As the night progressed, the carnival continued. The generals and attendants under Dongchang were either playing boxing and drinking, or going downstairs to gather for gambling, and some of them went to chat with young ladies about their dreams.
Chang Yu was too drunk but had no intention of sleeping, so he quietly sneaked out to the street to enjoy the breeze. The reason why he came out quietly was because he didn't want to displease his attendants. After all, they would follow him when he went out.
But someone still followed him out, it was Li Muxian.
It was very stuffy inside. The poor Taoist accompanied the adults to get some air. Li Muchian had a whisk in his waist and a bottle of wine in his hand and chuckled. Chang Yu nodded without saying anything and walked slowly along Qianmen Street in the night breeze.
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Although it is late at night, as the most prosperous red light district in Beijing, it is very busy with traffic. On the streets, there are drunkards hugging each other and vomiting on the roadside, servants guarding carriages at the end of the alleys, and beggars begging along the streets. There are reports from the Hualou Restaurant.
The sound of laughter and curses was very noisy.
Chang Yu stood under a tree on the street, his eyes slowly scanning everything, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. A few months ago, the capital was full of terror, and everyone's face was filled with fear, but now...
"It's up to the factory owner to turn the tide in this peaceful age." Li Muxian noticed Chang Yu's relief and couldn't help but flatter him.
Chang Yu snorted softly: "Don't dare to steal the merit, it is the result of thousands of soldiers fighting hard." Then he shook his head slightly: "Besides, it doesn't matter. In the peaceful and prosperous age, I raised my hand and pointed at those visions.
Refugees begging, how could there be so many beggars in the peaceful and prosperous times? He pointed to a flower shop in the distance. Rather than saying that in the peaceful and prosperous times, it is better to say that businesswomen did not know the hatred of the country's subjugation... The capital is a feast for the eyes, but outside the city, people are starving and dying everywhere..."
Li Muxian didn't expect that his words would arouse so many emotions from the young eunuch. It seemed that he really drank too much, so he stopped talking.
Chang Yu walked silently towards the city gate again. At this time, the inner city was closed, so he stepped forward and knocked on the door. Li Muchian quickly stepped forward and said, "Sir, do you want to go back to the Yamen? You'd better bring more people with you."
Chang Yu laughed and patted the green bird on his waist: "There are too many people in these four-nine cities who want my life. If you have the ability, just come and see who can take it with my sword."
Li Muxian was infected by his arrogance, and he also laughed: "I have been wandering around the world for several years with a whisk, and I have no plan when I meet the gangsters. Now I am still alive and kicking. I want to see who has no eyesight to come to my door today."
Chang Yu chuckled: "If you meet a thief, your mouth is more useful than a whisk. Wuzhong said that your best ability to save your life is your sharp tongue."
"Your Majesty, I believe what that guy said." Li Muchian snorted and touched the flying knife in his sleeve: "I'm not just bragging. If it's true, Wuzhong would also..." As he spoke, the city gate opened, and Chang Yu had already stepped inside.
Li Muxian quickly followed in without even thinking about talking.
"Mr. Factory Supervisor, can you be escorted by low-ranking officers?" Chang Yu was the only one in the entire capital who could freely enter and leave Sijiu City. All the guards knew his identity and saw that he only had one personal guard, so they asked.
Chang Yu waved his hand and threw a few taels of broken silver, then floated away.
There were not so many refugees in the inner city and it was relatively quiet. In addition, there were guards patrolling near the palace. Although there were few pedestrians, there was no need to worry. Chang Yu and Li Muxian walked straight towards the Dongchang Yamen, chatting occasionally.
"Hey, let me ask you, how to get to our alley?" While walking along the base of the city wall, he suddenly heard someone greeting him at the entrance of an alley to the east. Chang Yu took a closer look, but he saw five or six drunken men hanging around each other and drinking.
, Li Muxian jumped up to Chang Yu and frowned: "Go east along the alley entrance to Dongsi Pailou Street and ask again."
The big men said "oh" and asked again: "Is it far?"
At this time, Chang Yu could see clearly through the dim light that these five or six big men were actually soldiers. Seeing that they were pretending to be subordinate to the soldiers outside the city, but he didn't know whose command they were, he said: "It's a bit far to walk, and there are things over there.
A bit expensive".
Hey hey hey, several big men laughed lustfully: "What are you afraid of if it's more expensive? I'm going to play with the women of high officials too."
Chang Yu's face suddenly darkened, but Li Muchian asked: "Are several brothers going to the Jiaofang Division?".
"Yes, yes, it's the Jiaofang Division. I heard that all the ladies there are the wives of high-ranking officials..." For a while, several big-headed soldiers were full of foul talk, and Chang Yu's face turned livid.
Jiaofangsi are official prostitutes, most of whom are palace maids who have made mistakes or wives and daughters of criminal officials. No matter how high their status is in daily life, once they enter this house, they are the lowest prostitutes, and they are humiliated and have no money.
The profit is not even as high as that of private prostitution in a dark brothel. Of course, the most unbearable thing is the psychological and mental humiliation and torture, because there will be friends, buddies, subordinates and even bosses of the husband's father who used to come to patronize them, and there are also some ordinary people with twisted psychology who come to hunt for strange things.
, just like these soldiers in front of me.
Human nature is so ugly, and many officials have this bad taste. They like to come here to play with the wives and daughters of their former colleagues, bosses and even political opponents to satisfy their abnormal psychology.
Such a perverted yamen must be banned. Chang Yu decided to go to the palace tomorrow to talk to Emperor Chongzhen about this matter. He felt disgusted and wanted to leave, but he didn't expect that several prostitutes got excited. One of them actually got drunk.
He yelled: "Don't leave yet. You said it's expensive over there. We men are short on money, so you two can borrow some..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a dark shadow coming towards him. Chang Yu knocked him out with a flying knee. The rest of the crowd was in an uproar. After being mostly drunk, they saw him with a knife on his waist and a fierce look on his face. They immediately became frightened: "Men, don't be upset.
, let's just make a joke, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously..." He dragged the fainted guy and hurried away.
Chang Yu suddenly got violent and started hurting people, but Li Muchian was surprised. In his opinion, these women were just talking nonsense and did not really mean to commit robbery. There was no need to be so cruel.
Why is the young eunuch so angry today? Is it because he is still angry about the alchemy matter?
He couldn't guess that it was just Chang Yu who hated the existence of a dehumanized and perverted place like Jiaofangsi.
There was no more trouble on the way, and the two of them sneaked away for a while and arrived at the Yamen. But as soon as they entered, a man mysteriously said that he had caught a thief who was snooping at the Yamen.
So bold! Chang Yu was a little surprised. After several days of severe beatings, a thief dared to come to the yamen gate to keep an eye on him. It was a life-threatening situation. Fanzi added: "The thief kept saying he was not a thief, but he just wandered around the alley for several days."
When I asked him what he was doing, he said he was looking for you, the factory owner. When I asked him what was going on, he said he would wait until he saw you."
"Have you been sentenced?" Chang Yu asked.
Fanzi shook his head: "He said you would know what was going on when you saw it, so he didn't use torture..."
"Bring him here" Chang Yu was curious.
After a while, the suspected thief was brought in. Chang Yu was washing his face with cold water. He raised his head and glanced at him. He couldn't help but let out a sigh. This person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.
"Mr. Factory Supervisor, you are from Prince Jin's Palace!" When the man saw Chang Yu kneeling down, he started to cry.
Shit! Chang Yu was shocked.
Yes, yes, he is from Prince Jin's Mansion in Taiyuan. Chang Yu suddenly remembered that he had seen this person in Prince Jin's Mansion. Could it be that the person coming from Prince Jin's Mansion... was slightly excited: "You all stand down.
"As he said this, he waved his hand, and several people, including Li Muxian, quickly exited the lobby and closed the door behind them.
Chang Yu then asked the man to stand up and took a closer look. He confirmed again that he had seen him in Prince Jin's Mansion but did not know his name, so he asked him to get up and sit down to talk. After interrogating him, he learned that the man's name was Zhu Youcai and that he was from Prince Jin's Mansion.
A servant had a good relationship with a maid of the princess Zhu Zhi'e. She came all the way to the capital on Zhu Zhi'e's request to deliver a message to Chang Yu.
Taiyuan is thousands of miles away from the capital, and there are countless thieves and bandits on the way. Zhu Youcai was smart enough to arrive in the capital without any danger. After finding an inn to sleep for a long time, he found out about the Dongchang Yamen in the evening, but was treated as a thief.
He was caught and almost tortured.
Sure enough, it was Zhu Zhi'e who sent someone to send the message. Chang Yu felt very guilty. Yes, this guy drank too much at the Prince Jin's Mansion in Taiyuan. The beauty couldn't control himself at the moment and gave Zhu Zhi'e to her. Although he was an eunuch and could not have children,
It didn't affect my work, and I had a lot of fun after a night of ups and downs. The poor princess had been worried for several months, but when she saw that her heartbroken man had gone and never came back, she didn't even have a letter. She felt very sad in her heart, even though she yelled at the scumbag.
After all, Wu Qing couldn't help but want to ask for clarification.
But the war was chaotic, thousands of miles away, and it was a shady and secret matter. There were no two messengers, which almost made Zhu Zhi'e worried. Fortunately, the emperor paid off, and finally a fool came to his door.
This Zhu Youcai.
Zhu Youcai liked the princess's maid, so Zhu Zhi'e said, you run an errand for me, and when you get back, I will promise the girl to you and give you some money. This guy will go to Beijing as soon as his head is hot.
"You have the guts!" After Chang Yu heard this, he patted Zhu Youcai on the shoulder and was very impressed. This guy was really the same as when he first came out of Beijing. A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers! He dared to run out in such a chaotic world.
"What kind of thing is there? It's almost extinct. I was riding out on horseback. I met a bandit on the way and the horse was robbed. I fled into the mountains and hid for a few days before I came out. Then I met a caravan..." Zhu Youcai spat.
Hengfei talked about his adventures along the way. Chang Yu patiently heard that Chapter 81 finally arrived in the capital, and then asked: "Where is the letter from the princess?"