In the evening, the rain that had been brewing for nearly a day poured down.

Shops have closed their usual stalls, and many have closed their doors, after all, few people want to go out shopping in this weather.

The Peony House is an exception, and the current bad weather will not affect their business, but will attract more customers.

There is no way, the night market has closed its stalls due to the heavy rain, and people in the city have fewer places to go for recreation, so they will naturally think of this place where they can not only shelter from the rain but also enjoy it.

No, not long after the rain just started, the old bustard of the Peony Building came out of the main entrance with a few subordinates, twisted a handkerchief to cover his nose, as if he couldn't stand the earthy smell outside, and when he saw the deserted appearance on the street, he couldn't help but be happy.

"What are you doing in a daze, quickly put up the canopy, and the platform on the second floor should also be opened, so that the girls can sing and jump quickly!"

glanced at the few people running around him who were not moving, rolled his eyes and scolded.

As one of the best green buildings in Qingding City, Peony Building will not let those shabby bamboo sheds be built outside the building, which is too cheap.

The old bustard's side gave an order, and immediately two people ran to the back of the metal pillar outside the door, lifted the iron box hanging on the top, and broke the switch inside, and the whole pillar sounded "Kerala ~" The sound of chain pulling, under the platform on the second floor, there was immediately a metal plate wrapped in satin printed with peach blossoms was pushed out.

Extending to two or three meters outside the building, the iron plates on both sides began to move down again, showing an arch covering the street.

As for the platform on the second floor, it was originally closed to prevent dust, but now it is all open, and a few girls with good dancing skills will dance a few songs to attract the surrounding guests.

When Lu Jiu and Zhou Ze walked to the door of the Peony Building with umbrellas, what they saw was a lively scene that was completely different from the surrounding shops.

"As I said a long time ago, the Peony House is different from other places, and the more weather like this, the more interesting it is here. ”

Put away the umbrella, and put it outside in a bamboo tube guarded by a special person, Zhou Ze, who had been here many times earlier, strode into the door.

"Oops~ This is not Young Master Zhou, how can I have time to come to the Peony Building today, but I couldn't invite you in the past. ”

The old bustard obviously knew Zhou Ze, and as soon as he saw him, he greeted him with a smile on his face, took his hand and walked into the building.

The interior of the entire Peony Building does not have the extravagant scene of the wine pond meat forest as Lu Jiu imagined.

On the contrary, judging from the decoration of the hall on the first floor, it is actually more inclined to a simple and elegant style, hugging left and right, and the wandering people can see a few, but there are not many of them.

More often than not, there are young people waving paper fans and talking about business, or middle-aged people drinking and talking about business.

Most of these people came together, and undoubtedly regarded the Peony Building as a more relaxed place to socialize.

"This time, I brought my friends over to play and prepared a private room for me, with good wine and food. ”

The two discussed on the road, and wanted to ask about the strange rumors in the Peony Building, and she must not know anything about the bustard, even if she knew, it would be impossible for her to discredit her own shop, so she could only find a quiet room first and then find other opportunities.

"Come on, Taohong, hurry up and take Young Master Zhou up. ”

The charge for a separate room is undoubtedly a grade higher than that of the table seats in the hall on the first floor, and the old bustard does not dare to slack off on this kind of guest.

Although she couldn't walk away at the door, it didn't prevent her from immediately calling a girl to lead the way for Zhou Ze and Lu Jiu.

"This peony building is not bad, right?"

Walking along the corridor on the right side of the hall to the stairs leading to the second floor, Zhou Ze saw that Lu Jiu had been looking left and right at the surrounding environment, and couldn't help asking.

"It's really good, it looks like I'm going to get your light this time. ”

While smiling and answering, Lu Jiu's eyes kept wandering around the corners of the Peony Building, and his need for special blood was more urgent than wine and food.

Stepping on the red carpet on the stairs and going up, until the corner of the stairs between the second and third floors, the girl with the flower name Peach was still leading the way, but Lu Jiu suddenly stopped.

Ever since he drank the blood of the gray-feathered crow in the alleyway the night before, and was melted into his body by the streamer formed by the black falcon with ice-blue tail feathers, Lu Jiu could clearly feel that he had become very sensitive to some special smells, especially the gray-feathered crow and the blood in the bamboo tube.

There is no girl in the Peony Building who is not dressed up, coupled with the aroma of aromatherapy and wine and food in the corner, the smell of the whole building is very mixed, but it is in this environment that Lu Jiu still smells or passively receives the special smell that exists in the current environment.

It had no obvious taste, but it was particularly prominent in the smell that Lu Jiu smelled.

Coincidentally, Lu Jiu also smelled a similar smell when he watched the Oiran parade in the inn last night, but the people were mixed at that time, and he couldn't tell the source of the smell, and thought that the source was in the crowd on the street, but he didn't expect to appear again in the Peony Building.

Following the source of this smell, Lu Jiu's eyes couldn't help but cast his eyes on the third floor, the room there seemed to be better decoration than the second floor, with exquisite lanterns hanging at the door, and lights were also on in the house, but no one came out.

"That's where the beauties of the Peony Building live, and it costs a lot of money to go up...... But today's weather, there may be a temporary small activity later, maybe you can see the beauty, tsk, yesterday when I watched the parade that Oiran like a fairy, it is really haunting. ”

Zhou Ze noticed Lu Jiu's gaze, and also looked at the room on the third floor, and his face couldn't help but feel a little more expectant.

The so-called "beauty" can be said to be the "senior technician" in the Peony Building, so naturally she will not come out casually to show her face, and the Oiran that Lu Jiu saw last night is even higher.

"So that's the case, no wonder the rooms on the third floor are decorated differently from other places. ”

Lu Jiu suppressed the doubts in his mind for the time being, Rao was a little concerned about the sudden smell, and the current situation was not suitable for further investigation.

Under the leadership of the peach girl, they walked into the room on the second floor, and the two of them were completely "serious" guests at first, first ordered a few dishes, and then found two girls to come in to perform songs and dances.

Xu was the reason why the bustard had warned everyone in advance, and they only thought about changing the topic at first, and waited until Zhou Ze and Lu Jiu cooperated to deliberately show unhappy expressions, so they reluctantly told the story of the guests staying in the Peony Building who had their hair pulled out.

It turns out that the news of the beggar informant before is not groundless, and something strange has really happened in this peony building recently!