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Chapter 267

Chapter 267

The lights are bright and the figures are noisy.

It had just rained, and the road outside was still dripping with water. The courtyards on the north side of Hangzhou were brightly lit. Red lanterns outlined the appearance of the long street, and groups of carriages and crowds gathered.Decorating this piece comes from the most lively scene after Fang La ascended the throne.

On August 22, there is a banquet for hundreds of officials in the Yongle Dynasty.

This area was originally called Changxing Street, and the people who lived nearby were originally famous gentry in Hangzhou.Two streets away from here, a big mansion that was originally a royal residence is now the imperial palace of the small court of the Yongle Dynasty.Changxing Street did not suffer much damage in the earthquake, and it is said that Fang Qifo had already set his sights on the area nearby, and it was not damaged extensively in the subsequent military disaster.The relatively grand banquet of the Hundred Officials Banquet was held here.

Ning Yi came here after having a meal at home first. The little follower who followed under the instruction of Ah Chang only went to the door. After submitting the post, he went in under the guidance of the general. On the way, he met a scribe who met in the academy. Say hello.

There were about 500 people in total for this Baiguan Banquet, plus the surrounding generals in charge of public security and the servants in charge of doing things, there were a full lineup of thousands of people.This area was originally a luxurious courtyard garden, which was grand in the past, but now when walking in it, seeing people coming and going between the lights and shadows, and various characters passing among the rockery, pavilions, and gravel paths, it seems to have The feeling of visiting a temple fair.

However, the scene at the rear opens up. There is a medium-sized square surrounded by houses. Now the walls of the surrounding houses facing the square have been opened, and red-painted round tables are placed on the eaves of those houses. It stretches down and down, forming a formation like a long dragon. It seems that it is a bit grand. The high canopy that was originally built on the square has been removed, and the ground is basically dry. The removed canopy surrounded the surrounding area. Under the canopy, lanterns were hung high one by one, which was quite lively.

Although the people who entered Hangzhou were basically a group of farmers without any wealth background, but in the capture of this city, at least all kinds of luxurious decorative materials will not be lacking.Ning Yi does not have a big circle of contact in Hangzhou now, but there are naturally some people he knows, such as the scribes of Wenlie Academy, such as the parents of some academy disciples, who are more suitable for talking today, and naturally they are Badaoying. He searched for some participants on one side, and then found a place in a corner of the back room.

This table is basically some small butlers in Badao Camp today, just like the two scribes who followed Liu Dabiao to deal with affairs in the past, like some small butlers under Liu Tiannan, after Fang La's Yongle Dynasty was established, everyone was more or less regarded as The official, with the mood of rubbing his hands on a meal, ran over to join in the fun and show his face.As for Liu Tiannan, Du Sha, the head of Liu Dabiao's bodyguards, Luo Bingren and others, although they participated and their relationship was considered harmonious, even if they did, they would not come to this table.

Although Ning Yi is a foreigner, everyone knows that he is quite capable, and he would not show his face on weekdays. Ning Yi is definitely not the kind of person who will give people a negative impression in this kind of communication, even with Two of the scribes also got along well.These people are all old people with certain qualifications in the Ba Dao camp. They followed the battle and saw a lot of things. When Ning Yi sat down, one of them named Liu Zhizhang, the writer, took Ning Yi and pointed at him. Let me introduce some of the people who are present now.

"Look, the one in front with a long beard is called Gao Yu. I know him. He is both civil and military. He is a very powerful person. We have had dinner together before. The one not far from him, the one who is a little fat is the ancestor, the distant ancestor, and the prime minister. To Zhuang The Lord is very good, we have talked together before, the family..."

"Come a little further, look, the one who is laughing, that is Zhang Daoyuan, sometimes he is very reckless, but some people say that he has a sweet mouth and a sword, but you don't need to worry about him..."

"Where is Xu Bai and Yuan Xing? They are often together... Where is Li Tianyou... Brother Jia, have you seen Li Tianyou?"

Liu Zhizhang pointed and talked for a while, as if he was looking for someone to point to Ning Yi.Ning Yi also understood that Zhang Daoyuan, Xu Bai, Yuan Xing, and Li Tianyou wanted to kill him at the beginning, but because of the appearance of Chen Fan, the other party retreated.Although Liu Zhizhang and others are only mediocre talents in dealing with things, they must be more well-informed than him in Badao Camp. Naturally, they inquired about the situation that day a little bit, and at this time reminded Ning Yi of side effects.

Tang Jiahe next to him is a small steward in the village, and now he is in charge of the chores on the streets. He is in his 30s, knocking on peanuts, and looks a bit gangster. He looks around and doesn't care. Pat Ning Yi on the shoulder: "I didn't see it, so what, brother Ning, don't care about these people, what about Li Tianyou, even if his brother Marshal Li arrives, he can't help but give face to the owner."

After he finished speaking, someone at the side thought about it and asked, "I heard that Brother Ning offended Shi Shuai?"

Then Tang Jiahe scratched his hair: "Shi Shuai is tolerant. He is not such an unreasonable person. Brother Ning is with us now, so he will think about it. Even if he is not forgiving, Chen Fan and Ning Don’t brothers also have friendship, Li Shuai, Shi Shuai, and the owner of the villa, Chen Fan, it’s just a tie..."

"That's hard to say, the owner and Chen Fan are young after all..."

"The owner and Shi Shuai have never fought before..."

Marshal Li these people were talking about was naturally Li Tianrun, and Marshal Shi was of course Shi Bao.Liu Xigua's position in front of Fang La is obviously quite detached. Once there is a conflict with others, the one who can speak the truth may speak the truth, and the one who is too lazy to speak out will draw the knife to kill the person.It shouldn't be the first time this kind of thing happened. Everyone talked about it with relish, and Ning Yi was also listening with interest.

Naturally, he doesn't need to worry about this now. Liu Dabiao is actually a person who understands the importance. Since he wants to protect himself, it means that there has been a trade-off. From the current point of view, it can still be trusted.Several people talked for a while, and then talked about who is the strongest and who is the most powerful among the current rebels, and so on.

In fact, there were not many real heavyweights among the rebels at the Hundred Officials Banquet this time, and Ning Yi knew it well.Now Fang Qifo, who is less than one man and more than ten thousand, is fighting in Jiaxing. Although his subordinates have led Shi Bao, Li Tianrun and others, it seems that the battle is not going well; He will attend the Banquet of Hundred Officials, but the day before yesterday he left the city in a hurry to take charge of the Northwest War. Now Wang Yin, Minister of the Ministry of War, is in the south, cooperating with Si Xingfang and Deng Yuanjue to fight fiercely in the Yuezhou and Taizhou areas, and to respond to Taizhou Lu Shinang. The uprising was fought with great vigor.

The four heavenly kings and the real heavyweights basically didn't show up.Now in Hangzhou City, Lou Minzhong can be regarded as one of the factions. He is in charge of the government and is considered to be in control of the power. In fact, it is a typical example of more money, more brothers, and more guys.Nowadays, everyone worships the top of the mountain and hugs their thighs, which is basically for these people. Of course, there are other small hills, but naturally they are not as famous as these people.As for people like Liu Dabiao, they only raise the flag internally, and people outside can't hug their thighs if they want to, so not many people know about it.

Ning Yi already had an outline in his heart, and now he heard some gossip, it became clearer.Bao Daoyi and Qi Yuankang haven't arrived yet, Lou Minzhong and Zu Shiyuan are surrounded by people, looking from a distance, they are quite aura, after watching this for a while, Ning Yi went to the bathroom, on the way back, in the In the corridor, he was stopped by a figure.

"Ning Liheng."

The visitor had a decent appearance, a calm temperament, and a little bit of elegance. He was about 30 years old, and he cupped his hands after speaking.Ning Yi took a look, and then searched for the image of this person in his memory: "Long Xingshou, long time no see."

He had only met this person about twice before. The first time was when he first arrived in Hangzhou and Tan'er went to pay a visit to him. The second time was when he ran into him on the street one day and said hello.The name of the other party was Long Boyuan, who was the head of the original cloth guild in Hangzhou. The man was slightly surprised when he saw that Ning Yi still remembered him, and waved his hand with a smile: "Hey, don't say the head No, not anymore."

Laughing for a while, he asked: "Nephew Ning Xian failed to go back, so the niece of the Su family..."

"It's hard to say, but Tan'er has gone back, brother Laolong is concerned."

"Going back... It's good to go back." Long Boyuan smiled, nodded, and then patted him on the shoulder, "Where is Li Heng now? Where does he live? How is his situation?"

"Heh, I couldn't escape, and I became a teacher at Wenlie Academy, and now I write and write things for people, and do things like categorization..." Ning Yi talked about his general situation, "How about Brother Long? "

"Not good. When the army entered the city, Yiyi's family business was almost robbed. Although the business of Buxing has some experience, the old stories of the past are gone. Now the market is full of strangers, and they don't know the rules. How to deal with it, it's just barely maintained, in troubled times, business is difficult." He smiled, "The happiest thing now is to see that old friends are safe, although it's not a good thing to be here. It's good that Su Jiaxian's niece is gone. , but since Liheng is here, I will come and go more often in the future, and I will still live in the original place. Bofen, like Liheng, is also a literati and can talk." Although he is a businessman, his younger brother Long Bofen is an authentic literati.

Ning Yi also smiled: "It should be like this."

"Okay, I'll go there first." Long Boyuan patted him on the shoulder, then leaned closer, "If you don't leave, the girl on the opposite side is coming, haha."

After he said this, he smiled and walked away without looking back. Ning Yi turned back with some doubts, and saw half a courtyard away, under the red lantern in the promenade over there, a woman was slightly tilting her head. Looking over suspiciously, it was Lou Shuwan who hadn't seen him for a long time.

(End of this chapter)