"Young Master is really generous in his actions. He is just a young boy leading the way. He casually rewards you with ten taels of gold."
At the front of the ferry boat, the boatman was talking casually while pushing the boat.
Lin Ji glanced at the bow of the ship with some surprise.
"The boatman has good eyesight, he can see clearly even in the dark."
"Sailboats at night are most afraid of dark waves. Don't worry, sir. I'm just going between the pier and the boat. But for a boat trip of less than a quarter of an hour, something might happen to a young man. It's also the boat owner who is afraid. The guest Jin Gui made a mistake, which is why I am allowed to stay here all year round."
Having said this, the boatman looked back at Lin Ji with some pride.
"Guess, sir, how much does the master pay per month for me to ferry Jin Jijing Huanghuang?"
"Listening to what you said, I'm afraid there should be ten liang?"
"Fifty taels."
"That's a lot." Lin Ji said with a smile, "The boatman is always strong and strong, which is admirable."
"Hey, it's also thanks to the master's favor."
While he was talking, Lin Ji could already see the golden three-story boat about a few hundred meters ahead, which made people feel luxurious just by looking at it.
On the side of the boat, a staircase fell from the boat into the sea. At the intersection of the staircase and the sea, there was a flat surface paved with bluestones, more than fifty meters long and wide, which was quite wide.
More importantly, this is a bluestone road paved on the sea.
Seeing this scene, Lin Ji's consciousness swept over him, and then his face became a little speechless.
"Using Yuan Jing to set up an array is really luxurious." He thought to himself.
After a while, the ferry boat arrived next to the bluestone platform.
"Sir, we're here."
"Thank you boatman."
Since the boatman made a lot of money, he would not give any reward.
However, when Lin Ji just got off the boat, he heard the boatman behind him say: "Although the young master's clothes are not luxurious, and even a little mediocre, but his clothes are noble, he should be from a big family. If you don't mind my nagging, please listen." A word of advice.”
Lin Ji paused.
"Shipman, please tell me."
"This magnificent place is a place that eats people without spitting out their bones. In Weicheng and even Xuzhou, no one wants to offend the four major families. Because of this, no matter what the origin or status of the young master, he is just an ordinary guest here. "
As soon as the words fell, the boatman had already started to punt the boat back.
The boatman's voice still rang in Lin Ji's ears.
"Acting within your own capabilities, it is addictive to indulge in extravagance, but if you don't act within your capabilities, the end will often not be good."
The voices in my ears dispersed, and the ferry boat had gone away.
Lin Ji watched the boat go away, with a hint of amusement on his face.
"You are carrying the master's rice bowl and smashing the master's pot, boatman, you are not honest."
After a moment, Lin Ji withdrew his gaze.
"It's quite interesting. Which monk is this from, and he comes to punt the boat? Could it be that this is the way he has understood?"
He turned around and saw two innocent-looking girls looking at him with smiles at the end of the bluestone platform, in front of the stairs for boarding the ship.
Lin Ji's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took two quick steps to get closer.
As soon as they got closer, one of the two girls came forward and hugged Lin Ji's arm.
"Young Master looks strange. Is this your first time here?"
"yes."
"Lingfang of the slave family, if the young master doesn't mind it, the slave family will entertain the young master tonight, how about it?"
how? Of course it’s great! So beautiful!
"Of course I don't mind. I've heard of this magnificent name for a long time. Miss Lingfang, you should take this young master to broaden his horizons."
Seeing Lin Ji's impatient look, Lingfang immediately smiled.
"The slave family must satisfy the young master."
"This splendid building has three floors. The first floor is a brothel. Our four aristocratic families specially collect beauties from all over Kyushu and bring them on board for the enjoyment of our guests. Any of us girls should be put outside, even in Beijing. , that is also the beauty of an oiran."
"The second floor is the casino. There are all the games you can see in Kyushu. And because the guests who come and go are either rich or expensive, the winnings and losses here in one night may be worth the accumulation of several generations of some small families, and It is enough for us to just draw water from it, so there is no need to resort to cheating methods.”
On the third floor of the boat, on the open-air platform, two beautiful figures stood beside the railing, looking at the scene below.
Listening to his companion's rather proud words, Lu Zhaoer, who was wearing a long white dress, nodded noncommittally.
"Sister Jin, what about the third floor?"
Jin Jiajia smiled.
"The third floor is reserved for those impatient guests. There is another cave in the attic at the back. It seems like there are only seven or eight rooms, but in fact there are ninety-nine and eighty-one. These are our four aristocratic families. A treasure specially brought from Xiangzhou Tiangongfang."
Hearing this, Lu Zhaoer smiled perfunctorily and said nothing.
Naturally, she looked down upon such a filthy place, but she also understood that she could not shake this place at all with just a few words.
It's better to respond with silence than to bore someone with your mouth.
"So why did you invite me here?" Lu Zhaoer completely lost interest in this splendor. "If you just asked me to come here to say these things, then I should go back."
Jin Jiajia is one of the few old acquaintances of Lu Zhaoer in Weicheng. When she was still young, when Lu Nanting brought her to Xuzhou to meet her relatives, she accidentally met her peers from the Jin family, one of the four major aristocratic families in the country. Later, we occasionally exchanged letters, so we became familiar with each other.
But that's all. To put it nicely, it could be called an acquaintance, but in reality it's just a casual acquaintance.
"Sister Lu, don't be anxious. My eldest brother, Jinshan Yu, has heard of Sister Lu for a long time. He went to the Lu Mansion several times to invite her but was unable to get her. That's why he asked me to invite Sister Lu to come out."
Hearing this, Lu Zhaoer sighed.
"There was an accident at the demon hunting conference. At this moment, there are several demon kings entrenched dozens of miles outside the city. Why do you still have such leisurely thoughts?"
Jin Jiajia disagreed.
"So what about the Demon King? It has nothing to do with us juniors anyway. Xuzhou has been stable for so many years. This little fact is not worth mentioning. The elders will take care of it."
Lu Zhaoer shook his head slightly.
"First it's the Yuan family, and now it's your Jin family, what? There are no young women left in Xuzhou, and everyone is eyeing me?"
"My sister is too outstanding. She has reached the peak of the Night Travel Realm before she was thirty years old. Her appearance is also rare in the world. If I were a man, I would probably have to bow down to my sister's pomegranate skirt."
Lu Zhaoer lost patience and turned around to leave.
"I don't wear pomegranate skirts."
Upon seeing this, Jin Jiajia quickly wanted to stay, but before she could speak, she saw Lu Zhaoer pause and look downstairs.
She didn't know why, so she followed Lu Zhaoer's gaze, but she didn't see anything special. It was just another guest.
"You just said, what is the first floor for?" Lu Zhaoer suddenly asked.
Jin Jiajia was stunned and quickly responded: "Is Sister Lu from the brothel not leaving?"
Lu Zhaoer looked down at the figure walking into the lobby on the first floor with his arms held in his arms, frowning slightly and said, "Well, I'm not leaving."
