Half a moment later, Zhao Hongrun and his group came out from a very particular rare shop on Chaoyang Street. Now they had money in their hands and even their waists were much straightened.

For a total of 600 taels, who would have thought that the map of mountains and rivers drawn by the sixth prince Zhao Hongzhao would give the shopkeeper a reward of up to 600 taels.

Even so, Zhao Hongrun could still speculate from the shopkeeper's tone and attitude: he was still killed by the other party.

Later, Zhao Hongrun learned that his sixth emperor brother, known as Qiliner, has been famous in the capital since childhood. He was highly praised by talented men and beautiful women in the capital for his romantic and knowledgeable style. I don’t know how many students who claim to be elegant want to attend Zhao Hongzhao’s poetry meeting, and I don’t know how many unmarried ladies dream of dreaming of being able to get married with His Highness.

Unfortunately, not anyone can participate in Zhao Hongzhao's "Yafeng Poetry Club". Even if he is the son and nephew of a minister in the court, if he does not have enough talent, he will be difficult to be invited by Zhao Hongzhao.

Because of this, all the talented and beautiful people in the capital will be invited by Zhao Hongzhao to Yafeng Pavilion to attend the poetry meeting, and appreciate the Sixth Prince's calligraphy with his own eyes as the most elegant thing in the capital. He tried his best to praise it, so that Zhao Hongzhao's calligraphy is very famous in the capital and is collected by rich rich people.

But unfortunately, Zhao Hongzhao is the most beloved prince of the Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty. He neither lacks money nor wants his works to be tainted with the smell of money. Therefore, except for giving away a few calligraphy and paintings to his familiar friends, he almost never circulates in the market in the capital, and the price has risen year by year.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Hongrun is bound to suffer a loss because the painting he secretly came out was covered with the seal of his sixth emperor Zhao Hongzhao, and it would be worth a thousand taels of silver whenever he sold it. If he had good luck, he would have encountered some artful and elegant powerful people, the price might be even higher.

But then again, Zhao Hongrun was already very satisfied with the return of 600 taels. After all, how much did his monthly salary for a month in the past? According to the regulations of the Great Wei ancestral system, princes who have not left the house enjoy 50% of the prince's treatment and receive 50% of the prince's treatment when they become adults, and the prince's monthly salary is 150% of the monthly salary of a first-rank minister in the court, which is 100% or 105 times.

In terms of conversion, the monthly salary of a prince who has not left the house is about 70% of that of a first-rank official in the court, which is equivalent to about 500 taels of silver, with an annual salary of about 60,000 taels.

For ordinary people, this is definitely an astronomical figure. After all, the normal living expenses of a family of people in the capital are only about a hundred taels of silver, and 60,000 taels of silver, which is enough for them to live for six hundred years!

But for princes living in the palace, more than 500 taels of silver a month is really nothing. After all, it takes five to 10 taels to reward the eunuchs in the palace, or they don’t let them do anything. In addition, there are also the maintenance, procurement, new clothes for the bedrooms, and the maintenance of their own sects. These messy expenses are added together, more than 500 taels a month, so that the princes in the palace generally need private assistance from their mothers, otherwise it will be really difficult to maintain the usual "elegance of the superiors."

Six hundred taels of silver, even if it was replaced by the largest fifty taels of silver, there were still twelve ingots, which was almost equivalent to the weight of a six or seven-year-old child. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun exchanged some five taels and ten taels of silver to the shopkeeper at that time, and only a few twenty taels and fifty taels of silver were taken.

First, five taels and ten taels of silver are the most commonly used on the market. Second, after the split, it is convenient for the sect to carry it. Otherwise, Lu Mu would really ask him to carry a total of 600 taels of silver on his back, which would be equivalent to asking him to run around with a child of six or seven years old. After a long time, even Lu Mu was a strong man in his early twenties.

During this split, each guard had a dozen to dozens of taels of silver in his arms, and Lu Mu's pressure was greatly reduced.

"Chen Yu, you are a native of Daliang. Do you know the most famous person in the capital...what, where is it?"

"The most famous brothel?"

Although Chen Yu was reluctant to lead his highness to the place where fireworks and willow alleys were there, since Zhao Hongrun had decided, he had no choice.

He thought for a while and said, "There seems to be a relatively famous building on one side of Dujiang Canal."

The Dujiang Canal is a canal dug by humans from the river flowing into the city by Chendu Daliang. Because this place is Chendu Daliang, the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, the river is called "Dujiang", and this canal dug artificially to divert water into the city is called "Dujiang Canal".

Dujiang Canal has a wide range of functions. It not only connects the moat outside the city, but also serves as a source of drinking water and domestic water for most people in the city. It plays an important role in Chendu Daliang. In order to protect the canal water, the Ministry of Justice of the Great Wei Dynasty also issued relevant criminal laws.

For example, it is prohibited to throw dirty things into the canal, it is prohibited to bathe in the canal water, play and so on.

"Dujiangqu? I know where it is."

Mu Qing hurriedly wanted to lead the way for everyone, but Zhao Hongrun interrupted him.

"Don't be busy for now." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said meaningfully: "Let's take a walk around the city first and then shake off the tail behind him."

The guards were stunned when they heard this and subconsciously looked around.

During this period, Chen Yu asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, is it that someone from the eunuch is following?"

"Oh."

Zhao Hongrun smiled faintly. Although he was not sure whether there were people from eunuchs behind him and were following them, but if you think about it carefully, today they were leaving the palace for the first time. His father, the current emperor of the Wei Dynasty, would definitely send eunuchs from Tong Xian to follow them from afar and secretly monitor their itinerary today.

What if the emperor of the Wei Dynasty knew that their group of people went to Fireworks Alley today?

"Go to the alley."

Chen Yu, who was faintly the leader of the clan guards, whispered. The clan guards understood it and quickly entered an alley with his own highness.

As expected, as soon as they left, a few men dressed in ordinary people came to the streets. They all looked pretty and lacked the masculinity of men. As soon as they guessed, they knew they were father-in-laws of the eunuch in the palace.

“…”

The older father-in-law who was leading the lead frowned and looked at the alley where there was no sign of people. He couldn't help but frowned and whispered: "Look for it separately."

Several young eunuchs nodded, some went forward or back along the street, and some chased them along the alley in front of them.

About half an hour later, Zhao Hongrun and his group rushed out of another alley and mixed into the crowded street.

"If someone really follows you, you should get rid of it, right?" Chen Yu said to himself with some disconfidence. After all, tracking and counter-tracking are not the expertise of these sect guards.

"It's better to be careful." Wei Jiao whispered.

While they were talking, the other zongwei looked around frequently, with their eyes as if they wanted to find the eunuchs who were mixed in the crowd. If there were really eunuchs in the palace who were following the crowd.

Seeing that the strange behavior of these people caused surprise to the people on the street, Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes speechlessly and said unhappily: "Okay, okay, the more you do this, the easier it is for us to be found... calm down."

The guards then withdrew their sharp gazes.

To be careful, they passed through several lively streets and secluded alleys in succession. After feeling that they should have thrown away the eunuchs of the eunuchs, they then headed towards the smokey and willow land built on the edge of Dujiang Canal in Chen Yu's mouth.

As he walked, Zhao Hongrun gradually discovered that the crowd around him had gradually changed.

I remember when I was on Chaoyang Street, there were all kinds of people on the street, including old and young, men and women. But now, this street is mostly men, with elegant noble sons and powerful people wearing silk and satin. There are almost no young women.

After walking a while, Zhao Hongrun was surprised to see a loft in front that was almost half built on Dujiang Canal out of thin air. This attic was accompanied by the gentle breeze on the canal, and a faint fragrance came from the slightest fragrance.

"It smells so good, what flower?" Chu Heng, who was more mellow in the sect, sniffed his nose and asked in surprise.

"Flower fragrance? No, this is...rouge fragrance."

Smelling the refreshing fragrance of rouge, Zhao Hongrun felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart for no reason.

And with this excitement, there was also a vague restlessness.

『This is what I yearn for...』

Zhao Hongrun, who was locked in the deep palace for fourteen years, was so excited that he almost shed tears. He felt that this faint fragrance of rouge saved his physiological and outlook on life, which had gradually become somewhat distorted because of the environment in the palace.

"Chen Yu, Mu Qing, Lu Mu, follow me, the others entered in batches."

Because the eleven people in his vocation were so eye-catching, Zhao Hongrun only brought Chen Yu, Mu Qing and Lu Mu, and the rest of them temporarily followed Wei Jiao's command.

"Walk."

After the arrangement was made, Zhao Hongrun led Chen Yu, Mu Qing and Lu Mu to the land of smoke and willows that he had always longed for but never had the chance to set foot on.

"A water pavilion?"

Seeing the plaque of the building from afar, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Because he thought that such a place would be called "Xiao-South Garden" and "Xiao-South Pavilion", but he didn't expect it to be such an elegant name.

———『Because the number of words is not enough, a little knowledge is popularized』——

First, the brothel, brothel, originally refers to the luxurious and exquisite elegant house, and also refers to the wealthy and noble family.

Therefore, only high-end ones can be called brothels. Although the meaning is close, it is higher than "Fireworks and Willow Alleys". It can be understood as "that's the feast", "that's the world", and a rich entertainment venue.

Let’s explain the difference between “prostitute” and “prostitute”.

The word "女" consists of two parts: "女" and "女". Chang means prosperity and lively, and refers to the street. Therefore, literally, "女" refers to a woman standing on the street to attract customers, and an illusion of a woman who trades physically.

As for prostitutes, it consists of two parts: "female" and "branch", which is not clear at first glance, but if you understand "branch" as half of "skill", it is not difficult to understand. Simply put, it is a skilled woman. "Note: The literal meaning of skill is craftsmanship."

In other words, prostitutes are more advanced than prostitutes and are women who are proficient in skills. Of course, this skill does not refer to bed skills, but to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It is precisely because of this that people have successively called brothel women a lady. You must know that in ancient times, a lady referred to as a wealthy family's daughter.

If you still can't understand this, you can search for famous brothels in the Song Dynasty. Almost all famous prostitutes are women who are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It's a pity that their fate is bumpy.

Finally, in one sentence, we must summarize the number of women in brothels: In a brothel, if you like your "talent" sleeps with you, you are prostitutes; if you like your "wealth" sleeps with you, you are prostitutes.
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