Perhaps due to the weather, there were not many stores lighting candles on the streets at dusk, and even the Qinhuai River was much deserted than usual.
Darkness is coming, and the sun setting in the west seems to be no longer able to illuminate the city, which is not a good sign.
At night, Zhang Ren tossed and turned in bed. There were too many things and things that he couldn't figure out.
No matter how nervous he was, he couldn't sleep well after the assassination incident. Then who was behind the Hanakomon? Are Pingliang Hou, Zhao Shannan, and Monk Wu Peng connected with the assassination? And it seems that Master Luo and Zhao Shannan still know each other. It's a pity that with his current status, he can't access Jin Yiwei's files, otherwise he believes that he will be able to piece together the truth he wants from it.
As he thought about it, Zhang Ren felt sleepy and fell asleep unconsciously.
Nothing happened all night, and the next day, Zhang Ren went to James Mansion to study as usual.
Before he could sit down, Fu Rang had already stepped forward and said, "Brother Ren, I heard that Miss Liuli from Songzhufang is the first guest to be invited to the curtain tonight. How about we go together tonight?"
Songzhufang is a famous brothel on the Qinhuai River. Half of it is built on the bank and half of it is built on the water. There are many painting boats docked around it. Different from the gorgeous and luxurious style of other brothels, Songzhufang mainly highlights elegance and chic. Although it does not look so luxurious, the cost is much higher than other brothels.
As for the Liuli girl from Songzhufang, she is the most famous oiran on the Qinhuai River. As a leader among the oirans, it goes without saying that her appearance is natural. She is not old, but she is proficient in piano, calligraphy and painting. Last year, she was the oiran of Jinling City. In the talent show, Liuli girl won the championship without any suspense, but Liuli girl is not a fool because of sex. To this day, she is still a virgin.
Rumor has it that a wealthy man once offered a thousand taels of silver to become Miss Liuli's guest, but he was still rejected.
Having been in Jinling for a while, Zhang Ren had naturally heard a lot of rumors about Songzhufang and Miss Liuli. Although he was curious, he had never thought of going to a brothel. It would be false to say that it is not erotic, otherwise Zhang Ren would not have been obsessed with marrying more wives, but that is also based on the principle of your love and my will. As a time traveler, Zhang Ren always feels that brothels are not a good thing. The place and the girls inside were even more pitiful. It was a pity that he was unable to change the concepts of this era, otherwise he would have rescued those brothel girls long ago.
Zhang Ren looked up at Fu Rang and saw that the palm prints on his face had not completely faded away. This slap was entirely for him. Zhang Ren wanted to refuse, but he couldn't say it.
"Okay, it's all up to Brother Fu's arrangement." Zhang Ren could only nod in agreement.
Fu Rang also followed suit: "In that case, I will wait for my brother at Songzhufang in the evening."
When school got out at James Mansion at noon, Zhang Ren did not immediately go to Jinyiwei to practice martial arts. Instead, he came to the outer city with a lot of steamed buns.
Sure enough, Yuan Bao, a little beggar, was begging here every day.
It's just that the little beggar today has changed a lot from usual. His face is much cleaner than before, and his hair seems to have been combed deliberately.
Zhang Ren came forward with a few buns, "Yuanbao, look what I brought you?"
But the little beggar's face sank and he said: "Don't... don't call me Yuan... Bao. I've already told you that this name doesn't... sound nice!"
Zhang Ren smiled knowingly, handed the bun in his hand to the little beggar, rubbed his head again, and then asked: "If you don't call me Yuanbao, what should I call you?"
The little beggar gnawed on the bun and thought about it for a long time. He really had no name and no parents. From the time he could remember, he was brought up by a group of beggars from Yingtian Mansion. The beggars he knew would usually call him "little one" or "little one". Guy", people who don't know him will usually call him "little beggar" directly.
In the end, the little beggar seemed to compromise and could only lower his head and replied: "How about... let's call it Yuan... Yuanbao."
Zhang Ren smiled and nodded, and distributed many of the buns in his hand to the beggars around him.
Then he joked to Yuan Bao: "I said Yuan Bao will be a handsome guy in the future. Look, his face is a little cleaner and his eyes look brighter."
Yuan Bao lowered his head and said nothing, while many beggars eating steamed buns next to him lowered their heads and laughed.
Seeing that Yuan Bao didn't speak, Zhang Ren said again: "Why are you so clean today? Is Yuan Bao going to get a wife?"
Yuan Bao still didn't speak, but the beggars around him smiled even more happily.
Zhang Ren was asking for trouble and could only try to change the subject. He pointed at a beggar lying on the ground without legs across the street and said: "Why does that man have no legs? You beggars come out to beg for food even though they are like this." The people in the gang are pitiful enough."
Unexpectedly, Yuan Bao actually shook his head and said: "That person is not... not a member of our Beggar Clan."
Zhang Ren was puzzled, "Aren't all the beggars in this world members of the Beggar Clan? Isn't this man? Do you, the Beggar Clan, treat people differently because they think they have no legs?"
Yuan Bao said: "Of course... no. We don't know where this... person is from. We live in Qing... Moss Village, but he is not. We don't... know where he comes from. He lives... in Well, I don’t agree to let him join the beggars... help him, but if the food we get is rich... if we are richer, we will still share it with him."
Zhang Ren rubbed Yuan Bao's head again, making his hair, which was not well combed, even more messy. "Listening to you talking makes me exhausted, but I still like to talk to you."
Zhang Ren said, walked up to the legless beggar and put down a tael of silver.
Zhang Ren returned to Yuan Yuan and asked, "Are there many beggars like him in Yingtian Mansion?"
Yuan Bao lowered his head and ate the buns in small bites, but did not answer.
Zhang Ren asked: "Why don't you speak?"
Yuan Bao actually looked very angry. He raised his head and said, "You... you sound tired. I'm still... tired after I said it. It's better not to say it!"
However, Zhang Ren opened his mouth and smiled, "What? Have you learned how to be angry? Your temper is like that of a little girl. How will you be able to find a wife in the future if you are like this?"
Yuan Bao turned his head to one side and said, "If you don't want to ask for it, then... I won't ask for it."
While the two were talking, they saw two people coming out of the box and taking the legless beggar away.
Zhang Ren asked Yuan Bao: "Why did those two people carry away the legless beggar just now?"
Yuan Bao shook his head, obviously unaware.
But Zhang Ren thought of a terrible possibility.
In the past, the Hanako Sect would discount the legs and feet of some people and put them outside to beg. The origin of this legless beggar is unknown, and he is unwilling to join the beggar gang. Could it be that he is controlled by the remnants of the Hanako Sect?
