"Poetry?" Qing'er seemed a little confused, frowning and thinking.
"Brother Dong has many poems. I wonder which one you want to hear?"
Xiaochen said calmly: "The best thing to write to you is 7 words."
Qing'er was surprised, and said with some embarrassment: "Those are love poems, written in public...Young Master has passed..."
"Can't you really say it? Just reveal something!" Xiaochen continued to be tempting.
Qing'er shook her head and said nothing.
After a period of silence, Xiaochen had no choice but to leave again. The Qing'er in front of him never let go, and there was nothing he could do.
"There is obviously a problem between this Qing'er and Shi Gui. Maybe I am playing Shi Gui, but there is another paradox. She denies that the stage is the Yuexia Yaotai, and she does not know herself..." Xiao Chen Frowning, he felt that there would be a conflict if he made such an association, which meant that something was wrong.
Xiaochen, who didn't think about it, was walking back to the hall. The women around him passed by one by one. The younger women mostly talked about Qing'er and Shigui.
"I envy Sister Qing'er. I have seen that Shigui several times. He is so talented and handsome!"
"Yes, yes! It would be great if I could be redeemed by a man like Shigui!"
"Stop talking, even my mother doesn't dare to speak too harshly to Sister Qing'er now."
At this time, Xiaochen walked past a table, and the woman among them was talking differently.
"Did you know? I donated Buddhist money last year, and the master said that I would be lucky this year."
"Come on! Isn't that a lie? Otherwise, I wouldn't be twenty-five or six, and no one would like to redeem me."
Hearing the two women chatting about Buddhist fate, Xiaochen seemed to be very excited. Xiaochen also took a few steps back and asked the two women: "Excuse me, what do you think of Qing'er and Shigui?"
The older Alan seemed to be paused by this topic. He glanced at Xiaochen before saying reluctantly: "Master, do you know how many things can be bought with three thousand taels of silver?"
Ju'er then continued: "You can buy a row of houses in the capital, or buy three or four shops, and rent out those shops. If you just collect the rent, you will not be short of money for the rest of your life."
"Yes! A clean eleven or twelve-year-old daughter from a poor family, even if she has a good face and is a little beauty, is only worth more than ten taels of silver." Alan shook his head and continued.
"She's just a young girl...Oh! She's just the young girl in the building, Xin!"
"I see, that guy named Shigui will definitely not come to redeem Qing'er..."
Xiaochen's face darkened after hearing this, and he said softly: "If it's love, isn't it worth the price?"
Ju'er and Alan were lost for a while after hearing this, and then they laughed loudly. Alan glanced at Xiaochen's young face and said: "Love? This young man, how can anyone come to a brothel to find love? I can't wait to be dirty." My body has long ceased to be a trustworthy person in the eyes of outsiders, and being able to find a concubine position is already a high honor."
"Yes, love, what a beautiful fantasy, I don't even dare to think like this even if I pray to Buddha or worship incense, I just hope that a master will come and take me away." Ju'er said with a smile, but she began to cry as she spoke.
Xiao Chen fell silent. The two people in front of him had obviously experienced a lot of ups and downs, and they had become more open-minded about everything in the world. They had already despaired of themselves and were just relying on vain illusions.
At the table to his left were three or four young girls, chatting about the handsome young man and longing for Qing'er's romantic love.
The older women in front of them were talking about reality and looking forward to the day when a rich man would like them and redeem them.
Walking between the two, Xiaochen pondered: "The joys and sorrows of the two are different because of the age gap..."
Passing by a table again, Xiaochen chose to sit down and listen to the young girls chatting. He wanted to hear what these young girls thought of Shigui and Qing'er.
"I really envy Sister Qing'er!"
"yes."
"Huh? Young Master, are you here to have a drink?" Ya'er asked after seeing Xiao Chen who was silent after sitting down.
Xiaochen said calmly: "No, I'm here to ask you something."
"What?" Na'er put down the wine bottle in her hand and looked at him doubtfully, but still filled the glass and placed it in front of him.
"What do you think of Shigui and Qing'er?" Xiaochen asked.
Ya'er quickly said: "What do you think? Isn't that a good thing! I envy sister Qing'er."
Although there was envy in Na'er's eyes, she still expressed her doubts: "I envy those two people, but I heard before Master Luo that the poetry ghost offended the big shot, and now he has been kicked out of the capital. .”
"Really?" Xiaochen looked at Na'er and asked.
At this moment, Xiaochen suddenly thought of something and asked: "Did the Shi Gui say when he would come to redeem Qing'er?"
"Well..."
"This?" The two women in front of him were lost in thought.
Finally, the taller Na'er replied: "Ya'er, Ya'er, did Shi Gui send a letter last month, and then Sister Qing'er said that she was going to be ransomed? I can't remember... "
Ya'er clasped her fingers and counted, and finally said: "It seems like, counting the days, it should be three days later."
Xiao Chen murmured softly: "Three days later? There will still be letters..."
"Do you know what's in that letter? Is there any poetry?" Xiao Chen continued to ask.
But the two little girls looked at each other, shook their heads in confusion and said, "I don't know. We only know that Sister Qing'er paid the deposit for the sale of her body that day and waited for the poetry ghost to come over."
Hearing this, Xiaochen also asked uncertainly: "Do you... really think that the poetry ghost will come?"
But who would have thought that the two little girls said in unison: "We believe it, otherwise sister Qing'er wouldn't do this."
After hearing this, he stood up a little lonely, without saying anything else, and walked towards the small courtyard again. There were still some questions he wanted to ask.
Xiaochen had just walked a few steps when he heard someone talking about Qing'er and Shigui. This time there seemed to be some different information. After hearing this, he stopped and sat down.
"Have you heard? A man has gone to the front line. It's not good to go anywhere, but to a fighting place." Ah Xing said to the person in front of him, with quite a bit of excitement in his words.
"Why do scholars go to the front line?" Sister Zhang on the side immediately interjected curiously.
"Didn't Princess Changping go out to marry King Pingliang of Liang Kingdom some time ago? The people said that it was Princess Changping's old sweetheart who came to rob the bride." Ah Xing had a big mouth. As soon as this statement came out, the whole place was shocked. .
Sister Zhang was also frightened and said quickly: "It's impossible to say this, it's impossible to say..."
"Oh, I only listen to what others say, don't talk nonsense!" Ah Xing also realized that she had spilled the beans and quickly warned her.
The women who gathered around nodded, indicating that they were very tight-lipped and would not talk nonsense.
Xiaochen became interested after hearing this and said, "What does Juren look like? Does he have any special characteristics?"
Only then did Ah Xing notice Xiaochen and said: "My lord, it's auspicious evening. Speaking of which, that person is a master of both poetry and painting. He played chess against the literati of the entire dynasty in the Jinluan Palace, overwhelming them, especially the Shangguan Prime Minister. Like him."
"Rumors... It is said that the Shangguan Prime Minister wants to betroth his little daughter to him..." Ah Xing whispered, her face full of gossip.
The other people also became interested after hearing this. They were so immersed in the conversation that they didn't even notice when Xiaochen left.
"That person should be the same person. It should be Shi Gui, Princess Changping, the daughter of Shangguan Prime Minister, plus this Qing'er... He is just playing tricks. If that is the case, Shi Gui will really be there in San Is the Queen coming back?" Although Xiaochen was filled with doubts, he already had the answer in his heart. There is a high probability that the Poet Ghost will not come.
"So, who am I playing in this flower-filled building?" Xiaochen thought, and there was some understanding in his eyes. Maybe he was playing the poetry ghost. He failed to fulfill his promise, so he brought Where does his guilt come from?
Xiaochen took out the wooden sign with the flower of the other side engraved on it and looked at the three sentences on it again. He looked at the empty space above and below the wooden sign. There was a sentence missing there, and that sentence...
"I'm afraid the clues are in the envelope sent back last month." Xiao Chen thought.
Xiaochen was thinking as he walked. After asking for directions several times, he looked at a girl near the door. The woman was no more than a child. At this time, she was looking at the women coming and going with a look of curiosity on her face. She didn't understand why these sisters were dressed so colorfully.
"According to the directions given by several people, the little girl should be the recipient of the letter. Maybe she will know where the letter went." Xiaochen approached thinking.
Looking at the little girl, Xiaochen asked: "Little girl, do you know where the letter Shigui sent to Qing'er last month went?"
San'er was bored, but when he heard Xiaochen's words, he became a little interested and said, "Qing'er? Are you talking about the beautiful sister Qing'er?"
Seeing Xiaochen nodding, she said excitedly: "San'er remembers that sister Qing'er was very happy after reading the letter, but her mother was not happy, so she snatched the letter and took it away."
"Oh, really? San'er is so good." Xiaochen praised.
"Then Master, can you give San'er a copper coin? San'er wants to eat candied haws, one copper coin per bunch!" San'er said with a smile, wiping the corners of his mouth.
After hearing this, Xiaochen's footsteps suddenly stopped, he looked at her cheerful smile, looked away slightly and said, "I don't have any copper coins..."
San'er immediately let out a disappointed sound.
"But I have other things. This is ten taels of silver, which is enough for you to buy a lot of candied haws." Xiaochen hesitated before taking out the silver.
San'er took the silver, knocked it, and happily agreed.
Slowly getting up, Xiaochen walked towards the Madam's position. Her position was easy to find, and Xiaochen had already noticed her while wandering around.
Just in the inner stage of the hall, there is an old woman sitting, neither fat nor thin. No matter how thick the rouge is on her face, she can't hide the wrinkles on her face. Judging from the white hair on her temples, At least fifty years old.
Xiao Chen walked over slowly. The old woman was a little listless at this time. She spotted him approaching and immediately greeted him happily: "Master, are you having fun in Huamanlou? Do you want me to help you find it?" How many young girls?”
Xiaochen did not respond to her words, and asked straight to the point: "Old Madam, is the letter that Shigui wrote to Qing'er last month with you?"
"Letter? Is this what you are referring to?" The madam took out a letter from the cabinet and said doubtfully.
"Yes." Xiaochen said and took it. The madam just looked at him with a smile, seemingly not surprised at all.
Xiaochen opened the letter. The paper looked quite good. There was only one poem and one sentence written in the letter:
"Qing'er, I will come to redeem you on the ninth day of June! Let's find a place where no one knows us and settle down."
"Crossing thousands of mountains and thousands of rivers, I will settle down on the Yaotai under the moon for the rest of my life;"
"The red pavilion sighs at farewell all night, and the sparrows and duckweeds finally make their home!"
After reading it, Xiaochen closed the letter and glanced across the entire inner hall, sighing in his heart: "The four clues put together are a love poem. Yanque refers to the wandering poetry ghost, and Duckweed refers to Qing'er. , but in the end, Shigui failed to fulfill his promise, so Qing'er just waited and waited...waited and waited..."
Then there is only one last thing left, and that is to fulfill the promise.
"However, there is still one thing that needs to be made clear..."
