In the middle hall of Princess Taiping’s mansion, the actors danced gracefully, and the banquet music was beautiful and melodious.

Li Tong enjoyed the singing and dancing in the hall with great interest, and talked to his aunt about the popular music styles of Shendu from time to time.

Although he debuted as an arrangement of the Neijiaofang, he has been busy with various personnel and affairs for the past six months and his attention is no longer as high as before. When talking about these contents with Princess Taiping, he feels that he can no longer keep up with the trend.

Although in ancient times, when material conditions were not sufficient, entertainment was only a part of the spiritual entertainment that could be enjoyed, it could generally reflect some of the spirit of the times.

Although Wu Zhou has not yet truly entered the broadness and tolerance of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it has also inherited the openness and enterprisingness of the early Tang Dynasty.

Political chaos and anxiety did not affect cultural temptation and change. The poetic revolution advocated by Chen Zi'ang already had a strong influence. Li Tong occasionally heard the officials in the mansion appreciating and talking about Chen Zi'ang's poems "Sense of Encounter" in his mansion.

He Zhizhang, the pioneer of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and Li Tong, also heard it from his cousin Lu Jingchu several times, and said more than once that if He Zhizhang went north to Shendu, Lu Jingchu would definitely introduce him to the mansion.

From He Zhizhang and Li Tong couldn't help but think of Zhang Ruoxu, who was also the four scholars of Wuzhong, who also copied the opening of Zhang Ruoxu's "Spring River Moon Night". However, now he doesn't expect to make a name for himself by copying articles, nor does he plan to copy the entire poem, so he should leave it to Zhang Ruoxu.

When Tang people wrote poems, the same title and rhyme were common. Especially the old Yuefu titles such as "Spring River Flower Moon Night", even if Li Tong wrote them, it would not affect Zhang Ruoxu's performance, and it may even lead to the early publication of this poem.

Li Tong's "Flower Moon Night in the Spring River" is said to be based on the development and re-creation of the old title of Emperor Yang of Sui, which also triggered the enduring sequel to this topic. Zhang Ruoxu's book was also inspired by this.

Princess Taiping may not have a high poetic and literary talent, but because of her mother, she has a high appreciation of poetry and music. Therefore, when discussing related topics with Li Tong, she also had come and go, and there were many comments on comments.

Doulu Qinwang, sitting on the side mat, had a smile on his face and said a few words from time to time, which showed that he had good attainment in this regard. This is also normal. After more than a hundred years of development, the nobles of Guanlong have no longer had the hardships and the dilapidated northern part of the early years, and their cultural level is definitely not low.

However, Dou Lu Qinwang's current appearance is somewhat inconsistent with the attentiveness he had just greeted outside the mansion, and it was quite a bit fearless. This also made Li Tong confirm that his aunt must have revealed some of the inside story of Dou Lu Qinwang's going to Lingnan.

But this is not enough to show that Princess Taiping has completely given up Li Tong and completely defected to Guanlong. At least so far, Li Tong still has a certain deterrent effect on Guanlong's old fox such as Doulu Qinwang. Maintaining a harmonious relationship with Li Tong can also make Guanlong pay more attention to Princess Taiping, and can also gain more initiative in subsequent cooperation.

As for King Ding Wu Youji, it is relatively dull. Although he sat in the host's seat with Princess Taiping, he had almost no sense of existence. His body, which was still burly in his early years, now has obvious signs of gaining weight, and he can no longer find the heroic martial arts he had when Li Tong first met in the old year.

Seeing Wu Youji's appearance, Li Tong couldn't help but sigh.

What can destroy a man is not only a huge life pressure, but also a struggle that has not been enjoyed by his own efforts and has no goals in life. Wu Youji is not a person with strong heart. He takes up all of them, so he can only be a rice worm who is willing to eat and wait for death.

Although he thought so in his heart, he did not have any sympathy for Wu Youji, and he was even thinking about whether to cut Wu Youji directly later? He drank the golden cup with you, and his hands and blades were not spared. It was quite exciting to think about it.

However, after weighing the pros and cons, Li Tong gave up this idea. Regardless of whether his aunt and Wu Youji have a good relationship, it is a matter for the couple. If he directly chopped off his aunt's husband, it would be another story.

In the following situation after the coup, he and his aunt still have a lot of room for cooperation, and there is no need to directly get into a feud with his aunt because Wu Youji, the michizo, is there to leave it to his fourth uncle to consider whether to keep Wu Youji or not. Perhaps it can create some sibling conflicts.

With Princess Taiping's eyes, Doulu Qinwang filled the wine in the glass, picked up the jade cup and walked to Li Tong's table, held the wine cup flat in front of him with both hands, and said to Li Tong: "In the matter, people are bound to be involuntarily. Occasionally, they may violate your words and deeds against your Highness and do not know that they will drink this cup. Please forgive me and give me advice."

After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine in his glass first, and raised his hand to wipe the wine stains on his beard, which was quite heroic to clear his grudges with a smile.

Princess Taiping also raised her hand to signal Xue Chongxun to pour wine for her cousin, but Li Tong raised her hand to cover the wine glass, looked at Princess Taiping and smiled: "I'm afraid to say anything. I'll drink a few glasses first, I can't bear to drink. I'll enter Zhibei Gate later. I really don't dare to make any mistakes if I drink again."

As soon as these words were spoken, the old fox Doulu Qinwang looked a little uneasy. As for the children of the Doulu family in the hall, they were all angry and full of resentment towards the arrogance of the King of Dai.

After hearing this, Princess Taiping was stunned for a moment before smiling and said, "I know you are deeply in love, so I won't advise you to drink it. But since Mr. Doulu has his words and uses tea instead of wine, it will be worthy of your kindness and respect for the elders."

When Li Tong heard this, he was as good as a stream of good deeds. He raised his teacup and sipped it lightly, nodded to Doulu Qinwang, and said with a smile: "There is a heavy word for your husband. Xiao Wang is young and energetic, and it is true that he needs to be tolerated by the elders."

After hearing this, Doulu Qinwang twitched his lips, glanced at Princess Taiping again, and then retreated to the table.

Doulu Qinwang is now a dead person in Li Tong's eyes. Even if he has any dissatisfaction, he doesn't have to humiliate him directly in person. The reason why he did this was to test how deep the tacit understanding his aunt and Doulu Qinwang had reached. Seeing his aunt's reaction so much, it was obviously not as heart-to-heart.

Due to this little episode, the atmosphere of the banquet was not as harmonious as before, but under the auspices of Princess Taiping, it could continue.

Before we knew it, the sound of drums on the street was already ringing. It was already early winter. The sun was short. When the sound of drums on the street, it was already night and lights were on.

"Be careful, be careful?"

Li Tong was looking northeastward when he suddenly heard his aunt shouting a few times, and quickly turned around and said rudely.

Seeing that he was a little distracted, Princess Taiping said, "Since you still have to go straight to the night, why not stop the banquet?"

After hearing this, Li Tong shook his head, raised his glass and smiled: "I have not yet had a good time, so how could I give up the seat halfway?"

While saying that, he untied a talisman order, turned his head and handed it to Lego beside him, and ordered: "Let's wait for the marriages to enter the house in advance and wait for me to stop the table."

Lego responded with respect, and after receiving the talisman order, he hurried to the outsider's house. After seeing this, Princess Taiping also ordered a family member to follow and guide. Although the curfew did not stop the nobles, there were as many as hundreds of married men and strong soldiers. If it were not for the nobles in the long-lived house, they would still be a little blocked if they wanted to enter the house.

Several children from the Doulu family in the hall saw that the King of Dai was greedy and frequently raised their glasses to express their congratulations. Perhaps they had the idea of ​​getting the young king drunk and missed the matter. Li Tong no longer acted arrogantly and drank a few cups lightly to find the feeling of being slightly drunk.

On the pier near Xintan, Luobei, with the sound of drums on the streets of curfew, it became more lively than it was deserted.

In the autumn and winter, goods and goods from all provinces are entering the capital, which is a peak season for various commercial affairs. This year, the court relaxed the regulation of market voluntary regulations, which greatly stimulated merchants.

Especially some big businessmen spent a lot of money to seize a place for stockpiling and shipping in Xintan. Of course, they had to hurry up and dispatch goods and cash back on profits.

Of course, this expensive entry fee is not in vain. The imperial court had a strict curfew. Once the street drums sounded, no boats or cars were allowed to travel. However, it has now given the owners of the new pond some convenience, allowing them to take boats at night and dispatch goods between several special transport channels.

But the system is one aspect, but it is another matter when implemented.

The person responsible for the Luobei curfew inspection was the Zuo Jinwu Guard. Now the General of the Zuo Jinwu Guard, King Wu Yizong of Hanoi, was extremely greedy. After nightfall, he instructed the streets to intercept the cargo ships of the river and canals. Even if there were streets on the ship that allowed to travel at night, he had to pay a copy of the ship to release it.

Near the Wei Wangdi dike in Luonan, there are also slaves from the Wei Wang Mansion who set up water barriers to collect road funds. Otherwise, the crime of peeking at the sect's house was detained.

Therefore, this period of water after nightfall is also called the Water Ghost Recruitment. Only by leaving Luoshui through the water outlet near Xinzhong Bridge and moving south into Tongji Canal is considered safe, which can avoid financial loss and smoothly transfer the goods to Nanshi.

So whenever night is approaching, the pier near Xintan is full of busy scenes of snatching ships, and I want to reach a safe range within a safe time.

Li Ge directed the strong men to carry the thick straw felt onto the cargo ship, and whispered to Yang Xianzong, who was standing at the bow of the ship, "Be careful, you will win!"

"It will win!"

Yang Xianzong also replied in a low voice, it is not the first time that the soldiers have caused trouble in Dayi. In the past, they have carefully formulated plans and even risked to conduct two exercises. They are not nervous about what will happen next.

After all the three cargo ships were loaded, Yang Xianzong waved his hand and the cargo ship left the moored Neitan and lined up at the dock to prepare for departure.

Seeing Yang Xianzong leave, a hint of envy flashed in Li Ge's eyes, but he also understood that each had its own division of labor. The strong men in the old clothes club he was in charge were not in the sequence of uprising tonight.

Although most of the strong men came from the government army, they had been away from the army for a long time and were not very organized. If they rushed out rashly, they would only be easily sniped between the streets by the imperial guards.

At this time, the street drums had already sounded the second time, and the sounds at Xintan Wharf were even louder. Especially when seeing the three cargo ships escorted by Yang Xianzong and others heading straight from the waterway on the other side, the owners who were worried that they would not be able to arrive at Xinzhong Bridge within a safe time could not help but curse.

After three cargo ships entered the line and left the dock, they went straight into Luoshui from the channel and drove into the Luonan waterway along the floating vaguely visible on the water surface. Yang Xianzong looked out from afar and found that the waterway near the Taoist Shop in front had not yet been placed to prevent the navigation floating row, so he waved his hand to signal the slooping to suspend the rowing, and put the boat speed to let the cargo ship behind go first.

When sailing at night, you must use lights to make the ship cargo number clear for supervision. Although the river surface was already quite thick at this time, the fireworks in front and back were still as distinct as fireflies in grass nests in spring and summer.

Soon a cargo ship from the rear caught up. After looking at it, he recognized that these three ships were the ones that had just been in line for the Xintan. At this time, not only did they not accelerate, but they were spinning on the river. The owner couldn't help but laugh and scold him with gloating and scolding, even if he took a stroll, what would it be? The boatman who did not have the ability to control the oars on the boat still had to fall behind.

The sound of drums in the street stopped completely and half a quarter of an hour later, lights were raised near the Wei Palace, and water discharged from the water surface of bamboo and wood were released. Some ships could not rush over, so they could only slow down the speed of the ship and waited for the water ghosts of the Wei Palace to enter and demand wealth.

But some ships did not want to bear the loss, so they simply turned the way back to Xintan Wharf. Although the boat would have to pay a fine of hundreds of dollars when returning, it was nothing compared to the next Wei Prince's Mansion and Zuo Jinwu Guard Sona.

"accelerate!"

Yang Xianzong exclaimed in a low voice, and the three cargo ships seemed to be activated in their sleep. Their speed suddenly increased, and three eye-catching white waves were drawn on the water surface, and they were quickly inserted into the fleet that was already far apart from each other.

At this moment, no one cursed the act of jumping into the lineup again. Instead, the ship behind hoped that the ships ahead would be taken by Dusuo. After the water ghosts of the Prince of Wei's Mansion were satisfied, they might attack them lightly.

Two ships ahead passed by and soon arrived at the three ships escorted by Yang Xianzong. Several floating rows in front were pulled back and then released.

"It's the ship of the Poly Product!"

The guards in charge of the discharge inspection of Wei Wangdi saw the ship's cargo number and frowned, knowing that they had met a fat sheep again.

This Baoli Goods number is said to be related to His Highness Dai. He had a tough attack and intercepted him several times before, but he was detained by the disciples from Jinwuwei Street outside Nanshi. In the end, the Dai King did not come forward and was blackmailed for a heavy wealth to be fined, but the money did not fall into the Wei Palace.

The Wei Palace was naturally dissatisfied with this, so the next step was to increase the exploitation of this item number. If you want to pass, you would pay several times more than other item numbers.

Just a merchant, even if he is involved in some tiger skin, how could he ask about such a small matter if he is the identity of King Dai? He always has to pay a price to look down on their King of Wei's Mansion.

Other ships paid a portion of money and could travel with them. However, after the three ships of the Baoli Cargo were stopped, the guards of the King of Wei soon noticed that the hull was very heavy in water. After exploiting it for a few months, they had experience. They knew that this was transporting heavy goods, so someone shouted: "Tug the boat over and check it on the ship!"

Several hook ropes were thrown onto the boat, hooked the side of the boat and pulled it near the embankment. A few muffled sounds, the hull hit the stone embankment, and several guards of the Wei Prince's Mansion even cursed: "If you break the embankment, you can't afford to lose your muscles and bones!"

While shouting, several people boarded the boat. One of them lifted up the felt and slapped the staff on a gray tiled jar. After the tiled jar broke, a ball of spice powder suddenly raised.

The escort of the Wei Palace sniffed a deep breath, and immediately smiled, pointing at Yang Xianzong and laughing: "There are all such goods on the ship, so you have to add... ho, ho,"

Yang Xianzong flipped his wrist, and the short blade that was holding his arms back was poked out, directly hooking the throat of the person in front of him, and kicking his body back and flying, while shouting in a low voice: "Do it!"

The thick straw felt on the boat was lifted up one after another, and the spice goods were hidden below. They were clearly burly and brave soldiers!

The soldiers dared to step onto the boat board, jumped up to the embankment, and the sword light in their hands reflected fire, slashing dozens of Wei's escorts on the embankment. They were originally determined but unintentional. The guards of the Wei's escorts would never have dreamed that there would be so many armed murderers on the ship. After a moment, nearly half of them were killed, and the rest of them fled along the embankment.

More than 60 brave warriors on the first ship rushed forward to continue chasing and slashing the escaped guards of the King of Wei's mansion. The other half quickly pulled up the crossbar on the embankment and pushed the water grid open, allowing the two ships behind to sail directly into the King of Wei's pond without any obstacles, and rushed into the back garden of the King of Wei's mansion on the Taoist Shop like an arrow.

Yang Xianzong and others rushed out of the Daodefang for a while before the attack on the King of Wei dike, when the street drums sounded, in the residence of the Daodefang, Li Shouli, the Siyong King, yelled with his polo players, rushed out of the Daodefang and headed straight to the Taoist yard in Linfang.

"The old man named King Wei is as greedy as a pig. The door of the mansion is opened to the water and extorting money from the common people. He really defeated the reputation of the clan! I and he lived in the village, but wanted to drink his stinky water. People don't know that, and they even said that I am the same dirty thing as him, and I can't stand it!"

Li Shouli held a thick wooden stick in his hand, waving and shouting: "The world may be afraid of the King of Wei, but in front of my brothers, what kind of thing is the King of Wei? The King of Dai had killed him out of the house earlier, but he still did not repent, and has been defiling my reputation recently! Today, he entered the house and asked, if he didn't give me a satisfactory explanation, he would not be able to finish this matter!"

Li Yi on the other side also waved his stick and shouted: "The King of Wei enjoys the wealth path of flowing water. Today's entry into the yard is not a threat. He asked him to take out some wealth and replace a few good horses for our stadium. He has a wink, but he has not disturbed our moral stadium in vain!"

The group of people was a hundred people, and they were naturally not ordinary men who could play with King Siyong all day long. The young man was already very angry and had an afternoon party at the King Yong's residence. He couldn't help but get drunk now. He felt that going to the King of Wei to fight Qiufeng a second time was not a big deal.

Even if we get angry with King Wei, we still have King Dai. At worst, we can follow King Dai to copy the Wei residence again!

So in the midst of the noise, the crowd quickly arrived at the Nanfang Gate of Taoist Shop. At this moment, the drums on the street had ended and the gate was slowly closing.

Hearing the noise outside the yard, the gangs looked over and saw a group of gorgeous dandy rushing towards here in a drunken state. They couldn't help but feel panicked. If others were disturbing here, there was nothing to say, just call on their companions to rush out and drive them away.

But the young man at the front who gritted his teeth and tucked his clothes around his waist was clearly King Siyong of Linfang, and everyone around him was also regular visitors on the Daodefang polo field.

The fangding people like to watch polo in Daodefang every day. When they checked their eyes, they would recognize the future and could not handle it. While instructing their companions to report to the Wei residence in Fangzhong, they opened the door and welcomed the playboys in.

After rushing through the yard gate, Li Shouli was a little sober and waved his hand in a mighty way and shouted: "Hurry up and take down the warning gongs and drums, don't let the Wei Wang family call for help! The King of Hanoi is in charge of the street disciples. If you really hear the police coming, we are not the opponent!"

The Shenducheng fangcheng is strictly planned. In addition to the basic street drums, each fang also has different categories of gongs and drums to convey signals of water, fire and robbers and robbers. These gongs and drums are managed by Fangzheng and Wuhou Street Shop in the fangzhong. Even if the Taoist fang is only in the King of Wei, the family is no exception.

At this time, King Siyong and other playboys rushed into the yard, and it was obviously not suitable to issue various alarm calls. The yardists felt that there were people from the King of Wei’s residence to deal with these troubles, and they could not make face-to-face collisions.
To be continued...