Inside the red wall with the smell of powder, the door with plum blossom carved windows painted with red paint was closed.
Outside the house, graceful women were talking and laughing with guests of different status.
Yichunyuan was very lively at night, and the West Lake outside was still brightly lit with colorful lights.
Outside, it was noisy and lively, and it was very hot.
Inside the house, however, it was gloomy and cold.
The errand boy who delivered the card before lowered his head in the house and felt scared.
He was the big teapot of Yichunyuan. His status was naturally not comparable to that of the fairy girl in front of him, but he was not afraid of her. It was his duty to run errands and deliver letters before. It didn't matter to him that the name card was torn up by others. He should be at ease, but why did he feel that the atmosphere in this room was wrong? His body trembled uncontrollably, cold sweat broke out on his back, and he didn't dare to look at the woman at the table.
The servant was really scared, begging the lady to let him go quickly, and quickly repeated what he said before.
"Sister Xian'er, it was indeed the Lady of the Xia family who put a sword on my neck and snatched the name card. I can't do anything if she wants to tear up the name card!"
"Okay!" Xian'er, who was sitting in the room, was frosty and slapped the table impatiently.
Bang!
"Get out of here!"
The servant was shocked, as if he had been pardoned, and quickly fled the room. He turned back and closed the door tightly, muttering in his heart:
"Don't look at this sister Xian'er's good looks, I don't think she is so scary when she scolds people."
Muttering, he wiped the cold sweat and didn't think about it anymore.
But as soon as the servant left, a man came into the room from nowhere, and it was the middle-aged man who acted with Xian'er that day and night.
Today he was still wearing night clothes and had not shown his face. He was standing beside Xian'er and whispered: "Junior sister, you want to kill again!"
"Hmph!"
Xian'er said coquettishly, stood up, shook her thin skirt, walked to the bed in the inner room, lifted the bed curtain and lay on her side: "That lazy old man didn't hand over the name card to that person for two consecutive days. If it was the sect, he would have been killed long ago."
The man in black saw Xian'er lying on her side and quickly looked away. This seductive posture was something a man could not resist. He could not and did not dare to look at it. He knew that this seemingly weak woman had countless ways to kill people. Once she got close, she could make people die unclearly.
"Junior sister, I will do some investigation tomorrow. Once I find out where that person is, I will send someone to invite him."
"It's been two days! There is no progress at all! Have you forgotten what Master told you when you came here? You need to gain the trust of King Yong. Now you haven't even seen King Yong. Now you are asked to investigate what treasures Xia Shang sent, but you are still dragging your feet. If Master blames you, I won't take care of it."
The man in black didn't want to take responsibility, and said helplessly: "Then what do you think, Junior sister?"
"In my opinion, we should just arrest that person and torture him severely. He looks so white and tender. He won't die in less than half an incense stick. He has confessed everything, why is there any need to go through so much trouble? "
"This plan is not appropriate. Master has repeatedly emphasized that we must not expose our trip. Yangzhou is the economic hub of Dahua, and it is of great importance. Our sect's layout in Yangzhou has not yet been formed. We must not lose the big picture for the sake of small things."
"At most, it's just killing one person. What's the big deal! Anyway, next time I meet him, I won't care so much. I will torture him first!"
As he was talking, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the house. The man in black quickly hid outside the window. Xian'er frowned and moved the screen not far away to the middle to slightly block her figure on the bed.
"Who?"
"It's me, Sister Xian'er!"
From the sound, it was the big teapot just now.
Xian'er was surprised and thought, why is that guy here again? And he was in a panic.
"Come in."
Pushing the door open, the teapot shouted, "Sister, that person is here!"
"That person?"
"It's... it's Mr. Xia. He's at the door, and my mother is blocking him outside and won't let him in."
Xian'er was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Please let him in quickly."
...
At this time, Xia Shang was in trouble at the door.
Without a name card, the madam won't let him in. No matter how you talk, she won't let him in!
You have to pay, twenty taels are not enough!
Are you kidding? Who does Xia Shang want to see? Miss Xian'er, the leading actress of Yichunyuan, your twenty taels of silver are not enough to see one of her fingernails.
Xia Shang has many tricks, but he can't use them at this time. The key is that this matter is not glorious.
If you don't pay to visit a brothel, even if you find a way to get in, it won't sound good if it gets out!
Xia Shang himself should be blamed for this matter. He didn't think clearly and came in a hurry. He didn't expect that he would not be allowed in without a name card.
The madam of Yichunyuan remembered Xia Shang. It was this guy who spoke nonsense in the building that day and disrupted the business of the entire Yichunyuan. Many young men who loved to come to Yichunyuan never came again, and the business was getting worse day by day.
How could Xia Shang give him a good face when he came to the door at this time? He said something like "Don't go to the brothel if you don't have money" in a sour way, fanning himself with a small fan and breathing at Xia Shang with his nose.
At this time, the big teapot who was delivering the message came running: "Sister Xian'er invites Mr. Xia to come upstairs for a chat."
Hearing this, Xia Shang knew that Miss Xian'er knew he was here, and he felt relieved. He looked at the madam teasingly, as if to let you do it.
The old procuress was jealous and said in a low voice: "No! Even if Xian'er invited him, he has to pay."
Just as the words fell, Xian'er's voice came from the building: "Mom, let Mr. Xia come in, I will help him pay for Mr. Xia later."
As soon as these words came out, not only the old procuress and the big teapot were stunned, but also the girls and guests inside and outside the building were stunned.
What the hell?
Miss Xian'er paid for the guests?
Miss Xian'er has never received a man before. Today is the first time. She sent a name card to invite people. Not only did she not let the guests pay, but she paid for the guests. What's the reason?
Or is the person invited by Miss Xian'er a fairy or a monster?
Xia Shang was happy in his heart, thinking that Miss Xian'er came to him to learn the guqin skills.
Later, she will inevitably guide him hand in hand in front of the guqin.
A guqin, a censer of sandalwood, a beauty in front, I sit behind her, holding her hand, plucking the strings gently with my slender fingers, my chest against the back of Miss Xian'er, embroidered with a faint fragrance of hair, feeling the most beautiful femininity in the red-light district.
That scene, that taste, don't be too wonderful!
Thinking of it, Xia Shang was a little moved.
"What? Miss Xian'er has spoken, why don't you let people in?"
At this moment, the old procuress would not give face to Xian'er if she stopped again. Even though she was unhappy, she had no choice but to coldly make way for Xia Shang to pass.
Xia Shang walked in, and Yazhi followed, thinking that she would have to say a few words to Miss Xian'er when she was alone later: "Wait for me in the hall later."
Yazhi had no objection: "Okay, young master."
Just as she was about to step into the door, the girl who was watching the excitement upstairs suddenly dropped a red square scarf.
The girl came to see Xia Shang, wanting to know what kind of man could make Xian'er invite him without asking for money, but who would have thought that a bright red handkerchief would fall.
The handkerchief was a small matter, but it happened to fall on Xia Shang's face, just covering his eyes.
The silk scarf was very thin and could not block his sight, but it made Xia Shang's vision turn bright red.
At this moment, Xia Shang happened to see a turtle man carrying tea out, his foot knocked on the door frame, and he shook his hand, and the tea came towards Xia Shang. Fortunately, it did not splash on Xia Shang, only a few drops of tea splashed on his trouser legs.
The turtle man was shocked and hurried to apologize to Xia Shang.
Xia Shang ignored it at all. He was extremely gloomy at the moment, because when he was blinded by the red handkerchief just now, everything in his sight was red, and the tea was also bright red!
This unintentional coincidence is called "omen" in the "Book of Changes", a foreshadowing!
Xia Shang thought to himself, oh no, today's trip will result in a bloody disaster!