The Tongque Tower of Yecheng is a famous singer workshop built according to the Tongque Terrace of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and it has become a famous place in the whole country after Gao Huan moved to the capital of Yecheng, and it is a place of elegance and vulgarity. Inside are famous prostitutes and singers from all over the country, the boss here is the emperor's brother-in-law, but the big boss behind is Sun Teng, and Sun Teng's superior is Gao Huan, so in the end, the funds of this Tongque Tower flow into the pockets of the Qi Wangfu every month.

Gao Huan has no concept of money now, he holds the world in his hands, how can he care about those mundane things, when Lou Mingchun and Er Zhu Caihuang look at the family property firmly for him, and the abacus is fine, but as long as Gao Huan needs money in military affairs, she will not hesitate to pay out of her pocket.

Therefore, in He Batsheng's Northern Army, the Gao Southern Army, Murong Shaozong's Western Army, Gao Yue's Eastern Army, and Gao Huan's four major military departments, many people were willing to shed their blood for him, and some low-level officers even carried out suicide attacks on the battlefield for fame and fortune, so that a murderous atmosphere of fighting in the Gao Huan Qi army gradually formed.

Speaking of Yuwentai, because of the locust plague and drought in Guanzhong this year, which led to poor harvests for farmers, and even the dilemma of cannibalism in Guanzhong and some remote areas in the west, he did not have the spare strength to go out of the customs for a while to attack the Yuzhou area that disturbed Gao Huan, and was busy appeasing the people to open warehouses to provide grain relief for poverty alleviation and disaster relief. Don't think he's kind-hearted and charitable.

Guanzhong is his base, once an accident is not handled properly, it is likely to cause a riot among the people, and the displaced people will move back to Gao Huan's jurisdiction, both of which are unacceptable to Yuwentai, so his strength will be greatly weakened, and he will not be able to resist Gao Huan's invasion at all. So for his own safety, he could only fight on the front line of disaster relief without sleep and food.

However, the people were very moved to see Yuwentai experience the disaster area, and the people from all over the country were grateful to Yuwentai and set up temples to worship him day and night. This erroneous move made him popular in the Guanzhong area and stabilized his political position.

So to sum up the above reasons, Gao Huan can not worry about Yuwentai's harassment for the time being, and can enjoy peace for a period of time.

Let's continue to come back to the Bronze Bird Tower. After half a month of recuperation, Qingluo's injuries were no longer serious, and given that the pavilion master Nan Batian had been urging her to report on the results of the assassination operation, she could only disguise herself as a Kabuki from Wucheng, and follow them to Yecheng, looking for an opportunity to spy on Gao Huan's intelligence and wait for an opportunity to assassinate.

Tongquelou's most popular top brand now is Zheng Dache, she is also forced to come out of helplessness at twenty-five or sixteen, and she has to come out to show her face, at her age, it is the time to retreat behind the scenes to find a husband, and it is not that there are no men from wealthy families pursuing her, and even some lustful sons are willing to let her be the main room, but she seems to hide a person in her heart, and puts all the suitors on the cold bench. So for a while, I delayed myself.

Zheng Dache looked in the mirror every time, looking at the person in the mirror, Gu Ying sighed with self-pity, and even the little maid on the side couldn't figure out what she was thinking about as a heroine. In fact, she only hopes that one day the real owner of the Tongque Tower will come to watch her sing a play, drink tea with her, and have no regrets in this life. But the left and right did not see the shadow of Gao Huan, and later thought to himself in frustration: it is said that King Qi is handsome and chic, unruly, and there are five beautiful wives in the palace alone, where will I have time to take care of the little drama I saved back then.

I simply became a resentful woman who thought of spring, and I sighed with pity every time.

It's the annual draft again, and every year Sun Teng has to select a new batch of young Kabuki for the Tongque Building, one is to replace the old and the new, and the other is to increase the competitiveness of the Tongque Building, and only with competition can there be vitality. Therefore, the children of poor families who are engaged in kabuki all over the world are counting on this day to be lucky enough to be selected by the Bronze Bird Tower, thus changing the fate of the family.

This year's chief elector was originally the landlord, but Sun Teng had a temporary idea and planned to be the chief elector himself. In the evening of this day, when Sun Teng was busy working in Tongque Tower, the servant came in and replied: "Master, there is a servant from the Qi Palace's mansion outside the door to deliver a message. ”

When Sun Teng heard this, he hurriedly put down the paperwork and pen in his hand, and then said, "Bring it in." The little guy looked at Sun Teng a little embarrassed and said, "Master, the person who came to deliver the message said that he wanted you to go out in person, and it was inconvenient for him to come in." ”

Who is putting on such a big score, and I want the second brother of King Qi to meet him in person. Sun Teng was a little annoyed in his heart, but he was afraid that Gao Huan would really have something to find him, so he pulled down his face and went out to see in person. This is what makes Sun Teng different from ordinary people, and he can't get it if he doesn't have a little careful mind and magnanimity in diplomacy.

When Sun Teng walked to the door, he looked at the person, the anger in his heart was gone, his face was full of smiles, and he was about to shout out the other party's name when he arched his hand, only to see Gao Huan and He Basheng hurriedly stepped forward to cover his mouth. Gao Huan said softly: "I disguised myself as a private interview, don't leak my identity." ”

Sun Teng thought he was out to have fun, but he nodded knowingly at the moment, and said again and again: "Okay, don't worry, Uncle Gao, I understand." Come inside please. With that, let the two of them go up to the second floor.

Gao Huan saw the singers and dancers in the hall downstairs and those high-ranking officials and nobles, and turned around and asked Sun Teng: "There are so many government department personnel here every day for pastime?" ”

"Hey, isn't this just in time for the peaceful years, besides, it's a little bit now, and it's understandable to come home here for a recreation." Sun Teng is not excusing these low-level officials, just talk about the present world, even the company employees also go out to eat karaoke in groups after work. In ancient times, officials and even ordinary people did not have so many entertainment activities, and the solution to the loneliness of the long night was nothing more than going to the brothel to drink flower wine and go to the gambling house to pass the time.

Gao Huan thought about it, he couldn't help but change his clothes and come out to hang out, the house was really boring, Lou Mingchun only had children, and his graceful sometimes domineering and sometimes amorous seduction made Gao Huan horny, afraid that he would do something inappropriate before he got married. Cai Huang is not suitable for drinking and having fun now, so Li wants to be happy with him at every turn, which makes him a little unbearable, as the saying goes, there are only tired cattle, no ploughed fields. Out of helplessness, Gao Huan went to find He Batsheng and came out to play with Sun Teng's Tongque Tower.

Why didn't you bring Murong Shaozong with you? He is his eldest brother, because of the relationship between relatives and generations, he is reluctant to bring him to this kind of fireworks place, in case he goes back to tell his sister Gao Lanyi, he will not be able to jump when he goes home.

"I want to play a book in the court tomorrow and transfer the eldest brother back, he has been guarding the cold kiln for so many years, no, he has suffered a lot by sticking to the frontier, it is time for him to come back and enjoy the blessings." Gao Huan said as he ate the snacks on the table.

"Who says it's not, the four of us brothers have really not been reunited for many years, and now that we have formed an alliance with Rouran, the north is peaceful, it's time for the eldest brother to come back." He Batsheng also said with a sigh.

Sun Teng couldn't help nodding when he heard this, and said with emotion in his mouth: "I think that the four of you and I were drinking and having fun outside this Yecheng back then, riding horses and shooting arrows, so happy." Nowadays, there are few opportunities for such free and easy joy. "After that, the eye circles are a little red.

The three of them were in the room with a lot of emotion at the moment, and Qingluo was also worried over there. She has been in Yecheng for three days, but she even touched Gao Huan's side. After many inquiries, I finally learned that this Tongque Tower is Gao Huan's industry, and it just so happened that they were organizing an annual draft recently, and Qingluo didn't care if she could sing and dance, and asked someone to go to the back door and want to fish in troubled waters.

After a lot of hard work, Qingluo also got in, but not as a singer and dancer, but as a cleaning maid, to put it bluntly, it was for those women who sang and danced all day long to wash clothes. Qingluo was stunned to learn the news, her own clothes were washed by others, and now letting her go in and wash the clothes of those lowly prostitutes (Qingluo thought so) was simply an insult to her status as an assassin.

She didn't want to do it for a while, and wanted to go back to the Xiaoyao Pavilion headquarters in Guanzhong, but when she thought of Nanba's lustful and ill-intentioned laughter, and the eyes of her younger brothers and sisters eager to eat and clothe, she didn't have the courage to go back, and she was in a dilemma. This is a small leader in charge of housekeeping in Tongque Tower, who said by chance: Recently, their top brand Zheng Dache wanted to recruit a personal maid. Qingluo's eyes lit up when she heard this, she didn't know who Zheng Dache was, but she felt that in the current situation, instead of serving a group of people, it was better to serve one person, anyway, there were not many options for herself.

The person in charge then accepted her another twenty taels of silver, and said that he promised to let her be Zheng Dache's maid. Qingluo snorted coldly and thought: This Gao Huan is praised as the parent official and leader of the people of the whole country, in my opinion, even a Tongque Tower is corrupt and bribed, and he doesn't know what kind of corruption it looks like within his group. It seems that none of the officials are good people, and this is true.

Qingluo entered the Tongque Tower as she wished, and when she saw Zheng Dache for the first time, she suddenly felt that there was such a charming and charming woman in this world, with a mouth-watering figure, seductive eyes, a coquettish voice that made a man's bones crispy, and a smile made those sons and brothers crazy.

She is all the rage in Yecheng like a trend superstar, and even her dress and rouge gouache are bought by women from aristocratic families to imitate. Qingluo's evaluation of this woman is that she is weak on the outside and strong on the inside, and once she is ruthless, it is quite scary. Qingluo is not afraid of her, but she feels that it is not easy for a woman of her status to live.

"Qingluo, take the silver box from my dresser." Zheng Dache was dressing up in front of the bronze mirror, she was going to Sun Teng's mansion to star today, so she didn't have the usual heavy makeup, just a little powder, clear soup without makeup, and her clothes were not as glamorous and cheesy as usual, but she wore a pure and lovely pink gauze skirt. She prepared it carefully, but it looked casual, and she wanted this effect.

Qingluo took the jewelry box to her without saying a word, and put it aside to watch her put on makeup. The only thing Zheng Dache was dissatisfied with this new maid was that she almost never spoke, always looking preoccupied. For Qingluo's three sticks can't make a fart, she is angry and sighing, living in this troubled world, everyone has their own story and tragic fate, since Qingluo doesn't want to say, she doesn't bother to ask, she just thinks that Qingluo always makes the atmosphere very stiff and cold.

Zheng Dache casually took out a pair of Luanfeng Mandarin Duck hairpins from the jewelry box, one left and one right, and looked in the mirror, he looked like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl as delicate and cute. She smiled with satisfaction, then got up and said to Qingluo, "Let's go, don't let the general's car wait too long." ”

Before Zheng Dache came to Sun Teng's mansion and entered the door of the living room, he heard Gao Huan's voice: "Big brother hasn't seen him for a long time, he must drink three cups to be considered a toast, come and come ......" The little guy opened the door curtain with his hand, and Zheng Dache and Qingluo both entered.

The living room was brightly lit, Gao Huan sat at the top, Sun Teng and Sima Ziru on both sides, and He Batsheng sat down. At the table next to him sat Murong Shaozong, Gao Yue, Gao Zhongming and Gao Gao, and the civil official group, headed by Murong Heng Xu Mingzhi, also filled two tables. It seems that all the important people within Gao Huan Group are gathered here today.

Zheng Dache turned his head and saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old Fanbang girl sitting on the side of the tea table, who was sipping melon seeds with great interest and staring at Gao Huan's every move.