Two flowers bloomed, one on each table, and Tan Zhonglin was really right, the four dragons came out of Wanghai Tower, and when they walked out of the city gate, they hurried to the edge of the Pearl River, because there they established the camp of the Elders' Association. It turned out that the main activities of the Brotherhood were in Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi, and this time they went to Guangzhou to unite the triad and prepare for a big fight with the Qing Dynasty.

Besides, the Pearl River goes around the city from the south of Guangzhou, and there are seven or eight thousand tanks on the wide river. When the male owner of the family struggled to make ends meet, many women had to sell their bodies to get a meal, and some slightly smarter people had to hire "old men" to start the sex industry. The fundamental reason why the local government in the late Qing Dynasty adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards the development of the sex industry was that they could not solve the problems of the people's livelihood, and more seriously, the local government regarded prostitution as an important source of tax revenue, and prohibiting prostitution would mean losing a huge source of revenue.

Guangzhou's foreign trade is developed, and the number of European merchants arriving in Guangzhou is large, and they have been separated from their families for a long time, and looking for flowers and willows has become one of their major hobbies. After the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, with the development of Guangzhou's handicraft industry and commercial economy, a large number of foreign merchants and idle laborers lived in the city for a long time, which provided the conditions for the development of prostitution.

With the development of the commercial economy, hundreds of prostitute boats were gathered together on the Pearl River, divided into the first, second, and third rows, and then lined up all the way. All kinds of prostitute ships are connected by wooden planks and nails, and they form a road in a chain, and people walk on them as if they were walking on the ground. In the first row is the most luxurious flower boat, the lower floor is divided into three or four halls for customers to entertain and drink, and the upper floor is for the "old ju" residence. There are high-end restaurants in the hall, such as monkey's head bird's nest and bear's paw shark's fin, all of which are high-quality restaurants; In the performance hall, there are flutes, drums, sheng songs, Chinese and Western dances, everything; In this comprehensive entertainment place, it is really a cave of gold, a circle of ecstasy, and a nest of virtue.

When the moon rises tomorrow, the evening tide rises, and the lights on both sides of the Pearl River have not been fully lit, the water surface of the Pearl River and the scenery on both sides of the river are faint and hazy, as if covered with a veil of mystery.

The gently flowing river reflects the glittering scenery on the shore, glowing with a little light, like stars twinkling in the dark night sky. Xiaoyou, who sells fruits and miscellaneous goods, slowly sails away, leaving deep traces on the river. The breeze blows, and the river surface is like an unpredictable little fairy, sometimes sparkling, like an angel in a sleep, sometimes splashing, making the reflection shake slightly, and sometimes turning up the waves, like boiling water slightly.

At night, the lights of thousands of houses on the shore and the lanterns on the boat are lit up, so that tens of millions of boats on both sides of the strait and the Pearl River reflect each other, sitting on the flower boat of the Pearl River, the thatched huts, Western-style houses, century-old trees on both sides of the river and the sandbar in the heart of the sea like a beautiful woman lying on the side are in full view. They are embellished with colorful lights, resplendent and unpredictable, looking noble and simple, as if entering a fairy tale world.

The four dragon heads and several young masters of the broad family sat on a carved mahogany stool, one holding a beautiful school book, and was enjoying the singing of Cantonese opera. On the small table, there are celadon teapots, tea bowls and several fruit saucers, in which melon seeds and fruits are placed, and there is a school book for them to pour tea and water.

Cantonese opera originated from Cantonese opera singing, around the time of the Qing Dynasty, there was an eight-tone class that sang Cantonese opera as a profession, they used the script of Cantonese opera, used the tune of Cantonese opera, and sang in the "official dialect of the theater" of Cantonese opera. The so-called eight-tone class is generally 8 people each time, each of whom has a special wind and percussion instrument, and also sings sheng, dan, jing, and ugly, and sings traditional repertoire and folk music of Cantonese opera.

The first singing program was "Hero Lu Buhui Minchan", and a "sister-in-law" came up, about twenty years old, holding a pipa, bowing to all the guest officers, and slowly entered the role, and then Diao Chan sang while playing: "Lonely daughter's heart, there is also pain and hatred, even if there are many colors, don't give it to the spring breeze, how can you ask when you read it." The weak can't help but wind the daughter's body, why is it single to help the country's fortunes, thin shoulders, and strong responsibilities. Suddenly feeling strange and more chilling, without a three-foot murderous sword blade at the waist, fighting against the fierce demons, Minchan feasted on Lu Bu, and the lanterns and wine were fragrant and ......"

The sister-in-law's voice is high-pitched, her voice is mellow, like crying, touching and heartfelt. The spectators clapped their hands in unison, and several large silver ingots were placed on the empty plates handed over. Li Yunbiao muttered in a low voice: "Xiaoqu sings well, and the person is beautiful, but she is just a blind girl." Zhang Yaoqing said: "Why didn't I see it? Gu Tianhu said: "How can you see that when you come out to sing, it's just because you know the geography and no one helps you, you see, if I provoke her, you can see it." ”

Gu Tianhu made a lewd gesture towards her sister-in-law's provocative eyebrows, and sure enough, the sister-in-law didn't react. Gu Tianhu said: "Look at it, I'm right!" ”

The second is a "horizontal comb", who is eighteen or nineteen years old, and after she sat down with a salute to the guests, she sang a piece of "Chen Qing Table", which was also a high-pitched singing and unique love. When the song is finished: "The minister's secret is forty and four this year, and my grandmother is ninety and six, which is the long day of the minister's festival in His Majesty, and the short day of repaying Liu." The black bird is selfish, and he is willing to beg for life. The hard work of the ministers, the people who are not alone in Shu and the herdsmen of the two states see and know, and the emperor and queen of heaven learn from it. May Your Majesty be merciful and sincere, listen to the ministers' micro-ambitions, and be lucky to be lucky and save the rest of the year. The minister should be the head of the body, and the dead should be the grass. The ministers are terrified of dogs and horses, and I would like to listen to them. The audience once again burst into warm applause, and a lot of silver rose from the empty plate.

Li Yunbiao said again: "This one is more handsome, I hope it is no longer a blind girl." Zhang Yaoqing said: "Look at what you said, can you just be a blind girl, how can there be such a blind girl?" Gu Tianhu said: "You two have lost your eyes, this is really a blind girl." If you don't believe me, I'll try her again? ”

Gu Tianhu used two fingers to gouge off her eyes, but the horizontal comb didn't react at all.

The third came up, a "pigtailed boy", who was fifteen or sixteen years old, not to mention handsome, but also a little childish. After giving a salute to the guests, she sat down and sang the song card in "Cantonese Praise", "Each heart has its own affairs, and liberation must always come first." If you don't have peace in your heart, you can understand it. Most of the vast sea of suffering is fate, but seeking happiness in suffering is a god. If it is so sad that it is unbearable, it is really a bad calculation, which is better than the official hell and the heavier pity. If you take a step back, you don't feel sorry for yourself, your heart can solve itself, and you can truly enjoy it. If it is not understood, it is said that the gap is too convenient. Alas, everything is checked, and there is no danger in accumulating kindness, you look far and report in the next life, and the near report is in the present......"

The singing, the resentment came from the heart, and the lingering told the helplessness of fate. People and songs, songs and love, it is really impossible to distinguish anymore, and the audience burst into warm applause.

Braided boy came to another song, and she sang: "Peach Blossom Fan, write the first heart-breaking word, and write that the fan will be miserable." Life is as thin as peach blossoms, and love is as thin as paper. The peach blossoms on the paper are even thinner. Gentleman, since you write flowers, you must first know the meaning of flowers. Youth is rare, don't miss the time. I don't think it's easy to hold on to peerless romance. The autumn wind fan, complaining in the deep leap. Write thousands of leaves and thousands of flowers, all for the love of a word. It doesn't matter if you are the prince Li Xiangjun, it doesn't matter if you are in love, and you have to meet the best time. ”

Li Yunbiao slapped his slap red, and shouted loudly: "Okay! All right! Well sung! Look at this girl, her bright eyes are big, and she is no longer a blind girl. Zhang Yaoqing said: "Definitely not, and you can't get all the blind girls in the world here." Gu Tianhu said: "Can you just be a blind girl, and you can't do it again and again." Yang Hongjun snorted and said, "You three, your eyes are still not very good, I see, this is still a blind girl." ”

At this time, Li Yunbiao, Zhang Yaoqing, and Gu Tianhu didn't believe it and asked Yang Hongjun: "How do you know." Yang Hongjun snorted again and said: "It's still a person who practices martial arts, don't you see, the eyes of good people, they are all alive, going back and forth." And this blind girl's eyes are dead, no matter how big they are, no matter how good they are, they are dead. ”

Li Yunbiao made a move and deliberately threw a tea bowl at her, and sure enough, the pigtailed eyes didn't move. At this time, Li Yunbiao was a little disappointed, and said angrily: "After a night, all of them are blind, why are all blind people singing small songs?" Zhang Yaoqing said: "It's really boring." Gu Tianhu said: "It's a bad mood." But Yang Hongjun disagreed, and said: "What we listen to is music, not people, what's wrong with being a girl." If you look for a good one, what is upstairs, or does it have to be these few? ”

Li Yunbiao, Zhang Yaoqing, and Gu Tianhu also echoed and said: "That's right! Yes! ”

The wonderful performances of these blind women also attracted the discussion of two men who were eavesdropping on the music on the boat next to them, and these two men were Wei Jinshan and Liang Qichao. Wei Jinshan is entrusted by the emperor, and she is willing to go to this mixed boat, Wolong and Hidden Tiger to investigate, and maybe he can find out the clues of that big case. As for Liang Qichao, he is a literati, since he came to this prosperous place in Guangzhou, he has long heard of the water surface of the Pearl River, which is not inferior to the ten-mile Qinhuai, so he came to feel and experience life, so as to find some inspiration for his splendid articles.

Wei Jinshan asked Liang Qichao: "Lord Liang, tell me, why are there so many blind women here?" Liang Qichao said: "I can't figure it out, maybe these blind girls have been blind since they were children, so they were sold to the land of fireworks by their ruthless parents and learned art from their teachers." Wei Jinshan said: "It seems reasonable, but it seems unreasonable." To say that this one is two, ten or eight, it is reasonable, how can I see that there are blind women everywhere, it seems that all the blind women in the world are concentrated in this place. ”

The two discussed the matter of the blind girl, and they no longer had the intention of appreciating Cantonese opera, so they quietly took a small boat around the river. At this time, I heard a faint cry of a girl, and the cry was very miserable. The boat was getting closer and closer, and with the luxurious lights of "Dazhai", Wei Jinshan saw a small boat slowly drifting towards this side.

On the boat sat an old woman, with a silver wire frame on her head, four feet high, her hair coiled on the outside of the silver wire rack, a red flower stuck in her sideburns, wearing a young gown, long trousers, and a green sweat towel around her waist. A young child in her hand, about eight or nine years old, was dressed cleanly, although his face was hungry, but he was covered with a long white gauze over his eyes, crying and shouting: "Eyes hurt, eyes hurt, you can't see anything, you can't see anything." The old woman pulled her viciously and said, "What are you crying, good boy, after this time it will not hurt." The girl still cried out that her eyes hurt and wanted to tear the gauze with her hands, but the old woman was even more vicious, and shouted, "I can't tear it, I can't tear it, it's drugged." If you lose the medicine, it will hurt even more, and you will have to start all over again. ”

Wei Jinshan seemed to ask Liang Qichao, and seemed to ask herself: "Tell me, who does that old woman look like?" Liang Qichao smiled lightly and said: "Do you still need to ask, I think she is a 'comb woman', if it is your own child, how can it be like this?" Wei Jinshan said "yes", and said: "Go up and ask, why did the child hurt his eye, can he still be saved?" Liang Qichao also said: "That's right, don't treat your eyes and become a blind girl." So Wei Jinshan urged the rower to quickly approach the boat.

When the boat approached the boat, Wei Jinshan politely asked, "Hello, old woman!" What's wrong with your kid, why did you hurt your eye, it's okay, right? The old woman's vigilant eyes widened, and she said angrily to Wei Jinshan: "There is no grass by the river, don't talk too much, you just take care of your own family's affairs, and don't worry about other people's affairs." But Wei Jinshan was not angry, took out two taels of silver from her bosom, and said to her, "That's so, old woman! My mother set up a new school, specializing in teaching girls poetry, writing and etiquette, as well as teaching English and blowing, playing and singing, and when the girls grew up, they would find a good place to go. But I slowly found out that it is still easy to manage blind girls, and these girls who can't see anything with their eyes are easy to manage, so I was asked to come here to find some girls with bad eyes. ”

When the old woman heard this, a smile appeared on her face, and she said, "It's not a peer, it's like a peer!" But this matter, the official family is also very strict, if it is found out, and a lawsuit is eaten, don't do anything, even if you bail it out, it will cost a lot of money. I think you should do what you should do or what you should do, don't ask around. Wei Jinshan took out another 10 taels of silver from her arms and said, "Old woman, you can help, my family is prosperous, and you also have a share of the credit." My mother is at home, burning incense and kowtowing, and praying for you and blessings! ”

When the old woman saw the money, she accepted 10 taels of silver, and whispered to Wei Jinshan: "Don't make a fuss about this, don't say that I said it." Wei Jinshan nodded again and again and said: "You and I meet in Pingshui, I just want to say, how do you know who your surname is!" The old woman said, "From here to the west, there is a boat in the southernmost row with a red scarf hanging from it." ”

The two followed the old woman's guidance, commanded the rower, and finally found the boat with the red scarf. Wei Jinshan whispered to Liang Qichao: "You are a literati, it's better to stay away from these occasions, don't splash your blood." Liang Qichao said: "Although I am a literati, the five-foot man's blood is still there, and I must help you." Wei Jinshan nodded and said, "Okay! It's just that when you shouldn't do it, don't do it, so as not to startle the snake. Liang Qichao said: "Are you afraid that I will become a burden to you, don't worry!" I'm not going to mess with you. Wei Jinshan nodded and said, "That's good." ”

The boat was attached to the big boat, Wei Jinshan made a gesture to Liang Qichao, pressed down with his hand, meaning to tell him not to move, and then jumped on the boat gently, his steps were really lighter than the civet cat, and there was naturally no movement when he jumped on the boat. Wei Jinshan looked into the cabin from the window of the ship, and it turned out that there were only two people in the cabin, one was a middle-aged woman who was dressed similarly to the "combing woman" just now, and the other was a little girl. The girl was only three or four years old, younger than the girl just now, and she was covered in dirt, and she knew at a glance that she was a child of a poor family. Her big frightened eyes were full of confusion about the future and doubts about the middle-aged woman in front of her.

After a while, a man from a neighboring boat brought a bowl of noodles, and the little girl's eyes lit up immediately, and she stared at the bowl of noodles. The middle-aged woman pushed the bowl of noodles in front of the little girl's eyes and said, "Eat! The girl snatched the bowl of noodles and devoured it.

Under the oil lamp, the middle-aged woman whispered beside her, "Look at your child, you are hungry, what a pitiful thing!" In the future, I will be your real mother, with your delicious food and clothing, I will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of my life. The little girl nodded as if she didn't understand, and said, "Good mother, you are my own mother." He continued to eat and drink at the bowl of noodles, and when the noodles were finished, he licked the soup in the bowl with his tongue.

The middle-aged woman said, "Don't eat too much, your intestines are hungry, and if you eat too much, it's easy to hold on." You look dirty, like a mud monkey, take a bath, right? ”

The girl nodded and said, "Okay, dear mother, I'll listen to you." ”

After a while, a very strong man with very sharp legs and feet brought a basin of hot water. Wei Jinshan said in her heart: "It turns out that the thug is here, I have to be careful!" ”

The middle-aged woman bathed the girl, and the girl was skinny, which was naturally very pitiful. After taking a bath, he changed into clean clothes for this girl, and the person was in the saddle of clothes, and as soon as this person changed into clean clothes, he was naturally much more energetic.

After doing all this, the middle-aged woman seemed to have some guilt in her heart, and said to the girl: "Child, look at it, this outside world is good, beautiful or not." The girl innocently said, "Good! That's great! Much prettier and better looking than my home! The middle-aged woman said, "Maybe in the future, you will never see this beautiful world again, really, this is the creation of man!" That's fate! Son, just accept your fate! ”

The girl stared at the woman in front of her with a pair of big watery eyes, and from this look, she was full of trust and obedience to the woman in front of her.

After saying these words, the middle-aged woman quietly took out a packet of medicinal powder from her body, and with a shake of her hand, she sprinkled it on the child's face. Where did the child know this, he was not at all defenseless, he had already been sprinkled with his face full of eyes, screamed, covered his eyes, and shouted: "Mom - spicy, spicy, too spicy, I can't open my eyes." Mom, wipe me quickly! ”

The woman took out a two-inch steel needle from her head and said, "It's all my mother's fault, see my mother pick up these medicinal powders for you." So saying, he knocked down the girl and pierced her eyes with a steel needle. It was too late, and just as she was about to pierce the girl's eye with a steel needle, her right hand was suddenly grabbed by a large pincer-like hand. When the woman saw that a large man suddenly appeared in front of her face, she was so frightened that her heart seemed to fly out of her body, and she shouted, "Who are you, and how did you get to my ship?" Wei Jinshan yelled and said: "It doesn't matter who I am, you cheap woman, it turns out that there are so many blind girls in the world, and you are all harmed." The woman also knew that she had done it, and quickly said, "This good man, spare your life!" Spare your life! If you want to say that I hurt all the blind girls, this is also wronging me, how can I have such great ability. As she spoke, she kicked a rope on the ground with her foot.

On the boat next to him, the bell rang loudly, and four men rushed over in an instant. Wei Jinshan grabbed the woman with one hand, and kicked the first man into the water. The second man pounced again, and Wei Jinshan slapped him with his left hand again, fanning him into the water. The third man also pounced, and Wei Jinshan touched a bowl next to him, and slashed at his head, and when he cut it right, his head tilted, and he lay there still. As soon as the fourth man came up, he was slapped on the head by a piece of wood pulp from behind, and it seemed that the strength was strong enough, and he lay on the ground without panting.

It turned out that this was filmed by Liang Qichao, and Liang Qichao was a little embarrassed to say: "Although you didn't let me do it, I couldn't help it, so I gave it to him." I didn't expect it to be so unbeaten......"

Wei Jinshan said to this harmful mother-in-law: "Let's go! Follow me to the officer. The thief was so frightened that she lay on the ground and pretended to be a leper dog, and said, "I won't go!" I'm not going! It's not too late to see the official. Why don't you kill me too!" Wei Jinshan said: "Killing you will cheapen you, and let you know what it means to be dark and what it means to harm others." After saying that, he stabbed her in the eyes with her steel needle, and then picked up the little girl who was so frightened that she didn't know the east, west, north and south and left the big ship quickly.

The three of them got on the boat and told the rower to leave this place of right and wrong quickly, and Wei Jinshan washed the girl's eyes with river water. The girl's eyes no longer hurt, and she regained her naughty appearance, she was really a beautiful child, and she was a bit of a man. Wei Jinshan said: "Child, are you willing to follow me and wander around for the rest of your life, or will you find a good family in the future, and you will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life." The girl blinked her eyes and said, "Whoever holds me is my father and mother, and I will follow you in the future." Wei Jinshan smiled and said: "This kid is not big, he is quite good at talking, I have been running around all my life, how can I have the kung fu to be your father!" ”

As soon as he had drawn a short distance, there were shouts and shouts from there, and the sound of a noisy fight was faxed. Wei Jinshan said: "On the Pearl River, it's really lively! I don't know what's going on over there, but that's it anyway, let's go! Look at the buzz to go. ”

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