The bustle in Baiyi Alley is different from that in Hongyi Alley. The shops in Hongyi Alley are called brothels, teahouses, xiachu and kilns. The shops here are called 'Qingyin Xiaoban'.

Baiyi Lane is paved with clean blue bricks, and the blue bricks are even carved with patterns such as plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum.

There are no sounds of soliciting guests here, and there are no enchanting women standing on the second floor leaning against the railings to attract guests. Only the sound of harp and harp floats out from the building and the courtyard, and the woman sings in a melodious and sultry voice.

I can only hear her voice but not see her, just like a woman holding a pipa in her arms, hiding her appearance.

Chen Ji opened his eyes, and golden melon seeds fell heavily into his hands.

He didn't mean to wait for the golden melon seeds to fall before he opened his eyes just now. In fact, he was knocked to the ground again by the giant halberd warrior just now, and he almost didn't recover...

At this time, the embroidery building was bustling again, attracting everyone's attention: the carriage of Luo Cheng's colleague Chen's family had arrived.

A spacious carriage stopped in front of the door. Chen Wenzong, Chen Wenxiao, and Lin Chaojing got out of the car together, and came to the desk while talking and laughing.

Chen Wenzong asked with a smile: "Brother Chaojing, are you coming or me? It only takes one poem to win four people, and any one of us can take action."

The words are firm and seem to be easy to win.

Lin Chaojing smiled and said humbly: "Of course I'm here to ask, Brother Zong. I've been away from Donglin Academy for more than half a month. I haven't appreciated your poems for a long time. I miss you so much. Do you have any new poems recently?"

Chen Wenzong smiled and replied: "Yes."

These three gentlemen have a graceful demeanor. Now that the weather is getting cooler, the three of them have been covered in plain furs early.

Furs are also divided into three, six or nine grades, among which the white fox armpit skins worn by the three of them are the most valuable.

Liu Quxing on the side curled his lips and whispered: "It's not even winter yet, so I'm wearing fur, and I don't feel too anxious about it? Why don't I hold a heater in my hand anymore?"

The next moment, I saw a groom behind Chen Wenzong helping him take off the fur on his shoulders. He picked up the brush on the desk and quickly wrote four poems.

After writing, he looked at the two welcoming girls outside the embroidered building door with a smile: "We are three people traveling together, and we don't take advantage of Liu Xingshou, so we each wrote a poem in exchange for a seat on the second floor."

The girl who welcomed the guests smiled and said, "Why did you write one more song?"

"This is given to Liu Xingshou alone."

The onlookers applauded one after another, praising Chen Wenzong as a talented man.

Chen Wenxiao said with a smile: "Brother, you are a great talent. You will definitely be able to get high school diploma in this provincial examination!"

Chen Wenzong looked unhappy: "You have to work hard...forget it, I won't spoil your fun today."

But I saw the welcoming girl taking the four poems to the second floor. After a while, she came back to the door and said with a smile: "My girl said that Mr. Wenzong was so clever that he could write four poems about spring, summer, autumn and winter." ,You three gentlemen, please come upstairs!"

Princess Baili looked at Chen Wenzong and then at Chen Ji: "Your father is too partial."

Chen Ji smiled: "It doesn't matter, I'm living a good life now."

The prince sighed with emotion: "Your second brother Chen Wenxiao was not much better than me when he was in Donglin Academy. I also saw him in the wine shop at the foot of the mountain, but now he pretends to be a human being. That's what everyone is doing."

For Chen Wenzong's sake, I gave him some respect."

Bai Li frowned: "Brother, don't speak ill of people behind their backs!"

"I'm talking about Chen Wenxiao..."

"No one can do it. This is not what a gentleman does! If you are dissatisfied with him, you should scold him in front of him later!"

The prince raised his hands: "Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore..."

Just as he was talking, the girl who greeted the guests said: "Everyone, there are not many private seats left on the second floor. If you have any poems and works, please bring them over quickly."

These words made the prince anxious.

The prince took advantage of others not paying attention and lowered his body to the side of Chen Ji: "Quick, quick, quick, what other poems are there?"

Chen Ji thought for a moment: "In addition to the previous sentence, two more sentences are needed. One golden melon seed is not enough."

Bai Li took out another golden melon seed and stuffed it into his hand, complaining in a low voice: "How come it's like making a wish to a Bodhisattva and you still have to donate incense money?"

The prince was happy: "Sister, if you donate incense and money to the Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva may not care about you. But if you donate incense and money to Chen Ji, he will immediately pay attention to you. Just think of him as a Bodhisattva."

Chen Ji thought for a moment, put the golden melon seeds into his sleeves, selected two more poems, and taught them to the prince in a low voice.

Bai Li's eyes sparkled at the side: "Why, there's only half a sentence. It would be great if I could write the whole poem. What a pity now... Hey, why did you fall asleep again?!"

Chen Ji didn't answer her, and went back to fight again.

The Crown Prince and Bai Li came to the embroidered building, and someone recognized them: "They are the Crown Prince of Prince Jing's Mansion and Princess Bai Li!"

Someone also whispered: "Is he the idiot prince mentioned by Donglin scholars..."

"Shh! You don't want your life!"

"It's okay. Your Majesty is a nice person and doesn't care."

The truth in this world is very strange. The more evil a person is, the less others dare to bully you. But if you happen to be a good person, then no one will dare to step on you.

But I saw the prince came to the table, and with a big stroke of his pen, he wrote two lines of poetry vigorously. When it came to the third line, he lowered his voice and asked: "Bai Li, what is the third line?"

"Thousands of mountains and birds fly away..." The prince didn't write the third sentence until Bai Li reminded him.

The prince put down his pen and looked up at the two welcoming girls: "It's done, but I'm different from the others."

The girl who greeted the guests also heard the identity of this person from others, and asked with a smile: "May I ask the prince, what's the difference?"

The prince was very proud: "Others have to write a whole poem to get in, but I can write better than them, half a sentence is enough! Take it and let Liu Xingshou take a look!"

The welcoming girl was startled for a moment, then took the rice paper and ran upstairs.

"I heard a scholar who came back from Donglin Academy say that this prince was scolded by the gentlemen every day. Every day he either went up the mountain to catch pheasants and hares, or slipped down the mountain to drink in the city. Look at the group of people there, they don't look like literati.

Ah, all of them are old hats who wield swords and swords."

"Liu Xingshou will probably let him go because of his status as the heir apparent, right?"

"You don't know this. Earlier on the Qinhuai River in Jinling, the direct grandson of the Hu family wanted to board the boat and made a big fuss because he couldn't produce any poems. Guess what?"

"What's wrong?"

"A young master of the Xu family beat up the direct grandson of the Hu family and threw him into the Qinhuai River! Therefore, if the prince wanted to make a show, he really put it in the wrong place. This Liu Xingshang had the chief minister of the cabinet.

The Xu family is protecting them, and the Xu family does not need to give face to a vassal king..."

At this time, everyone was still talking a lot. The prince turned a deaf ear to these voices. He only waited for the welcoming girl to come down and asked curiously: "Girl, what did Liu Xingshou say?"

The girl who welcomed the guests smiled sweetly and said: "My girl said that the prince did not boast, and your half-sentence can be compared to ten sentences of others! Please go upstairs!"

The onlookers were shocked: "You idiot prince can still write poetry?"

The prince narrowed his eyes slightly and turned his head to scan the crowd, trying to find who the speaker was.

But I saw that he looked handsome, wearing the crown prince's black gauze on his head, and a silver-threaded python suit with dark patterns. He just put away his smile and showed his majesty on his body. For a moment, he didn't look like the libertine he once was.

The person who spoke was not stupid, but he was just taking advantage of the chaos of the crowd. Seeing that the Crown Prince was slightly angry, he didn't dare to really challenge this majesty, so he immediately hid in the crowd.

Someone shouted in the crowd: "Take out the poem that the Crown Prince just wrote and let us see if Liu Xingshou is in trouble!"

The prince was silent for a moment, and then laughed loudly and unrestrainedly. He actually no longer took these criticisms of himself to heart: "It doesn't matter what you say, anyway, I can go up to the second floor, but you can't go up. I will make you mad! Go drink."

!”

The prince waved his hand with great pride.

He no longer paid attention to these people, turned around and waved to Liang Gouer excitedly: "Hurry, hurry, carry Chen Ji and go upstairs to drink together!"

Everyone looked at Chen Ji and the others, why were they sleeping with their arms raised?

"Why are so many people carrying him?"

"Perhaps you have a disability and can't move your legs?"

"So pitiful."

Liang Gou'er and Liang Mao'er carried the bamboo chairs forward. Liu Quxing smiled and said, "Now, Chen Ji will become famous in Luo City."

She Dengke couldn't bear it: "It's better to put him in a hospital to avoid being said to be disabled."

Liang Gou'er said carelessly: "You and I, the children of Jianghu, how can we drink without one person? He is so miserable in the hospital alone, so naturally we want to drink together! After drinking until morning, we will carry him up to the Drum Tower to watch the sunrise.

That’s what a pleasure is!”

At this moment, Chen Ji had died and woke up again, but he listened to the comments around him and really didn't have the courage to open his eyes...

He closed his eyes and gritted his teeth and said, "Stop chatting and leave quickly!"

Liang Gouer and Liu Quxing laughed loudly: "So you're awake!"

Entering the embroidered building, the interior is quiet and elegant. There is even a fish pond dug in the lobby with three or five koi carps.

Everyone was about to go upstairs when they met a beautiful maid coming down the stairs. The prince suddenly raised his hand and motioned for Liang Gou'er and Liang Mao'er to stop in front of the maid.

The prince patted Chen Ji and said, "Chen Ji, look at this girl, she is very beautiful."

The maid covered her mouth and smiled.

Chen Ji refused to open his eyes and refused to do such a shameful thing, but the prince refused to leave.

I don't know how long the stalemate lasted. Chen Ji, who was sitting on pins and needles, quickly opened his eyes and quickly closed them again. His teeth were almost broken: "I've seen it, go upstairs quickly."

The prince laughed loudly: "Just see what you are afraid of, don't be shy!"

Chen Ji: "..."
To be continued...