The Qinhuai water in the city is flat and the tide is low.

The Qinhuai River in Luoyang City is famous all over the world, and the flower boats on the river make every man in Luoyang City yearn for it, and make foreign travelers feel as warm as returning home.

There was once a scholar of the Hanlin Academy who studied the world and the people said such a speculation, to the effect that at least thirty percent of the population in Luoyang City needs to rely on the Goolan industry to feed, if His Majesty the Emperor suddenly goes crazy to eradicate all the brothels in the city, then in the next period of time, the streets of Luoyang City can be seen everywhere homeless prostitutes, and soon their bodies will float on the Qinhuai River, allowing fish and shrimp to eat, so the Goolan industry in Luoyang City will greatly relieve the tax pressure of the imperial court, and the prostitutes will give the dynasty life every time they open their legs"Add oil and lights" once.

Because for foreign merchants, if there was not even a Qinglou painting boat in Luoyang City, they would rather go to the country tavern to sleep with a fisherman than come here, and the situation of commercial trade naturally plummeted.

Compared with other dynasties, the Fengyue places in Luoyang City are extremely top and luxurious, such as Zijin Lou and Lianzuwan, which have extremely high floors, occupy a very wide area, and are not inferior to the decoration of the palace's green building, often behind which are powerful people who invest money to maintain operation, there are often handymen and maidservants and senior musicians in the green building, plus hundreds of people such as janitors, the women in the building are all stunning beauties, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they know everything about poetry, and the people who can enter these places are all rich and noble, and the rich merchants and courtiers especially love to privately keep famous prostitutes and pay her enough for a long timeDuring the "pick-up money" period, no other guests are allowed to be entertained, and the contract is not terminated until they are not interested in her body.

Inferior but numerous are the painting boats on the Qinhuai River, the women's appearance is not much worse, and even many stunning beauties are also from the flower boat, compared to a large and expensive green building, most of them do not want to be deprived of their skin and flesh money by the bustard, and they are in a group on the Qinhuai River to warm up and stand on their own, many of them have single mothers and widows, every night, they will leave their half-grown children at home, come to the Qinhuai River to support the boat to pick up guests, and go back to continue to play the role of a mother or a poor widow when the morning comes.

The worst is also the least into the kind of hidden market alleys, the children of the family will never go to that kind of place, most of the various flower willow venereal diseases are transmitted from it, only those who make hard money will go, even the door is half-hidden, just gently push the door to see the woman with her breasts exposed.

It is also ironic to say that the dragon king Zhao Gongming once used tens of thousands of dragoons to conquer the entire southern continent, and the dragon was once considered to be the backbone of the Daqing Dynasty, and now his dynasty actually needs prostitutes to spread their legs to support, otherwise the tax money paid by the princes can not maintain the daily operation of the Qing Kingdom, and if there is no important economic tribute tax of the Golan industry, His Majesty the Emperor may not even be able to pay the courtiers.

After an extremely large and gorgeous painting boat approached the shore, after Shen Sanqian left Luoyang City, the eldest lady who successfully supported the Shen family business house with her strong and soft wrists walked up, followed by Chu Xianzhao in an elegant white robe, Shen Chuxia followed closely as her "little staff", the two of them left and right, neither close nor far away, perfectly set off the spirit of this female businesswoman.

When he was young, Shen Sanqian spent most of his day on the Qinhuai River painting boat, and later after establishing the South China Chamber of Commerce with Cui Xueyan, he also liked to invite fellow businessmen to the painting boat to discuss business, eating fresh fish and shrimp just caught from the Qinhuai River, accompanied by the sound of pipa strings coming from the hands of the graceful qin girl, which often made them feel like they were in a dream, like a king sitting on the most beautiful woman in the world, holding the sharpest sword in her hand.

The painting boat that Chu instantly summoned them to board was simply a building ship, and nearly a hundred people could sit on the deck alone, and there were all eight immortal tables on the deck, which were placed in an orderly manner like an array, and the dishes on the table were all invited to the best cooks in Luoyang City to come and cook.

Shen Sanqian asked Chu to become the helmsman of the South China Chamber of Commerce before he left Guhe City, or to draw the Cui family into their camp, they wanted to gain a firm foothold in this battle of troubled times, not only to firmly grasp the power of the South China Chamber of Commerce, so that they refused to lend money to the Zhao family's royal family, but also had to dig out 30 million taels of silver from their hands, which was equivalent to all the tribute taxes that Qingguo obtained from the princes every year.

In the end, the remaining money naturally fell into the Shen family's pocket.

This auction is destined to allow Chu Xianzhao to see those big people hidden under the deep water, in addition to the Tang King Li Zhaoyi, the Zhejiang Han King Zhu Gaotao, the Empress Murong Shanyu and their sons will attend, the grand scene almost includes most of the rich businessmen and magnates in the entire Luoyang City, and even the most powerful figures in the Southern Continent are gathered in this boat driving on the Qinhuai River.

Chu instantly summoned them as soon as they stepped on the painting boat, a soft woman in a skirt took the invitation card in the eldest lady's hand, tore a corner on the edge of the invitation, and respectfully handed it back to the eldest lady, when the three of them walked on the painting boat, those rich businessmen who were attached to the Shen family business house came to them very enthusiastically, as if the three of them were the center to form a community of interests, but there were also lowly people who unconsciously retreated.

For most of the guests on the ship, the identity of Mrs. Shen is needless to say, this is the woman who supported the Shen family after Shen Sanqian was demoted from Luoyang City, and her mother's side also has a court background, compared with those flowery courtesans, she is the real Luoyang celebrity, but what makes many wealthy businessmen care is the silent white-haired young man behind her.

This handsome and handsome illegitimate son of the Shen family did not appear in Luoyang City once, and the victory over the prince of Zhejiang and Han at the palace dinner had long been rumored in Luoyang City

, It is rumored that he has a pair of purple eyes like the prince of Yinguo, his demeanor is as outstanding as a sword fairy, and his swordsmanship is so strong that even Ying Yong, the commander of the palace guards, can't walk a few swords in front of him, and even some well-informed people learned that Qing'an Longxian accepted him as an apprentice, and he is a closed disciple of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, which caused a sour envy of the young Junjie in the city, and privately speculated whether there was any unsavory relationship between the two.

Because Zhao Xi has a bad example of having a child out of wedlock, there are many people who maliciously suspect that the real mother of this illegitimate child is actually Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and his father is Shen Sanqian, who once had the power of the imperial court, and the color of his hair and eyes has been changed with secret techniques, Shen Sanqian sent him to Luoyang City to let his son inherit his father's business and usurp the Zhao family.

Although the guessed things are very nonsense, Chu Xianzhao's idea of defeating Zhao Wentian and finally overthrowing the Zhao family's royal family is true, the public identity of this white-haired young man is the illegitimate son of Shen Sanqian who has been raised outside for many years, and he currently lives in the Shen family's manor, and he has not been to the business house a few times, but it is true that he is powerful with a sword, so no one dares to casually despise this illegitimate son of the Shen family who has just come to Luoyang and moved Luoyang, or the eldest young master of the Shen family.

Just as the eldest lady has a straight waist every time she participates in a business meeting, which is different from Shen Sanqian's like to rub his hands and bow his waist with a smile on his face, because Shen Sanqian's past achievements make him be respected by people everywhere, but the eldest lady is a woman after all, in the tragic battlefield-like shopping mall, as long as a woman shows a little weak posture, she will be caught by the cunning men who are like foxes, and she will be forced to the corner of interests step by step, so she must fight with the businessmen in full armor in order to be invincible。

Now is different from the past, there is a little Shen Sanqian standing next to her who is younger and smarter than Shen Sanqian, and more eager to repay him, although he and Shen Sanqian don't look very similar, and this young man who was shouted by many subordinate businessmen of the Shen family business house did not take the initiative to say hello to anyone, but just looked at them lightly with those magnificent purple pupils, making their backs chill at the same time, he subconsciously moved two steps behind him, feeling that these purple eyes were really hateful, as if he could see through their hearts.

The eldest lady privately taught Chu Xianzhao a lot of principles about how to behave in the mall, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a good word, there are no eternal friends in the mall, and there are no eternal enemies, anyone can take advantage of it, anyone can give it up, take away all the silver that should be taken, don't be pretentious, you can't touch the silver that shouldn't be taken, once you make a bad example, if you want to make up for it, it's not something that money can solve.

Although the eldest lady agreed with Chu Xianzhao and Qing'an Longxian to learn the sword, she greatly instructed Chu Xianzhao not to get too close to the courtiers in the palace, after all, there are far more people in this city who want him to die than those who want him to live, Chu Zhaozhao is also anxious to cast a big net that can bind the dragon in the sky above the southern continent, and before this big net is weaved, he still has to stay in the Shen family manor, quietly waiting for the time to rise.

Although the wealthy businessmen of the Shen family business house did not like this illegitimate child, and the eldest lady pushed him down and stepped forward intentionally or unintentionally, they had to call him a young master with a smile on their faces, and said words to flatter this illegitimate son of the Shen family, Chu Xianzhao could hear the hypocrisy in their words, and he was noncommittal about it.

Chu Xianzhao left the Dayin Dynasty with Ying Liyang like a lost dog from the beginning, but now he can gain a firm foothold after the sunset, but he still has to rely on Shen Sanqian's big backer, and then he has excellent swordsmanship, and he has become famous in less than half a year since he came to Luoyang, and has become one of the people who talk about it the most after dinner.

A young and gentle illegitimate son was suddenly sent back to the Luoyang family by his father, not only the swordsmanship is amazing but also the family's financial resources are huge, the Shen family's family business will still fall into his hands without accident, which inevitably makes those court officials who studied hard in the cold window of Luoyang City and finally worked hard all their lives to change the place where the tofu block is the size of a tofu block to live in sighs, it can be said that he will turn into a dragon when he encounters a storm, provided that he must be a golden scale.

After greeting everyone, Chu Xianzhao's shoulder didn't know how many times they were patted, they scrambled to shout that their eldest young master was the eldest nephew, and rushed to say how good he was with Shen Sanqian back then, so that he must not forget to carry them in the future, the roe deer's face and the smell of copper made him uncomfortable.

It wasn't until the three of them left them far behind that the eldest lady said softly, "Do you think they are annoying?"

Chu Xianzhao shook his head and sighed: "I don't like it, many of these people are wall grasses who see the wind and rudder, and they can only be superficial friends, not deep friends." ”

The eldest lady pointed out: "Don't look down on them, many of them were rural village husbands before they got rich, and some of them couldn't even read all the words. But we are not like this, but our conditions were much better than them at the beginning, and if you and I were to do them, we might not be able to have their current status, and if you deal with them more, you will learn a lot. ”

After Chu Xianzhao was silent for a moment, he nodded solemnly and asked, "What are we doing here today?"

"Didn't you tell him this morning?"

The eldest lady turned her head and asked this gentle girl who had not said a word since she got on the boat, Shen Chuxia's face turned slightly red, and she shook her head innocently.

Chu Xianzhao winked at her vigorously on the side, signaling her not to tell the eldest lady about the morning, since Chu Xianzhao moved into the Shen family manor, Shen Huayu has developed a bad habit of getting up every morning and quietly running to Chu Xianzhao's bedroom to mess around, and he did not forget to help him wash his face and put on the rooting dough.

Chu Xuanzhao also gradually accepted the enthusiasm of this eccentric "godsister", and felt that it was really good to have such a sister.

This morning, when Shen Chuxia pushed open the door, he saw his disheveled sister lying on the bed of his illegitimate brother, Chu Xianzhao was still shrunk in the quilt for a while, and let the two ivory-colored slender thighs wantonly put on his body, at that time, Shen Chuxia's face was flushed and she almost screamed, and then under Shen Huayu's coercion and temptation, she was not allowed to tell the eldest lady about it, otherwise she would not talk to her in the future, and this fright could scare the eldest lady into forgetting the instructions given to her.

The woman looked at the strange behavior of the two children, shook her head lightly at the corner of her mouth, and said: "This is an auction meeting, your father especially liked to come to this kind of place when he was young, in my opinion, the master was just a little vassal and elegant back then, but it is true that he likes to come to the auction to see women." ”

Chu Xianzhao was very curious: "Auction conference, what is being auctioned?"

The eldest lady patiently explained: " What else can be auctioned in this kind of place, famous paintings, calligraphy, cultural antiquities, famous swords, soldiers, and even the golden elixir of various major schools can be bought, and there is no shortage of things that are prohibited from being sold in the market, I heard that someone bought a complete keel and planned to take it home to put it on, who knew that it didn't take long after the auction to let Jinyiwei raid the house, and even the keel was confiscated and taken away by them, this matter was very big at the time, because Qingguo valued the keel very much, and it was almost impossible to purchase keels on a large scale, that is, the keel dagger I gave you last time was within their allowable range, so the things at the auction conference were often from unknown sources, so they won't tell us what we're going to auction today before the auction, and we won't know until we are there. ”

Chu Xianzhao nodded like pounding garlic and said, "Understood, we are here to find the baby today." ”

"I'd rather you get to know some people than looking for a baby. ”

At this moment, everyone in front of them turned their eyes to the back.

Chu Xuanzhao then turned his head, only to see a handsome boy in a yellow and purple Taoist robe appear, with a peachwood rune sword with rune paper hanging from his waist, with a cloud pattern free crown, and the two ribbons on the crown and hat fluttered with it, and the whole person was indescribably immortal.

The yellow and purple Taoist robe on the Taoist priest reminded Chu Xuan of the great heavenly master Zhang Xuande who hung the Thunder River, and his eyes couldn't help but be gloomy, and the eldest lady said: "I didn't expect Longhu Mountain to send someone here, maybe there will really be any treasures this time." ”

Behind the young Taoist priest, followed by a beautiful girl with a double ponytail, the girl was dressed in a pure white Taoist robe, with her hands behind her back, holding a silver silk whisk of dust, swaggering forward, her eyes looked around like a curious baby, grinning from time to time, there was no feeling of being high in the Daomen, and she was indescribably eccentric.

Dao Gao, Dragon Tiger, Fude, Heavy Ghost God Qin.

This sentence is engraved on the stone tablet next to the mountain gate of Longhu Mountain.

The two people in front of him are obviously not highly virtuous, but they also have a little bit of a carefree state, the young Taoist's gaze is a little erratic, and he seems to be blind to the others around him, but when his eyes fell on Chu Xianzhao, his squinting eyes suddenly opened, and at this time, Chu Zhaozhao saw how clear his eyes were, as if his heart was white.

At the same time, Chu Xianzhao subconsciously wanted to draw his sword behind him, which was an inadvertent reaction of his body, and he suddenly felt like he was facing a great enemy, and even his blood seemed to be boiling at this time.

"Brother, brother, look at that lion like a puppy. The white-robed girl put her arm around him and jumped up and down pointing to the cute red jade lion placed in the corner, which was lifelike.

The handsome young Taoist priest ignored the girl's naughtiness, but walked up to the young man who was as white as snow, bowed politely to him, and said, "In Xialonghu Mountain, Taoist priest Zhang Huairou, dare to ask the son's honorable name. ”

Chu Xianzhao was hesitating to answer, the white-robed girl's head poked out from the shoulder of the young Taoist priest, looked at Chu Xianzhao with a smile, and said in a straight line with willow-like eyes: "Hey, my name is Zhang Changsheng, I live on Longhu Mountain, what is your name, come and play with us when you have time." ”

The temperament of the girl in front of her is very thorough and ethereal, like a warm white jade, revealing a row of teeth whiter than white jade, and her eyes are full of curiosity.

The person in front of him looked about the same age as his senior brother, why was his hair all white? This was the only thought in Zhang Changsheng's heart.

What made her most curious was Chu Xianzhao's eyes, which were actually purple, she had never seen anyone with purple eyes, and she looked at him curiously with wide eyes, completely ignoring Zhang Huairou's low cough.

Chu Xianzhao smiled and said: "My name is Tang Huang, I have seen your Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain before, and I think they really look like immortals, I didn't expect to meet them here." ”

The girl's eyes rolled. Eat and laugh: "They are not like immortals, Li Zhangjiao likes to sleep lazily every day, the third master often farts when he sleeps, and my father and him-"

"Senior sister, why don't we go over there and have a look, there are your favorite loquat pears, all of which don't cost money. Zhang Huairou stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, for fear that if she continued to speak freely, the ugliness of Longhu Mountain would be raised by her alone.

"Is there something delicious, then let's go, remember, my name is Zhang Changsheng, the next time you come to Longhu Mountain, you will report my name, this girl will personally take you to visit Longhu Mountain." ”

The girl jumped away with her hands behind her back, and the young Taoist priest turned his head and glanced at Chu Xianzhao deeply, as if he saw something, but he was not sure, and said in a deep voice: "If Tang Gongzi is willing to go to Longhu Mountain in person, Longhu Mountain will be waiting for him." ”

Chu Xianzhao nodded with a smile and did not answer.