Taking advantage of Zhao Xin's visit to the leader of the Qi Party, Li Hongyu went to the Huguang Hall in the capital to meet Huguang Juzi, who entered Beijing to take the exam.

The Huguang Guild Hall was built by Huguang officials in Beijing and Huguang businessmen, and was mainly used to entertain the Huguang area to enter Beijing to participate in the examination.

Because the Jinshi with the title of the gold list needed a place to live before waiting for the imperial court to assign an official position, and the unsuccessful son was waiting for the next opportunity to prepare for the exam in Beijing, the Huguang people, who were serving and doing business in Beijing, were called up to raise funds to build a hall to entertain the test children.

There are many guild halls built by people from all over the world, usually in the outer city of the capital, after all, the inner city has long been overcrowded, and there is no extra place to build such halls.

Huguang Guild Hall occupies a vast area, divided into front yard and backyard, the front yard has a theater, a tea house and Wenchang Pavilion and other places for recreation and learning, and the backyard has a Xiangxian Ancestral Hall, Chu Wan Hall and dormitory and other buildings.

"Brother Li!" Knowing that Li Hongyu was coming, Fang Yun, Wang Kuiju and others, who had arrived in the capital in advance, rushed to greet them one after another, and led Li Hongyu into the teahouse with a smile.

After all, real estate in Beijing is expensive and the number of sales is limited, and it is especially important that very few people can stay in the major ministries and institutes in Beijing after being admitted to the Jinshi, so there are very few people like Li Hongyu who do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy real estate.

Therefore, except for a very small number of lifters who stayed outside, the rest of the Huguang lifters who took the exam stayed in the Huguang Guild Hall, and they also took care of each other.

After talking and laughing with everyone, Li Hongyu realized that several conflicts had broken out between the southern and northern juzi in the capital recently, and the smell of gunpowder between them became stronger and stronger.

In several conflicts between the north and the south, the north and Shandong are the main force of the north, while the south is the main force of the south.

For example, the southern Juzi ridiculed the northern Juzi as "stupid between the mountains and Shaanxi", while the northern Juzi ridiculed the southern Juzi as "soft and beautiful in Jiangsu and Zhejiang", which can be described as-for-tat and mutually refusal.

Whenever a conflict breaks out between the southern and northern juzi, the position of Huguang Juzi is particularly embarrassing.

The geographical location of Huguang is very special, not only across the Yangtze River, so that the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River are almost evenly divided into the Huguang region, and adjacent to the south and north of many provinces, so the scholars in the south and north of Huguang are not monolithic.

Therefore, although Huguang's juzi was classified as "southern roll" during the examination, the state capital of Jiangbei was adjacent to Henan and Shaanxi provinces and had close contacts, and even the language and living habits were similar, so the juzi in Jiangbei were more willing to get closer to the northern juzi.

Of course, the lifters in the Huguang Jiangnan region naturally have a close relationship with the southern lifters.

It is precisely because of this special situation that the people of Huguang usually remain neutral when there is a conflict between the southern and northern people, otherwise there will be civil strife within the Huguang people, which is not a joke for outsiders.

Just when Li Hongyu was chatting and laughing with Fang Yun and others in the teahouse, Zhao Xin rushed over after visiting the mansions of the two leaders of the Qi Party.

"Brother Zhao, do you have any arrangements for the evening?" After Zhao Xin sat down, Fang Yun asked with a smile.

"The younger brother has just arrived, and he is not familiar with the place, so there is no arrangement for the evening." Zhao Xin smiled when he heard this, and replied.

"That's good, I'll wait for you and Brother Li to catch the wind and wash the dust in the Jade Pavilion tonight, everyone is not drunk and has no home." Fang Yun suddenly laughed, these first movers naturally wanted to do their landlord friendship.

"Okay, let's not get drunk and go home." Li Hongyu slapped the table with a smile and answered loudly.

For him, now is a good time to expand his contacts, and he will definitely choose to go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion for recreation, just through Fang Yun and the others who arrived first.

Since Li Hongyu has agreed to this matter, Zhao Xin will naturally not object, the reason why she came to the capital to take the exam is to help Li Hongyu, so naturally she will not go against Li Hongyu.

The Jade Building is located in an alley south of the Dashilar Guanyin Temple outside the Zhengyang Gate in the inner city of Beijing, which is different from the streets and alleys in the south of the Yangtze River, and the streets and alleys of Beijing City are called Hutongs.

It is worth mentioning that the alley where the Jade Building is located is called "Rouge Hutong", which is one of the "Eight Hutongs" in the capital that later became famous.

The so-called "Eight Hutongs" refers to an area including Wang Guangfu Xiejie, Shaanxi Lane, Zhumao Hutong, Hanjiatan, Rouge Hutong, Stone Hutong, Baishun Hutong and Zhujia Hutong, which is the gathering place of the first-class Qinglou and the second-class Qinglou in Beijing.

According to the geographical division, the women in the Qinglou in Beijing are divided into "southern class" and "northern class".

As the name suggests, "Nanban" refers to the kabuki in the Jiangnan area, which has the highest grade in the Qinglou in the capital.

The kabuki of the "Northern Class" are mainly women from the suburbs of the capital, who are good-looking but usually illiterate, and cannot play and sing, and their grades are not as good as those in the "Southern Class".

In addition, since the time of the Ming Dynasty, there has been a Xianggong kiln in the eight major alleys, the so-called Xianggong kiln refers to the young man who serves the guests is singing, all of them are tall and handsome, oily and powdery, and specially accompany those dignitaries who have the habit of Longyang to play short-sleeved style.

In fact, before the construction of the outer city of the capital, most of the brothels in the inner city were official prostitutes, and several alleys were the locations of official prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty.

For example, Yanle Hutong is a place where official prostitute bands practice and play music, and there is also the famous Goolan Hutong, which is named because the prostitutes and artists in the Hutong hold on to the railing to sing and laugh, and "Goolan" has also become another name for brothels.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, officials and businessmen had to be accompanied by prostitutes to drink, play music and sing during banquets, commonly known as "called strips", and prostitutes were called "out of strips".

The reason why the Bada Hutong will flourish is that it is just outside the Zhengyang Gate of the inner city, which is closer to the inner city, which is convenient for officials living in the inner city to come out and enjoy; Second, the transportation here is convenient, and there are many passengers coming and going from the south to the north; Third, the street outside Zhengyangmen is a famous commercial street in Beijing, with a prosperous amount; Fourth, the eight alleys are the concentration of opera gardens, teahouses, and restaurants, and they provide one-stop service for eating, drinking, and playing.

At dusk, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin were surrounded by Fang Yun and others to Rouge Hutong, and as soon as they entered the alley, they were surrounded by young girls waiting to pick up customers on both sides of the road, trying to drag them to their brothel.

It wasn't until they learned that Li Hongyu and his party were going to the Jade Mansion that the girls along the way gave up, usually these women soliciting customers on the street were low-level prostitutes in brothels, and naturally they would not fall into the eyes of those high-ranking officials and nobles.

"Young Master Fang, you haven't been here for a few days, the girls are looking forward to the stars and the moon, but I miss you." After entering the Jade Pavilion, in the hall on the first floor, a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup twisted her waist and walked over, and said to Fang Yun with a smile.

"Aunt Xue, our Xie Yuan and Ya Yuan from Huguang are here, you have to entertain them well, and let the red card girl accompany you." Fang Yun smiled slightly when he heard this, and said to the middle-aged woman.

"Young Master Fang, it's really time for you to come, a few of our Qing people from the Jade Pavilion are going to hold a flower viewing meeting tonight, if the two sons are fated, then they can kiss Fang Ze." Aunt Xue immediately laughed when she heard this, and looked Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin up and down.

The so-called Qing Qi people refer to those young girls who are not selling their bodies in the Qinglou, who have been trained by the Qinglou at a large price since childhood, not only have a beautiful and refined appearance, but also can read and write, chant poems and paint, and are competitors in the Oiran Conference in various places.

Of course, the Qing people's performance is only relative, it doesn't mean that they don't have to sell themselves to pick up customers, they are actually still dusty women, but they are just using this to raise their value.

Their talent is just a thin veil covering the **, once the interest of the prostitutes is aroused, they will still inevitably suffer the fate of ravage.

When she saw Zhao Xin, Aunt Xue couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

It was the first time she had seen such a handsome man, she was even more beautiful than a woman, and coupled with his full talent, if she was left in the Xianggong kiln, it would definitely make those dignitaries in the capital rush to it.

"Aunt Xue, we are all poor scholars, where is the money to spend on those Qing people, Aunt Xue is giving an eviction order."

Fang Yun smiled when he heard this, and said to Aunt Xue, Jade Pavilion has spent so much effort to get Qingqi people from Yangzhou, if you want to get a kiss to Fang Ze, it is naturally the highest price, where are they the opponents of those dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital.

"Fang Gongzi laughed, I'm just messing up to eat." Aunt Xue had long been accustomed to seeing all kinds of scenes, and when she heard this, she smiled and said to Li Hongyu, Fang Yun and the others, "If you wait for a few sons to fall in love with which girl, you can hang up the account first, and then talk about it when the sons have more money in the future." ”

"Aunt Xue, it's no wonder that the business of your Jade Building is the most popular in the Beijing Qinglou, and your courage alone is overwhelming other Qinglou."

Li Hongyu and the others laughed when they heard this, Fang Yun smiled and stretched out his thumb to Aunt Xue, not to mention anything else, Aunt Xue's words alone made people sound extremely comfortable.

"Let a few sons laugh."

Aunt Xue smiled, summoned a girl who passed by, and ordered in a deep voice, "Gongzi Fang has already booked a private room upstairs and led the sons upstairs." ”

"Yes, Mom." Hearing this, the girl smiled at Aunt Xue and bowed, twisted her waist to lead the way in front, and led Li Hongyu and his party into a private room on the second floor.

"Master Fang, I don't know if you have any familiar girls." After Li Hongyu and the others sat down at the table, the girl asked with a smile.

"You look at it, find some beautiful girls to come, accompany our Huguang's Xie Yuan and Yayuan, and my son will be rewarded." Fang Yun smiled at the girl, looked at Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin and said.

"Okay, Childe, wait a minute." The girl smiled, glanced at Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, and then left, lingering on Zhao Xin's gaze for a while.

She is also well-informed in the Jade Building, so she is not curious and in awe of Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's Xie Yuan and Yayuan identities, but Zhao Xin's handsome beauty made her quite surprised, she never expected that there would be such a handsome man in the world.