Hongxiangfang is located in the southwest area of Dongyi District, facing Jinjiang River, just a few streets away from Sanhua Building, and adjacent to Dongshi City in the south. After coming out of Hongxiangfang and walking along Jinjiang River for a quarter of an hour, you will reach the famous Grand Ci Temple.
Daci Temple is adjacent to the Jinjiang River and has beautiful scenery. On every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, thousands of faithful men and women visit together to admire the scenery and worship the Buddha. Over time, a unique "Buddha Market" has gradually formed, which is similar to Xuanzang in the southern suburbs. Xinnan City outside the view echoes each other from a distance, which is a magnificent scene.
When Ling Zhiyan and Jin Ruo arrived at the gate of Hongxiangfang from Yacheng, it was already close to the beginning of the holiday, and they happened to catch up with the closing of the Buddhist market. The road was crowded with wheelbarrows of small vendors and hawkers' picks, including many disciples of the Pure Sect. When they saw Jin Ruo greeted each other enthusiastically. In view of the professionalism of the Jingmen disciples, he naturally wanted to ask the young sect leader and Ling Sizhi where they planned to go. Jin Ruo did not treat the Jingmen brothers as outsiders, so he opened his mouth:
"Accompany Ling Sizhi to play at Hongxiangfang - Hey, Ling Sizhi, please walk slower!"
Lingzhi's face was burning, and she only regretted that she didn't put on Hua Yitang's big power fence when she went out. She thought that Jin was worthy of being Lin Sui'an's apprentice, and he had learned Hua Shiro's shamelessness to the fullest. He came here to investigate the case, but things like visiting Hongxiangfang should not be publicized. If it spread, the reputation of the Xingyang Ling family would be ruined in his hands.
Jin Ruo hurriedly caught up with Ling Zhiyan, panting from exhaustion, and thought to himself that Master Ling Sizhi was too thin-skinned, so he had to keep an eye on him later to avoid letting that crow's mouth get him right. The girls in Hongxiangfang eat up and wipe themselves clean.
The two of them walked along the main street of Hongxiangfang with their own thoughts, and arrived at Duan Jiu's house in the center of the street. The third time you enter the house, you will see black tiles and white walls, steep beams with sloping eaves, a string of lanterns hanging at the door, and a house number hanging on the snow-white wall, with a mahogany base and green characters. The words "Duan Jiujia" are written on the left and the note on the right. I found out the address, "No. 40, Shuitian Street, Hongxiangfang".
There are many brothels in Hongxiangfang, and guests come from every house. Only Duan Jiu's family is empty, the door is closed, and they look decadent.
Jin Ruo was stunned: "Isn't Duan Hongning the most popular oiran in Hongxiangfang? Why has the brothel become so depressed?"
Ling Zhiyan looked around and was very puzzled. She raised her hand and knocked on the door. After a long time, a voice came from the door. A boy opened the door a crack and stuck out half of his head. "Who doesn't understand the rules?" Yes, didn’t you see the red sign with green characters outside?”
Jin Ruo: "Red or green? What do you mean?"
The boy stretched out his arm and knocked on the door sign, "The rules of Duan Jiu's family are: green characters on a red background, "Xiu Mu", and red characters on a green background, "Welcome guests." Please come back another day."
After saying that, he closed the door with a bang.
Ling Zhiyan and Jin Ruo looked at each other.
Jin Ruo: "This is the first time I heard that brothels have holidays."
Ling Zhiyan sighed and knocked on the door again.
The boy opened the door angrily, "Don't you understand what people are saying? You must take a bath today! Xiu Mu! If you damn evil | fire | can't escape, turn left after exiting the square gate and you'll find Jinjiang. If you jump down, you'll be on fire. It’s gone.”
Ling Zhiyan coughed dryly and handed over a post, "My surname is Ling, and my family is born in the sixth year of my life. I'd like to see Mrs. Duan today because I have something important to ask. I hope I can pass this on."
The boy frowned so hard that he could kill a mosquito, "I've never heard of a wealthy family named Ling in Yidu. Where did you come from?"
"What nonsense! Just pass the message if I ask you to!" Jin Ruo took out a piece of gold leaf and was about to take a photo of it boldly when Ling Zhiyan snatched it up and put it in his pocket. He took out ten copper coins and put it on the invitation, "I'm here to tell you. Dongdu, I’m sorry to bother you, brother.”
The boy looked at the two of them suspiciously, then slammed the door again.
Jin Ruo looked Ling Zhiyan up and down, "Ling Sizhi also prepared a greeting card?"
Ling Zhiyan looked at her nose and heart with her eyes, "just in case of emergencies."
"You know the rules quite well."
"People do not blame."
Jin Ruo smacked his lips and shook his fingers, "That gold leaf is mine."
Ling Zhiyan suddenly raised her head, "Here we come!"
The door creaked open, and the servant came out with a smile on his face and saluted, "Ms. Duan said, Ling Liulang has come all the way. Thank you for your hard work. Please come in quickly."
Duan Jiu's house is larger than expected. The courtyard is surrounded by corridors and a main hall. The main hall is hollowed out on all sides and has a high foundation. From a distance, it looks like a gorgeous pavilion. A broad circular platform is built in front, covered with smooth and thick wood. The floor was obviously a place where prostitutes played and danced.
The second courtyard is a garden, with small bridges and flowing water, red flowers and green willows, and bamboo palace lanterns swaying in the shadow of the trees. It is elegant and quiet.
A three-story building was built in the third courtyard, with red pillars and green tiles. There was light coming from the windows, and there were at least thirty rooms with different styles.
I thought that the three courtyards had come to an end, but unexpectedly, the boy led the two of them to the left side of the viewing tower, and got in through a small ear door. Inside, there was another garden, with the fragrance of exotic flowers and plants. A woman's silver bell-like laughter could be heard faintly in the shadows of the trees. As they moved forward, the temperature and humidity became higher and higher, and white mist climbed up to their ankles along the ground.
Jin Ruo smelled the smell of water vapor, soap locust and incense, and took a breath of cold air. He turned around and saw Ling Zhiyan standing frozen two steps behind, her face flushed like a ripe red persimmon.
"Where is this place?!" Ling Zhiyan asked in shock.
The boy put on a friendly and sincere smile and said, "I have told you before that today is a holiday. The ladies of the Duan Jiu family like to chat in the hot spring in the back garden. Mrs. Duan is in there, and Mr. Ling Lang, please!"
Jin Ruo's eyes were as wide as copper bells, "Isn't this, this, this, this, this, not inappropriate?!"
Ling Zhiyan clenched her fists, sweat rolled down her forehead, and she took two steps back, "No need, Ling just wants to ask Mrs. Duan a few words, please send me a message -"
Before he finished speaking, Duan Hongning's voice floated over, gentle and charming, with a wet ambiguity, "Liu Lang, come in and talk."
Ling Zhiyan immediately lifted her robe and sat on the floor, refusing to take another step closer. Jin Ruo stretched his neck to take a look, swallowed his saliva, and could only sit next to Ling Zhiyan. He looked at Ling Zhiyan with great resentment and muttered, "As expected of the Xingyang Ling family, they are so dull and tight."
The boy looked at Ling Zhiyan's expression as if he had seen a rooster hatching eggs. He was in disbelief. He shook his head and ran into the garden with small steps. After a while, the girls' laughter came from inside, and there was another burst of chirping. During the discussion, the boy ran out with a plate of hot boiled eggs in his hand and placed it in front of the two of them.
"This is the specialty of Duan Jiu's family, hot spring boiled eggs. The ladies there specially invited the two husbands to try it."
Jin Ruo was overjoyed. He picked up an egg and heated it so hard that he blew and tossed it. After changing hands several times, he finally peeled off the egg skin and stuffed the whole egg into his mouth. He chewed it like a guinea pig. He was very satisfied and gave thumbs up repeatedly. .
The boy secretly rolled his eyes. One looked like a piece of wood, while the other only knew how to eat. They really didn't understand the style.
"Ms. Duan said, Ling Liulang is a gentleman, and it is understandable that he doesn't want to be honest. Liulang can just ask whatever he wants, she can hear it."
Ling Zhiyan took a long breath and cleared her throat, "May I ask Madam Duan, do you know Lian Xiaoshuang?"
Duan Hongning's voice floated out faintly, "We know you."
"How did we meet?"
"Minina introduced her to an embroiderer named Lian Niangzi who is very good at embroidering begonias. I have loved crabapples since I was a child, and many of the screens in my wing were embroidered by Lian Niangzi."
"When did you meet?"
"A year ago... no, almost two years ago."
"Have we known each other before?"
"Never seen it before."
Ling Zhiyan paused and said, "There is a masked pipa girl next to Minina. Has Madam Duan seen her before?"
"I've seen it, I've never seen it before."
"what for?"
"I have seen her person, but not her face."
"What's the name of that pipa girl?"
"I heard Minina call her fifteenth mother."
"Two years ago, this pipa girl suddenly disappeared. Does Mrs. Duan know the reason?"
Duan Hongning's voice was silent for a long time, "Minina said that there was a noble man who liked the fifteenth mother, redeemed her body, changed her nationality, and got married to her."
Jin Ruo was speechless with two eggs stuffed in his mouth, and quickly patted Ling Zhiyan on the shoulder, "Uh-huh!"
Ling Zhiyan frowned, "Is Lian Xiaoshuang the fifteenth mother?"
Duan Hongning laughed and said, "The fifteenth mother left Yidu after getting married, how could she be the lady even?"
"How can Mrs. Duan be sure that they are not the same person?"
"Although you can't see the face, the body shape, voice, behavior, and habits are all different."
"Where did the fifteenth mother go?"
"I don't know that."
"Ms. Duan, does she know who else has seen the real face of Fifteenth Niang, or knows the current address of Fifteenth Niang?"
"Although Minina and I have known each other for many years, we are not from Yongjubo after all. It would be better for Rokuro to ask the musicians at Yongjubo about these questions."
"Ms. Duan, does she know that Lian Xiaoshuang has a lover? Have you ever met this person?"
Duan Hongning was silent again. After a long time, she laughed again and said, "Unfortunately, I have never seen it."
"Has Minina ever seen——"
Duan Hongning did not answer this sentence, and the girls' laughter suddenly became louder, and then there was the sound of water rushing.
"It's so hot, come out and get some air."
"It's a good soak today. Look at my thighs. Are they as smooth as skin?"
"Smell my hair, does it smell good?"
"Oh, I feel so hot."
The figures in the forest were shaking, and the girls were already out of the water, walking towards this side, giggling.
"Is the young man outside still there?"
"They are two handsome young men."
"We are guests, sisters, let's go say hello."
Jin Ruo spit out a mouthful of egg yolk and frantically patted Ling Zhiyan on the shoulder, but missed. When he turned his head, Ling Zhiyan had already run away for two miles, leaving only a heroic back.
Jin Ruo jumped up as if his butt was on fire, covered his mouth, and chased out with "uhhhhh" all the way.
What the man named Hua said is indeed true. Even though Liulang of the Ling family looks like a good man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, in fact he is full of evil and is unkind!
The girls from Duan Jiu's family walked out of the bushes in loose robes, with graceful figures and bare feet like jade. Looking at the two people fleeing, they burst into laughter. Duan Hong gathered his clothes and smiled at the corners of his mouth, but there was no smile in his eyes. .
Lin Sui'an was a little disappointed. The Fangyuan Gambling House in front of him was just an ordinary two-story building. Compared with the five-story Nanxiang Gambling House in Guangdu City, it was a world of difference. The outer wall is covered with dark green moss, and a cluster of ivy leaves hangs down from under the plaque. Every guest who enters the door is swept over his head, like a green broom.
Standing at the door were four men with sinister faces, sleeves rolled up high, revealing muscular arms, staring fiercely at Hua Yitang.
Hua Yitang's garishness tonight reached a new high. The fluttering clothes flashed with bright silver light in the black river wind, surrounding a handsome and bright face. The fragrance of fruity wood wrapped around him, like a layer of light of starlight.
Man A frowned: "You are a bit unfamiliar, who introduced me here?"
Hua Yitang smiled very reservedly, "No one has introduced me, but I came here because of my reputation."
"Do you have the principal?"
"have."
Lin Sui'an threw the fifty-dollar money bag on his shoulder.
Man B stared at Lin Sui'an and Ita, "Fifty guan each."
"Ah?" Hua Yitang was startled, "The price has increased, that's all." He took out two more gold leaves and gave them away, "I'm in a hurry and didn't have time to exchange so many copper coins. Can you be accommodating?"
The four men stared at Jin Ye with their eyes almost popping out of their sockets. They winked at each other and got out of the way.
Ita was the first to step forward, raised his hand to push aside the ivy leaves, and invited Lin Sui'an and Hua Yitang to come in one after another. He walked last.
Man A's expression changed slightly, indicating that Man B quickly went to the back hall to report to the owner.
Of course Lin Sui'an noticed it and was a little curious, "What can you say about that ivy?"
"It was an old saying eight hundred years ago, but few people probably know it now - if you want to win well in gambling, you must have a little green on your head." Hua Yitang rolled his eyes, "Isn't that right? Everyone who comes in The green cloud covers the top, it’s a hell if you can win money.”
Etta: "Rules, bad!"
Lin Sui'an: "Pfft!"
The gambling house is not very large. When you enter, you first enter a dark corridor, and then the main hall of the gambling house. You can see it at a glance. There are more than a dozen gambling tables. The gaming tables look old, the tabletops are dark, and the picture is blurry. , each gambling table is guarded by gamblers. The gamblers look a bit old, the youngest is at least fifty years old. There are quite a few gamblers, and every gambling table is packed with people, shouting loudly. , yelling and spitting, a foul atmosphere.
Hua Yitang walked straight to the table with the most people, took a look, and was happy.
It turns out that this table is betting on Guangdu City’s dice rolling ratio. The rules are exactly the same. There is a small sign hanging on the wall behind the boss, which reads "Nanyang Dice Gambling Method, simple and easy to understand, high odds, more profit." ", below are marked how to calculate odds for various dice combinations, etc. It is quite user-friendly.
Hua Yitang, who was wearing luxurious clothes and no one dared to touch them, squeezed through a crack and stuffed Eta in. He threw out a bag of gold leaves and threw it onto the gambling table. The surrounding area suddenly became quiet and everyone was buzzing. Looked over.
Hua Yitang looked around confidently, and held his fan close to Lin Sui'an's ear, "Why don't we also bet on how much Eta can win today?"
Lin Sui'an: "How much principal did you bring?"
"It's more than enough to win this gambling house."
"This gambling house is too shabby."
"Good Feng Shui brings wealth."
"..."
Eta expressionlessly pulled over a dice cup, asked for four dice, shook it three times, put it on the table, raised his eyes and stared at the boss, "Open!"
The Botou was about in his early fifties, with gray hair on his temples and an angry look. He looked less like a Botou and more like a bandit who traveled around the world. He placed his hand on the dice cup motionless and rolled his eyes twice on Ita's face. His expression suddenly changed, and he shouted, "Are you the golden leaf gambling god who runs Guangdu Chengnan Township Gambling House?!"
Hua Yitang: "Eh?"
Ita tilted her head: "Huh?"
Lin Sui'an held up his forehead: After finishing the ball, the horse fell off.
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Ling Zhiyan was in shock all the way out of Hongxiangfang. It took a long time for her to calm down in the river breeze. When she looked back, she saw that Jin Ruo had disappeared. She was shocked and hurriedly followed the original route to look for him.
Jin Ruoguo is Madam Lin's most beloved disciple. If there is something wrong with him, how will he explain it to Shiro?
After walking only two steps, Ling Zhiyan saw Jin Ruo, sitting at a snack stall in the night market, drinking spicy soup and frothing at the mouth as she recounted tonight's erotic events. The protagonist - the Ling family is the best. Rokuro.
There were at least twenty disciples of the Pure Sect around, some taking notes in small notebooks, some adding fuel to the fire, and some checking details.
Ling Zhiyan's eyes darkened and she almost fainted.
Jin Ruo bared his teeth in joy at Ling Zhiyan.
I asked you, Ling Laoliu, to snatch my gold leaf and run away because of his lack of loyalty. Today, I will let you see what is the efficiency of cleaning the door! :,,
