Chapter Ninety-Three: Drunken Dreams
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As soon as Lu Yifan's words came out, the mouthful of tea that Han Ling'er had just taken spurted out of her mouth suddenly, and then the eyes she looked at Lu Yifan were almost full of disdain and annoyance. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Lu Yifan, what nonsense are you talking about!" Han Ling'er shouted angrily, and looking at the blush that gradually appeared on her face, it was obvious that she was ashamed and angry about the place Lu Yifan just mentioned, and no matter how rude Han Ling'er usually was, but in the end, she was still a daughter's family after all, how could anyone say such a thing in front of other people's daughters' families?
Being scolded by Han Ling'er, Lu Yifan seemed to realize that he had lost his words, he hurriedly smiled awkwardly, and then his eyes full of bitterness turned to Xie Yun, as if he wanted Xie Yun to quickly explain the matter of Zuimenglou.
And Xie Yun was also stunned at first after listening to Lu Yifan's words, and then he suddenly burst out laughing, and the laughter was full of fun.
"It turns out that Miss Han will also be shy?" Xie Yun said with a laugh, at this moment he was almost out of breath in the face of Lu Yifan and Ji Yuan's embarrassment, as well as Han Ling'er's embarrassment, "I thought Miss Han was a person who was not afraid of heaven and earth!"
"Brother Xie, stop laughing, what kind of place is this Drunken Dream Building?" Ji Yuan looked at Han Ling'er, whose face was getting deeper and darker, and was about to go crazy, and couldn't help but hurriedly change the topic.
Xie Yun gradually put away the smile on his face, and then reached out and patted Lu Yifan's shoulder, and said with relief: "Don't worry, how could I take you to that kind of place? Although the Drunken Dream Building sings and treats beauties and delicacies every night, it is definitely not a place of smoke and willows, so you can rest assured! We will only drink and enjoy dancing here, and we will not do anything else!"
Saying that, Xie Yun also smiled meaningfully at Lu Yifan, but in front of Xie Yun's free and easy, it was Lu Yifan's fuss that showed a little childishness.
"You are now my friends with Xie Yun, so I'm going to Zuimenglou to introduce someone to you!" When Xie Yun said this, his eyes couldn't help but flash a thick tenderness.
Xie Yun's expression made Lu Yifan inevitably feel a little surprised, because Lu Yifan, a disciple of an official family like Xie Yun, had seen too much, and even he himself was one of them. And because of this kind of people's family background since childhood, most of them have a cynical attitude and an indifferent character, and it is very rare for this situation to occur today, especially when Xie Yun in front of him just talks about this person, he is already full of tenderness, and his expression has become indescribably serious, which is enough to see that the person Xie Yun said is definitely not a simple character.
"Who are you going to introduce to us?"
"A person who is important to me!" In the face of Ji Yuan's doubts, Xie Yun did not say it directly, but mysteriously reciprocated a sly smile full of deep meaning, and then added in a very low voice, "I am the most important person in Xie Yun's life!"
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The Drunken Dream Tower was located in the north of the inner city, not far from the Wenyang Marquis Mansion, and Xie Yun had already prepared a carriage outside the mansion early, and after passing through about four or five streets, the carriage slowly drove towards a five-story square building in the distance.
Although Lu Yifan has not yet arrived, but has already heard the laughter and drum dance music from this square building from a distance, the closer the carriage is to this square building, the more noisy and lively the sound of people and bustling and lively, cheers, cheers mixed with the sound of drum music faintly coming out of the square building, blending and interweaving into a grand occasion similar to the night scene of Jinling City.
And you don't need to get out of the car to watch, just listen to the excitement outside the car to know that this place is definitely a place of indulgence in singing, dancing, and indulging in banter.
"I really can't imagine that there is such a prosperous place in this Wenyang City!" Lu Yifan couldn't help but sigh.
"Although Wenyang City is remote, it is also a big city with a population of one million after all, how can there be no such place?" Xie Yun seemed a little excited at the moment, and it could be seen through his restless posture and increasingly energetic eyes that he couldn't wait for this drunken dream building.
"Let's go!" The moment the carriage came to a stop, Xie Yun was the first to get up and run out of the carriage, and the moment he opened the curtain, the brilliant brilliance of red and green poured into the carriage in an instant, bringing a dense light to the dim carriage.
When Lu Yifan and a few people got off the car completely, they realized that this drunken dream building was far more prosperous and lively than they imagined, not to mention how many guests were in the building, just looking at the bustling flow of people in front of this building and the luxury carriages that were still pouring in from all directions, it was not difficult to see that the flowers here are full of flowers and peaceful and prosperous.
"Oh my God, just look at these carriages waiting for the master outside the building, I'm afraid there are at least hundreds!" Ji Yuan looked at the carriages parked on the left and right of the square building, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Here and the Wenyang City we saw during the day today are simply like two places!"
"Brother Ji doesn't need to be surprised, there are the most prominent figures in the entire Wenyang City here, not to mention a hundred, even a thousand is extremely normal!" Xie Yun said with a smile, and then he slowly shifted his gaze to the vermilion plaque directly above the door of the building, on which were inscribed with three gilded characters "Drunken Dream Building"!
Just look at the signboard of this drunken dream building, but it is much more magnificent and flamboyant than the Wenyang Hou Mansion.
"Drunken Dream Building...... Drunken Dream Building...... The people of Wenyang City are suffering from suffering, but here they are singing and dancing, can the people here really live in a drunken dream and pretend not to see anything?" Lu Yifan looked around at the drunken guests who were drinking, and looked at some of them holding the wine jar in pairs, and some of them holding one or two bewitching beauties, it was really as if they were dying here in a drunken dream.
"Brother Xie, Wenyang City is so hard, but Drunken Dream Tower dares to be so swaggering, who is the shopkeeper here?" Ji Yuan immediately asked the key.
"I don't know who the shopkeeper is!" Xie Yun shook his head nonchalantly, at this moment he was engrossed in the friends around him, constantly smiling and nodding to greet, after hearing Ji Yuan's words, he slowly turned his head, and then smiled mysteriously, "I only know that the reason why it dares to be so swaggering is because this is the biggest cash cow in Wenyang City!"
"Money cow, for whom?" Han Ling'er asked curiously.
"I don't know where all the money from the Drunken Dream Building goes, but I know that the thousands of city troops in charge of the third uncle are all supported by the money from the Drunken Dream Tower!" Xie Yun smiled, "Otherwise, with only my father, a little Wenyang Hou, how could he afford to raise so many city troops in such a poor Wenyang City?"
"No wonder it's so flamboyant, it turns out that there is the blessing of Wenyang Hou behind it!" Han Ling'er said with disdain.
"This is also something that can't be helped, if my father wants these rich families in Wenyang City to pay for the army, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky, these families are all iron roosters, and they don't pull out a dime! But if they come to Zuimenglou to throw money, they are very generous and chic!" Xie Yun said with a wry smile, "And there is nothing wrong with this, it is better to spend money in Zuimenglou than elsewhere!"
Regarding Xie Yun's explanation, although Lu Yifan and the others were surprised in their hearts, they nodded undeniably.
"Yo, isn't this the second son? What kind of wind is blowing you here today!"
Just as Xie Yun and Lu Yifan were talking, a slightly shrill woman's voice suddenly came from the building, and then I saw a middle-aged woman dressed in heavy makeup, covered in gold and silver, and full of jade, shaking her fat waist and walking up quickly, just looking at this woman's gorgeous and rich dress, and the extremely flattering smile on her rouge-covered face, it is not difficult to guess that this person must be the eight-sided steward in this drunken dream building, if it is placed in the place of fireworks, this person is undoubtedly a typical old bustard。
Xie Yun was not surprised when he saw this person, but smiled very kindly: "Shopkeeper Liu, I brought a few friends to drink today, and you have to arrange a good room for us." ”
"Second son, don't worry!" Shopkeeper Liu smiled flatteringly, and then she looked at Lu Yifan, Ji Yuan and Han Ling'er with those peach blossom eyes with a smile, and there was always a smile in her eyes, and she didn't feel the slightest doubt because of the faces of the three of them.
"A few people hurry up inside, please!" Shopkeeper Liu said and hurriedly ran two steps to the front, making a gesture of please towards the building, and Lu Yifan raised his feet and walked into the building after glancing at Ji Yuan and Han Ling'er, Xie Yun naturally walked in the last one, and when he passed by Shopkeeper Liu, Shopkeeper Liu also leaned into his ear very attentively, and whispered in a voice with a unique meaning, " The second son came here today, Ying Ying just choreographed a new dance, and this is the first time to perform on stage, the second son can be regarded as a blessing for the eyes!"
"Really?" As soon as he heard the word "Yingying", Xie Yundang, who was originally calm, became excited, and his eyes couldn't help but radiate a brilliant light, "Yingying, is she okay?"
"Ying Ying is good, is there anyone in this Wenyang City who knows more than the second son? Why do you want to ask me today?" When Shopkeeper Liu said this, he couldn't stop covering his mouth with the peach blossom fan in his hand, and looked at Xie Yun with a thick smile.
It's also strange to say, in the face of the extremely obvious ridicule of Shopkeeper Liu, Xie Yun, who has always been unforgiving, became a little twisted at this moment, and then looked at his slightly flushed face, who would have thought that the dignified Wen Yang's first shot was now a little shy.
If it is said that the outside of the drunken dream building is full of flowers, then the inside of the drunken dream building is absolutely magnificent, the carved beams are hung on the building, I hate to be able to this drunken dream building every beam is carved with a variety of patterns, there are ladies, there are landscapes, there are flowers and plants, there are insects and birds, its magnificence is actually no worse than the moon tower of Jinling City.
Zuimenglou is a square five-story building, its first to third floors are open up and down, the middle of the lobby on the first floor is a huge stage, and around the stage is full of good wooden tables and chairs. The second and third floors are divided into dozens of wings, which are completely open in the direction facing the stage, with no doors or windows, only a roller shutter hanging on it, if the guests in the wing room do not want people outside to see the scene in their wings, then they only need to lower the roller blinds.
On the fourth and fifth floors of the Zuimeng Building, all of them are really good rooms, and as for what these rooms are used for and for whom, there are different opinions!
Some people say that this is for some dignitaries and nobles to meet alone with the beauties in the center of the drunken dream building. Some people also say that this is for their own people in the Drunken Dream Building, and the own people here naturally refer to the many dance and music singers in the Drunken Dream Building.
At this moment, whether it is the lobby on the first floor or the rooms on the second and third floors, almost all of them are filled with gorgeously dressed guests, and every table is also full of wine and delicacies, and on the central stage, a group of delicate dancers are also dancing to their heart's content in the sound of drums, bringing bursts of cheers and enjoyment to many guests in this drunken dream building.
The noise and drum music in the drunken dream building are very loud, and the people who speak in it need to deliberately raise their voices a little so that they can be heard by the people around them. In the face of such an atmosphere, Lu Yifan understood what Xie Yun meant by the night sheng song.
The shopkeeper arranged for them in a side room on the second floor, and in a short time, the table was already full of all kinds of fine wine and dishes, and there were even two very bewitching maids standing aside, carefully serving, pouring wine and changing dishes for them at any time.
"No wonder there are so many people gathered here, it is delicious food and wine, singing and dancing, and there are special handsome maids waiting all the time, really enjoying!" Although Han Ling'er is the eldest lady of the Han family, she has never been to such a place, and today is the first time she has seen it.
"By the way, you said that you want to introduce us to someone here, where is it?" Lu Yifan asked Xie Yun.
"Don't worry, you'll see her soon!" Xie Yun said with a happy face, and as he spoke, he couldn't help but shout hello to the dancers on the stage on the first floor, and it could be seen that he was in an extremely good mood now.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a crisp gong sounded in the Drunken Dream Building, and the originally noisy sound became a little quieter after this gong, and the dancing girls who were originally performing on the stage also bowed and retreated unhurriedly, and the accompanying drum music gradually stopped, and everyone's eyes in the Drunken Dream Building involuntarily turned to the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, after waiting all night, has the person you most wanted to see appear?" Shopkeeper Liu had already stood on the stage at some point, and saw her looking around at the many guests with a smile on her face.
"No, no ......"
"I said shopkeeper Liu, you can't make us wait all night!"
"That's it, we're all here for Miss Yingying......"
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For a while, the voices around echoed one after another, obviously these people were very used to playing tricks with Shopkeeper Liu.
"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry! The so-called anxious can't eat hot tofu, Miss Yingying is a well-deserved Oiran of our Drunken Dream Building, she naturally has to be fully prepared before she can appear to meet you, isn't it?"
"Shopkeeper Liu, we will support it, you don't want to sell so many passes, hurry up and ask Miss Yingying to come out......"
"That's it, Miss Yingying dances a new dance tonight, and I am willing to give a thousand taels of silver shellfish to congratulate me......"
"What is this? I am willing to pay 10,000 taels of silver shells and invite Miss Yingying to get drunk with me before rest......ing."
"10,000 taels I want to invite Miss Yingying to drink? I will give 30,000 taels of silver, as long as Miss Yingying accompanies me to have a drink......
Looking at these more and more excited guests, the smile of the shopkeeper Liu on the stage became more and more intense, which was exactly the result she wanted.
However, Xie Yun, who was sitting on the second floor, was teasing with the voices of these guests, and his face became more and more difficult to look at, and the thoughtful Lu Yifan suddenly noticed the change in Xie Yun's expression, and he was also shocked at the moment.
"130,000 still dare to take it out to offer ugliness? I am willing to give 1 million silver shells, as long as Miss Yingying can accompany me for one night!" In a side room on the third floor, a joking voice suddenly sounded.
As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted a rebuttal and complaint from the drunken dream building, especially Xie Yun's eyes instantly became murderous.
Shopkeeper Liu smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "Our Yingying rules must be known to everyone, don't sell your art! Okay, don't say much, if anyone wants to invite Yingying girl to drink, then wait for Yingying girl to come out, and tell her in person! As for whether you can be invited or not, it depends on your own fate, if fate comes, Yingying girl will not take a penny! If fate is not reached, Yingying girl will not pay attention!"
Shopkeeper Liu's words immediately attracted laughter and echoing voices in the drunken dream building.
When the figure of the shopkeeper gradually retreated from the stage, the originally brightly lit lanterns in the drunken dream building were suddenly extinguished, and in an instant, the entire drunken dream building fell into a dimness, and before everyone was surprised and exclaimed, they saw two red candles on the stage suddenly lit up, and then from the darkness in the distance, a looming Miaoman figure gradually appeared between the dim red candles. At the same time, Xie Yun, who was sitting next to Lu Yifan, was visibly thickening!
"The person I'm going to introduce you, she's here!"
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