While he was talking, the scholar looked over the woman in red. She must be about seventeen or eighteen years old. She was also extremely beautiful and had a hot personality. Plus she was dressed in red. A word comes to mind, little pepper.
After hearing what the scholar said, the woman in red felt a little more joyful in her brows, but a sly look flashed in her eyes: "You scholar is quite good at talking, but don't think that you can just say a few words of flattery. , this girl will be confused by you."
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman in red suddenly drew her sword and stabbed the scholar on the horse.
The scholar couldn't help but panicked. He fell off the horse and let out a scream.
The scholar rubbed his sore buttocks aggrievedly, and said angrily: "Why are you teasing me like this?"
"Giggle!"
Seeing the scholar's aggrieved look, the woman in red let out a string of crisp smiles like silver bells: "My mother said that the most deceptive people in the world are scholars like you. I will teach you a lesson today. If you dare to coax a girl again, I will definitely not let you go!"
As soon as the words fell, the woman in red spread her body and ran forward.
"Scholar, don't delay on the road. In half an hour, the city gate will be closed. Otherwise, you will be waiting to feed the wolves in the wilderness!"
Hearing this, the scholar curled his lips disapprovingly, patted the dust off his body casually, got on his horse, and thought to himself, this little girl is indeed a little pepper.
Yes, this scholar is Song Yan in disguise.
Since the battle with the three holy masters, he has gained a lot. After half a month of practicing in seclusion in the village, he went down the mountain alone and turned into a scholar to travel around the world. After half a month, he left Yuezhou and came to Yanzhou. within the territory.
In the past half month, he had been robbed no less than ten times, but every time, he robbed the other party completely. Unexpectedly, this time the business was ruined by the little pepper.
There is a city more than twenty miles ahead.
Even if the city gate was closed, Song Yan couldn't stop him if he wanted to enter the city, but he still speeded up and rushed towards Fucheng.
After traveling around the world for half a month, he saw a lot and heard a lot, and he also gained a somewhat more detailed understanding of the world.
In this world, although the imperial power is supreme, it cannot restrain the warriors in the world, especially the three holy places, which are aloof. Even the three empires do not dare to offend them easily.
As for the nine major sects, they usually choose to cooperate with the empire.
Therefore, this world can also be said to be a world where imperial power and warriors coexist. Unlike in the real world, the government has an absolute advantage. Even warriors do not dare to do whatever they want to avoid being attacked by the government.
In less than half an hour, Song Yan urged his horse to arrive in front of Cangyang Mansion City.
Compared with Ningwu County, the city of Cangyang City is much higher, at least seven to eight feet, and even a first-rate warrior would have difficulty climbing over it.
The status of scholars in this world is quite high. Therefore, Song Yan, who was dressed as a scholar, did not encounter any difficulties from the guards and easily entered the palace gate through the city gate.
Find a high-end inn to stay.
The waiter ordered the waiter to prepare a bath with water, change into a Confucian robe, and have dinner in the store. Song Yan planned to go sightseeing in the city.
This world has sufficient spiritual energy and generally has high food yields. Therefore, the happiness index of ordinary people in this world is still relatively high. A high happiness index means that there are fewer people rebelling. Therefore, the public security in the city is relatively good, so naturally there is no so-called Curfew.
Unknowingly, Song Yan walked to a brightly lit three-story building.
In front of the building, there were constant traffic and it was very lively.
The three big gilded characters of Tianxiang Tower fell into Song Yan's eyes. He immediately knew where this place was. Isn't it the prostitute house in ancient times? But now it is not called a prostitute house. It has a more elegant name. , called brothel.
With a thought in his heart, Song Yan had the idea of going to see it.
"Sir, please come in quickly."
As soon as he arrived at the door, he was greeted by an enthusiastic turtle man.
Song Yan nodded and followed Mr. Turtle in.
After entering the door, there was a huge screen, and the laughter of men and women kept coming from behind the screen.
Passing around the screen, what you see is a wide hall. The hall is divided into two halves. There are dozens of wine tables in each half. Nearly a hundred tables are almost full, but there are a group of people hugging each other on the wine tables. men and women.
The men are naturally the guests who come to look for flowers, and the women are women from the brothel. However, what is different from Song Yan's imagination is that these women are more conservatively dressed and do not expose their breasts or expose their thighs. Compared with those women in the real world. The dressing up is too different.
In the center of the hall, there is a wooden staircase leading to the second floor, and the faint sound of piano and other musical instruments can be heard coming from the rooms upstairs.
"Master, are you drinking wine? Or listening to music?" Mr. Gui asked, bowing.
"What's the difference between the two?" Song Yan asked curiously.
Turtle Gong replied: "Drinking flower wine is just like in the hall. Let the girls in our building accompany you to eat and drink. The drinks are free. Ordinary girls will get one tael of silver each time, and pretty girls will get 2 taels of silver each time. If you want to stay overnight, the cost will be extra." .
As for listening to music, you have to go to the private room upstairs. Each private room costs five taels of silver. If the young master likes the girl who performs the music for you and plans to stay overnight, you have to add another five taels. "
Song Yan nodded: "What about the third floor? Where is the third floor?"
Mr. Gui explained: "The people who live on the third floor are the top names in our Tianxiang Building. If you want to enter the third floor, you have to pay a fee of ten taels of silver to enter the building. There are nine top names in our Tianxiang Building. They will hang them in front of the door every day. There is a question, and only by answering the question can you be qualified to be the guest of the top girl."
"What if you can't answer?" Song Yan asked back.
Mr. Gui smiled: "Young Master looks like a talented person, how could you not answer the question? However, if you don't bother to answer the question, you can pay another hundred taels of fees, or you can enter the top room."
"You know how to do business, take me to the third floor!" Song Yan took out two ingots of silver and threw them to Mr. Turtle.
Suddenly, Mr. Gui's eyes flashed. The two ingots of silver were at least seventeen or eighty taels. Excluding the ten taels for entering the building, the remaining seventy-eight taels were divided between him and the building owner. At least he could end up with three taels of silver. For a while, , he became more enthusiastic: "Young Master, please!"
All the way to the third floor, Song Yan saw nine rooms.
However, the signs on three rooms have been removed. Obviously, guests have already boarded those three rooms first.
The other six rooms all have title boards hanging in front of their doors, either writing a poem, couplets, or riddles based on the title.
Song Yan became interested and browsed through all the questions on the six brands.
"Sir, the court lady in our building lives in this room. It's a pity that the questions she asked are too difficult. So far, no one has been admitted!" Gui Gong pointed to the largest room and introduced it. road.
Song Yan raised his eyes and saw that the question asked by the oiran was a couplet question. The first couplet was: overlapping mountains, green mountains, and mountains.
But he said: "Didn't you say that you can get in even if you pay a hundred taels of silver?"
Gui Gong said: "Su Niang is different from the other eight top players. You can only enter if you answer the questions correctly."
"I see."
Song Yan nodded. He had just learned about people, so it was not difficult to pronounce this couplet. At this moment, a young man dressed as a young man came to the third floor surrounded by two servants and a middle-aged scholar.
"Mr. Wang, it's up to you whether I can be the guest of the oiran tonight!" The young master said to the middle-aged scholar with a longing look on his face.
The middle-aged scholar smiled proudly: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, the best thing students are good at is pairing. I guarantee that you will become the guest of the oiran tonight!"
Author's digression: Three updates (to be continued)