Boss Chen smiled and said: "Young master, you are wrong, that male prostitute also serves men, there are official prostitutes in the Tang and Song dynasties, there are no official prostitutes in the national dynasty, officials in Beijing, who do not bring their families, when they drink, they call the wine." Wearing a 'woman' dress inside, a man's clothes outside, staying overnight after drinking, I went to the cover clothes, and the underwear was red and purple, just like a prostitute 'woman', that is, the same 'sexual' love who walked through the back 'door'".

"Forget Brother Chen, you said that the housekeeper may be there, we will go to that one when he is there, no matter what male or female prostitute he is."

"I guess there are still many in the palace that never sleeps, this Chang'chun' garden is a place where officials go, and Taizu once issued an edict: "All officials who live with prostitutes will have sixty rods, and those who match will be reduced by one, and if the descendants of officials live with prostitutes, the same will be true." "After the Emperor Xuanzong, the ban on official prostitutes was stricter, and no matter whether it was an official or a scholar, anyone who had a prostitution or a slight evil behavior would be degraded at the least, and at worst he would be stripped and reformed, and he would never be hired. That is to say, those who are officials are not allowed to **, so those officials who are officials in Beijing and do not bring their families for various reasons have no choice but to take advantage of the loopholes of the law, and do not dare to go to the Qinglou, so they have to go to the palace that never sleeps, just as the waterway cannot be passed, so they have to take the dry road. ”

"The official doesn't let me go to the Nightless Palace, won't I be able to go, if the official knows, he won't impeach me, or you will go in and I'll wait outside."

"Young master, you are wearing civilian clothes, and besides, few people know you, it's okay, we can run away if there is something, and there is more than one official who secretly goes to prostitution, and many of them are dressed as ordinary people to prostitute and sleep."

"Okay then, let's go to the Palace of the Night, and we can't care so much about finding the housekeeper."

Lao Liu beckoned a carriage to come over, Lao Liu and I sat in the carriage, and Boss Chen deliberately sat on the wheel outside because he knew the road, which was also to prevent us from being pulled into the corner in the carriage to plot.

The car went very fast, and after a while, it arrived at the Goolan Courtyard, which is a red light district composed of several alleys, got off the carriage, but saw people coming and going on the street, the various green buildings have been lit up, and there are a lot of dressed "gorgeous" "women" at the entrance of the "door" to solicit customers, many stalls on the side of the road, are snacks, which are also prepared for those shy prostitutes, after a moment in the inside, the money is not enough to hold any more banquets, just come out to eat something.

"Young master, it's really lively here, let's go to that one." Lao Liu asked beside me.

"Brother Chen, you are familiar with this place, where do you say we are going."

"Young master, there are eighteen more famous here, you look at the Yi 'Chun' courtyard over there, Yicui Building, they are all such outstanding, the rest are not famous, scattered in the surrounding alleys, I think we want to find it one by one, you don't have to say anything, I can deal with it when you go in."

"Okay, then listen to your brother Chen, let's go to the first one first, and look for it from house to house."

The three of us came to the first place on the street, the plaque in front of the "door" reads, Yi "Spring" courtyard three big characters, "door" in front of a few thugs, sitting on the chair in front of the "door", this is probably to watch the field, "door" There are a few half-old in soliciting, such a high-end green building, the lady is not out, see us come over a few "women" and "women" compete to come and pull us: "Uncle, you are here, please come inside, you have been old for some days." ”

Under the warm greeting of several 'women' and 'women', we entered the lobby, one of them led us inside, and those who continued to solicit customers outside, and the 'women' led us in and shouted, "The girls have picked up the guests." ”

As soon as the woman's voice fell, five or six girls came over hulala, all of them were 'flower' branches, all of them were late autumn, and they were still covering their "breasts" and "exposed" backs, and they couldn't pant for breath when they choked on the smell of fat powder, and they came over one by one and hugged their arms, and said in a loud voice: "Uncle, you haven't come to see me for so long." ”

A few 'women' pushed and shoved a few of us to the chairs at the table, and one of the 'women' directly did my 'legs', this is the first time I thought I had intimate contact with other 'women' except Zihan, I stretched out my hand and pushed the 'woman' away and said: "I don't like to sit well on the uncle." "Lao Liu over there is not used to this, only Boss Chen does not refuse to hug left and right, and then flirt with those 'women'.

The old lady looked at me as if she was in charge and came to me and asked, "This uncle, do you want to drink 'flower' wine or do you look for a girl alone?" ”

I didn't understand this, so I had to push this matter to Boss Chen: "You ask which big brother over there, he is the one who has a treat today." ”

The old mother saw that I was not the main master, and went to Boss Chen's side to offer courtesy: "Uncle, look how you play." ”

"In this way, you can find us a private room by the window on the second floor, you can see the street outside, ask for a table of wine and find a few girls to come up, don't have three more, I don't want these good-looking goods 'color' uncle, but don't fool 'mess' uncle, and then find such goods 'color' up, uncle, I don't pay money."

The old mother agreed to make arrangements, and Boss Chen also pushed a few girls away from the 'legs' and said, "Let's go to the second floor." Following Boss Chen to the top, I asked Boss Chen, "Brother Chen, aren't we here to find someone?" How to drink 'flower' wine. ”

Boss Chen looked at the lost girls who didn't follow, and said to me, "Young master, you see how to find it, you can't go to other people's rooms to find them one by one." This is the entrance of the street, we find a place by the window to star, it is estimated that the housekeeper must have wrapped the girl during the day, and will come out at night, if it is really looking for a house, we can't find it for a month, only staring at the street, the housekeeper does not dare to come out during the day, and it must come out at night, Brother Liu is more familiar with the housekeeper, you will see it for a while, don't miss it. ”

What Boss Chen said makes sense, I'm too naïve, I didn't expect this brothel to be so big, and I entered the courtyard several times, if people were doing things inside with the 'door' closed, we couldn't go to the room to find it, so we had to wait for the rabbit like this.

When he arrived on the second floor, there was a guy who followed, this time it was not a 'woman', it was like the second child in the hotel, and Boss Chen 'handed over' to find one by the window on his behalf, and the guy promised and said: "A few uncles came early, if they came late, this one by the window will be gone." ”

"You have such a big place, there are so many by the window, how can there be none, don't think that the uncle is a chick, the uncle is a frequent visitor here." Boss Chen questioned the guy.

"Uncle, I wasn't nervous a few days ago, but I was nervous from last night, and if I wait for half an hour, it will be full here, and it was the same last night."

I thought it was strange and asked the guy, "Man, why wasn't you nervous the other day, but you've been nervous these days." ”

"Uncle, I don't know about this, last night the windows were full, those people came, and they didn't call the girl to drink in the house, it's true, we are not a restaurant here, don't let the girl come here."

At this time, Boss Chen also heard that there was a problem inside, and then the guy's words asked, "Man, who are they?" ”

"Uncle, there are everyone, they are dressed very miscellaneously, and their ages are different, but they have a common characteristic, that is, they have no beard, and they speak sharply, unlike normal people, and they didn't reward me for a penny, but our boss 'handed' them to serve them well, and don't 'mess' inquire." The man grumbled indignantly and led us to a private room.

At this time, a few of us have understood that it is the East Factory who came here, and they are the only ones who can make the boss speak, but we don't know if the East Factory is here for the housekeeper or someone else, can it be said that the housekeeper is also known for his whereabouts.

The guy arranged for us, and when he went out to get me water to make tea, Old Chen said in a loud voice: "Young master, it seems that this matter is not good, is Dongchang also looking for a housekeeper." ”

"Not necessarily, maybe they are looking for someone else, and only we know that the housekeeper escaped, and I don't think this matter has anything to do with the housekeeper." Lao Liu also 'interjected'.

"Don't guess now, the East Factory will definitely come later, let's listen, we don't have to speak loudly here, listen to them attentively." I know that if it is really Dongchang's 'interference', this matter is a bit troublesome.

After a while, the 'woman' who received us just now brought three seventeen or eighteen-year-old young 'women' into the room, one of them also carried a lute, these three young 'women' did not have the 'coquettishness' of those 'women' just now, and the dress was also the usual 'woman' dress, but the fat powder on the body was still so strong.

The 'woman' asked: "A few masters, these girls are all newcomers, and they are all 'fine' in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and you are still satisfied with it." I didn't speak, and now Boss Chen didn't have the thoughts he had just now, and said, "Yes, you go down, hurry up and bring the wine and food." ”

Those young 'women' are also knowledgeable, not as casual as the 'women' below just now, just walked to the chair next to us and sat down, and the 'girl' who came to me saluted me first: "Uncle, the little 'girl' is called Su Mei, the uncle wants to listen to music or poetry, and the little 'girl' knows a little about it." ”

As soon as I thought about what poetry Boss Chen knew, Lao Liu might not necessarily understand it, so I said to the 'girl' named Su Mei: "Forget about the poems, Miss Su will sing us a little song." ”

Na Su Mei took the pipa in the hand of another 'female', tuned it and began to sing, first a song, mandarin ducks playing in the water. I'm not very 'fine' about music, that is, it's lively, and at the end of the song, Boss Chen said: "Is there anything else for the little sister, come and have a little sister who wants to be a lover." ”

Su Mei sang another song of Liu Sanchang's "Huang Ying'er" Liu Sanchang's words are the lyrics and songs that Qinglou must sing, and before she finished singing, the wine and food were delivered, I asked Su Mei to stop first, and a few 'girl' children were also diligent, pouring wine and vegetables for us, and they didn't stop for a moment, and there was no over-the-top action. Because in order to find the housekeeper, Lao Liu was specially arranged to sit in the position by the window, and Lao Liu's eyes were always staring at the pedestrians outside, carefully identifying them while drinking, and the little girl who accompanied him was very unnatural.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Lao Liu turned around and said, "Young Master, there are more than a dozen people, is it the same group last night?" ”

"Regardless of him, let's drink our wine, Su Mei, you continue to sing to us."