In China, as well as in the vast majority of countries and regions, prostitution is illegal and punishable. But here, even if it's a brothel, it's a legal shop that is taxed by the state.

Many people will confuse the words "Qinglou brothel" and take it for granted that Qinglou is a place of prostitution......

However, Xia Hanqing is different. Grandma Bi Aihua gave her a make-up class, she knew that in ancient China, the real Qinglou actually had a university question, and the inner distinction was three, six, nine, etc., and those Qinglou women standing at the top were proficient in poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, even if they were drinking tea and drinking, they were more proficient than ordinary people. Moreover, those talented women are not everyone who wants to see them, and the guests themselves must be rich, educated, and stylish. Otherwise, if you put a big old man in, you won't even be able to recite poems.

Of course, since it is said that Qinglou is divided into three, six, nine and so on, there are naturally many small brothels that only do skin and meat business and have no mood.

Luo has been there for nine days.

Ahem, naturally it's not to take care of other people's businesses, it's just that they are forced to have nowhere to escape, and they just hide in to avoid disasters.

There, what he saw was what he thought the green building looked like!

On this side, Xia Hanqing became interested, and asked with a water color, is there any gender restriction on entering the Qinglou. Shui Se calmly replied, no.

Xia Hanqing breathed a sigh of relief, it's good if there isn't. Otherwise, she would have to pull Luo Jiutian to help her change her appearance.

There were a lot of people on the street, Xia Hanqing inquired casually, and asked for the name and address of the largest and most lively Qinglou nearby.

The more vulgar building, on the most prosperous street at night, covers a huge area, and can be regarded as a comprehensive assembly hall. Even the gate, there is more than one.

"Guests, please come in!"

Xia Hanqing and Luo Jiutian arrived at the largest and most luxurious door of the more vulgar building, and the three big characters of the more vulgar building on the signboard were particularly dazzling under the reflection of the lanterns. In front of them, two men walked into the building in groups. Xia Hanqing clearly saw that the person had paid the money before being invited in.

Does this cost money to enter the door?

Xia Hanqing guessed in his heart, his footsteps did not stop, and he had already walked to the door in a few seconds. The person guarding there arched his hand: "You two?"

"Three of us, ah no, two people. Looking at the water color standing next to him, Xia Hanqing suddenly found that who said that stealth is not good?

Walk from the main entrance, not over the wall!

The gatekeeper arched his hand again: "Six coins of silver." ”

So much money? What kind of fee is this? Are you misunderstood, but in fact this is the money for consumption?

Xia Hanqing took out the money from his pocket, and asked the gatekeeper by the way, the gatekeeper's face remained unchanged, he settled the money, handed two small cards to Xia Hanqing's hand, and replied by the way: "This is the entrance fee." If there are expenses after entering, you can pay for it. ”

It's so dark!

It's all here, and it's impossible to turn around and leave, Xia Hanqing pulled Luo Jiutian and walked in together, and complained about the high cost here by the way.

And wondered, why didn't the legendary bustard pull a handkerchief to pick up customers?

After walking more than ten meters through the door, it was an open field. On this boundary, many small independent buildings were built, and most of them were lit up, which was particularly bright at night. There was music coming from the small building, Xia Hanqing listened carefully, and could tell that it was a small building in the northeast corner, and when he raised his eyes to look, he was shocked.

There are more than 20 people standing downstairs, not to mention that all of them are dressed extraordinarily, but at least they are at the upper middle level, looking at the appearance, they are all young people, and their appearance is reasonable. At this time, they were like star-chasers, standing there obediently, quietly admiring the sound of the piano coming from upstairs.

Xia Hanqing was curious, and walked over to inquire, but as soon as he said a word, he was glared at by more than 20 people, and everyone had the same meaning: Don't speak!

Being stared at by such a person, even Xia Hanqing is a little empty. She silently diminished her presence and quietly left.

Walking ten meters away, I was still unwilling to think about it, and wanted to inquire with Luo Jiutian, but this one seemed to be more confused than himself, so he could only give up. However, it was watery, relying on the fact that he was invisible, he quietly went upstairs for a turn, and reported the news to Xia Hanqing when he came back.

On this small building, there are two men and two women, a total of four people waiting, they are waiting for the "landlord" in this small building, the landlord is playing the piano, and sitting opposite her is tonight's guest, young and golden, more graceful and graceful, than the more than 20 people waiting at this time are outstanding.

Wandering around the water, coupled with the news heard from Lao Wang's mouth, summed up and told Xia Hanqing that more than 20 people downstairs are all admirers of the landlord, but they couldn't get the landlord's blue eyes tonight, but they would rather stay downstairs and listen to the piano than go somewhere else.

According to the meaning, there are landlords in other buildings, and the landlords in this building are more popular?

Xia Hanqing thought, is this a big star in a more vulgar building?

There are rules in the building, as long as the landlord does not send guests, he will not receive new guests. Xia Hanqing was curious about the scenery upstairs, so she went to find another building, wanting to see if there was a landlord who could receive her tonight.

This place is indeed popular, with a total of about 20 small buildings, except for two small buildings with black lights, all of them have guests. made Xia Hanqing look like a little fan girl, waiting downstairs. Finally, a man in white came out of a building, and the maid who was in charge of serving ran to Xia Hanqing and asked her if she wanted to go up.

Then you don't need to ask, you must go up and have a look. Xia Hanqing pulled Luo Jiutian and wanted to go up, but the maid slapped in front of Xia Hanqing: "Buy road money." ”

Gotcha, this is the beginning of consumption?

Xia Hanqing asked, "How much?"

The maid touched her mouth: "Look at your mind!"

Xia Hanqing took out a penny and put it in the palm of the little girl's hand, and pulled Luo Jiutian up the stairs.

The little maid sang loudly: "Thank you for the money!"

Many people around looked this way, Xia Hanqing was completely true, and dragged Luo Jiutian to continue walking. Someone laughed at Xia Hanqing, and Xia Hanqing pouted at others: "What are you laughing at, don't laugh!"

The word "heart" is too tricky, how much to give is the heart? If more money is the heart, wouldn't there be no upper limit. It's better to just give a penny!

Mainly, mainly, she didn't expect that this little girl would also have a number of reports......

After the stairs, there was another maid at the exit, and she glanced at the two: "Please wait." ”

He turned around and went into the room.

"This man has a nice voice and a good look. Xia Hanqing sighed. If it weren't for the fact that this person was wearing the same clothes as the maid downstairs, she would have thought that this was the landlord.

Without letting the two of them wait long, the maid came out of the house and raised her hand to the way: "Please come in, two of you." ”

Xia Hanqing and Luo Jiutian walked into the house together.

Although there are lights outside the door, and it is also the stars in the night, the room is as bright as day, and the lights are scorching. The layers of bead curtains do not cover the scene in the house, and the exquisite interior decoration is the second class that Xia Hanqing has seen so far - the first class is in the mausoleum of Emperor Juntian. Wooden furniture with openwork or embossed patterns, tearful red candles and lanterns hanging in the air. The lantern style is simple, but the pattern drawn on it is not simple at all, a pair of swimming fish, vivid. The scarlet bed was just behind the screen, and in the center of the room was a small round table, under which several stools were tucked away. By the window, there is a rectangular desk with pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and an unfinished painting.

There are musical instruments such as pipa and bamboo flute hanging on the wall, and there is a piano platform at the bottom, where a long piano is placed. On the shelves next to the wall, there are all kinds of things that are almost antiques in Xia Hanqing's opinion, one of which is a pair of jade long cards, Xia Hanqing used his only knowledge to convert it, and it is estimated that it is worth hundreds of taels of silver in this world.

The landlord is a rich man!

The landlord himself walked out of a small room next to him, and Xia Han cleaned up and believed that that place was the bathroom. She looked at the landlord, who was obviously much more beautiful than the maid, and rushed forward enthusiastically.

"Hello, hello. ”

The landlord is well-informed, and he already knows that this time the guest has a female guest - the maid came in with the curtain earlier, just to tell her what the new guest looks like, and ask her if she is willing to receive it. If she had not been willing to receive her, the maid would have sent the guest away, which was perfectly believable. However, she really hadn't seen such an enthusiastic female guest as Xia Hanqing, and she grabbed her hand when she came up, didn't she have any special habits?

Thinking of something strange in his heart, the landlord was silent, pulled out his hand without a trace, greeted the two of them, and invited them to sit down.

Without the landlord's instructions, the maid waiting in the building immediately prepared three stools, and another maid brought in tea. The tea is a good tea, even Xia Hanqing can smell it, the quality of this tea is absolutely good, and the price is definitely not low.

Speaking of visiting the Qinglou, Xia Hanqing did it for the first time, and he was worried that he would not be adaptable, but as a result, he picked up the teacup and drank it too comfortably.

The landlord watched Xia Hanqing drink tea, the corners of her mouth flashed with a sincere smile, she picked up the teacup and tasted it slowly.

There's nothing to taste, no matter how good the tea is, I'm tired of drinking it every day. However, this little girl is interesting, looking at her, this tea seems to taste much better.

Luo Jiutian seems to be a cultural person, a dashing swordsman, but in fact, he has no such experience at all, and at this time, he drank the tea in his hand directly, and even if he accidentally drank a tea leaf floating in the tea, he could swallow it without blinking. After drinking, he didn't let the landlord refill the cup, so he sat there without moving, shaking or speaking, and Xia Hanqing played.

In the eyes of the landlord, Xia Hanqing is the daughter of someone who has just returned home from practicing outside, and Luo Jiutian is the follower who accompanies the practice.

"There's a lot of stuff in there. Xia Hanqing was not idle when he was drinking tea, he looked inside the room again and found that there were a lot of things that could be played here.

The landlord smiled and didn't rush to speak.

"What do ordinary guests do when they come in?" Xia Hanqing was curious and asked the landlord directly.

Speaking of which, she has a unique ability, which is to sense whether people are virgins. This ability was also discovered by her a few months ago, at first she was curious about whether a handsome guy passing by had "opened meat", this kind of out-of-tune thought is actually not a thing, but at that time, there was a sudden feeling in her heart, unprovoked and obvious: he was still a boy chicken.

At the time, she thought it was the meager fortune-telling skills she had inherited, but she didn't take it seriously. Later, I happened to be curious about whether a boy who was ugly but had a partner was still a virgin, and I immediately got feedback in my heart: I am no longer a virgin!

Once it's a coincidence, twice it's interesting. She tried it a few more times, and finally had the courage to find someone else to answer the right answer. Although everyone's reactions were different, Xia Hanqing still deduced the truth according to everyone's emotions, and also proved that the correctness of his induction was 100%.

It's not a big skill, so she didn't tell anyone else.

Mainly, there is another point, this ability is like Sun Wukong's fiery eyes, he sees it too seriously, and sometimes he may not be able to accept the answers he gets......

For example, a certain senior sister in the Propaganda Department is only a junior, Xia Hanqing thought that she hadn't even talked about love, but not only was she not in the middle, but she still had a ...... in her stomach

Ahem, it's better not to know.

And, Xia Hanqing has also seen Luo Jiutian, there is no doubt that he is an absolute boy man.

The result of Xia Hanqing's hanging on the landlord was that he knew that this was still a pure jade woman, and she was not contaminated with the breath of a man, and the landlord was doing a business that was not selling her body.

The landlord put down the teacup and looked at Xia Hanqing, just like looking at a cute little sister: "There are a lot of things in this building, do you want to try it?"

I didn't directly say how the average guest would come in and play.

Xia Hanqing thought for a while and nodded: "Okay." ”

The landlord took out the long card from the shelf and put it on the table: "Will the guest play the long card?"

It's already very powerful to be able to know, and you will never fight. But Xia Hanqing was very curious about this thing, so he said, "You teach me?"

This long card has to be played by four people to be interesting, the landlord casually ordered, a maid had to order to enter the room, he took out a small round stool and sat down, and the landlord made the opposite door.

Put the long card on the table, and the landlord first taught Xia Hanqing to recognize the card. Waiting for Xia Hanqing to write down several patterns, the landlord messed up the long card, put it on his back, and the four of them touched the cards. This is quite similar to playing poker or mahjong, Xia Hanqing slowly touched the cards with everyone.

When the long cards were touched, they were all placed in front of them, and it took twice as long as others to put them in place. The landlord was not in a hurry, and he did not urge, and the maid was naturally speechless. Luo Jiutian, he quietly looked at his cards.

When the bishop of the building recognized the cards, he said the rules of playing cards again, and then he taught while playing, Xia Hanqing played two handfuls, and he understood the play of this long card.

From the third game onwards, this is the "real" game.

Have a bet!

Of course, the landlord won't play low-level games like sticker strips and drawing turtles - if this is really used against the guests, the guests will not look good!

The stake here is to write poetry.

Those who can enter the building to play are all learned people, but they can't just be just a person who can come in. Writing poetry isn't easy, but it's definitely not difficult either. Moreover, if you write well, you will be "praised" by the landlord, and you may be able to earn a good reputation for learning!