After nightfall, the gates of the capital were closed, the lights were gone, and the voices gradually subsided. Due to the emperor's southern tour, the five cities' military commanders and the Shuntian Prefecture Office all sent twice the number of people to patrol on weekdays.

In order to ensure the stability of the capital.

Fengyang is exactly the opposite of the capital, and it is the most boiling and lively time of the day.

Was Fengyang the same thing in the past? That was fart. Although Fengyang was not deserted in the past, it was far less popular than the current ones!

Zhu Youxiao's southern tour, Fengyang was the first stop, and the large army would stay for a few days to prepare for the ceremony.

It is precisely because of the sacrificial ceremony that has spread this time that has driven the local abortion and economy. Although Zhu Youjiao only stayed for a few days, this is also very important for the development of Fengyang.

Qipan Street, next to Drum Tower, and within two or three streets and alleys, the meat market, salted fish mouth, grinding factories, jewelry markets, and inns, goods warehouses, teahouses, and taverns are all open all night.

In Fengyang City, there are bright lights and noisy people's speeches.

The business and shouting, the movement of boxing, and the many night operas, gongs and drums that came to Fengyang opera troupes from other places gathered into a special scenery of the night market.

As the Zhongdu, Fengyang's city is larger than that of ordinary prefectures and prefectures. There are also various official offices such as Fengyang Guards, Imperial Tomb Supervision, and Governors Office in the city.

There is a large theater and a brothel in the city, which is a gathering place for wealthy merchants and scholars.

The theater is called Chajialou, and the brothel is called Yueminglou. They are all melodious sounds of flutes and appear in the scene, and are full of beautiful scenery of spring flowers and autumn moons.

Chajialou, located next to the meat market outside Nanmen, is mostly a temporary place for coarse food and light-hearted tourists and luxury merchants.

Yueming Tower is located in the Chess and Card Street in the middle of Fengyang City. Whenever literati from all over the world come to Fengyang, they will come here to recite poems, read songs and dances, and show their talents.

Between Chajialou and Yueminglou, Yuhuang Temple, Nanzhu City, Xianyu Farm, then head north into the city, cross the Ersan Street and alley, you will reach the temporary military camp of the Imperial Qian Yongwei Camp.

There are flags flying there, and even late at night, the shouts echoed during the school training. When pedestrians walk by, they often feel excited in their hearts, and a sense of mission to defend their country arises naturally.

Outside Chajialou, there was a burst of people shouting horses neighing on the street, and the sound of wheel ruts rang straight to the door. Under the dark fire of the lanterns with three golden words "Chajialou" written on it, a beautiful carved carriage stopped.

The servant Cha Jialou in the door quickly stepped forward, lifted the roller blind, and smiled silly at the garrison eunuch Liu Chao who walked out of it.

Without saying much, Liu Chao walked straight into the private room on the third floor.

After a while, a eunuch from the Imperial Mausoleum Prison came aside and whispered: "These masters have different tempers today, so you must be careful to serve them."

The servant frowned and when he picked up a small piece of silver ingot, he was so happy that he couldn't stop talking.

"The villain understands."

"Go."

......

"You have given instructions. The emperor will not have any problems staying in Fengyang these days, right?"

As soon as he entered the door, before he could breathe evenly, Liu Chao asked a middle-aged man standing by the window with his hands behind his back, and then found a seat to sit down.

This man was wearing a white satin marten robe. It was Meng Ran, the commander of Fengyang Guard. When Liu Chao entered the door, he was tightening his eyebrows. He looked at the Guanyi where the imperial guards were staying. He sighed and turned around and said:

"I've given the order to continue, but if the emperor wants to investigate, it's impossible to hide it."

"There are too many people and things I have dealt with in the past two years." Liu Chao also knew this, but he didn't feel panicked, saying:

"After this time, if my godfather has some affection, he should have transferred our family south."

"What about those civil servants, what should they do?"

When Meng Ran heard Liu Chao's words, he sneered:

"them?"

"We are also discussing in Yueminglou. We are just killing and killing people for the factory, dismantling the corpses and destroying the traces. There are probably many unclean places for them."

As he said that, Meng Ran seemed to suddenly think of something and continued:

"Last time in Suzhou, I asked the court for 200,000 taels of silver for disaster relief, which seemed to have caused them to swallow 80,000? They are really brave..."

"Eighty thousand?"

Liu Chao sneered: "Your news is too closed. They distributed 150,000 yuan! They also said they wanted to give our family 20,000 yuan, but who is our family?"

"Although our family is greedy, we also know that these money is the life-saving money for the people."

"Can you get this silver? Can you fall asleep with this silver in your hand? Now that the emperor is here, our family wants to see if they can or can't."

Meng Ran looked at Liu Chao with a smile on his face, but he became alert in his heart. He also knew that this guy was not a good thing.

These eunuchs may have lacked something and killed people. They are more ruthless and speak loudly. Who doesn’t know that they dare not take it!

Even Wei Zhongxian dared not greedy for disaster money, let alone Liu Chao!

As long as these eunuchs who are following Wei Zhongxian want to mess with you, they are better than each other. The Donglin Party is the best example.

Wei Zhongxian was responsible for Donglin. With the support of the emperor, how many people killed openly and secretly?

Speaking of which, these civil servants were blinded by the desire for profit. You said that you were not good to be greedy for something, but you would not be greedy for the silver money distributed to the victims by the court.

There is a reason why the eunuch party dares to touch disasters and money when it comes to any trouble. It is very likely that this is the bottom line for the emperor to embezzle the eunuch party.

The two of them discussed it and suddenly realized that they were not worried about it.

Although they colluded and did a lot of bad things in Fengyang, they didn't do much that really bully the people.

Most of the things they did were to use their power to help Wei Zhongxian wipe his butt and throw those who dared to go against the East Factory into the imperial tomb and kill them.

Just like the Wei Dynasty, he has a lot of power in the palace, right?

He threw it into the imperial tomb and died inexplicably the next year. Don’t treat the emperor as a fool. He must know about this, but do you care?

If the emperor came down this time to mess with them, it is obvious that it is impossible to explain. Why do you have to do such trouble if you just say a word in Beijing?

If nothing unexpected happens, the emperor came this time with civil servants and local tyrants who joined forces to embezzle disaster relief money.

After discussing this, the two of them felt much more at ease.

Meng Ran turned his gaze to the stage. If nothing unexpected happens, the performance of "The Peach Blossom Face" is being staged, which is the best play of Cha Jiaban.

Today, the emperor came to Fengyang and accompanied a large number of people from all walks of life, and there were many people who were stomping their feet and shaking their entire Fengyang. Cha Jiaban naturally knew that this was a good opportunity to develop customers.

I didn't say anything, I kept singing my unique skills!

It happened that when he looked downstairs, Cha Jiaban was singing the climax of the play. A woman played the role of a man in the play, dancing gracefully, while the troupe tapped the sandalwood board outside the curtain, and the sound of the flute gradually rose.

All the guests present stopped their remarks and waited for the most famous three orders in the play.

Accompanied by the melodious sound of the flute, the rhythm of the sandalwood boards was accelerated, and the sweet water order, the victory order, and the winning order were sang separately. The guests were all fascinated by the sound of the woman who played the role of the play gently wiped her tears, and then the ended.

The scene was silent for a moment, and there was a burst of applause.

"good!"

“It’s so good to sing!”

Some rich men spent a lot of money and cheered.
Chapter completed!