Volume VIII. Caifeng Pavilion
"Why do you ask?" Fan Fan raised his eyebrows, and the white jade landscape ink painting folding fan in his hand was lightly fanned, and the son at the end was like jade, but it was known that it was black and black under the skin.
Zhang Zhuang scratched his head and said; "I don't know, I just think Ah Li is weird every time he goes back to Jinling, and he is also very depressed when he goes back. It's like she's suppressing something, but she's always kept these things a secret, and we don't know where to start even if we want to know, and a few of us spend the most time with Ah Li on weekdays. ”
"Yes, in fact, I've always wanted to ask this question, but every time I mention this question, Ah Li will be angry, or in an inexplicable bad mood, once or twice, so I'm embarrassed to ask it." Liu San and Liu Si echoed their brothers.
At this moment, four people, eight eyes, and four mouths are staring at one person, two eyes, and one mouth, as if they want to stare at a flower.
Seeing that they were not joking, Fan Fan immediately withdrew the cynical smile on his face, tugged at the corners of his lips, and said with an endless sour and bitter smile; "Ah Li, don't tell me about this."
The implication is that even he doesn't know the details.
The others didn't believe it, and wanted to ask, but they couldn't take it seriously at the military division. I didn't know how to open my mouth for a while, so I could only swallow it back silently again, thinking, when Ah Li came back in a few days, I would have to coerce and lure him out.
Jinling is the same as when she left, but to be precise, it is faintly different. However, what remains unchanged is still the land of prosperity and flowers.
After entering the city, he turned over and dismounted, leading the horse to walk in the crowded streets, but there was a deep meaning in his dark eyes.
The streets are lined with shops, red bricks and green tiles, and pavilions and cornices. A plump woman in a thin summer dress and a delicate woman walked down the street laughing and joking, and if she met a good-looking fair-skinned young man, she might have the courage to tease her.
He Dangli led his horse to avoid the noisy crowds and came to a small alley, the door panel was tattered and rotten, and it was crawling with holes hollowed out by insects in the blue-black moss. You can vaguely probe the middle corner of the inside, a vein of desolation, the weeds have no knees, and the grass grows and flies with white butterflies.
The streets of the city here were long gone, except for the sound of horse-drawn carriages rolling by the wheels not far away. Until he stood in front of a dilapidated courtyard looking at it, the corners of his lips rose and he wanted to pull out a sarcastic smile, but it became a hideous sarcastic laugh.
"You see, I'm finally back." A faint sigh, trying to penetrate the rotten door, time and space and fall somewhere.
Not far away, one of the most wealthy, eight treasures of the cherry blossom cover, the window frame carved auspicious cloud pattern, bright yellow brocade hanging under the window, vaguely can smell the fragrance of peony flowers in full bloom. In the golden sunlight, the reflection of an elegant carriage passed on the ground. The carriage was covered on all sides with expensive and fine silk, and the gold-encrusted windows were obscured by a curtain of rain-blue crepe, making it impossible for anyone outside the carriage to explore the magnificence.
The ancestors of the He family were originally officials, and the later generations fell down, abandoning literature and business, and it can be regarded as a wealthy family with small assets for decades.
The He family is located in the rich area in the south, a courtyard with seven entrances and seven exits, and there are groups of maids and slaves in the family, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are rich. However, I don't know if this He family offended God or moved whose family has a source of wealth, although the family is full of wealth, but this is now over forty years old He has no sons under his knees, and some are just daughters of all the water, even though there are more than thirty aunts and concubines in the family, but none of them can give birth to sons, which is also a strange thing.
I heard that he had a son, but somehow he fell to his death at a young age, and I heard that the brains were all flowing all over the ground, red and white, and I don't know how many people were scared to death. Don't hear that this is what Master He did when he was young, God punished him for not falling into the pot after he died of old age, and everyone made other people's jokes.
Now it is night in Jinling City, and the lights are bright everywhere, and even the lanterns have been hung up in the corridor of Hefu early, so as not to let the aunt in the house see the road clearly, if it falls, what is good.
"Did you think the general would really come back this time? I've heard that she hasn't been back to Jinling for several years? I don't know if it's true or false this time. The girl with a melon seed face, willow eyebrows, and a small cherry mouth asked the nurse next to her from time to time, just like a child clamoring for candy.
"Of course it is, my good young lady, I heard that the army will arrive in Jinling in five days, and the lord has booked a place in the best Juxian Tower early, and I heard that it is the best place to see the scenery, and I will definitely be able to see the general at a glance." The nurse who already had two gray temples naturally saw the little girl's heart hidden by her young lady, but she didn't break it.
After all, since ancient times, beautiful women love heroes, and heroes love beauties, if the young lady can promote a good story with the young general. At that time, there were still people in the mansion who dared to belittle their young lady.
"But nurse, do you think what they said is true, I heard that the young general is extremely ugly, with three heads and six arms, green faces and fangs, and eats human flesh raw, but it is terrifying." The little girl nervously and frightenedly rubbed the plum blossom pattern embroidered handkerchief in her hand, even if they were born in the depths of the boudoir, they could naturally hear a lot of rumors about the young general.
"If there really is a person in this world who looks like this, is it still a human, then it's not a monster." The nurse naturally heard a lot of rumors outside, but she subconsciously felt that everyone was the same, and not all the rumors were believed.
Then he sighed again; "In a short time, the army will soon be victorious, and the first one who will walk in front must be the general, and then you can just look carefully, Miss."
"Well, I see, thank you, nurse." The little girl's delicate laughter is like a crisp yellow bird out of the valley. Lovable.
"Is it okay for the nurse to sleep with me tonight, I haven't slept with the nurse for a long time."
"You." Having said that, his face was full of pampering.
He Dang didn't plan to do it right away after leaving Jinling, because she was still waiting, waiting for a suitable opportunity. His fingers trembled uncontrollably with anger, and even the soles of his feet were as heavy as a thousand pounds.
I've already seen it, why don't you go and drink with Fan Fan and a few people to get painful.
Even though it has been seven or eight days since that day, Su Yan still feels that his ears are red when he thinks back to that night, and his whole person is like a shrimp that has just been fished out of the water, hot, red and steaming.
"Young Master!"
"Young Master." The scholar who grew up together is named Da Zhuang, as his name suggests, tall and strong, honest and strong, with great strength.
"Huh? You're calling me something? Su Yan was thinking nonsense at the moment, so naturally he didn't hear anyone calling him. Worried about what he would be seen, he opened a book to cover his slightly hot face.
"Young master, I called you several times in front of me, but you didn't hear it. And the young master, why are your ears always red recently, is there anything uncomfortable, do you want to see the doctor. "The big man is honest, so he naturally doesn't think about it, at most, he thinks that the young master will not get sick, and since the young master suddenly disappeared that night. After he came back, he always felt that the young master was strange, but if he wanted him to say it, he felt that he had also said it.
But sometimes it just says unintentionally, and it sounds with heart. Even the unintentional words of others are like a vine, carefully rooted in his heart and sprouted.
"No, it's just that the weather has been too hot recently, I have some heat stroke, there is no other major problem, there is no need to worry." Su Yan didn't want to talk about this topic, and said; "How long will it be before we get back to Jinling."
"Back to the young master, there are about two or three days." It's much faster to walk on two legs in a carriage now, and maybe just in time for the march of the army into the city. As long as Da Zhuang thought that he would be able to see his idol soon, he couldn't wait to grow wings and fly over.
"Hmm." Su Yan didn't say much after speaking, holding a book of Spring and Autumn in his hand, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't calm down.
If you close your eyes, you will always involuntarily think of that person's face, and then think of the charm of that night.
But the more I thought about it, the more aggrieved I became, where someone slept with him and gave him back the money, making it clear that he wanted to be empty of money with him.
He still wanted to be responsible for people before, but the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became. Could it be that he is not good? Then why did people run away and return the money after sleeping with him once, so what difference does it make if he is a little guy in the small guy's house.
The more I thought about it, the more aggrieved I felt, and I didn't even know that I had taken the book backwards.
When the night falls, the lights are on, and the red sleeves are full of fragrance. The bewildering smell of rouge and the intoxicating aroma rush to the tip of the nose, filling the cerebral cortex and exuding the most primitive taste.
Caifeng Pavilion is the most famous song and dance workshop in Jinling City. It is not necessarily true to say that it is a song and dance workshop, because the waiters inside are not only beautiful women with fat swallows and thin rings, but also small girls with various styles, all of whom are talented and beautiful, and they also have one or two unique unique skills in their hands.
However, Caifeng Pavilion has a clear rule that all the servants are performing arts and not selling themselves, and both men and women in it have a unique job, so not only the dignitaries and nobles are eager to spend a lot of money, but many literati also like to come here to look for flowers and willows, and keep their mouths shut and stay for a lifetime.
He Dangli listened to the depraved sound coming from inside, the atmosphere of depravity and lewdness/disorder, and did not look at the people coming and going, laughing at the Miaoling woman wearing tulle and revealing on the chair railing, or waving a champa to greet the benefactors who came to play. I just feel like I'm fallen.