"That's not it, there are no lotus flowers in the city, but there is a big lake of tens of thousands of acres in the southwest of Lotus City, which is full of lotus flowers, which spreads from the root of the city wall to the foot of Lotus Mountain, and Lotus Mountain and Lotus City are named after that big lake."

"Oh? Is it? The view of the big lake must be very good, right? I have to play. ”

"This ...... It's okay for Bai Gongzi to go to play if he wants to, but don't go to the wrong place. ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? ”

The old man hesitated slightly, and saw that Ling'er asked sincerely, so he explained: "That lotus lake was originally a good place with elegant scenery, hundreds of years ago, the emperor of the previous dynasty also built a palace on the lake, and even moved most of the beauties in the palace to the palace, drinking and having fun every day and ignoring the government, and finally ended up with a head in a different place The throne changed hands.

The ancestors of the emperors of this dynasty felt that this Lianhu Palace was too unlucky, so they sealed the palace and sold it.

Originally, there was no town by the Lotus Lake, just an ordinary small village, and I don't know who bought the palace, and after hundreds of years of operation, not only turned the small village into a lotus city, but also the lotus lake became the largest and most luxurious fireworks place in this dynasty, and it also attracted the group of demon girls on the Lotus Mountain.

Alas, it's a pity that I'm blind and have such a big lotus lake! ”

Seeing the old man's heartbroken appearance, Ling'er smiled and said, "Grandpa Song, that Lianhu Lake is not your family, why are you so heartbroken?" ”

The old man said seriously: "The old man's ancestors are from Lotus Village, and they originally made a living by fishing and selling lotus pods in the lake. How can I not feel distressed? ”

Ling'er pulled the corners of her mouth in embarrassment, how could she accidentally step on the old man's sore feet, so that she didn't know what to say for a while?

The cart slowly approached the city gate. There were not many people entering the city, but there were quite a few people waiting on both sides of the city gates. Looking at those men and women, most of them are in their thirties and forties, the women are wearing heavy makeup, the men are soft and weak, and the orchid fingers are weak, but their eyes are dripping on the passers-by.

The old man's cart was still some distance away from the city gate, and when he saw the men and women here, he immediately ran over to this side. Seeing them staring at themselves with a hot and light face, Ling'er's back was cold.

Old Man Song said: "No matter what they say, don't pay attention to them." Nor will they answer. ”

"Huh? Why? What do they do? ”

"Just do what I say."

As soon as the old man's words fell, a man and a woman ran to the front of the cart, lying on the cart and looking at Ling'er with a smile: "Hey." Little boy, do you want to make money? Want to be merry? Want to be happy and make money without being hard? I have a good errand here, as long as you do it, I will make you a few hundred taels a month. How? Let's talk! ”

"Little boy. Here, I make more money than hers, and it's not as hard as his, talk to me! ”

"Little boy, don't believe them, they just say it well, and they are still the most central of our Peony Tower, and the Lotus City is second to none. It's safe to do things in a big place, follow me. Follow me! ”

Ling'er shrank on the cart, looking at this group of men and women around her in surprise, there were too many people and the sound was too noisy, and the noise made her dizzy. She jumped up in anger: "Go away, go away, go away, I'm not going anywhere, go away!" ”

These men and women were silent for a moment and then gathered around: "Little boy, are you worried about the low price?" Don't worry, as long as you come, we can negotiate the price. ”

"Little boy, our building is open four or six, you are six and I are four, food and clothing are all free, there is no better place in Liancheng than us, come to us!"

"Get out of here, your four or six are all pit people, little boy, don't believe him!" The group of men and women was lively again. Ling'er is one head and two big, what are these people doing?

She covered her ears with her hands, and someone actually went to pull her arm, one person did it, and the others followed, you pulled me and tore Ling'er's coat to pieces, and even her hair was torn apart.

Seeing the Ling'er in the cloak, the men and women were silent for a moment.

"Hey, it's a young lady! is still a beautiful young lady! ”

"Miss is better, what we want in the building is Miss, this Miss, with your beauty and figure, I will come to my building in less than three months to ensure that you will be the top brand in Liancheng."

"Our building is the largest, and there are many more opportunities to come to our building......"

"There are many sons in our building, Miss, if you come to our building, maybe you can catch up with a noble family, and you won't have to worry about it for the rest of your life!"

Here again, Ling'er blackened her face, picked up the spare whip on the board car and waved it hard, and the crowd immediately dispersed.

With a loud bang, the whip hit the stone on the side of the road, and the stone was actually split in half by a whip, and all the men and women were stunned and looked at Ling'er in surprise, but there were still people who wanted to come up with it, Ling'er held the whip and said:

"Whoever dares to come again, I will split him in half, and try it if I don't believe it."

Ling'er was full of anger, and really shocked these things that were neither male nor female, they could only watch the cart enter the city gate upside down, and the men and women sighed helplessly, and turned their heads to look for the next target.

Ling'er sat back and breathed a long sigh of relief, she quickly pulled up her hair and pinned it with a hairpin, and then looked at the grandparents and grandchildren in front of her, she seemed to be very embarrassed, especially Little Brother Song, whose clothes were torn so that his arms were exposed, and there were even some scratches on his arms.

Ling'er exhaled softly and said, "Grandpa Song, who are these people?" Aren't there officers and soldiers at the gates? Why doesn't anyone care? ”

The old man was dressed neatly: "What can I do?" The entire Liancheng relied on these people for food, and those officers and soldiers also took a lot of benefits from them, as long as no one died, they always just turned a blind eye. ”

"Huh? Feed on them? What do you mean by that? ”

"Look ahead."

Ling'er raised her eyes, into the main street directly opposite the city gate, all kinds of men and women come and go in groups, the two floors on both sides of the street are one after another, the door of each building is either a demon and a woman in a green building who throws a champa to attract male customers, or a brothel girl holding a paper fan and pointing at an orchid to secretly send autumn waves to a passing woman.

Ling'er stood up and looked forward, my God, this entire main street is full of brothels in green buildings, and the two-story small buildings have been extending forward without seeing the end, this lotus city is clearly a city of brothels, I didn't expect there to be such a place in the world!

The old man drove the cart to turn at the first fork in the road, and turned to the street behind the main street, which was relatively much cleaner, with teahouses, restaurants, restaurants and all kinds of shops on both sides.

Alas, this is what a normal town looks like!

If in other towns, the brothels of Qinglou are generally placed in the corners of the most inappropriate streets in the city, and the main street should be all kinds of teahouses, restaurants, inns, and all kinds of shops, but this lotus city is just the opposite, heh, it is really a long insight. (To be continued......)