help each other's discussions. What do you think?"

Wang Ji did not expect that Governor Xu was so reasonable and thoughtful, and said gratefully: "I obey the orders of my elders, and I will be grateful for my later years."

Xu Hao smiled and said, "It is normal for help in the sects. I am also half a literati, so there is no need to thank you."

Li Dong sent Wang Ji to Zhu's house. Zhu Feng saw him with extraordinary expression. He also greatly appreciated him and called his son and nephew and said in person: "This scholar was not met by his relatives, so Governor Xu asked me to take care of him, so he asked the housekeeper to lay the gifts of Master Ji in an outdoor study, so you two could ask for a nearby teaching."

After saying that, he said to Wang Ji: "I am temporarily wronged and stayed in the humble house for a few days. I am afraid that there is something to be too slow, so I still wish to forgive me. I will make arrangements for a few days."

That night, Wang Ji and Zhu Jiang slept in the study together. The three of them talked and explained some research and knowledge, which was particularly speculative.

Xu Hao was very excited and could finally sneak out to play alone. As for what kind of love is nonsense, it is nonsense. Zhu Boqing's marriage to several wives is his business?

However, the consequences of playing the game where Qiao's family runs away seem to be too serious, and it will inevitably alarm the whole place. Besides, a gentleman does not take any risks and has to take a few people away, so that his family will feel at ease.

At the fourth update, Xu Hao secretly took Xu Jimu to guard two personal guards, Xu Qi and Gu Xi, and left behind the secretary Qin Cheng to deal with the family's questions. As Qin Cheng looked at him with a bitter face, he ran away freely and flew away.

In line with the purpose of pulling people to take charge, Xu Hao ran to the Xue family and kidnapped Xue Wen, and joined Zhu Boqing and others to ride a crane to Yangzhou.

Not to mention that the city of Hangzhou was in chaos due to his disappearance, he arrived at the Yangzhou Chaoguanmen Wharf in the second day and took a carriage to live in Liansheng Inn in Liuxiang in the city.

The inn is quite large. Zhu Boqing took a bag to the back courtyard. The owner saw that these guys were all noble men and were particularly flattering. He came in and arranged a banquet in person in the evening.

The next morning, we went out for a trip together, and visited Xiaojinshan, Chiwufang, and other famous places without Tang Bohu.

I took a boat to Pingshan outside the city, and moored the boat to the ashore. The monks of the head of the country had already welcomed me and accompanied them to visit everywhere.

Cook tea at the fifth spring, ate Yangzhou dim sum downstairs, and chose a thousand-year-old willow tree to sit on the ground. At this moment, Xu Hao took off his coat and was in high spirits, calling everyone to come to the table and cheer and drink.

On the road, the pilgrims of men and women held incense and silk and went to Guanyin Mountain to enter the incense. Some elderly women twisted Buddhist beads in their hands, and walked slowly along the way. Young women from the countryside were dressed in red and green, walking in the crowd. Some unsightly women walked deliberately, and saw someone looking at them, pretending to be countless ugly appearances, which made people laugh.

Wang Ji said: "In recent years, Yangzhou's prosperity has gradually become the best in the world. I see that it is because the court's emphasis on business, and those who go out to sea to do business have made a lot of gold and silver. The imperial navy also wiped out pirates. Because the Japanese governor Yang Weihai and the navy actively cooperated with the navy to restrain the Japanese pirates, the evil things that pirates harassed the local area have been greatly reduced this year.

Unfortunately, the Shen Wansan family was destroyed. If it had caught up with the current prosperous era, it would have made great efforts and could have become the richest man in the world."

Xu Hao smiled and said nothing. Because he took action in secret, Shen Wansan's descendants were not exterminated, and now they have moved back to their original homes. Of course, Xu Hao could not prevent most of his property from being confiscated.

The reason why Shen Wansan was rich at that time was that he had colluded with forces fleeing overseas in private and relied on ocean smuggling to accumulate wealth. One of the reasons why Zhu Yuanzhang banned the sea was to prevent Zhang Shicheng's remnants. In addition, he hated the rich man who was unkind, Shen Wansan was a thorn in his eyes. Even if there were no evidence of these crimes, the rich man without a backer was just a fish in the eyes of the powerful.

Yangzhou flourished due to its geographical location, and thousands of ships gathered in a lively scene, which made Xu Hao very excited and said with a smile: "The spring breeze of ten miles of Yangzhou Road is not as good as rolling up the pearl curtain; ten years of dreams of Yangzhou have won the reputation of being a blessed brothel. Li Qinglian said again, "Fireworks in Yangzhou in March". It seems that it is worthwhile to meet local famous prostitutes."

Xue Wen was surprised. His friends were famous and did not visit brothels. Do they stay away from their family and plan to indulge themselves? Zhu Boqing was worried about the Nie sisters, but since Xu Hao had spoken, he could only postpone the meeting.

At this time, the Nie sisters burned incense in the temple outside the city, paid tribute to the statue, and rested in the wing room for a while. Just as they were about to go back, a few people came in. The leader was a boy with an evil look on his face, dressed in extremely gorgeous clothes, and behind him was a luxurious slave.

These people stood in a row in front of the Nie sisters, laughing and pointing at them, making the sisters blush with shame, and turned to Song Erniang and said, "Let's go back."

However, both doors were stopped by others, so I could not get out unless I passed by them.

Song Erniang frowned and said, "The family's family is sitting in the house, and you men squeezed in and blocked the way. What does it mean?"

The boy smiled and said, "It's funny, it's funny! This temple is a place where everyone can visit. Women come, so men of our generation can come. If you say you are afraid of strangers, then hide at home and don't go out. Since you are out, don't be afraid of being seen. Hehe! I have long admired my reputation and have no chance to see it. Today I accidentally saw my true face. It turns out to be as good as the rumors.

I am also considered a famous and surnamed person in Yangzhou, so I will not insult you. Besides, what you did to welcome and send off, do you think I don’t know? I pretended to be a good man.”

The Nie sisters were told about their identity in a word. They were both ashamed and angry, and were both angry and ashamed. When Song Erniang heard that they were rude and sarcastic, she said furiously: "Fart! What a bold crazy person, dare to talk nonsense to the good family, why don't you get out quickly? If you call the place and tell the place to tease the good family, you are afraid that you can't get it. It used to be the past, but now my girl has become a good person."

The boy has never scolded him since he was a child, and he was furious, "Damn it, my goddamn dog, I can talk to you easily. Today is a decent gift for you, how dare you contradict me?"

Just when he ordered his slaves to beat people, the Taoist priest in the temple ran over and knelt in front of the young man and begged: "Master Zhu, Master Zhu, don't be angry. If you see dogs on the path, you can't afford to eat something if something happens."

The Taoist priest begged the young man to help persuade him, and some people said, "Young Master, please fulfill Dao Master. What are these "saohuo"? If you want to fight or kill when you go out, or buy it for fun or do it again, aren't you going to do it?"

The young master named Zhu was just as sympathetic as everyone and Taoist priests, and said hatefully: "It's a bargain for them, let's go."

When Nie Lian'er heard the Taoist priest call the abominable young man, the abominable young master Zhu, she felt extremely angry. She thought that this person was born with a surname Zhu, so why did Boqing be gentle and considerate? This person was very violent. Unfortunately, he had humiliated the word "Zhu", and couldn't help but cry like rain.

Song Erniang was a bachelor, and she wanted to curse a few more words, but she saw the two sisters choked and blushed, which was really pitiful. She also saw that the host was afraid of the arrival of someone, and must be a powerful official, so she didn't dare to say more. She quickly took her sister out to the sedan chair and left in a row.

In Hangzhou City, Liu Yun was not allowed to get close to women in the study at night, so he chose a handsome servant to make a fuss.

The tender skin of this servant was even more charming than a woman. The servant Shushu posted a message, but other servants were jealous of his favor, so they ran to tell Cao.

At the third update, Cao took his nanny and maid, and went straight to the study with a lantern, and saw her husband lying with the servant, sleeping soundly.

Cao was furious and stepped forward and lifted the brocade quilt. Both of them were shining brightly. She was so angry that she used a large ring cone to slam the servant's tender white butt for about ten times.

The servant in pain screamed, turned over and rolled to the ground, and got into the bottom of the collapse. Cao ignored him, grabbed Liu Yun's beard, pulled it out half, grabbed the remaining beard, and pulled it to the inner house like a sheep, beating it all night.

After Liu Ruhu heard the news, he secretly screamed in pain, fearing that his cousin would be beaten to death, so he hurried to ask Magistrate Mao for help.
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