With outsiders present, Li Shanye and Sima Yi couldn't talk about state affairs, but Li Shanye was very happy between drinking, and he didn't feel that he was in a brothel in the Qinglou at all, but Sima Yu seemed very restrained, he didn't have much experience in contact with women, and it was not easy to pick up a wine glass and drink a glass or two of wine in this kind of charming occasion.

Li Shanye said with a smile: "It seems that a few girls can't touch the heart of our Sima Gongzi." Haha, I made a promise here below, if anyone can make Sima Gongzi smile and reward her with five taels of gold, what do you girls think? ”

Although several women looked very elegant, but after hearing such a tempting proposal, their eyes lit up a little, although the reward they got was to be taken away, but five taels of gold in the current proportion, how can it be worth more than a hundred taels of silver, they are not a top brand of Oiran, naturally not so high value, it was not easy to earn a few taels of silver at a time, and now this guest actually opened his mouth is five taels of gold, no matter what, it can also make them red.

Li Shanye pushed the two girls beside him and said, "Be fair, where do you go and sit with Sima Gongzi." ”

The two women were a little depressed and didn't sit on the side with Sima Yi, and when they heard the words, they all got up and knelt next to Sima Yi, and Sima Yi smiled bitterly: "Sir, what are you doing?" ”

"Look at your restraint, give you a chance to get acquainted with the girls here, since you are here to have a drink today, it's not very good to have a bitter face, Brother Sima, just give these girls a thin face, smile and end it early."

Sima Yi could only smile bitterly, but laughing was as ugly as crying, and said, "Are these young ladies satisfied?" ”

A woman said: "We are in the dust and performing to laugh, but it is not that we don't know what to do, this guest officer makes the son laugh before he follows the gold." It was originally a good thing, but if the son was perfunctory, how could we have the face to be favored? ”

Sima Yi didn't expect that these women still had some backbones, so they didn't want to give them any money for nothing, so they had to earn it with their own skills. But Sima Yi's original mind was not here, and these women spent all their thoughts. And how can you make him smile?

Li Shanye watched happily from the side, as if he was deliberately trying to give Sima Qian a problem, now that these women don't leave, they can't continue to talk about business, Sima Yu thought to himself, can he smile perfunctorily again, so that these women think that he is really smiling?

The women began to toast Sima Yi in turn, as if thinking that this would make Sima Yi laugh, and the bodies of the four women leaned towards Sima Yi. The more this happened, the more embarrassed Sima Yi felt, not to mention laughing, he was so cramped that he wanted to cry.

After a while, even Li Shanye noticed Sima Yi's embarrassment, and said with a smile: "It seems that a few young ladies can't make a smile at the young lady, so I will take out a gold ingot as a reward with a few young ladies." I still have to discuss some things with Sima Gongzi in the future, so I asked a few young ladies to avoid it for the time being. How is it? ”

Those women were a little annoyed, but seeing that the gold had been taken out, they couldn't get by in terms of face or pomp and circumstance, so they had to take the gold and retreat temporarily. When everyone went out, the bustard mother came in again and said, "The two masters are not satisfied, but do you want to change other girls to accompany you?" ”

Li Shanye smiled: "Not for the time being. We'll talk about that later. ”

Bustard Niang also saw that the two of them seemed to have something to talk about, and now that she had taken three ingots of gold, she was already satisfied, so she quickly retreated, so that Sima Yi and Li Shanye could be alone. Wait for someone to go. Sima Yi smiled a little bitterly: "What is Mr. Li going to do?" ”

Li Shanye said with a smile: "The women in this official prostitute also have a backbone, but they still see money, it is said that people in this world who see money and do not open their eyes are indeed rare, and even such a self-proclaimed person is occasionally not exempt from vulgarity, but the Sima brothers are young, but they look down on money and power." ”

Sima said: "It's not as Mr. Li said, the reason why I am not good for fame and fortune is not because of my noble ambitions, but because I don't want to think about it, if Mr. Li is in the enemy camp and does not return, and there are many enemies around him, I am afraid that he will not be in a good mood for fame, fortune, power and wealth." ”

Li Shanye thought for a while, nodded and said, "Gao Jian." ”

Sima said: "Mr. Li should have seen His Majesty in advance, if Your Majesty has something for Mr. to convey, or if Mr. has any teachings, it is better to make it clear earlier, and I am still worried about going back earlier, so as not to have an official messenger on the road after the change and not be able to reply." ”

Li Shanye didn't say anything, but took out a letter from his bosom and handed it forward, meaning to let Sima read it by himself. Sima Yi first looked at Li Shanye with an inquiring look, wondering who wrote it or what was in it, but Li Shanye had no intention of answering, so Sima Yi had to open the letter by himself, and after opening it, it was empty, and there was no text in it.

"Mr. Li, this is ......" Sima presented the empty letter to Li Shanyedao.

Li Shanye sighed and said: "This is also a matter of incomprehension, this is the letter that Your Majesty received before, no matter what method has been used, the text will not be displayed, Your Majesty has asked me for help, how can I, a reckless person, understand this, but I want to ask Brother Sima what this means?" ”

Sima Yi looked at the appearance of the letterhead, but felt a little familiar in his heart, and looked at it carefully: "This is the North Paper?" ”

"Exactly. This is a secret letter sent by the Son of Heaven to His Majesty a few days ago, and it is not known whether he was transferred to the Son of Heaven halfway, but it seems that there is no sign of the transfer, and the time when this letter was sent was precisely when the Northern Dynasty learned that His Majesty sent an envoy to negotiate peace, His Majesty wanted to know the intentions of the Son of Heaven of the Northern Dynasty, but it seems that only people like the Sima brothers who have been with the Son of Heaven of the Northern Dynasty for a long time can speculate. ”

Sima Yi read the letter, but still smiled bitterly: "Mr. Li is too high, since His Majesty and Mr. Li can't figure out the intention of this letter, and his qualifications are dull, what insight will he have?" Could it be that Mr. Li invited him to come out, just to ask about the content of this letter? ”

Li Shanye said: "Yes, not all. Brother Sima should know that the contemptible people have always thought that King Hui is the lord of the Southern Dynasty, and if Zi ascends the throne today, it is just a transition for King Hui to take power in the future, so I have no intention of serving His Majesty. But I know that the ambition of the Sima brothers is not like this, even if the Sima brothers help King Hui to take power. Now he is secretly working for His Majesty, but in the future, after all, he will return to the Northern Dynasty, and he is a reckless man in the rivers and lakes, but in fact, the Sima brothers are a prodigal son, who will abandon the official and leave at any time. ”

Sima Yu didn't say anything. In fact, Li Shanye didn't need to say these words, he didn't plan to take root in the Southern Dynasties, and even he felt that he was a rootless person, let alone where there would be a sense of belonging.

Li Shanye said again: "Brother Sima, isn't it strange why I invited you here? In fact, even if I don't invite you, you will have the opportunity to come here in the future, because someone wants to invite you here. ”

Sima Yi felt strange who would want to invite him to the Qinglou brothel, but Li Shanye looked at the direction of the door and said, "Actually, there is a person who has been hiding here. I wanted to go north with Brother Sima, but by chance, I knew that she was hiding here. ”

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "I don't understand what Mr. Li meant. ”

Li Shanye suddenly smiled: "If you don't understand, you won't understand, but you will always know." ”

After speaking, Li Shanye picked up the wine glass and drank again, as if he didn't care about Sima Yi's doubts at all. Sima Yi also picked up the wine glass, but there were more doubts in his heart, he basically didn't know anyone in the Southern Dynasty. How could anyone be waiting for him in such a place, who could it be? He knocked on Li Shanye's eyes. With Li Shanye's expression, he obviously didn't want to say it and let him guess by himself, which made him unable to guess.

After a long time, the bustard mother knocked on the door again, and Li Shanye said: "I am also happy in the next place, if my aunt is in a hurry to send off the guests." came to clean up the mess, and Jiu Xing Shan was also going. ”

Bustard Niang came in with a smile, but still wanted to ask for a reward, Li Shanye took out the fourth ingot of gold and handed it over, and Bustard Niang's face bloomed with a smile. Li Shanye said: "Brother Sima seems to be a little drunk, how about escorting you back to your house?" ”

"Not necessarily." Sima Yi sat in the distance and looked better, but once he stood up, he felt that the wine was a little too high, although he had just drunk a few glasses of wine, but perhaps the strength of the wine was too great, which made him a little unbearable.

Li Shanye said: "Please also ask the bustard mother to invite a sedan chair to send Brother Sima home." ”

Bustard Niang smiled: "If you want it, both of you are distinguished guests, please have a sedan chair, where is enough, or invite two, the Qian slave family who invited the sedan chair is also out." "I just received four ingots of gold, and there are six or seven hundred taels of gold, and the business at the end of the day is better than the usual more than half a month, this is just a table of guests, the bustard mother is already thinking about whether to stuff a woman in the sedan chair as a repeat guest.

Sima Yu said: "You can just go back on foot, no need to bother." ”

Bustard Niang kept a smile on her face, she could see that this person surnamed Sima was a junior brother at all, he had never been to Fengyue and didn't know so many rules, like a poor and sour son, but the elderly man surnamed Li next to him looked experienced, and he was also generous.

Sima Yi and Li Shanye walked down the stairs back and forth, most of the girls in the small building came out to peek at the two, Sima Yu looked very cramped, and Li Shanye greeted those girls with a smile, as if he had only come to these women once.

When he got out of the door, Li Shanye said, "Brother Sima, will you go back or stay?" ”

Sima Yi was a little puzzled: "Everyone has come out, why did Mr. Li come here to ask?" ”

Li Shanye said: "Brother Sima probably misheard, what I asked is, is Brother Sima preparing to return to the north, or continue to stay in the Southern Dynasty?" It's time to make a choice. ”

With this sentence alone, Sima Yi instantly understood that there was going to be a war between the North and the South.

Originally, there was a rapprochement between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the question of whether he would stay or stay was not so important, and there was no need for him to make a choice, but once the two dynasties went to war, his position had to be clear, whether to stay in the Southern Dynasty or return to the Northern Dynasty. The blank letter that Li Shanye showed him before, or a signal conveyed by Han Jian, the emperor of the Northern Dynasty, this kind of signal is that there is no room for negotiation, and there must be a war between the north and the south as a decision. However, there was not much contradiction between the North and the South, and if the North directly raised troops to the south, it would suddenly intensify the relatively relaxed relationship between the North and the South, and the remaining question would depend on who was better in the spear or shield.

Sima said: "Let's go back and sober up, let's talk about these things later." ”

Li Shanye smiled: "Yes, Brother Sima doesn't want to make a choice right away, so that's fine." Your Majesty actually wants to keep the Sima brothers in the Southern Dynasty, but there are some things...... After all, I can't force it, the Sima brothers have a safe journey, and they won't send it down. ”

After speaking, Li Shanye sang and left, attracting the disdain of the passers-by on the roadside, and Sima Yi was a little stunned, his mood was not so complicated before entering this official brothel, and there were not many things to say to Li Shanye inside, but after coming out, he felt that it was like two heavens. He couldn't help but glance back at the small doorway, but in his heart he was also wondering who Li Shanye was going to entertain him in this official brothel.

When Sima borrowed away, the small building returned to the usual tranquility, and the bustard mother hurriedly asked people to carefully check the authenticity of the gold ingots, if there are not many people who cheat on the silver, but there are more people who fake the gold ingots, after all, according to the exchange ratio of the Qi Dynasty, one tael of gold can be exchanged for nearly thirty taels of silver. After the inspection was correct, the bustard mother excitedly gave a reward to all the girls in the small building.

"Han Niang, the concubine has something to discuss with you." Just when the bustard was handing out the silver, a woman came out of the private room on the second floor, this woman looked very delicate, but there was no fat powder of a dusty woman, and she looked very elegant.

The bustard came upstairs and said with a smile: "Why did the girl come out?" But you are not satisfied with the care of the slaves? Oh, a big guest came just now, and as soon as he made a shot, he was twenty taels of gold, which is even more generous than choosing an oiran. ”

The woman asked, "Does Han Niang know who it is?" ”

"This ......" Bustard Niang was asked, and thought for a while, "It seems that one surnamed Li and the other should be surnamed Sima." ”

The woman was relieved and nodded: "Han Niang, the concubine has been living here for a long time, and she has been bothered for a long time, and she will move out tomorrow, so I will explain to Han Niang by the way." ”

"The girl is leaving? What is this, hehe, you see girl, you have lived here for a while, but you have also made a lot of money, and the slave family really has nothing to entertain, so if you leave, the slave family will be a little unhappy. Bustard Niang smiled a little wryly.

The woman said: "Don't be surprised by Han Niang, the concubine came alone, and she will go alone, and it won't bring a little trouble here." (To be continued......)