Miss Ling'er personally made a cup of tea for Luo Xing: "Master Shen, please have tea. From the accent of the master, he seems to be from Suzhou, but with a hint of Beijing accent..."
"Miss Ling'er has really good ears." Luo Xing chuckled, "I am from Suzhou, but I also studied at Jixia Academy in Luojing for two years, so I can't help but have a hint of Beijing accent."
"That's it." Ling'er pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes showing a hint of yearning.
Luo Jing is currently the organizer of the Flower Queen Conference in full swing. As a member of the Fengyue people, Ling'er is naturally paying attention to it.
If you can fight one round at the Queen of Flowers Conference and come back, your net worth will not only increase hundreds of times, but it is also possible to double it.
There is also a competition similar to the Queen's Competition in Jinling, but it is called the "Oiran Competition" and is held every three years after Qiu Wei.
The Oiran Competition does not limit whether one is a court lady or not. More people participate and the influence is greater, but the reputation is not as good as Luojing's Oiran Competition.
The Queen of Flowers Competition not only competes in talent and sensuality, but also has a layer of pure and pure meaning. After all, the idea of exclusivity of men dominates the mainstream.
Therefore, the reputation of each queen is much greater than that of the oiran, and the influence is greater, but the same is not true for the oiran. Although she has such a great reputation, she cannot reach that level.
Without further ado, Ling'er took out a menu and said, "Mr. Shen, this is the list from Yanyulou. How many do you want to order based on your taste? Ling'er will have someone make them quickly and bring them in?"
"Okay." Luo Xing took the menu. Although he had never eaten the dishes above, he had learned about them before coming to Yangzhou.
As an agent, you must be able to cope with unexpected situations at any time, and you must have a wide reserve of knowledge. If you don't have it, you must work hard to understand it.
Soon, Luo Xing ordered eight dishes.
Generally, in such an occasion, you should order at least six or more items, otherwise, you will lose face and the girl will be unhappy.
And you must order the most expensive one, but there must be three or five items that are not cheap.
Of course, the food and wine here are not cheap to begin with. They are at least twice as expensive as those in restaurants outside. The quantity may not be as good, but the cooks are definitely not bad.
Yangzhou is a prosperous and fertile land, where salt merchants gather. These people already have money, so what they do with money is consumption, eating, drinking, having fun, sensuality, never getting tired of fine food, and never getting tired of fine cooking. This is Yangzhou’s delicacies, which are still popular in the world. There aren't many places that can compare to you.
Whether it's morning tea, lunch or a night banquet, Yangzhou can cook you exquisite and delicious dishes, and Yangzhou's chefs are also world-famous.
Therefore, the cook on this boat is second only to the girl.
The cook is also one of Huafang's signatures.
Beauty is certainly attractive, but if you add delicious food, it will be even more attractive, and the specialty of Yanyu Tower is delicious food.
Moreover, Yanyulou's ability to compete in Huafang relies on its delicious food, and the proprietress is also the head cook.
The cooks at Yanyulou are all women.
This Ning Yurou is definitely a woman who can go to the hall and kitchen. Many people in Yangzhou City want to keep her in their private rooms. She can gain both people and wealth.
It's a pity that she is free and she has not heard of any man staying in her boudoir until now.
There were also people who used force, but they never succeeded.
Ning Yurou's room.
As the boss, she naturally has to welcome guests every night, and sometimes perform on stage, but not every night.
It depends on your mood.
But if she performs on stage, the night will be packed with people, everyone wants to watch the beautiful dance of Yurou and everyone wearing hollow feather coats, which is the signature of Yanyulou.
"Sister Rou, Miss Ling'er's guest ordered a dish of shredded shrimp. Only you can make this dish?" The little girl opened the door and walked in to report.
"Oh? Ling'er has a guest today?" Ning Yurou looked back and smiled, a pair of shallow dimples showing a hint of elegance and charm.
"Well, I just picked up a young man who looks quite rich. His surname is Shen. He painted a painting of Miss Ling'er, which is said to be extremely expressive."
"I understand. Just let her wait. Serve this dish last." A strange color flashed in Ning Yu's beautiful eyes as she ordered.
"Yes!"
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Although Luo Xing is a layman, he is also very knowledgeable. Not to mention there are so many beautiful chapters left by the ancients in his mind, which are not easy to use to deal with a little girl.
It's just a joke.
As long as a man is open-minded, the rest won't be a problem.
Luo Xing didn't know Ning Yurou. If he wanted to find her, he had to get to know her first. Even if he used the method of transmitting sounds into secrets, he still had to know who the target was. There couldn't be a "mass message". How could that be possible?
Luo Xing naturally turned the topic to Ning Yurou, the proprietress of Huafang, intentionally or unintentionally. Of course, he also had to take care of Ling'er's emotions.
Even if it's his own boss, he won't care if a woman is jealous. However, when men come to Yanyu Tower for the first time, most of them come because of Ning Yurou's signature.
No matter how dissatisfied Ling'er is, he has to endure it. After all, this is a fact.
"Mr. Shen, our sister Rou never waits for guests except for performing on stage, so don't even think about it." Ling'er stood up and filled Luo Xing's wine glass, then said with a low eyebrow and a smile.
"Oh, maybe this young master is an exception?"
"So many high officials and rich and powerful people have tried, but no one can even step into Sister Rou's room." Ling'er said.
"Could it be that everyone still thinks that Yurou is a martial arts master?"
"I don't know if he is a master of martial arts, but I heard someone say that no one below the third-grade martial arts master is his opponent." Ling'er said.
"No wonder, just because she is a young woman, she can own a boat on the Slender West Lake. It turns out that she has this strength!" Luo Xing nodded. Although Yangzhou is prosperous, the martial arts style is far worse than that of Luojing. Well, a second-grade martial arts master here is very important. If he is a first-grade grand master, he can be enshrined anywhere. A third-grade martial arts master is considered a good master.
In the huge city of Yangzhou, there are many first-grade grandmasters on one hand. There are also very few second-grade martial arts masters. Third-grade martial arts masters are already considered masters.
This is like a seventh-grade official in the countryside, that is, a local emperor, who has the power of life and death of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people. If you go to Luojing and have a look, if you drop a brick, there may be a seventh-grade official. .
Real dragons cannot be raised in shallow water.
Yangzhou is already pretty good. Like some states, if you have a second-grade or above phoenix-feather-edge martial artist, a third-grade martial artist can be the king and hegemon.
This is the difference between the capital and the local area.
The last dish, shredded shrimp sliders, was brought in. It was exquisitely shaped, crystal clear, and full of artistic beauty. It was hard to bear to eat just looking at it.
This is not a dish, it is a work of art.
"Mr. Shen, no one in our Yanyu House can cook this dish except Sister Rou. You are in for a treat today. Sister Rou cooked it herself." After seeing it, Linger's eyes lit up. Liang, if it was done by Ning Yurou, people like them can recognize it at a glance.
"Really? This dish is so beautiful. It's like a piece of art. I really want to see Sister Rou you mentioned."
"Sister Rou will perform on stage tonight, and Mr. Shen will be able to see it soon." Ling'er said with a slight pout.
"Will Miss Ling'er also perform on stage?"
"Sometimes, I'm not as powerful as Sister Rou, so I occasionally go up and play the piano or something." Ling'er said.
"If I want to watch Miss Ling'er perform on stage tonight, what should I do?" Luo Xing chuckled, how could he not understand the routine here.
"Young Master only needs to spend a thousand taels of silver to play a song." Ling'er showed a hint of surprise.
"Okay, then I will order a song." Luo Xing stroked his hands and smiled slightly, "But I have a condition?"
"Mr. Shen, please tell me?" Ling'er was stunned for a moment, and then he knew that there were conditions attached to this song order, because 70% of the income from the guest's order went to himself, 30% went to the boat, and the income from people performing on stage had to be calculated in the end. After that, share it with others.
If a girl without customers does not want to have no income for a night, she can only perform on stage in order to win the favor of the guests in the hall.
"Would you like to introduce me to this young master? I would like to meet everyone in Yurou?"
"Sister Rou doesn't meet strangers."
"It only takes a word from a stranger or a regular customer. I believe Miss Ling'er can handle it." Luo Xing took out three thousand-tael silver notes from his arms and placed them on the table.
"Ling'er will give it a try, but I can't guarantee that Sister Rou will definitely meet Mr. Shen." It's not like Ling'er has never met a high-roller, but to directly take out three thousand taels of silver just to meet Ning Yurou, that's still a big deal. This is rare.
What's more, this is just the cost of introduction. It's hard to say how much you will ultimately pay for a meeting.
This is equivalent to the cost of polishing a literati's pen, which cannot be measured by price.
"I will be here tonight and can wait for everyone's call from Yurou at any time." Luo Xing picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all in one gulp.
"Master Shen, wait a moment, Ling'er will go and ask for you right now." Ling'er stood up and said that she was in the land of wind and moon. There was no need for her to offend the guests, not to mention whether she would see them or not, it was not her decision.
Ning Yurou will definitely see him. If she doesn't see him, there is something wrong. She must have guessed his identity at this moment.
In the secret letter, he said that he was coming, but did not say when, in what capacity or in what way he would come to see her, but as long as Ling'er reported his name.
She should understand, but there will still be corresponding temptations. After all, they have never been masked. For a lurker, the most fearful thing is to be tricked by the opponent. This kind of thing is not afraid of ten thousand, just afraid of what happens. .
Ling'er came back soon and told him to wait. Ning Yurou was going to perform on stage soon and she didn't have time to see him now.
This is normal and there is nothing wrong with it.
Luo Xing couldn't help but rate Ning Yurou higher. At least she was able to lurk in Yangzhou. It was not due to luck. Having such a calm mind was a must-have quality for a lurker.
Yurou and everyone's performances are usually the finale, so they have to wait, but Miss Ling'er's musical instrument performance was arranged in the middle.
It is a pipa song, the title of the song is "Rain's Plantain". The technique is skillful. I have indeed worked hard on it and have a certain level of skill.
Back upstairs, he continued to have wine and chat with Luo Xing. Ling'er was a talkative girl with good talent in calligraphy and painting.
During the long wait, Luo Xing asked Ling'er to take over the sketch he had drawn before, find paints and brushes, and color the painting.
The painting after coloring is naturally different from the previous one. The light and layers are more distinct, and the characters are completely alive. Such a magical technique amazed Ling'er. Although Ling'er also loves painting, no one has If I concentrate on teaching, the paintings I make are rather dull, especially the figure paintings. The facial features have no three-dimensional sense, and it feels like they are dead paper figures.
Luo Xing's paintings use the theory of refraction of light to give people a more three-dimensional sense, and their expressions are lifelike, as if a real person had stepped out of the painting.
Ling'er was naturally very happy about this painting, and asked Luo Xing to inscribe it and pay the money, saying that he would find the best craftsman to frame it and hang it on the bedside of his bedroom.
It was impossible for Luo Xing to sign with his real name, and he used the pseudonym Shen Hong.
This painting passed down to later generations and fetched a sky-high price. It is also one of the few paintings by Luo Xing that has been recognized as authentic with pseudonym inscriptions.
The finale performance of everyone in Yurou has begun.
The guests and girls in all the rooms were attracted to leave the room. People were standing at the railings on the second and third floors, looking towards the one-and-a-half-story-high stage.
The best locations are near the front of the second floor and the lobby on the first floor. Miss Ling'er's room where Luo Xing is located is just diagonally above the stage, which is a good location.
Just listen to the sound of "zheng" swords.
A graceful figure holding a ribbon in one hand and a sword in the other slowly descended from the ceiling. The shield above the building opened and the azure starry sky was revealed.
Ning Yurou, wearing a hollow feather coat, descended like a fairy.
Just by showing up with this move, he won bursts of applause. People who had never seen him before were even more excited. Ling'er gently glanced at Luo Xing from the side and found that there was not much difference in this man's eyes, as if A deep pool of water with no bottom.
Ling'er's heart couldn't help but tremble, maybe this Mr. Shen can conquer Sister Rou.
A flash of sword light flashed in front of everyone's eyes, and exclamations of surprise could not be heard. Ning Yurou's graceful movement of holding the sword attracted many cheers.
Kung Fu is a killing skill, but if you want to look good, it is actually not difficult to do. Ordinary people can do it with a little practice.
It's just that it's more pleasing to the eye if it's done by a martial artist, especially if it's a beautiful woman, it's even more different.
call out!
Ning Yurou held the sword flower in her hand and thrust out the sword, which produced a slight sword cry. At this time, she did not use her true energy, which showed that her swordsmanship had reached a certain level.
If she used her true energy, she might not even be able to dismantle her own boat.
At the top of the third level, she was just one step away from being promoted to the second level Wuzong. Ning Yurou's talent was not inferior to Qingyi's, she was even a step ahead of Qingyi before she met her. No wonder the Huadu Sword Sect wanted to take her under her wing. It's back to the gate wall.
It takes a little effort to cultivate a proper first-grade master. At that time, how many first-grade grand masters did the Huadu Sword Sect have?
One more first-grade grandmaster means more foundation. For the sect, the second-grade is high-end combat power, and the first-grade is the master of sect control. As for the extraordinary, it is easy not to take action.
There are two types of sects of this level, one is with extraordinary people in charge, and the other is without extraordinary people. Those without extraordinary people are ordinary first-level sects.
The top ten first-grade sects all have extraordinary people in charge.
If you want to become a holy land, you must have at least three extraordinary beings in charge. As for the extraordinary beings in each of the five holy places, each sect has no less than five extraordinary beings, and even more are hidden.
Especially the number one Tianlan Sect, Tianlan Nine Peaks, each peak has at least one transcendent. There are two people on the main peak, and there are ten people on the surface.
And I don't know if there is another one secretly, at least there is a sect-suppressing spirit beast.
Of the remaining four holy places, there are seven people in the Demon Gate, five in the Liuli Temple, but there are definitely more than five in the Liuli Temple, and four in the Lingguan Hall. They are ranked last, but there are definitely more. "
Shenwu Monastery has not had much contact with the Eastern Continent in recent years, but it has fought and killed many people over the years, and there are many masters among them. I am afraid that its true strength is not weaker than that of the Tianlan Sect.
The Demon Sect has close contact with the Western Continent, and they know it best.
"Young Master Shen is here for Sister Rou, right?"
"How can I see it?"
"The way Ling'er looks at Young Master and Sister Rou is different from the way he looks at Ling'er. That kind of appreciation cannot be concealed," Ling'er said.
"Yurou and everyone's dancing postures are indeed unparalleled, and the swordsmanship is also beautiful, but this is only for entertainment and has no practical use..."
Clang!
Ning Yurou on the stage seemed to have heard Luo Xing's words. She pointed her sword and said "immortal guides the way". The sword star on the tip of the sword came straight towards Luo Xing's face.
Test yourself?
Luo Xing chuckled, without changing his expression, he opened his mouth and swallowed the bit of Sword Star directly.
Ning Yurou's face changed slightly when she saw this scene. Luo Xing's power was beyond her expectation. Her sword star contained her own true energy. For ordinary third-level warriors, even if they took it, it would cost a little bit. Son's strength.
But the other party actually swallowed it in one gulp. Such a bold and absurd move really made her heart tremble.
(End of chapter)
