Leaving Zhang's house, the first thing Chen Jianchen did was to return to the inn to get the silver. Then send it to Dr. Yang. If a person does not have faith, he will not stand, and this must be done.

The first day of coming to Suzhou passed like this.

The next day, winter rain began to fall in the sky.

The sky is not beautiful, Chen Jianchen did not travel, but stayed in the inn to study, the winter rain did not last long, the third day stopped, began to clear, a round of winter sunshine out, sunburning, slightly warm.

Wang Fu lay down for two days, and finally recovered after drinking a stomach of medicine, and when he saw that the weather was good, he immediately pulled Chen Jianchen into the carriage and went out of the city to Suzhou Creek, one of the eight views of Suzhou, to sit on the painting boat.

Suzhou Creek is located on the left side of Suzhou City, is a beautiful river, this section of the river water is gentle, the two banks are lined with willow trees to shade, and there are many wild huā green grass dotted in the meantime, the scenery is very pleasant.

This river is one of the eight scenic spots of Suzhou, and enjoys a high reputation, especially at night, there will be rows of painted boats cruising on the river, with orchestral strings in the ears and beauties in the eyes.

These paintings are painted with a variety of bright faces, red, green, orange and purple, each with its own characteristics. They also have a nice name, or "Penglai", or "Xianshan", or "Gentle Township" is full of a charming atmosphere.

In fact, every painting boat is a green building floating on the Suzhou Creek.

With Wang Fu's gift, it is simply unthinkable to come to Suzhou without swimming in Suzhou Creek and not sitting on the famous painting boat.

If a man is not a young man, how much more is he a young man?

It is the age of youth and wolf-like tiger~

The yīn shadow of the old peach huā has gradually faded with time, and Wang Daxiu is about to change the map and change the flavor and regain his majesty.

Most of the painting boats come out to drift at night, but in fact, they are open at noon to pick up customers, and at such a time, there are many literati sāo guests who come in horse-drawn carriages, and each selectively sits on the painting boat moored under the willow tree, sets up a wine banquet, drinks and eats first, and brews "poetry". And when the sun waned and the stars began to rise, the girls in the painting boat were all dressed up and came out to greet the guests.

At this time, it is the most lively time on the Suzhou Creek.

Ten miles of prosperity, singing every night, holding endless red faces, and endless wine, such a life is exactly what the scholars and doctors strive to pursue.

Wang Fu is undoubtedly the representative of this, he dressed up for nearly half an hour, and finally dressed brightly and dazzlingly, and smoked huā incense, and then Shi Shiran went out.

Compared with him, Chen Jianchen is much inferior, his clothes are simple, he looks very simple, and he is typical of a shabby scholar.

Sitting in the carriage, Wang Fu talked endlessly to Chen Jianchen about the situation of the Suzhou painting boat, and said that the sky was full of joy. It seems that he has not been idle in the past two days since he was sick, he has done his homework, and he doesn't know from which channel he inquired about so many huāxu news and romantic affairs.

Chen Jianchen seemed to be listening, but he was already outside the fugue, practicing the "Three Lizhen Chapters".

Now that he had condensed twenty righteous qi, the condensed Haoran Yangwu Sword was already as thick as a matchstick, and its power had been further enhanced. In addition, he also explored the chaotic world of the Mud Pill Palace, trying to find out the whereabouts of the evil pen and the mysterious figure, but the world was gray, seemingly boundless, and directionless, except for the pen and ink hanging in the center, nothing else appeared.

The secret is still hidden in the layers of mí mí......

Chen Jianchen was not frustrated... Secrets are like boxes with upper locks, and he likes to pick locks.

"Liuxian, it's here!"

Wang Fu's voice full of joy sounded in his ears, and Chen Jianchen looked up to see that the carriage had stopped and was stopping by a wide river.

The Suzhou Creek is very large, almost comparable to the Jianjiang River, but the Jianjiang River is magnificent and turbulent, while the current section of the Suzhou Creek is calm and gentle, like a lady without a temper.

On both sides of the riverbank, there are rows of willow trees, and under the trees, there are moored boats with bright and bright paintings, lined up, and it seems that there are at least as many as the last boat.

The boats were not large, like small houses, and they were built in a very chic way: each boat had two to five girls in charge of entertaining guests, and a chain of silver ingots was required for a night to charter a boat.

This is only a charter fee, food and beverages are additional, and entertainment content is charged per trip. As for the so-called division of entertainment, this man who comes to have fun understands it.

Chen Jianchen had never been here, but after listening to it once, he naturally understood.

It is said that there are three giant painting boats, each of which can accommodate guests to sit down, and the girls on it are even more like huā and jade, all of which are one of them. Of course, the people who can enter these three giant painting boats to play are either rich or expensive, and other idlers can't afford to spend at all.

Even if it was Wang Fu, he didn't dare to go to those large painting boats, which belonged to the absolute gold cave, not to mention the silver, even if the gold was thrown into Ben, there would be no water huā.

After getting out of the carriage, Wang Fu began to walk around the shore, looking for a painting boat that suited his heart, and at this time, a lewd-looking man immediately ran in, and asked with a smile: "The two sons are looking for a boat?" Wang Fu glanced at him: "So what?"

The man said: "I have thirty-eight images of girls with boats here, so it's better to find a place and ask the son to pick slowly."

Hearing this, Chen Jianchen suddenly realized that this man is a famous broker on the Suzhou Creek, not one or two, but dozens, and the bosses behind them are from different forces. In this way, there is the problem of competition in jīlie.

Where there is competition, there will be solicitation.

In addition to the price, the posture of the girl on the boat is the most important.

You must know that the men who come to patronize, whether it is a literati sāo guest, or a merchant or an official eunuch, are basically drunkards who do not mean to drink, but to be chaotic and xìng after drinking. However, it is impossible for the girls to stand outside the painting boat all the time and let the guests "draft", so there are brokers who specialize in soliciting guests.

There are many portraits of girls in the hands of the brokers, and they are grouped and placed in the form of painting boats, and when they see a new customer looking for a boat, they will immediately meet them to solicit business. As for the "real" nature of these girls' portraits, it is up to debate, and there is a certain amount of beautification and advertising, which is understandable.

Wang Fu came for the first time, although he did some homework in advance, but the door was always blocked, and now there is a ready-made portrait to see, which is in line with his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, look at the reward!"

Laifu, the servant who followed him, immediately took out a string of copper coins.

The man accepted the reward, smiled, and hurriedly asked Wang Fu to sit down in a pergola on the side, and slowly choose.

Chen Jianchen did not walk over, but went to the shore to watch the scenery.

At this time, the weather is not early, the winter is dusk, slowly falling towards the west mountain, near dusk, the cold begins to worsen.

Looking forward to it, Chen Jianchen saw a huge painting boat floating down the river. This painting boat, six feet tall and double-storey, looks like a fortress moving on the river, and ordinary painting boats are nothing compared to it.

As the boat floated down, a burst of moving string music came out, mixed with the hilarious sound of pushing cups and changing lamps, and it seemed that there were guests feasting on it.

Suddenly, a maid rushed to the shore, no more than twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a blue sè jacket, with a round face, and an anxious face.

She ran fast, and she didn't pay attention for a while, and she was bumpy and bumped into Chen Jianchen.

Hey!

Chen Jianchen's hand was quick, and he reached out with his big hand and grabbed the other party, so that the maid did not fall to the ground.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

The maid was dizzy, and her mouth was busy apologizing, and finally saw Chen Jianchen's appearance clearly, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Childe, why are you?"

Chen Jianchen frowned and asked, "Do you know me?" In his impression, he didn't seem to have seen such a little maid.

The maid said quickly: "My name is Xiang'er, and my young lady's name is Lu Gongnu" Seeing Chen Jianchen's face still dazed, she said again: "Childe, do you remember that once you were drunk and sat on the side of the street and fell asleep......? As soon as she reminded her, Chen Jianchen suddenly remembered it~ Because of that day, he got acquainted with Yan Chixia, and he was happy for a while, and he drank a lot of wine with Yan Chixia, and he was drunk for the first time in his life, and he was sleepy when he walked home, so he found a random place to sit down and rest on the side of the street, but he fell asleep while sitting, and then this little girl took a copy of the old kudzu root and sent it over, at that time, Chen Jianchen still felt good about himself, and suspected that he was accidentally taken by a certain lady.

It turned out that the young lady of this maid was called Lu Gongnu.

Lu Gongnu?

Chen Jianchen suddenly felt that this name was a little familiar, as if he had heard someone say it, secretly thought about it, and finally suddenly heard it from Wang Fu, saying that this Lu Gongnu is fourteen years old, and her posture is unparalleled, she is the head of the Jiangzhou Bird Walker, who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and can also acupuncture and moxibustion medical skills, which is very amazing.

It's just that why did she come to Suzhou?

Chen Jianchen was quite suspicious, but Na Xiang'er grabbed his hand and pleaded urgently: "Childe, you save my young lady." At this time, Chen Jianchen was even more puzzled, and asked in a deep voice: "Don't worry, you slowly say what's going on?" Xiang'er couldn't help but shed tears in her eyes, and said: "My young lady was born in a big family in Suzhou, just because the family was in the middle of the road, and the family property was forcibly taken away by the townspeople, so the old lady was so angry that she couldn't afford to be sick, and both withdrew her hands to go west, leaving the young lady alone and helpless, and was forced to go to Jiangzhou to be a Qingqi person, and she endured humiliation and stealing her life for many years, just waiting for the opportunity to come back to avenge her parents. Ten days ago, Miss took me back to my hometown to worship the death of the old lady, and did not return to Jiangzhou after the worship, because Miss said that she had found a good opportunity to take revenge, because today Na Haoqiang wanted to come to Suzhou Creek to charter a painting boat to entertain guests, and Miss took the opportunity to rush to the painting boat, and then find an opportunity to slash the enemy. But the danger of this matter can be imagined, I couldn't persuade it, the young lady didn't listen at all, and gave me a sum of money to let me leave. However, the little maid had followed the young lady since she was a child, so how could she escape alone?

God pity me, let the little maid bump into the son, the son, you must save my young lady!"!.