The city outside the window is filled with lights.
Like moving, glowing, brilliant, undulating mountains.
More like a... dragon!
It seems that this city is more vibrant at night than in the sun.
Pei Boxi knew what this meant, which meant that the Ming Empire had endless wealth, endless manpower, and endless... desires!
Yes, desire!
He originally wanted to imitate Shen Baoxu's crying court, let the Ming Empire's ceremonial state, the Kingdom of Heaven, return to the court, and restore the orthodoxy of Annan's etiquette.
But he suddenly realized that he was wrong...
From the moment he arrived at the center of the Ming Dynasty, he could see the desires of the Ming Empire.
He is already very old, the kind of age who has experienced many things, witnessed many things, seen many people clearly, and even seen through human nature.
Zhu Gaochi's words that you must know him made him suddenly see the essence of this matter clearly.
That was when he was still dreaming about asking the Ming Empire to send troops, the Ming Empire had already made all preparations.
What is lacking is him... Annan's loyal minister.
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Outside the window, there was a roar of people.
So much so that the noise on the street corner can be heard from the second floor of the post house.
There was also that faint and insubstantial aroma that drifted in through the window.
Even... there is a faint scent of wine and a hint of rouge in the air.
On the river in the distance, a painted boat swayed gently with the waves. Behind the layers of gauze curtains, you could see the graceful figures, echoing what seemed to be the intoxicating singing.
Pei Boxi had no intention of appreciating all of this.
Because after he saw the desire in the eyes of the Ming Empire, deep in his heart, deep in his own heart, was endless despair.
Tomorrow, two powerful ministers of the Ming Empire.
The crown prince Zhu Gaochi and Cao Guogong Li Jinglong will take him to see the reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to be greedy and express their desires so nakedly.
Ming’s army!
"Dear kings!"
Pei Boxi looked at the scenery outside the window expressionlessly, then knelt down facing the southwest and choked with sobs, "What should I do, sir?"
"The Ming Dynasty will send troops, but the Ming Dynasty is not for the foundation of our Chen Dynasty, but for his own ambition..."
"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants to turn my land of Annan into the old land of China again..."
"Annan's centuries-old country and country, the succession of generations...are at stake!"
~
Dang clang.......
Like pearls falling on a jade plate....
Clang...
exciting.....
In the direction of the post house where Pei Boxi lived, in a painting boat on the Qinhuai River.
The singer, who wears a plastic waist slightly open, revealing a neck as white as jade, holds a pipa in her arms and sits on high heels in a charming manner.
In front of her was a curtain, and behind the curtain were several figures.
Then her red lips opened slightly and she spoke a gentle Wu language.
"Outside Gusu City... Hanshan Temple..."
"The bell rings at midnight... to the passenger ship..."
Her eyes are passionate yet shy, bright yet somewhat melancholy. From time to time, her round lips, like white teeth, tap lightly.
Although she was facing a curtain, her eyes seemed to be looking at her beloved lover.
The spectators behind the curtain gently followed the beat with the folding fan in their hands. Their eyes fell on the waist-cinched skirt of the singer, which outlined the undulating waist and legs.
After her sleeves slipped down, half of her arms were exposed...
And the angular shoulders...
In his mouth, he also followed the rhythm of the singer.
"Slim... romantic... Du Shiniang..."
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"As soon as this woman opens her mouth!"
The folding fan gently clasped the palms of his hands. Zhu Yunxi, dressed in casual clothes, smiled and said, "This is Jiangnan!"
"Brilliant!" Behind Zhu Yunxi, Li Jinglong lowered his head and said with a smile, "I used to think that she sang well, but I didn't know what made her sing so well? When you say this, it seems like..."
"It's like Ge'er and people are alive! It's like an ink painting from Jiangnan, spread out lightly."
Zhu Yunxi just smiled slightly. She and the singer were separated by a curtain, and the singer could only see his outline. But he could see everything about the singer.
"Self-pity... in Pingkang..."
Another sound that sounded like the sound of nature came, just like everyone gets drunk even if the wine is not intoxicating.
"I asked about it!" Li Jinglong secretly looked at Zhu Yunxi's profile and whispered, "This singer is sixteen years old this year, and she is still..."
"Or what?" Zhu Yunxi asked casually.
"Still a virgin!"
"Oh!" Zhu Yunxi folded the fan in his hand, then raised it sharply.
Snapped!
He knocked Li Jinglong hard on the forehead.
"I've been thinking about these crooked ways all day long!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Who do you think I am?"
"I'm not looking at you, I'm very tired. I want you to relax and unwind!" Li Jinglong smiled hurriedly.
Suddenly, he noticed that Zhu Yunxi's shoulders moved, and then he frowned slightly.
Li Jinglong's hands seemed to have an itch in his hands, and he asked urgently, "Aren't you feeling comfortable? Where are you?"
"Here, this, this, this..." Zhu Yunxi used his fan to light the position of the shoulder armor socket on his back.
Swish!
The tickle immediately appears where it should appear, and the intensity is absolutely just right.
"How?" Li Jinglong asked.
"Yeah!" Zhu Yunxi let out a long breath, "It's itchy, but it's worse than pain!"
As he said that, he looked sideways at Li Jinglong and asked, "Have you arranged everything for tomorrow?"
"As soon as I tell you, everything has been arranged!"
Seeing that Zhu Yunxi wanted to inquire about official matters, Li Jinglong's tone became serious.
"Then Pei Boxi said that he doesn't know Chen Wangsun, but it doesn't matter to me. Tomorrow I will take him to see my Ming Dynasty Tiger Ben. I think he will understand it himself. Even if he doesn't know him, he has to know me!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi nodded and said, "If you are able to come all the way to Ming Dynasty to avenge the old master, I think that Pei Boqi is also a loyal minister!"
After saying that, he paused and said, "Such people are very stubborn! You have to be easy to comfort and remember not to be forceful! This Pei Boqi is much more useful than Chen Wangsun!"
Li Jinglong's mind was spinning, "Please make it clear... I can't figure it out for a moment, how can he be more important than Chen Wangsun?"
"It is said that in Annan, there are not a few people like him who are nostalgic for their emperor. And they are all from Annan's powerful families, and even scholars..."
Zhu Yunxi said slowly, "Chen Wangsun is just a bait, just to be taken out for the fish to eat. And this Pei Boxi is my indispensable and important candidate for Huairou Annan in the future!"
"You are really... your eyes are like a torch and you can see thousands of miles..." Li Jinglong said immediately, "A villain can only see the things in front of you, but you have seen everything in the future clearly and thought through it...
"
Snapped!
Zhu Yunxi's folding fan hit Li Jinglong on the forehead again.
"You, do more business and less flattery!" Zhu Yunxi scolded with a smile.
"Making you happy is the most important thing for a villain!"
When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he smiled again.
"Okay, it's getting late, I have to go back!"
With that said, he stood up and walked out through the side door.
Li Jinglong bowed to say goodbye, and after Zhu Yunxi and the others disappeared from his sight, he slowly straightened up.
Then, there was a swish.
The singer on the stage was caught off guard and jumped.
But it was Li Jinglong who directly tore off the curtain.
"Don't be afraid!" Li Jinglong looked at the singer and said with a smile, "Sing well and let me take a good look at you!"
As he spoke, his eyes began to become greedy.
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A night of silence.
The capital of the Ming Dynasty settled in the hustle and bustle....
Then I woke up amidst the noise.
The morning begins when vendors start selling breakfast along the street.
Pei Boxi, who had not slept all night, had just changed his clothes.
I saw a group of arrogant, domineering and unruly cavalry coming outside the post house.
The knights on the horses were all heavily armored, and their cold eyes were revealed through the gaps in their masks.
Then the cavalry suddenly separated again, and one horse slowly rode into the courtyard of the post house.
This chapter has been completed!