Xue Tan stood in front of the Haichun Courtyard for a long time, and he didn't see anyone greet him, the lady of the brothel sneered, and he couldn't enter, and he lost face too much when he retreated, and he was hesitating how to leave this place without losing his dignity, standing in place, and was stunned for a while.

At this time, just as he was catching up with the old bustard to come out, he saw that he was dressed in shabby clothes, and was about to drive him away, when suddenly there was a greeting from the upper floor.

"Mom, let's invite this son first."

Xue Tan looked up and saw that it was none other than the woman in Tsing Yi who was leaning against her lungs at the moment, stroking a pipa in her hand, covering half of her cheeks, a pair of willow leaf bent eyebrows and peach blossom eyes, seducing the soul and being charming, even the woman liked it.

"What a woman who has captivated the country and the city." Xue Tan praised, not only lost his mind, but the old bustard looked straight at it, mocking him for being useless and not seeing anything in the world.

"Childe doesn't hurry up upstairs, since it is the girl who personally invites you to go up, the tea money of five taels of silver is owed first, presumably you don't have any silver taels." The old bustard looked Xue Tan up and down, and when he saw the tattered clothes he was wearing, he didn't want to take out so much money, but since the Qin Lou Yu Qin girl had spoken, how dare she disobey.

You must know that in this big Yangzhou City, there are not a few brothels Qinglou who want to invite this Jiao'er, no matter how many silver taels they pay to invite Miss Qin over, she refuses one by one, first, she is used to staying here, and secondly, it is also this old bustard who is facing her everywhere, and it has something to do with it.

Xue Tan waved his sleeves, strode the meteor and walked in, the old bustard walked in front to lead the way, through a wooden door on the first floor into the courtyard, there is a lake in the center of the courtyard, originally in the summer, the lake is full of white lotus, on the right is a small pavilion, the stone pillar made of red brick paint, the top of the vermilion ink gold tile, extravagant and luxurious.

From the small pavilion through the corridor, from the left and right stairs, to the second floor, this second floor is not the same as the room open to the guest outside, but two separate places, the end of the huge second floor is only one room, is the place where the woman in Tsing Yi waits.

The corridor was filled with the smell of sandalwood and women's fat powder mixed together, the smoker was dizzy, the long pipa song came out from the end of the corridor, tactfully whirling, the old bustard was waiting downstairs, let Xue Tan go up alone, he was stunned

After a while, he lifted the corners of his trousers and walked cautiously with his feet, not daring to make a little movement, for fear of disturbing the girl.

They waited outside the door for a long time, until the music in the room stopped, and there was a shout: "Come in." Xue Tan came back to his senses from the moving song and said, "I'm disturbed." ”

Xue Tan pushed the door into the house and carefully inspected the displays in the room.

It was not as lavishly furnished as he had imagined, but on the contrary, it seemed strange to him that the Oiran so famous was so simple and barren, that the room was even more old than the girl's boudoir of the common people.

There were no expensive vases in the room, just a bed and a table, on which were a few plain teacups, and the tea in the cups was still steaming, and the rich fragrance of tea penetrated into his nose, making him take a deeper breath.

The window of the window had long been closed, and it was the bustling street outside, and in front of the window, in addition to the pipa that I had just seen, there was also a small table with a tattered guqin.

"Childe, please be seated." Qin Louyu invited Xue Tan to sit down and poured a cup of tea for him, the tea was not as Xue Tan drank in Beijing, but it was clear and light, and a touch of pale cyan floated on the water, looking tasteless.

"Childe, this is brought by the little woman in her hometown, if you really know how to taste tea, smell its taste, taste its fragrance, smell its color, you can distinguish the quality of this tea, if it is a common man who does not understand tea, only feel that this tea is as light as water, mediocre."

When Xue Tan heard this, he hurriedly thanked the little lady, picked up the cup and tasted it carefully, and tasted the taste of this tea carefully, but he felt that it was as light as water and had no taste at all.

It seems that he really thinks of himself as a poor boy who has never seen the world.

Xue Tan smiled bitterly.

"Girl, don't bluff me, this is obviously a little bit of broken tea leaves crushed into the end, the tea made of bricks, not only has no taste, but also separates the bitterness of the tea leaves, covering up the fragrance of the tea that should be there, could it be that I really don't understand the mystery of this? I also hope that the girl will be clear. ”

"Hahaha." Qin Louyu suddenly laughed, bent over happily, and felt ungraceful again, so he took his sleeves

The mouth gently covers the mouth.

Xue Tan was inexplicable for a while, isn't he laughing at me? hurriedly asked Qin Louyu, but she didn't answer, just smiled to herself.

"Childe, you are the most honest person I have ever met, those officials and scholars, literati and scholars, think they are elegant, know hundreds of volumes, know all kinds of delicacies, taste the suffering of the world, but they don't even recognize this pot of water, even these tea roots, can write a large long article, praising the good of this tea."

"Actually, these are just the scattered tea leaves I bought on the street, which were originally made into sachets by the store in the summer, one is aromatic and deodorant, and the other can also repel mosquitoes.

"I also said that I had gone through a lot of hardships, and entrusted a friend who was a businessman or an official to get such a handful for myself, but I didn't expect to see such a superb product in my place today, it is really fate, son, you say, isn't it ridiculous?"

At this time, Xue Tan knew that she was also testing him, and he was not angry, he had fun with her for a long time, laughing at those fake literati and fake scholars who were just inferior people who pretended to be immoral, but they wanted to put on a swenwen appearance, which made Xue Tan can't help but think of those sons and buddies in Jinghong Building, and he couldn't help but feel melancholy.

Qin Louyu saw that he suddenly quieted down and asked, "Childe has something on his mind?" ”

Xue Tan glanced at her, only to find that Qin Louyu was not only pretty, but in his eyebrows, he really looked like a fox, with a kind of demonic magic that made people look at it, his eyes were as clear as a lake, and like the dew on the petals of the morning sun, revealing a sense of wit, and seemed to have a little cunning, and he was fascinated by it.

"Don't hide the girl, I came from the capital, and I did encounter a lot of things, it is inconvenient to talk about it here, but this human suffering, I really tasted a little, the people you just said, reminded me of the many officials in the capital, the officials protect each other, and they act for the tiger, and I can't help but lose my mind."

"It seems that Childe is also an official."

"Definitely." Xue Tan shook his head, now is not the time to reveal his identity.

Saying that, Qin Louyu walked to the window, outside the window, and the night was urging.