Chapter 8 Night Exploration of Qingshui County

Qingshui County is the county office and residence, the front belongs to the office, and there are two courtyards in the back that belong to the residence of the county order and his family, and the office is still a little away from the back yard.

Today, because of the army entering the city, the county commander Zhang Qian was very busy, and he didn't return to the backyard until the rear of Youshi. He first asked if the banquet dishes were ready, and then let his wife take the people to the back courtyard to rest, leaving only the closest old servant by his side, the two came to the hall in the middle courtyard, a table of wine and food has been placed neatly, Zhang Qian sat down at the table, he glanced at the dishes on the wine table, and asked: "The person I asked you to invite, is it here?" The old servant standing behind Zhang Qian replied: "The person has already come, and he is waiting in the backyard."

"Where's the rebel?"

"Childe hasn't returned home yet."

Zhang Qian guessed that his son was still messing around outside, and frowned, "Then you go, General Chen is here." The old servant left with his hand, Zhang Qianxuan closed his eyes again, and sat upright.

At this time, the courtyard where Zhang Qian was located was quiet, except for this hall and lights, the rest of the place was dim. In the side room on the right side of the middle courtyard with the two entrances, there are two people eating and drinking in the dark, this is where the kitchen is, and after the wine and food are ready, Zhang Qian sent everyone away. Jiang Yu'er and Miki Shenshi quietly came in over the wall, and found a place in the kitchen to hide until now, and only came out after everyone left, and the tired and hungry two saw the rest of the food in the kitchen, and their eyes lit up, and they even found a large piece of venison, of course, they didn't know venison, just because they found a pair of fresh antlers. Then the two found a pot of wine and ate and drank it carefully and excitedly in the dark.

Chen Zhiyuan had just entered the hall in civilian clothes, and Zhang Qian immediately got up to greet him: "The lower official failed to greet him in person, don't blame the general."

"It's rude to come to the door at night, Master Zhang doesn't have to mind", Chen Zhiyuan smiled generously, and the two sat down.

"The general has worked hard to go south this time, and the lower officials will first salute the general and wash the dust for the general", Zhang Qian raised his glass and said with a smile.

"Zhang works for the imperial court, where his responsibilities lie, Lord Zhang doesn't need to be polite", Zhang Zhiyuan also raised his glass, and the two drank it all.

"General Zhang should be the first time to come to Qingshui County, right?"

"Exactly."

"Don't hide it from the general, Xia Guan only came here a month ago, in fact, it is the first time to come, hahaha", Zhang Qian touched his beard and smiled, "I didn't expect that this is such a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the folk customs are pure, which is the time when my Dapei Dynasty is prosperous."

"Yes, Zhang also saw it all the way, but I didn't expect that the land of Yangzhou is so rich, and Lord Li has a good way of governance."

"Hahaha, it's the Holy Ming", Zhang Qian clasped his fists and saluted, and the two raised their glasses and drank together.

"I want to come to the general all the way south, it is difficult to have leisure, today to the Xiaguan Mansion, the Xiaguan invited a person for the general, and it can be regarded as a little bit of this southern charm."

Chen Zhiyuan looked at Zhang Qian suspiciously, "Oh"?

Zhang Qian smiled and turned his head to give the servant behind him a look, the servant left the hall quickly, and after a while, he came in with a young woman, the woman was holding a pipa in her arms, her eyes were slightly lowered, and she stood at the wine table after bowing slightly to Zhang Qian and Chen Zhiyuan.

Chen Zhiyuan has also seen the market, but when he saw this woman, there was light in his eyes, such a beautiful woman, it was the first time he had seen it, and he was dumbfounded when he saw it.

Zhang Qian saw Chen Zhiyuan's expression, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. Chen Zhiyuan was stunned for a while, found his faux pas, and smiled at Zhang Qian awkwardly, "Lord Zhang, what is this?" ”

"This is the new Oiran of Chunxianglou in Qingshui County, Lu Yanyan, Yanyan girl is alluring to the country and the city, the piano music is excellent, the lower officials specially invited to perform for the general, the elegance of the south of the Yangtze River, this woman's song, you can enjoy it", Zhang Qian said with a smile, and then turned his head to Lu Yanyan, stretched out his right hand to signal, "Miss Yanyan, please."

The servant brought an embroidered stool, Lu Yanyan leaned over again, sat down, and the sound of the pipa...

In another room, Jiang Yu'er and Miki were eating happily, and their mouths were full of grease. Jiang Yu'er poured a sip of wine into his mouth and burped, "How is it, Miki, have you had a good meal, haven't you ever eaten so good?"

"Well, this venison is so delicious, these officials will really enjoy it," Miki said vaguely as he stuffed meat into his mouth.

Jiang Yu'er wiped her mouth with her cuffs, and looked at Miki's wolf-swallowing appearance, a little crying and laughing.

"Almost, why don't you see what you have, let's take some away", Jiang Yu'er was about to say something, and suddenly there was a sound of the piano outside, and he stood up and wanted to go to the door.

Miki, who was pouring wine into his mouth, saw Jiang Yu'er get up and said, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Yu'er put her index finger on her lips and looked at Miki, "Shhhhh

Miki also stood up, and was about to call Jiang Yu'er, who had already slowly opened the door and walked out.

Jiang Yu'er followed the sound of the piano and quietly walked towards the lighted hall, hiding behind the pillars near the windows, hiding himself between the walls and columns. Jiang Yu'er slowly poked his head out and looked into the crack in the window, and he saw two people sitting at the wine table, and in front of them was sitting a woman playing the lute, playing and chanting softly.

In order to see more clearly, Jiang Yu'er gently rubbed forward. The two people at the wine table were the two people they saw in front of the county yamen during the day, but both of them had changed their clothes, and the general was dressed in civilian clothes, and he couldn't see his expression clearly with his back to the window, and the county commander Zhang Qian was dressed more like a homely old man, without the serious appearance he saw during the day.

Looking at the woman in front of the two of them again, Jiang Yu'er was stunned at a glance, he had never seen such a beautiful woman. I saw the woman sitting on the embroidery stool, her hands around the pipa and gently rubbing and playing slowly, a sequoia still can't hide her beautiful body, at this time she is playing and singing the first talent of the Pei Dynasty Jun You's new work "Wangchaolu", the voice is like a bird, crisp and graceful, refreshing. The woman's red lips opened slightly, her eyes drooped, a pair of willow eyebrows fluctuated slightly with the tune, and her slightly thin face seemed to be ruddy, Jiang Yu'er was completely dumbfounded, and looked at this Oiran from the gap in the window stupidly.

It wasn't until the end of the song that Zhang Qian opened his mouth to speak, and Jiang Yu'er came back to his senses, only to hear Zhang Qian say with a smile: "Miss Yanyan is really Yu Suxiao, and she looks better than Wang Yan."

It turned out that she was Lu Yanyan, Jiang Yu'er outside the window thought so.

"The adult is overrated, Yanyan doesn't dare" Lu Yanyan got up and bowed again.

"What does the general think?" Zhang Qian asked Chen Zhiyuan with a smile again.

"Chen is lucky tonight", Chen Zhiyuan also said with a smile, then raised a glass of wine and drank it, looking at Lu Yanyan.

Zhang Qian thought that Chen Zhiyuan was still unfinished, and when he was about to ask Lu Yanyan to sing another song, Chen Zhiyuan said again, "Lord Zhang, it's getting late at night, let's send Miss Yanyan back first", and glanced at Zhang Qian after speaking.

Zhang Qian was slightly stunned, but he still smiled on his face, "Okay, it's really too late", and then turned his head to Lu Yanyan and said, "Miss Yanyan, hard work, there is a carriage outside to send you back to Chunxiang Building." Lu Yanyan bowed and followed the old servant out to leave.

Lu Yanyan went out, Jiang Yu'er lowered her head and hid, and when the two of them were about to go to the back yard, Jiang Yu'er poked her head out, and at this time she happened to see someone stop the two, and then said something in the ear of the old servant, the old servant then said a few words to Lu Yanyan and hurriedly left with the person, Lu Yanyan walked to the back door of the backyard alone, and suddenly came out without taking a few steps and covered her mouth and nose from behind, Lu Yanyan struggled a few times, and then fainted softly. Then another person came out and carried Lu Yanyan in the direction of the backyard door.

Jiang Yu'er was stunned, and when he reacted, Lu Yanyan had been carried away, he got up after a little hesitation and was about to chase after him, just as he was leaving, he heard someone in the room say: "Master Zhang, how did Li Tingshi explain the matter.....

Jiang Yu'er followed the people who carried Lu Yanyan to the backyard, and saw that they had stuffed the people and the pipa into a carriage, and then drove away, and Jiang Yu'er also followed.

Jiang Yu'er followed the carriage all the way, but fortunately, at night, the carriage did not run very fast. The carriage walked for about a stick of incense and then turned into a small hidden alley, and stopped at the gate of a courtyard, and Jiang Yu'er also stopped not far away, looking secretly behind an old locust tree. After the carriage stopped, the two entered the carriage, and then they heard the sound of a woman struggling and shouting for help, but immediately the sound disappeared, and it is estimated that Lu Yanyan woke up and was stunned again. Then Jiang Yu'er saw the two of them carry Lu Yanyan off the carriage and quietly entered the courtyard.

Jiang Yu'er approached quietly, there was no one in the carriage, he glanced around, but he didn't know what place it was, and looked at the gate of the courtyard again, but there was still no lintel to show it. At this time, Lu Yanyan had been carried in for a while, Jiang Yu'er looked at the courtyard wall, hesitated, and turned over.

This small courtyard is not large, and you can see it at a glance, and at this time only the middle wing room is lit and the voice of people can be heard. Jiang Yu'er was about to step forward, when it was quiet, the door opened and two people came out of it, Jiang Yu'er immediately lay down behind two big stones, the two people walked towards the courtyard door, one of them said, "Childe has a good fortune tonight", after saying that, the two laughed softly.

Jiang Yu'er waited for the two of them to get out of the courtyard, and quietly got up and approached the quiet room. He came to the window, the window was just closed, not closed, and he could see the inside of the room, this was the second time Jiang Yu'er had leaned on the window tonight, and he was laughing in his heart. Looking in towards the window, Jiang Yu'er saw a person sitting on a chair with his hands and feet tied, it was Lu Yanyan, the flower of Chunxianglou. At this time, Lu Yanyan was still unconscious, there was no sound in the room, Jiang Yu'er couldn't see the situation on the other side of the room, and didn't know if there was anyone inside, just when he wanted to push open the window, the room remembered a man's voice.

"Lu Yanyan, Lu Yanyan, aren't you still in my hands", the person who spoke was on the other side, the window was blocked, Jiang Yu'er didn't dare to move, he heard the sound of pouring wine again, and then there was the sound of footsteps, and immediately a figure appeared in his sight, this person was wearing a white shirt and pants, his long hair and shawl were scattered, and he was holding a wine glass in his hand, this person walked around Lu Yanyan on the chair, Jiang Yu'er saw his appearance clearly but didn't know him, a young man with small eyes and a slight fat. The man stood still in front of Lu Yanyan, stretched out his hand and touched Lu Yanyan's face, and then his hand slowly slid down, sliding over his lips, neck, neck and then to his chest.

Lu Yanyan, who slowly opened her eyes, saw a person with a cloak standing in front of her, and then found that the person was undressing herself, and immediately struggled in a panic, the man smiled at this time and put his index finger on his lips: "Shh, Miss Yanyan, don't scream, it's useless", the man leaned his face closer to Lu Yanyan, "Miss Yanyan, do you remember this son"?

Lu Yanyan was stunned for a moment and stopped struggling, "Zhang Gongzi, why are you and what are you going to do?"