Hou Zhen wanted to grab it with a backhand, but it was too late, and Ah Hong had already got two small bottles of secret color in his hand. "Bring it." Hou Zhen raised his eyebrows and said angrily, "Do you know what this is?" Ah Hong shook his head and said, "I don't know, it's just that you just wanted to take it out and deal with me, so you can't bring it in." When he said this, he didn't have any expression.

Facing this tepid teenager, Hou Zhen didn't know how to deal with it: "Okay, you wait." He sneered, and angrily pushed forward the two doors: for a while, the room was full of the sound of silver bells ringing, and a smell of sandalwood came to his face, and under the suppression of sandalwood, there was a faint smell of some rouge powder.

As soon as he got used to the dim light inside, Hou Zhen saw a wide shadow wall, standing in the middle of the room, and the picture of the lady on the secret door downstairs was also painted on it, but it was much higher than downstairs, and the shadows above were more than enough to block some items. Hou Zhen looked up and saw countless upside-down flower oil paper umbrellas under the roof, all worn on the countless copper wires connected between the two beams on the left and right of the room.

The umbrella surface is open, illuminated by some upside-down iron hook candlesticks, on which are painted with all exquisite flowers and birds, landscapes, but the brushwork has its own spring and autumn, as if each umbrella wants to express a certain artistic conception. As he stepped forward, he saw a small strip of cloth with a line of words hanging from the tip of each umbrella, swaying slightly.

At the lower end of the strip of cloth was a small bell with a silk thread, and the silver bell just now was made by these silver bells. Hou Zhen raised his hand and grabbed a strip of cloth to look at it carefully, there were only seven words written on it: peony, good at imitating Tang pipa. On the other strips of cloth, almost all of them are flower names with dance types or musical instruments. He looked back at Ah Hong, and Ah Hong outside the door was also looking at him, but he didn't explain much to him.

Hou Zhen turned his head and looked to both sides, only to see that there were many small cubicles on both sides, and in front of the door of each cubicle, there was a red silk hanging from the beam. Hou Zhen didn't know if these doors could be trespassed, but thinking that it cost him five taels of silver to come in here, he walked to the front of those doors with some confidence, wanting to push them open and go in to have a look.

Unexpectedly, he had just stirred up a curtain of red silk, and he heard a silver bell behind him make a crisp sound of "jingle bell": it turned out that the copper wire between the beams of the house was an exquisite mechanism, connecting the red silk in front of each small door and the corresponding girl's flower umbrella, so as soon as the red silk moved, the copper wire drove the umbrella to shake slightly, shaking the bell below.

"New guest arrives, Ah Hong, why don't you explain our rules here?" Behind the shadow wall, suddenly a woman with a cloud bun came out, her face was heavily powdered, so she couldn't tell her age. Hou Zhen looked the woman up and down, only to see that she was wearing a silver-white multi-panel Luo skirt, a snow-blue shirt on the outside, and a fashionable peacock feather fan in her hand.

"In this song shop, don't trespass, it's a place for the girls to rest. Every door here can't be opened from the outside. You just have to look at the words under the umbrella and what kind of music you want to listen to, just pull the umbrella down, and the red silk at this end will naturally be pulled up. As soon as the red silk goes up, the girl inside will naturally open the door, don't believe you try. The woman explained softly.

"Sister Qingxue, he's not here to listen to the music." Ah Hong said outside the door. "What is that for? When you enter the Shengge place, aren't you all here to spend money and have fun? Qingxue walked slowly in front of Hou Zhen, her tone of voice was soft and tortuous, it didn't sound like an accent near Lin'an, but like a Gusu person.

"I'm looking for someone. Did two little kids come in? Hou Zhen subconsciously wanted to raise the sword upwards to intimidate this weak woman, but his hand touched the air, and he remembered that the sword had been handed over to Ah Hong's hand. Child? What kind of children will come to us? Ah Hong, isn't Mr. Pang down there? Qingxue's face was a little surprised.

"Yes, Mr. Pang didn't see it clearly, let me bring him up to find it." Probably seeing that Hou Zhen had just made a gesture to touch the sword, Ah Hong also walked in and stood behind Hou Zhen. "Then let's look for it." Qingxue turned sideways and asked Hou Zhen to look behind the shadow wall: however, there was only a huge red sandalwood round table behind the shadow wall, and under the table were more than a dozen drum stools, probably where the girls ate.

"Open these doors, and I'm going to go in one by one." Hou Zhen searched inside and outside the room, but there was no trace of the two children, and his expression was very unhappy. "This can't be done, girls' boudoir, how can you be allowed to make a time?" Qingxue's tone hardened, and she gently shook the fan in her hand. "I just paid five taels of silver." Seeing that a lot of work had been delayed, Hou Zhen became anxious.

"Five taels of silver is spent on entering this gate, and you need to pay another silver for the umbrella to choose flowers, which is the rule here. But I advise you to save your energy, they haven't woken up yet, and these small doors can't be pushed open from the outside, but can only be pulled open from the inside, even if a child sneaks up, they can't get in. ”

Qingxue covered her mouth with a fan, smiled lightly, and added: "Besides, I have been in this hall just now, and I haven't seen any children come up, and I haven't heard any movement. Hou Zhen forced Qing Xue's eyes, and found that her gaze was not dodging, so he believed that what she said was true, and he secretly thought in his heart:

It stands to reason that the woman in the song shop will not casually harbor two children who have never known each other, unless they have known each other for a long time; But if they are acquainted, they will only hide the child in a secret place, and even if he stays here for a day, he will not find it. At this time, a new worry rose in his heart: Coral was looking at the sea tower alone, so there should be no more mistakes.

Thinking of this, Hou Zhen snorted coldly in his throat and threatened: "I will keep an eye on this place today, if the child goes out from here, don't blame me for being welcome." After saying that, he tried to pull out the sword at his waist again, and pounced again: "Give me back the sword." He said to Ah Hong. Ah Hong exited the gate and returned the sword to Hou Zhen.

"What else?" Hou Zhen stretched out a hand and begged for his two small bottles. Ah Hong stood motionless holding the bottle, staring at Hou Zhen without saying a word. "Ah Hong, what else did you take from others?" Qingxue saw that Ah Hong was a little abnormal, and asked. "It's like a poison, and in terms of dose, it may be highly toxic." Ah Hong turned back to Qingxue and said.

"Who said it was highly poisonous, don't talk nonsense." Hou Zhen flatly denied it: "It's just some of the ...... I used to defend myself It's just some powder, and you can't die. Qingxue looked at the bottle in Ah Hong's hand, and then looked at Hou Zhen and said, "Ah Hong, give it to him." Ah Hong hesitated for a moment and threw the two small bottles upward, Hou Zhen's eyes suddenly widened, and he jumped up and grabbed the bottles steadily.

"You're looking for death—" Hou Zhen was so angry that he quickly stuffed the bottle and was about to draw his sword and step forward. "The bottle has been given to you, so let's go, and don't do anything bad in the future." Qingxue was behind Ah Hong and said softly: "Is it poison, you know in your own heart, what are you doing, we don't want to know, let's not do the well water of each other, otherwise if I shout, you won't be able to leave." ”

Hou Zhen glanced at Ah Hong viciously when he heard this, if it weren't for the fear of being outnumbered, he really wanted to go up and have a good fight with this young man named Ah Hong, it would be better than suffering this wretchedness. For now, he could only shove the sword back into its scabbard, intending to turn around and walk down the stairs and return to the sea watchtower.

"Wait." Qingxue suddenly called out to Hou Zhen: "Ah Hong, return the money to him, let's not want it." Hearing this, Hou Zhen turned around and saw Ah Hong take out the silver he had just received from his sleeve and throw it at his feet with disdain.