After seeing his grandmother and comatose grandfather in Fushoutang, Shen Yuntang walked to the front yard while pondering.

When I arrived at the moon arch that connected the front yard, I saw Changshou standing respectfully aside.

Shen Yuntang was taken aback, "It's not good to recuperate, what are you doing here!" ”

Changshou smiled, after that incident, he had more heartfelt heartfelt feelings for his master.

"The small injuries are almost healed, and it's inconvenient for the Hou Ye to have no one around him."

It's true to say this, these days are Chen Shao's front and back, he already has a job as the head of the palace guards, he is busy on weekdays, and now he is often working part-time, and he has been tired of dark circles in the past two days.

Shen Yuntang thought about it, nodded, and explained: "You should pay attention to your own body, if you can't do it, go back and rest." ”

Longevity, when Shen Yuntang came out of the inner courtyard, he followed her.

After thinking about it, Changshou still said in a low voice: "Master Hou, in the past, when you were still the prince, you didn't need to be a director, but now that you are in charge of the Yongxing Hou Mansion, I am afraid that there will be some more people around you." ”

Shen Yuntang was stunned, and she pointed to the water pavilion not far in front.

The two walked over and sat down beside the water pavilion to discuss.

Shen Yuntang has never handled this, and he has to live a long time to give her ideas.

"Longevity, what do you recommend?"

Changshou frowned slightly, and said, "Master Hou, the little one discussed with Uncle Bu this morning, and prepared to add a few small servants for the time being." ”

In fact, Shen Yuntang, as the prince of the Hou Mansion, should have configured four permanent followers since he was a child.

However, due to her special status, only one person was arranged, and Baimei and Wing Chun were added to the inner room.

Before, Yongxing Hou still thought that Shen Yuntang was not very old, even if there were people to add people to the yard, he would arrange for him, but now it is good, Yongxing Hou is dying, and the old marquis is bedridden again, leaving only this one mess for Shen Yuntang.

Until now, I had to arrange everything by myself.

And Shen Yuntang is not the original core, so naturally he can't think of this place.

Shen Yuntang also knew that there were not enough people around her now, so she waved her hand and asked Changshou to choose the people by herself.

"Cheng, this matter will be handed over to you."

Changshou sent Shen Yuntang to Xiaofeng Ju and went to do errands.

Shen Yuntang asked Chen Shao to prepare the carriage and horses, and while it was still dark today, she was going to go to the jade shop on Honghua Street.

She still has more than ten days to spare before she takes office at Yushitai, and she must make good use of this time to arrange the family affairs of the Yongxing Marquis Mansion.

And winter is coming soon, and the sisters' new clothes haven't been settled yet.

Chen Shao prepared a carriage and horses for her, Shen Yuntang took Wing Chun out, and the two got into the carriage together, and the car was simple.

This time, Shen Yuntang specially asked Chen Shao to prepare an ordinary black-painted flat-headed carriage, and there were only three or two guards next to the carriage, which looked like an ordinary rich boy going out.

In the carriage, Shen Yuntang looked through the account books of the jade shop, and asked Wing Chun, who was massaging her next to her, "Wing Chun, do you know our jade shop?" ”

Wing Chun is an old man in the house, her father and mother are all servants of the Yongxing Hou Mansion, she was born in the Yongxing Hou Mansion, and a world servant like her knows the master's family very well.

Wing Chun nodded, she was now surprised by Shen Yuntang's personality of liking to ask everything.

"Master Hou, the jade shop on Honghua Street was handed down from the grandfather of our house, and it is an old shop of more than 100 years. A hundred years ago, I began to sell jade and gold jewelry, and the slave maid heard my mother say that a few decades ago, this jade shop in our house was very famous in Honghua Street. There is a master surnamed Zhao who makes jade and jewelry, and his craftsmanship is very exquisite, at that time, ordering a jade in our shop, the manual fee alone costs 100 taels of silver......"

From the mouth of Wing Chun, Shen Yuntang knows many legends about this jade shop, but no amount of glory can hide its current downfall.

The corners of Shen Yuntang's mouth twitched, "Then why did this shop start losing money now?" ”

Wing Chun shook his head, "This slave doesn't know either, I only heard Changshou mention it once or twice, saying that Master Zhao of the jade shop left two years ago." ”

The master Zhao in Wing Chun's mouth is not the one fifty years ago, but the son of that person.

Shen Yuntang's eyes narrowed, he was afraid that this Master Zhao had also taken away his craftsmanship, which completely made the jade shop in the Yongxing Marquis Mansion bleak.

When he arrived at the jade shop in the Yongxing Hou Mansion on Honghua Street, Shen Yuntang was a little dumbfounded.

Because it was already evening at this time, Honghua Street was originally leaning on the main street of Yanjing City, and at this time, it was the most lively time, with people coming and going, endlessly, and it was unusually lively.

And what makes Shen Yuntang dumbfounded is not that there are many people, no matter how many people there are, will there be more people in the first-tier cities of the Modern Great Celestial Empire?

On the short Honghua Street, there is only one street, and as far as the eye can see, there are seven or eight jade shops......

With fierce competition, it is no wonder that the Houfu jade shop without special skills will gradually decline.

Shen Yuntang smiled bitterly and shook his head, it seems that their jade shop is not only unfavorable from time to time, but also discordant.

If you can make money, then there is a ghost.

Shen Yuntang sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain slightly, and looked outside.

Suddenly, I found that a street next to Honghua Street was even more lively, and in the evening, it was full of people, and from time to time there were young women in bold clothes swaggering through the market.

What's going on?

Although the people of the Great Yan Dynasty are civilized, it has not yet reached the point where women can go out in cool clothes.

Shen Yuntang summoned Chen Shao for questioning.

Chen Shao glanced over there, his face suddenly turned red, and then patiently explained to Shen Yuntang, "Master Hou, that's the Flower Path." ”

The three words of Ikebana suddenly corresponded to a few words in the memory of the original owner.

Shen Yuntang's face suddenly darkened.

What is such a nice and elegant name for Hanamichi......

To put it in modern terms, Xunhuadao next to Honghua Street is simply a red light district.

The rows are all Qinlou Chu Pavilion, which is a gentle township dedicated to men looking for flowers and willows.

No wonder it's so lively close to night.

On the right side of the flower road, across the street is the famous Huaishan Academy in Beijing.

The academy is full of young men with strong blood, no wonder the ikebana business here is so good......

And the reason why the jade shops on Honghua Street are opening more and more is more and more because of these high-spending women in the flower road......

Shen Yuntang also learned from his memory that there was a dark alley in the innermost part of the flower road, and all the small restaurants opened in it were engaged in the men's sex business.

The laws of the Great Yan Dynasty stipulate that it is not allowed to open a small restaurant, so these businesses are carried out in secret, which is a tacit matter for everyone.

There are often rumors in the court that a certain official secretly visited the depths of the flower road at night.

Wing Chun knew the identity of Shen Yuntang's woman, she looked at the mess around and thought, and said worriedly: "Master Hou, let's go to the jade shop quickly and go back to the house early." ”