The painting boat takes advantage of the smoke of the dawn of spring, and the city is full of silk pipes and elm money. Thousands of adopted daughters teach music first, and ten miles of planting flowers are considered farming. The rain is not wet over the Sui embankment, and the wind blows the red sleeves to ascend to the immortal. The lyricist has been hurt for a long time, and the wine is warm and fragrant. The world is divided into three bright moonlit nights, and the two scoundrels are Yangzhou.

As the most prosperous and wealthy in the world and the most developed fireworks industry in Yangzhou City, the most wonderful moment is always at night, just after the unitary hour, the lights are just on, the green building and famous prostitutes gather on the side of the slender West Lake, Mingyufang is already a piece of red and willow green, everywhere the sound of silk and bamboo, everywhere the warbler Yanyan, the east and west of the fang guess the sound of the order and the sound of singing and drinking, when is it really singing and dancing, sheng song films, outside the mountain Qingshan Lou Wailou, when will Yangzhou song and dance rest? There are also girls and women dressed in fancy clothes and alleys to stop in the streets and alleys, beckoning guests to enter the store to play, laughing and playing during the period, which is very lively.

On this lively Mingyu Fang, a group of three people suddenly came and were very eye-catching, starting with a black-faced short beard with nostrils facing the sky, and mung bean eyes were all swirling around the chest and buttocks of the girls along the street, looking extremely obscene; the other has an ordinary appearance, extremely rough skin, and a unified standard of gestures, and at first glance he is from a military background; But the most exciting thing for the singing girls and dancers along the street is the last man, this man is dressed luxuriously, needless to say, the most rare thing is his handsome and fair face and graceful and luxurious temperament, which has great lethality to the big girl and the little daughter-in-law, even in this splendid hometown in the south of the Yangtze River, it is rare to provoke the girls of the flower boat in the yard to rush to greet him, hoping that he can come to his yard flower boat. Needless to say, these three people are naturally Wu Yuanming, Zhu Fangdan and Li Xiongfei, as for Zheng Xin and Dai Yan and others, who were supposed to be with them, they stayed in the inn because they were unwilling to come to this kind of place, and Wu Yuanming, who was exhausted after two days of juggling between Zheng Xin, the vinegar jar, and Dai Yan, who was bent on recruiting his son-in-law, had a relaxing opportunity.

"Childe, come to our Yiqing Courtyard to have fun, the girls in our Yiqing Courtyard are all beautiful, you are satisfied...... Please don't touch it, sir. A well-dressed dancer opened Zhu Fangdan's hand on her waist and invited Wu Yuanming angrily. And Wu Yuanming just wanted to go to Lichun Courtyard to meet Yao Qisheng, so he was in the mood to be polite with them, but he just shook his head vigorously, and Zhu Fangdan took advantage of the opportunity of the singers and dancers flocking to Wu Yuanming to get up and down in the crowd, taking advantage of it, and from time to time he grabbed one or two beautiful ** hands and shouted in surprise, "Girl, you seem to have a hidden disease, and you can use medical skills - known as a miracle doctor, I am willing to treat you for the girl." ”

"Li Xiongfei, hurry up and find where Lichun Courtyard is, I'm about to be squeezed to death." Wu Yuanming, who was submerged in the ** group, was almost killed by the fragrance of fat pink flowers, so he had to ask Li Xiongfei for help in pain. Li Xiongfei also had a lot of ** surrounds him, and it took a lot of effort to get rid of the pull of the ** singer, and asked a**: "Girl, where is your Lichun Courtyard here?" Seeing that Li Xiongfei and others were unwilling to take care of her business, Li Xiongfei often came to these places to know the rules, and hurriedly took out two taels of silver and stuffed them into the ** hand, and ** reluctantly said: "Walk forward through the two alleys, see the intersection of three willow trees side by side, turn left, and walk a few more steps." But Lichunin is the most expensive place we have here, do you have enough silver? ”

"It should be enough." Anyway, tonight it was Wu Yuanming who had a treat, Li Xiongfei didn't care whether it was expensive or not, squeezed into the crowd and pulled Wu Yuanming and Zhu Fangdan to move forward according to the ** instructions, which disappointed those who took a fancy to Wu Yuanming, and also made Zhu Fangdan quite regretful, "Don't panic and leave, the girls here are also very beautiful, I haven't seen enough." But forget it, since Lichun Courtyard is the largest courtyard in Yangzhou, the girls in it should be more beautiful. ”

Almost fleeing for their lives to squeeze out the encirclement of **, Wu Yuanming and others used their best to get rid of the entanglement of many ** along the way to the door of Lichun Courtyard, as the legend says, Yangzhou's largest courtyard Lichun Courtyard really lives up to its name, the courtyard is wide and has many carved beams and pillars, needless to say, the singers and dancers in front of the door are far more than all the surrounding yard flowers and boats in terms of quantity and quality. And for Wu Yuanming, after a lot of hardships, he finally came to the door of Lichun Courtyard, and the first thing he had to do was naturally - to grab a Lichun Courtyard ** who came to solicit guests, and asked impatiently and loudly: "In your Lichun Courtyard, is there a ** named Wei Chunfang?" She may also have a son named Xiaobao, who was born in your Lichun Courtyard and grew up in Lichun Academy, is there?! Do you have any quick words? ”

"There are several sisters surnamed Wei, but there is no one named Wei Chunfang, as for the son who was born and raised in our Lichun Courtyard - how is it possible?" Na Lichun Yuan** replied inexplicably: "Our Lichun Yuan is not a good hall, and girls are raised to work almost the same, how can there be boys growing up here?" ”

"It's good if you don't have it." Wu Yuanming breathed a sigh of relief, and he was very happy and regretful. And when he replied to Wu Yuanming, he was already moved when he saw that Wu Yuanming's appearance was very handsome, and he took Wu Yuanming's hand and said with a smile: "Son, don't read any more Chunfang or Chunfang, it's such an old-fashioned name." The slave family is called Mao Ya, and the name is "The Book of Songs", please let the slave family take the son into the yard to sing a few songs. Wu Yuanming fixed his eyes to look at the Mao Ya, and saw that she had a melon seed face with uniform facial features, and her little hands were indeed as delicate and soft as the Mao Buds, and she was not very old, although she was not very beautiful, she was also a little moving, Wu Yuanming smiled and nodded, and touched the Mao Ya's still moving face, "Little beauty, then you will be you today." That Mao Ya was overjoyed and disgusted, and was busy leading Wu Yuanming into Lichun Courtyard under the jealous eyes of the sisters. Li Xiongfei and Zhu Fangdan and others also picked a satisfactory girl and entered the hospital with Wu Yuanming - of course, because it was Wu Yuanming who invited guests, Zhu Fangdan picked two.

"Wu Gongzi, please." After asking Wu Yuanming's surname, Na Maoya let Wu Yuanming in front of the main gate, and was about to help Wu Yuanming enter the door, when seven or eight big men suddenly bumped into the door of Lichun Courtyard, and arrogantly pushed away the prostitutes in front of the gate of Lichun Courtyard, "Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way." Wu Yuanming was also pushed by one of the big men and stumbled and almost fell, next to Li Xiongfei was angry and was about to make a move, Wu Yuanming waved his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "Little thing, we will have to play a lot in a while, don't lose your interest." Li Xiongfei hated to retreat, but the big man didn't know how to restrain himself, and shouted again: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, make way for our general." ”

"General?" Wu Yuanming was stunned, and said in his heart that Kang Mazi issued an order to strictly prohibit officials from prostituting prostitutes in order to decorate the façade, although no one paid attention to his bullshit decree when the officials below violated him, and there were many officials in the capital who took advantage of his bullshit decree - specializing in prostitution, but it is really rare for officials to openly visit brothels in the name of generals - but it is not nothing. Curious, Wu Yuanming stopped and looked intently, only to see a handsome man in his thirties wearing a silk robe decorated with blessing characters, a brocade belt with flat yellow inlaid topaz at the waist, and a slender Hunan bamboo fan swaggering forward, followed by a dozen or so big men with tall chests and shy bellies, and his momentum was arrogant.

"Master Jun, Master Jun, please come in." The old bustard of Lichun Courtyard heard that a distinguished guest was coming, so he hurriedly left other guests to greet him, and smiled at the arrogant man who was about the same age as Wu Yuanming: "The military master seems to be coming to our Lichun Courtyard for the first time, it's not my mother bragging, all the girls in our Lichun Courtyard are giving a thumbs up in Yangzhou City, and my mother will pick a few of the best ones for the military master?" ”

"Don't pick it, it's just mom you." The arrogant man was very anxious, smiled lewdly and hugged the old bustard of Lichun Courtyard with one hand, and rubbed vigorously on the old bustard's plump chest with the other hand, and said with a lewd smile: "I heard that your Lichun Courtyard has a public auction of three first-class Yangzhou thin horses every night, and I am here for this today, and I have all the three first-class thin horses tonight, how much silver?" Master, I'm going to bring them all back to Guangxi! ”

"Forgive me, Master Jun, I don't dare to promise you." The old bustard said in embarrassment: "Lichun Courtyard has been auctioning three first-class thin horses every day since two years ago, all of which are won by the highest bidders, and they have never been sold directly without exception, so the horse breeders in Yangzhou send the best skinny horses to our Lichun Courtyard for consignment. ”

"Damn, don't be ashamed, if you don't agree, Lao Tzu will smash your ** courtyard now." The big man brought by the arrogant man roared. The arrogant man waved his hand to stop the servant, and smiled at the old bustard: "Since this is the case, I won't embarrass my mother, but it's nothing, what I have is silver, and I want to decide on today's three skinny horses, I want to see who dares to raise the price with me today?!" ”

The arrogant man's voice was very loud, and the man he brought was very fierce, and the hall of the Manlichun Courtyard was suddenly silent, and no one spoke. The arrogant man was about to laugh proudly, who expected that the strong would have their own strong hands, and a sharp voice like a mouse grinding its teeth suddenly came from the corridor on the second floor of the hall of Lichun Courtyard, "Old bustard, quickly bring out all the thin horses auctioned today, the master has silver, and he wants to buy them all and give them away." ”

", find fault?!" The arrogant man was furious and went to look at the man who spoke, but saw a middle-aged man standing upstairs with his chest in his arms, so fat that he was almost no different from a pig, with a pair of small triangular eyes on his face with a disdainful smile, looking at him sarcastically. Behind the fat man, there were also more than twenty big men with arms thicker than ordinary people's thighs, all of whom looked at the arrogant men with mockery and provocation. The arrogant man was furious, "Damn, the dead fat pig dares to rob a woman with Lao Tzu, give me a beating!" ”

"Up!" As soon as the arrogant man waved his hand, the twenty or so big men he brought with him immediately drew their swords and rushed upstairs; The middle-aged man also waved his hand, and the twenty or so big men he brought also took out weapons to meet them, and a fire was imminent. The old bustard in the Lichun Courtyard was so anxious that he shouted, "Mr. Yao, Mr. Yao!" Come out! Someone's going to fight in my yard! ”

"Mr. Yao?" Wu Yuanming was stunned, and an indescribable strange premonition arose. Sure enough, Wu Yuanming's prediction was confirmed - "Who is fighting in this Lichun Courtyard again?" With a strange voice of yin and yang, a shriveled old man holding two young girls slowly walked out of the back hall of Lichun Courtyard - it was Wu Yuanming's godfather Yao Qisheng! Wu Yuanming's jaw almost fell to the ground, and he said in his heart, why did my godfather live in Lichun Courtyard, and he looked like he had become the protector of Lichun Courtyard?

Because there were a lot of lively prostitutes and ** in the hall of Lichun Courtyard, Yao Qisheng didn't see his godson Wu Yuanming crowded in the crowd, he just looked up and down at the fat man and the arrogant man, and listened to the old bustard tell what happened, Yao Qisheng's eyes rolled and he laughed, "Hahahahahahaha...... laughed to death...... Hahahaha. The fat man and the arrogant man were inexplicably laughing, and asked in unison, "Old man, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Laughing at what? Laughing at both of you, of course. Yao Qisheng pointed to the fat man and the arrogant man, shook his head and laughed. The fat man and the arrogant man were furious, and they all shouted: "Stinky old man, look for death!" How dare you laugh at our general (lord)? Tired of it? However, the arrogant man and the obese man did not move when they saw Yao Qisheng's extraordinary bearing, but waved their hands to stop them, and asked Yao Qisheng in unison: "Why are you laughing at us?" What is ridiculous about us? ”

"I laugh at you for only pretending, in fact, there are not many children at home, so if you don't eat the last meal, you won't have the next meal." Yao Qisheng laughed and said: "Since ancient times, it is not uncommon to be jealous in the party, but noble people, romantic talents, and those who are really rich and have silver are all in the courtyard to sprinkle a lot of silver or chant poems to please the girl, Song Huizong and Li Shishi, Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu, Li Jing and the Red Whisk Girl, as well as Su Dongpo, Tang Bohu and Zhu Zhishan, these celebrities and talents, that one is not to use his talent and family assets to please a smile, leaving a good story for the ages? When future generations mention them, isn't that a thumbs up and a good shout? It's that ruffian, hooligan thug who will only solve the problem with violence, relying on fists and hard knives to fight for women, but when the world mentions them, it's not a 'bah' sound, disdainful? And what kind of history book will write a special book about such a hooligan ruffian, and set up a name for them? ”

"Godfather's eloquence is really getting better and better, and these two idiots are embarrassed to fight if they want to." Regarding his father's eloquence, Wu Yuanming was convinced in the crowd, and sighed to himself. And the murderous aura on the faces of the fat man and the arrogant man gradually disappeared, and they waved their hands in unison to let the servants retreat. Yao Qisheng took the opportunity and said: "So, it's useless for the two of you to rob women with knives and fists, if you want to win the hearts of beauties, take out the silver and learn to fight, whoever can overwhelm whoever has the silver can win the first place in the beauty!" Speaking of this, Yao Qisheng's thin old face showed a lewd smile, and he smiled lewdly: "By the way, I will tell you a good news, I have already seen these three thin horses tonight, all of them are rare and superb first-class, and none of them have ever opened buds." ”

"Hmph, for the boss's sake, I'll spare you today. Hmph, I don't know the official small until I go to Beijing, I don't know the silver when I don't go to Yangzhou, and when it comes to the auction of thin horses, let you, the local bun from Guangxi, see what is called more silver. The fat man was the first to be moved by Yao Qisheng's words, and snorted coldly and challenged the arrogant man. The arrogant man was not to be outdone, and also snorted coldly: "Damn, Yangzhou people are amazing? I'll let you see in a moment, what is called a rich country! ”

The old bustard of Lichun Courtyard breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly instructed the girl to entertain the arrogant man and the fat man, Jiangnan women are famous all over the world, and the girl in Lichun Courtyard is one of the top characters, more than a dozen pretty and cute girls with good eyebrows and eyes are tired of the arrogant man and the fat man's arms, the two of them immediately lost their anger, and soon hugged the girl they picked into the room, and loudly asked for wine and food. It was only at this moment that the old bustard of Na Lichun Courtyard took the time to thank Yao Qisheng, "Mr. Yao, thank you so much for helping our yard get rid of another trouble." ”

"You're welcome?" Yao Qisheng laughed and kissed the girl in his arms on the face first, and then said to the old bustard: "Mom, you go and let the girls dress up well, take advantage of the anger of these two fat sheep, let them vent their anger on the silver, and you will ......." Speaking of this, Yao Qisheng made a gesture of counting the silver tickets, and the old bustard smiled happily: "Thank you Mr. Yao for your guidance, the concubine will arrange it." Speaking of this, the old bustard, who still had the charm, threw a wink at Yao Qisheng, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yao will play with these two girls first, and after all the guests are resting, the concubine will go to serve Mr. Hou in person." ”

"That's right." Yao Qisheng laughed, and the thin old hand skillfully slid into the old bustard's clothes, and the old bustard was disrespectful, and when they were fighting, a person suddenly came out of their side, and bowed deeply to the old bustard, and said respectfully: "The child has seen the godmother." As he spoke, the figure turned to the two girls in Yao Qisheng's arms and bowed, "I've seen two little godgirls." Finally, the figure knelt down on Yao Qisheng's knees, kowtowed, and said, "The child has seen his father, and his father is fine." ”

Suddenly, someone kowtowed to him to say goodbye, Yao Qisheng and the old bustard and the others were all in the same place, and then they saw Wu Yuanming's appearance clearly. The long-lost godson suddenly appeared, Yao Qisheng was suddenly excited, hurriedly picked up Wu Yuanming with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Child, you are finally here, my father has been waiting for you here for more than a month, why are you here now?" Wu Yuanming raised his head and smiled: "Please forgive my father-in-law, the child has encountered a lot of things on the road, so he has been delayed until now." ”

"Mr. Yao, it turns out that he is your godson?" The old bustard of the Lichun Courtyard looked Wu Yuanming up and down, leaned on Yao Qisheng's arms and said with a smile: "What a handsome young man, for your sake, I have all the money that your godson has in my Lichun Courtyard." Saying that, one of the two girls beside Yao Qisheng had already snuggled into Wu Yuanming's arms, and impatiently touched Wu Yuanming's face and kissed him, "Mr. Yao's son is really handsome, I am moved." The other sneered: "Little Nizi is moved? This boy can call us a little godmother just now. The girl who was tired of being in Wu Yuanming's arms smiled coquettishly: "Hehe, if you make love with Mr. Yao a few times, even if you are a little godmother, then most of the sisters in our Lichun Courtyard are his little godmothers." ”

"Godfather, you are so good, these girls are all scrambling to stick to you, how about teaching children a few tricks?" Wu Yuanming asked Yao Qisheng dumbfounded. Yao Qisheng's face turned red, and when he was about to speak, Zhu Fangdan rushed up from behind, and knelt down for Yao Qisheng with a plop, "Mr. Yao, I am your friend, I have long admired your name, you are really a veteran of Fengyue, and you are a pioneer in the love field!" Please Mr. Yao must accept me as an apprentice, Mr. 's trick to please girls, please be sure to teach me all of it. Saying that, Zhu Fangdan kowtowed to Yao Qisheng again and again, and his intention to apprentice was very sincere.

"...... is he?" Yao Qisheng was very puzzled by this apprentice who suddenly appeared, Wu Yuanming hurriedly introduced to Yao Qisheng: "Father-in-law, this is my friend Zhu Fangdan who I made on the road, don't look at him as a good thing, but he is the number one divine doctor in the world, and his medical skills are unparalleled in the world." Yao Qisheng heard the name given to Zhu Fangdan, and also knew that Wu Yuanming went south to Jiangnan to recruit talents for Wu Sangui, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that Wu Yuanming had got such an excellent doctor, and hurriedly picked up Zhu Fangdan. Wu Yuanming called Li Xiongfei to Yao Qisheng again and introduced: "Father-in-law, this is my father's subordinate Li Xiongfei, and he is also the cousin-in-law of my eldest brother-in-law. ”

"The last general has seen Mr. Yao." Li Xiongfei heard Wu Yuanming talk about Yao Qisheng's ability, and although he was skeptical, he still saluted Yao Qisheng very respectfully. Yao Qisheng has been worried that Wu Yuanming's return to Yunnan lacks intimate and loyal generals, and it will be difficult to compete with Wu Yingqi, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed to see that Wu Yuanming had actually gathered a Wu Sangui general, and he hurriedly picked up Li Xiongfei with his own hands to ask for warmth, laying the foundation for his godson's future. Wu Yuanming then asked, "Father-in-law, where is Hui'er now?" What about Wu Shou, Wu Lu, Wu Xi, and their three brothers? In Licheng County that day, did Wu Lu escape the pursuit? ”

"It's inside." Yao Qisheng went to the backyard of Lichun Courtyard and smiled: "Go and see your sister Hui'er, if you don't come back, my beard will be completely plucked out by her." The old bustard of the Lichun Courtyard also said: "Mr. Yao and Gongzi go into the backyard quickly, it's not convenient to talk here, so I'll go and arrange wine and food for you to celebrate the reunion of your father and son." ”

"Hui'er is in the back?" Wu Yuanming was excited, and hurriedly pulled Yao Qisheng into the back courtyard of Lichun Courtyard, Yao Qisheng pointed to a room and said, "Go, she is inside, I'll call Wu Shou and them here." Speaking of this, Yao Qisheng sighed and said, "Be kind to Hui'er after you go in, if she wasn't waiting for you, she wouldn't want to live here." ”

"Hui'er......." Wu Yuanming trembled and pushed open the door, the first thing that caught his eye was a table full of snacks and snacks, behind the table sat a girl in a goose yellow dress munching snacks, hearing the sound of the door pushing open, the girl casually chewed the snacks and raised her head, just glanced at it, and the girl's chewing action froze on her face......

"Hui'er, I'm here." Wu Yuanming's nose was a little sour, and he said to Hui'er's little girl with a trembling voice. The little girl was in a daze for a while, as if she didn't believe her eyes, and after a long time, two crystal tears seeped out of the corners of her eyes, and she murmured vaguely: "Brother Wu, is it really you?" ”

"It's my ......." Wu Yuanming's nose was even more sour, and his lips trembled as he replied to the little girl's words. But the little girl was the first to react, and with teary eyes, she opened her arms and pounced on Wu Yuanming, Wu Yuanming also opened her arms, ready to meet the little girl's hug - "This beautiful young lady, you have a sick face and seem to have a hidden disease, how about I let me treat you?" Seeing that Wu Yuanming was about to hug Hui'er, Zhu Fangdan suddenly rushed into the room from under Wu Yuanming's outstretched arms, grabbed Hui'er's wrist and shouted.

"Who are you? Stinky pervert, let go of me! Hui'er blushed and cried out with the unswallowed snack in her mouth. Wu Yuanming was angry at the bullfight, and pulled out a flintlock musket and pointed it at Zhu Fangdan's head, "Bastard, if you don't let go of my most beloved sister Hui'er, I will shoot you!" ”

The troublesome Zhu Fangdan was kicked out of the room, Wu Yuanming inserted the musket into his waist, Hui'er also swallowed the snack in his mouth, the two looked at each other under the lamp for a long time, Hui'er closed her teary eyes and slowly raised her cherry lips, Wu Yuanming slowly put her lips to her cherry lips with understanding, and she was about to touch her lips - "Shizi——! The three brothers Wu Lu, Wu Shou and Wu Xi rushed into the room, and at the same time hugged Wu Yuanming and cried, and the three of them pushed Wu Yuanming out of the ground in excitement, and Wu Yuanming's long kiss after the little girl also came to naught......

"Wu Lu, Wu Shou, Wu Xi, I'm going to kill you!" The crazy little girl lifted the two plates of dim sum on the table, roared angrily and smashed them on the heads of the three Wu brothers who couldn't stop crying. After smashing the three brothers of the Wu family to the point that their heads were bleeding, the little girl pushed them away with all her might, rode on Wu Yuanming like a horse, bent down and hugged Wu Yuanming tightly, and her cherry lips took the initiative to kiss Wu Yuanming's lips fiercely......

If you want to know what will happen next, please see the next chapter, "Dog Eats Dog", where the person with the most cuckolds in this book appears.