Qi Xuansu glanced at Zhang Yuelu with some surprise: "You are really 'erudite and well-informed', amazing, powerful." ”

"Isn't that the opposite? Learn the yin and yang weirdness of the Li family, right? Zhang Yuelu's face was not kind, and she wanted to make a move, but she was dodged by Qi Xuansu in advance.

Qi Xuansu changed the topic and said: "Okay, let's go to the courtyard and see Miss Li's demeanor, and we will pay half of the specific cost." ”

Zhang Yuelu was a little surprised: "Aren't you not interested, when you heard that there was Miss Li, you changed your mind?" I am willing to pay half of the cost. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "I don't have much interest in Miss Li, but I think it is necessary to see what kind of preferences and tastes the lower and upper class people have. ”

Zhang Yuelu snorted and agreed.

Qi Xuansu said again: "But you can't go like this, the famous Daomen genius Zhang Yuelu went around the courtyard and spread it, but it was a joke." ”

"I know." Zhang Yuelu said, "Change your clothes first." ”

Qi Xuansu squinted at her: "Aren't you going to find an inn to settle down first?" ”

Zhang Yuelu was speechless for the first time.

The two came to the Taiping Inn in the city and asked for a single-family courtyard, Qi Xuansu took off the fire gun, the shoulder bag and the outer belt with the flying knife waist bag, and handed it over to Zhang Yuelu for safekeeping, leaving only the elegant "Qingyuan", after all, this dynasty also has a tradition of swords.

Zhang Yuelu went to her room and closed the door. Then Qi Xuansu asked the guy for a table of wine and food, roasted sheep and chicken, fried pork and fish, the dishes were extremely sumptuous, and he ate them unhurriedly.

When Qi Xuansu had almost eaten, Zhang Yuelu pushed open the door and came out, and there was already a different person.

I saw her dressed in a moon-white robe, gold wire trim inlay, square head cloud shoes with black lines on a white background, jade belt, wearing a white jade crown, and a folding fan with ivory as the fan bone in her hand.

Qi Xuansu looked up and down.

Zhang Yuelu obviously wore a mask on her face, changed her appearance, did not have the slightest feminine femininity, looked heroic, and this dress was well-cut, obviously not bought temporarily, let alone borrowed other people's clothes, and carried it with her in Sumeru, in other words, Zhang Yuelu did not do much in the past.

Zhang Yuelu opened her hands and asked with a smile, "How is it?" ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Should I call you the son of the Tai?" ”

"Smart, from now on, I am the beginning of the Taichu, not Zhang Yuelu, nor Zhang Xinyue." Zhang Yuelu said.

Qi Xuansu asked, "What about me?" Do you want to take a pseudonym too? ”

Zhang Yuelu waved his hand and said, "There shouldn't be many people who know you, so I don't think it's necessary." ”

Qi Xuansu has no opinion, this is not for Qingping to work hard, and it doesn't matter if he uses his real name.

Zhang Yuelu closed the folding fan in his hand, tapped his palm, first looked down at his chest, and then pressed it with his hand, there was nothing abnormal, and then reached out and touched his Adam's apple.

Qi Xuansu continued to eat, and said without raising his head: "Both men and women have Adam's apples, but men's Adam's apples are more obvious. ”

Zhang Yuelu took out a small object from the Sumeru object and placed it in his Adam's apple, just like a man. She took out another thing that resembled a whistle and put it in her mouth, and cleared her throat, which had become a man's voice.

Zhang Yuelu actually came prepared.

After Qi Xuansu finished eating, he wiped his mouth with the hand towel given by the inn, and motioned Zhang Yuelu to wait for him outside, after all, there was suddenly a girl in this courtyard, and there was an extra beautiful son, which was still quite difficult to explain.

After Zhang Yuelu left, Qi Xuansu waited for the men to come and clean up the cups, dishes and chopsticks, and then asked, "Which is the largest courtyard in our mansion?" ”

The guy first looked around, and when he saw that the girl who came with him was not there, he showed a smile that a man understands: "I don't listen to the accent of the guest officer, but the guest officer is the right person, our largest courtyard here is Jiaqing Yuan, there are many girls, good colors, good talents, singing, dancing, singing, dancing, calligraphy and painting." It's a bit expensive, let's not talk about those red card girls, just ordinary girls, overnight will cost ten Taiping money to start, if you buy a banquet, the price there is expensive, not better than the inn, I'm afraid it's twenty or thirty Taiping money can't be beaten. ”

Qi Xuansu often saw the saying "playing tea around" from the script, and couldn't help asking: "What is the price of playing tea around?" ”

As soon as the guy heard Qi Xuansu's words, he smiled and said, "It's the first time for the guest officer to go to the courtyard." ”

Qi Xuansu was surprised: "How do you know? ”

"Because the villain has just said that the cost of buying a banquet is only twenty or thirty Taiping dollars." The guy explained, "There is a saying that there is a tea circle in the upper courtyard, and to put it bluntly, it is to drink, drink tea, play chess, eat snacks, and chat with the girls in the courtyard. The tea enclosure is free, and the courtyard naturally has a loss of money. However, the meaning of not taking the fee is also clear, that is, after the guests have played a few tea circles, they will have a feast. ”

Qi Xuansu then understood why the guy deliberately mentioned the purchase of a banquet, it turned out that there was such a talk.

Although the guy works as an errand in the Taiping Inn, he will also receive the benefits of the inn every month, in order to let them introduce the guests of the inn to the inn, and naturally he knows everything: "Generally, the inn will not chase the guests for money, but the guests who often go to the tea house but do not hold a banquet will be laughed at and looked at by the girls in the courtyard. ”

Qi Xuansu said thoughtfully: "Man, what are these tea houses you are talking about, they should all be regular customers of the courtyard, if it is a first-time guest like us?" ”

The guy smiled: "Then you need a 'stepping stone', the general market is five Taiping money." ”

Qi Xuansu nodded, put the two Xiaoyuan on the table, and asked, "Can you lead the way?" ”

The guy stretched out his hand and wiped it, and put the two small circles in his pocket, with a smile on his face: "Thank you for the reward." ”

The two walked out of the inn from the side door, and there was an alley outside, and they saw Zhang Yuelu standing at the entrance of the alley from a distance, shaking a folding fan in winter.

The guy was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the guest officer had made an appointment with his companion early, but he didn't think deeply that this son was the girl just now.

Jiaqingyuan is located in the southeast corner of the city, not too far from the Taiping Inn, out of this alley, two more streets, is a side gate of Jiaqingyuan. Different from the second-rate green building, this high-class courtyard is very quiet, and it actually has a bit of silt and is not stained. There are many houses around the courtyard, and there is no clear owner, the main role is to hide the gold house, and the guests inside are naturally canaries.

Jiaqingyuan can be built here, and it covers a vast area, which shows that its background is not small. However, it is unlikely that it is the business of the Zhang family, and even the Li family, who doesn't care about this kind of thing, wants to find a righteous daughter to take charge of this matter, instead of doing it himself, so it is impossible for the Zhang family, who has always had a better name than the Li family, to personally intervene in such a business.

Could it be some local magistrate in the imperial court?

The guy led the two of them to this side door, saying that it was a side door, and it was also extraordinary, and there were also several women standing in front of the door who were in charge of welcoming guests.

The guy stopped there, and Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu stepped forward.

A woman took the initiative to greet her, Qi Xuansu had already inquired about the market, took out five yuan Taiping coins, threw them away, and the five Taiping coins fell into the woman's hands accurately, and then asked, "I heard that your hospital held a poetry meeting?" ”

The woman immediately had a smile on her face: "It's better to come early than to come by chance, the poetry meeting is about to start." ”