Chapter 23: The Strings of the Brocade (12)
Gu Peiqing and the Five Princes walked back to the Red Leaf Building, at this time, the deserted Red Leaf Building was particularly out of place on the lively West Street, Boss Qi was not inside, to be exact, except for the two guards at the door, the Red Leaf Building was already empty. The old bustard of a small building called "Chun Wei Drunk" diagonally opposite the Red Leaf Building was shaking his handkerchief at Gu Pei Qing and the Five Princes, seeing their indifferent expressions, she walked over with a variety of charms, and said in a soft voice: "Two officials, I'm afraid this Red Leaf Building can't be done, dead people, very unlucky, it's better to come to us Chun Wei, our girls are beautiful and obedient." One of her hands was on Gu Peiqing's shoulder, and the rich fragrance almost made the fifth prince faint.
Gu Peiqing smiled brightly, picked the old bustard's hand off his shoulder with a fan, and said, "Sister, we heard that this red silk girl is an oiran and wanted to come and see it, but now we haven't seen the oiran, I don't know what girl is in your building?" ”
"There are a lot of girls in us, which one do the officials like?"
"Master, I can do anything, I prefer to enjoy the spring with the girls on a cruise ship."
The old bustard's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he quietly looked at Gu Peiqing and the five princes again, feeling that the fabrics of their clothes were all of the highest quality, and they were even more eager. "I'm afraid it's too late to arrange the cruise today, but the guest officer can go to our building to sit and listen to the song, and the cruise ship can come tomorrow."
"Why can't you arrange it, it's not your own cruise?"
"How can we afford a cruise ship in this small building, all the flower buildings in this area are rented from Boss Xiao's cruise ship, he is very generous, and always gives us a little discount."
"Sister, we have a fate today, then I'll go listen to the music, Brother Dao, can I?"
The fifth prince had only heard the Red Silk Girl play music with Gu Peiqing from a distance before, and he had never met such an enthusiastic old bustard, and when he saw Gu Peiqing saying that he wanted to go in and sit, he panicked for a while, and stammered: "Okay... Okay, I... I don't care. ”
Gu Peiqing looked at the nervous appearance of the five princes, who were usually full of confidence and high-spirited, and wanted to tease him a few words. The old bustard understood as soon as she saw the fifth prince, her hands wrapped around the arms of the fifth prince, and her voice was even softer, as if it was about to enter his bones: "This official, I haven't been here since I saw it, don't be nervous." ”
The three of them were not drunk in the spring, and the old bustard's soft voice immediately became a little sharper: "Xiao Mian and Xiao Yuan came to pick up the guests." ”
The two women giggled and trotted over, their skirts fluttering, and they wrapped one around the other, calling their sons softly.
"Go to the private room, go to the private room." Gu Peiqing flicked the folding fan in a chic manner, and the old bustard led them with a smile, the fifth prince was stiff at this time, and the woman beside him noticed it, and said with a smile: "The first time the prince came to play?" Don't be nervous. ”
After entering the private room, the old bustard stepped back with interest, and the woman named Xiaomian leaned her head on Gu Peiqing's shoulder and said, "This son, you are really good-looking, it must be the first time to come, otherwise I will definitely be haunted by you." ”
Gu Peiqing's face still looked complacent, but he moved his shoulders away, took out a few taels of silver, and said, "Two sisters, I have something to ask you, how about answering a question for a tael of silver?" ”
Men are never as attractive as silver, and the two girls couldn't take their eyes off the silver anymore, and nodded vigorously.
"Okay, okay, sit down first, you're not without bones." Gu Peiqing said to Xiao Yuan, who was sticking to the five princes.
She didn't get angry, she still laughed and groaned, and immediately let go of the five princes, and the five princes were obviously relieved. "I wonder what Childe wants to know?" Xiao Yuan asked.
"Do you know the boss of the herb shop on the other side?"
"If we have any discomfort, we just go to him to see, but if we understand, we only know that he is almost forty years old, and he has not yet married a wife and had children, and his family background is okay, after all, his herbal medicine shop business is very good. Our bustard had come to him before and said that we had some old women here who could be sold to him as concubines. He refused, saying that he had a sweetheart. After Xiao Mian finished speaking, Xiao Yuan immediately picked up: "I guess that sweetheart is which girl from the Red Leaf Building, several people in our building were saying that they saw him enter the Red Leaf Building through the back door, and he was familiar with the road." ”
"No, I went to his shop to get herbs, and he didn't see me, and he was talking to a friend and said that he looked down on women like us." Xiao Mian scratched his head and said indignantly: "This is really funny, I still look down on him, thin as a monkey, with an unpleasant expression, I won't like that kind of person when I die." ”
"Second question, do you have any dealings with the girls in the Red Leaf Building?"
"Nope." Both replied at the same time. "We have a competitive relationship, although the seven or eight flower buildings on West Street are connected together, they are actually old and dead."
"That's right, you see that the top floor of our house is used to dry clothes and bed sheets, and sometimes the clothes in the Hualou that are close to us are blown over, and they won't come to the door to ask for them, so they should be lost."
"Ladies and gentlemen, I still have a question, is there anyone in your building who will go out to teach some little girls to play the piano and dance?"
Xiao Yuan and Xiao Mian exchanged glances, they frowned in confusion, and the room was eerily quiet for a while. Gu Peiqing took out another four taels of silver and said, "You have gained a lot tonight, and it could have been a little more abundant." ”
Xiao Mian made up her mind and said: "Son, you must not let our grandma know, otherwise we will be killed, although Xiao Yuan and I have not done this, but as far as I know, there are indeed girls in our building who go out to teach the little girls to play the piano and dance and sing, they are all girls from good families, but they can't afford to hire teachers in the workshop, so they can only look for us, but everyone is afraid of being known by others, and they generally cover their faces with veils." Not only our building, but also the girls from other families will take this job, which is easy and the money is not very small. ”
Gu Peiqing's folding fan hit his chin one by one, he was thinking, and vaguely grasped the messy end.
Shen Feiming, who came out of Boss Xiao's shop, was confident at this time, Almond felt that Miss was indeed full of vitality, and she was able to jump around the guards in the house today. Lan Dian has been following her, his responsibility is to protect Miss, not to prevent Miss from leaving the house, Shen Feiming is very satisfied with Lan Dian's approach.
"Miss, where are we going next?"
Shen Feiming touched his chin and said, "I already know how Zheng Jixiang died, and I also introduced how Xiao Gongzi died, that is, how the owner of the herb shop died, although there is speculation, but I still need some evidence, go to Hongye Building." ”
"Miss, in fact, when you come out to investigate the case, it is easy to meet Gu Gongzi, if you meet him, how can you explain it to him? Will you have any misunderstandings and contradictions? ”
"Have you been reading a lot of scripts lately? This case you know is originally about our Shen family, if I investigate the case with him, wouldn't it pull him into this whirlpool? When we find out who is behind this kind of carving insect trick, he will be able to understand, and then he will be able to understand my painstaking efforts, and we will be good again as before. Shen Feiming was moved by his fearless speech, and felt that it was really not easy for him and Gu Peiqing, and he would definitely overcome all difficulties to be together.
Almond rolled his eyes and said, "You moved me to vomit, it's you who read too much in the book." ”
"You stinky girl, eat me." Shen Feiming suddenly gathered his breath in his palm and slapped it towards the almonds. Almond dodged casually and said easily: "Your kung fu is not even as good as me, is your teacher really Li Zong, a mountain forest Taoist?" ”
"Your teacher is also Li Zong, I don't think you're good." Fei Ming simply withdrew his strength and used his hand to pinch the almonds.
The two of them walked from Jinghu to the front of the Red Leaf Building, their almond eyes were sharp, and they pointed to Chun Weidrunk, who was diagonally opposite, and said, "Look at who that is?" ”
Gu Peiqing's head was a little big, and when he saw Almond pointing at him, Shen Feiming turned his head, his expression changed from surprised to gloomy. At this time, the five princes felt like they were jumping from one pit to another.
Shen Feiming glared at the Fifth Prince, "You took Pei Qing to this kind of place?" Do you want to stay in your palace for a month? ”
The fifth prince was bitter at this time, and begged: "Feiming, I beg you not to tell my mother." Besides, Pei Qing and I are just investigating the case there? ”
Fei Ming looked at Gu Peiqing hesitantly, then at the fifth prince, and said, "Really? ”
"Really, really, although Pei Qing seems to be familiar with the road inside, he definitely didn't touch those girls, he just asked questions."
Gu Peiqing felt that this fifth prince was tantamount to holding a knife to his neck, "Feiming, you don't listen to his nonsense, I don't know how to drive, I haven't been to that kind of place before." I really went there today to investigate the case. ”
"So how did you check?" Shen Feiming asked.
"I feel that there should be a result soon," Gu Peiqing tapped Feiming's forehead with a folding fan and said, "Let's compare again?" ”
"No, you're not allowed to look it up, let me use my talents, and then you just have to listen to me solve the puzzle." Fei Ming glared at him viciously: "Otherwise, I will be angry with you all the time because you went to Hualou." ”
"Okay." Gu Peiqing replied helplessly.
"I think it's time for me to go back to the palace, you can continue to talk." The five princes just wanted to slip away at this time.
Almond looked at the oil at the feet of the fifth prince, and her eyes were full of contempt, it was really a torment for her to accompany the pair of little enemies alone, so she could only keep her distance appropriately.
Shen Feiming and Gu Peiqing returned to Mirror Lake and walked by the lake, followed by a fart worm in the distance. Shen Feiming shared with him what he found with Boss Xiao, and Gu Peiqing also told Shen Feiming what Xiao Yuan and Xiao Mian said.
"I think the two of us can quite cooperate," Fei Ming patted Gu Pei Qing's back like a brother, "Brother Gu." ”
"Please also ask Brother Shen to keep a distance from me, I don't have any habit of breaking my sleeves." Gu Peiqing made a gesture, but his face was extra serious.
Then the two laughed again.