Jiang Ming and Qixia followed the painting boat along the riverbank, and always paid attention to the changes in the black shadows in the water.

Tongyao Town, where there is a rally, is always so lively at night, the shouting and selling along the street are endless, and the lanterns on both sides of the bank are full of flowers and full moons. Jiang Ming always felt inexplicably uneasy all the way over, and he felt that things must not be as simple as he imagined.

"Brother Jiangming, the boat has stopped." Qi Xia grabbed Jiang Ming, hid behind a huge banyan tree, and whispered.

The painting boat stopped at the wharf on the bank of the warm water pond in Tongyao Town, and along the riverbank is the "Spring Breeze Building" that is famous for half of the summer. This is the largest brothel in Tongyao Town, and there is an endless stream of merchants in the past, leaving countless fortunes here. The Oiran of Chunfeng Lou - Narong Fu is a peerless beauty who captivates the country and the city, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and dances all over the world, attracting many men in Daxia to bend their waists.

If it weren't for the Tongyao Jiang family behind Chunfeng Tower, and secretly a certain big man from the previous dynasty, I don't know how many people would directly rob Miss Narong.

At this time, the crowd was noisy, because today, the two signboards of Chunfeng Building, the Xingyue Shengge Sisters, will personally select the guests to enter the curtain. These two sisters are naturally beautiful, compared to Narong Fu, which makes people feel tarnished just by looking at them, the kind of Xingyue Shengge, between pure and enchanting. It always arouses the evil desires of men.

"I'll go down and have a look after the wait for someone to disperse in a while." Jiang Ming jumped to the thick branches, held the white dragon as jade, and reclined on the tree.

"Okay." Qixia sat under the tree and watched the lights swaying in the river.

At this moment, the crimson curtain lifted a corner slightly, and the dim yellow light in the room leaked out. Chunfeng Lou's mother Xie Chunfeng, a woman with heavy makeup, compared to ordinary bustards, her bones reveal the ultimate coldness. She seldom flattered past merchants, or princes and nobles. This is also due to the unshakable financial power behind it.

Xie Chunfeng walked out in dark purple clothes, looked at the impatient men downstairs, and said slowly: "Today, my two little girls in Chunfeng Building, Xingyue and Shengge have reached the age of talking about marriage. I don't know, the son-in-law downstairs was fortunate enough to bring his two younger sisters back and raise them in the boudoir. ”

"I'll give you a thousand taels!" Suddenly, in the crowd, a young master in a brocade robe shouted. Tongyao has never lacked rich children, but one thousand taels is not a small amount that comes easily. It inevitably made some ordinary people in the crowd sigh.

Xie Chunfeng gently hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "My girl from Chunfeng Building, is she a plaything on the street?" Then, he raised his eyebrows coldly, and his tone was cold, "It depends on whose son-in-law our girl has a crush on." ”

The little young master was stunned and scolded secretly, and when the other people heard this, they were interested, which didn't mean that they still had a chance, and they were even more noisy.

At that time, a distant sound of the piano came from the attic, like an elegy from the empty and desolate side plug of ancient times. For a moment, all the noise calmed down, and all the noise became silent in the sound of the piano. People know that this is the eldest lady of Chunfeng Building, Narong Fu, playing the qin. The moon window of the attic was hidden by a smoky gray veil, and only a faint figure of a graceful woman holding a long piano could be faintly seen.

The sound of the piano is far away, and suddenly it becomes ethereal and ethereal, for a time it seems that the mountain temple is full of flowers, and for a time it seems that the snow is flying in the north. Jiang Ming looked at the woman who stroked the qin in the tent, and she was able to help the guqin in her hand to such a magical point, which was no longer something that could be done by a ten-day connection, what was needed was excellent talent. Every pause in the sound of the piano is like ink on the pen and paper.

As soon as the song fell, everyone was still in the aftermath for a long time, and at this time, two graceful women walked out of the completely pulled up curtain. The thin lips opened slightly, and the smile was full of smiles: "Thank you, mother." ”

"The sons of the families downstairs, do you have any eyes?"

The two sisters looked at each other and smiled and nodded slightly. Sheng Ge has always been lively, and his eyes have drifted to the son of the restaurant opposite, facing the river.

Xie Chunfeng forgot the past along with Shengge, and smiled expectedly: "Jiang Tong, the second young master of the Jiang family." ”

Jiang Tong is Jiang Liu's cousin, although there are many men in the Jiang family, there are many concubines. Therefore, this cousin is very popular among the heads of the Jiang family. In addition, Jiang Tong is different from Jiang Liu, he has read poetry and books since he was a child, is gentle and elegant, and is a humble gentleman.

"Sister Xingyue, Sister Shengge, if one thousand taels is not enough, I will add another one thousand taels." The little young master just now continued to shout.

"It's amazing to be rich, didn't you hear what Mother Xie said, it depends on what people mean." The person on the side pursed his lips and said disdainfully.

"If you want to take care of it, it's amazing to be rich?"

Before it started, the sons downstairs all quarreled first. Qixia watched them giggle and laugh.

At this time, a red brocade was thrown out of the Chunfeng Building, like a gale, across the dark blue sky, and jumped onto the wooden table of the opposite seat. When everyone was stunned, a happy letter from Chunfeng Lou fell steadily in front of Jiang Tong's eyes along the brocade.

Although Xie Chunfeng was disdainful, he had always been respectful to the Jiang family, and he bowed his head slightly: "Jiang Gongzi, my Xingyue Shengge sisters in Chunfeng Building, I don't know if my son is willing to tie the knot and make a covenant with the white head?" ”

Jiang Tong looked at the two shy beauties over there, and slowly got up: "I'll go back and send someone to prepare the third uncle and six appointments, and marry them on the same day." ”

It's as simple as that, there's nothing worth struggling with, and family marriages are like that. The only thing I am glad about is that the beautiful woman is good-looking.

Everyone sighed, who dared to say no to the marriage of the Jiang family. No matter how unhappy you are, you can only accept it.

"Talented and beautiful, a godsend?"

Jiang Ming jumped down from the tree and pulled up Qixia, "Yes, Lang is affectionate, and the concubine is intentional." It's a good story. ”

"Then Brother Jiangming will find such a beautiful wife in the future and hide it in your Star Pavilion?" Qixia looked at Jiang Ming and said playfully.

Jiang Ming was stunned for a moment, he never thought about what kind of woman he would marry in the future, he just wanted to stay with Qixia all the time: "I didn't think about it." ”

"How could you not have thought about it? You don't want to stay with me in Zihua Palace for the rest of your life, do you? ”

"Okay." Jiang Ming didn't hear the tone of Qixia's rhetorical question. Just as an invitation to protect his life, he smuggled up.

Now it's Qixia's turn to blush, the little girl has always been delicate, this is good.

The crowd under the Chunfeng Building dispersed, and the market was deserted a lot. Only the boatman was left in the boat, sitting alone at the head of the bed.

"I'll take a look." Jiang Ming patted Qixia lightly, and then detoured to the edge of the painting boat. He moved so lightly that even if he jumped on the boat, the boatman did not notice it. Jiang Ming leaned down and looked at the black shadow in the water, making sure that the shadow was indeed a person, a corpse to be exact. The reason why it is black is because it was burned alive. The whole body was burned black, and then soaked in water, and the flesh on the body was opened, like a rag.

"Do you see clearly?"

"It's five charred corpses." As he spoke, Jiang Ming handed the bamboo tube where the silver needle was placed just now to Qi Xia, "Look at whether they were poisoned before they died?" ”

Qi Xia nodded, took out the silver needle, and sniffed lightly on the tip of his nose. Then he shook his head, then took a leaf from the tree on one side and inserted a silver needle into the vein of the leaf. This is a special secret of the Han Tianshan healing technique - leaf test consultation. Qixia gently waved between the slender ones, and the silver-white light jumped on the leaves.

"The leaves didn't turn black? There is no poison here. However, they were struck by the hemp boiling. It should have been burned alive when he was unconscious. ”

The worry in the eyes is getting stronger. "Let's go to the forging bureau to find Jiang Liu first."

The two of them walked in the dark town of Tongyao at night, and felt a strange atmosphere around this seemingly peaceful town. And Qi Xia inherited Yin Lingzi's ability to perceive the future, but she couldn't concretize the matter itself like Yin Lingzi, she just felt a huge conspiracy, and the killing would happen in the near future.