Chapter 6 The Seven Willows and the Shadows
In ancient times, Qinglou was also divided into many kinds.
There are some kilns, as long as you have enough money for the prostitution of melons and dates, no matter what virtue you have, they will receive it.
In places like that, there are brothels at the lowest level, usually in alleys, which are converted from a few ordinary houses connected together, and there are no signs at the entrances.
The women who went there were extremely miserable, they were forced to work for more than eight hours almost every day, they did not eat or sleep well, and they were particularly prone to illness...... So most of the women who enter that kind of kiln don't live for more than a year and a half.
And the field that is one level higher than the brothel on the ground floor is the green building that we commonly see in many film and television dramas - a restaurant with several floors, a separate courtyard, you can drink and eat food on the first floor, and there are also private rooms upstairs, there are more rooms, and they are cleaner, and there are naturally more girls in it.
This kind of green house is for those who have a little spare money.
Among them, most of them are scholars, especially those who are in the first place, and those who are ...... They all feel that they are talented and talented. Outside, they were contemptuous of the literati, despised each other, and heard nothing good, but in the brothels, they were filled with beautiful words that made them very useful.
Of course, this kind of treatment is to be exchanged for silver......
You are the uncle with the silver, and when you run out of money, what you hear is not that set of words, who the cares if you are talented or not? The ugly words in the mouth of the old bustard can scold these sour talents to doubt life.
Then, there is another kind of brothel, called Jiaofang Division, which can be regarded as an "official kiln", which is subordinate to the Ministry of Rites, responsible for celebrations and welcoming guests to play music, and is also an official brothel.
Most of the women in this are the daughters of the officials who have been punished for committing crimes, including their wives, concubines, daughters, and maids...... There are also the wives and daughters of the defeated who were captured in the war, or the civilian women who were forcibly captured in the war, and so on.
The court also regarded the Church Division as a kind of profitless business, and used the female dependents of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials as cash cows to make money to make up for the losses caused by those officials.
Like Dong Xiaowan, Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan...... In fact, there are not so many talented women who have studied in the brothels of the people, and most of them are girls who have been sold by poor families, and there are also women who have been abducted and even robbed by human traffickers, and they have no opportunity to get an education, so they will not talk about anything else.
In any case, these women who are in the dust are miserable and helpless.
They may be confined by their husbands for an arranged marriage in which they have no right to call the shots, or they may be sold as goods and enslaved simply because they are unlucky, and even the rules of society are on the side of those who exploit and bully them.
Socrates once asserted that "even evil laws are laws to be obeyed", and then he submitted to the judgment of the Athenian nobles and took poison.
I think the philosopher said a lot of right things in his life, but only this obsession before his death, which was stupid enough to be cured by poison, should be sent to the Church for a while, and I think that would change his mind.
Of course, you can also say that he used as a negative example to inspire the world's understanding of "evil laws and illegality".
Straight to the point......
After the above-mentioned heavy feudal society skin and meat industry science popularization, let's take a look at the Qinglou in the martial arts world of Dashu, a parallel universe......
Here, there is a kind of more pompous folk brothel.
It is of a higher grade than any of the three brothels, and is roughly a high-class clubhouse in today's terms.
Its background is unfathomable, financially abundant, and black and white...... Although it is a place of fireworks and a place of wind and moon, it is really not accessible to everyone.
Seven willows are secluded, this is such a place.
The old man of a large family, the masters with names and surnames on the rivers and lakes, the heroes with names in the green forest road, or the bigwigs who are inconvenient to disclose their names but are rich and powerful at a glance, can enter.
But ordinary people...... Let's say you sell all your family's ancestral property, and you want to come here to fight for a shot, and then starve to death and pull down...... Sorry, we don't accept it.
There are also those who are disheveled, have a bad smell on their bodies, and look like they are sick...... These people don't do business, you know, the girls in this green building are all expensive, in case you are infected with any disease, who will the old bustard ask for?
In short, it's a venue that only hosts "decent people".
And today, Sun Yihe and Huang Donglai cleaned up very decently, so as soon as they walked to the street where Qiliu Youren was located, the old bustard sitting by the railing on the second floor of the brothel stared at them.
The brothel's mother's eyes were so poisonous, and when she saw their faces, they were clean and tidy, and they were red, and when she looked at them, it was already night, and she was not half tired, and she understood—these two must have lived in good conditions, and were by no means the kind of lords who had to work hard during the day.
Looking down further, the two of them are also dressed well, and they both hold a paper fan in their hands decently, just this outfit is worth a year's income of a poor family.
Also, the way they walk, they look swaggering, leisurely, and not in a hurry at all, which is also characteristic of rich people.
The old bustard just looked them up and down, and he was 100% sure that these two must be the sons and brothers he had seen before, and their high-end brothel like Qiliu Youlang was to do business for this kind of person, and only this kind of person could come and go in a place with their consumption level.
So, when Sun Yihe and Huang Donglai walked to the door of Qiliu Secluded Place, the two had not yet stepped into the threshold, and the old bustard came out like a hungry tiger pounced on food.
"Ouch-yo-"
With a howl like a pig being killed, the old bustard with heavy makeup flashed in front of Sun and Huang with an arrow step: "Two sons, why are you here!"
This voice shouted loudly, and the tone was called an intimacy, I am afraid that she will not be so enthusiastic when her ancestors come.
I don't know if I got the secret signal from my mother, as soon as I heard this roar, four women suddenly poured out of the lobby on the first floor of the brothel, all of them were like peach blossoms, graceful, curvy, and soft-spoken...... There is no woman on the street who can see her shoulders, arms and even collarbones through a gauze garment, but it is different in this green building.
"Come on, come on, what's polite? Please come inside~" When the old bustard said this, the women had already attacked left and right like hostages, and dragged Brother Sun and Brother Huang into the gate.
The two of them felt that their arms were wrapped around each other, and they were wrapped in something fleshy, and they were dragged into the lobby of the brothel with a distraction.
The lobby on the first floor of this secluded seven willows is not for guests, except for some expensive screens at first glance, it is basically an open space connecting various stairs.
Most of the guests who come here don't want to be in the same room with other guests they don't know, let alone be disturbed, so they go directly to the private room upstairs to sit.
This private room, naturally, is also divided into grades, but it is not like most places according to the "sky", "earth", "Xuan", "Huang" so arranged, as I said earlier, all the people who come here are decent people, if you arrange it like that, everyone will choose the word "sky" in the first file, and no one will even enter the word "earth", let alone Xuanhuang......
Therefore, each of the private rooms in the secluded seven willows has a separate name, and they are all named with four characters, some are called "high mountains and flowing water", some are called "a leaf knows autumn", some are called "flowers are like brocade", and some are called "morning clouds and twilight rain...... Today, Sun Yihe and Huang Donglai were pulled into a room called "Happy and Happy".
In addition, there is another grade, generally only the kind of real big people or regular customers are qualified to enter, there are only four private rooms, all of which are one-word names, respectively, "spring", "summer", "autumn", "winter", corresponding to the four most prestigious beauties in the seven willows, namely spring rain, summer sun, autumn leaves, and early snow.
These four are undoubtedly beautiful and beautiful women, and the first card in the first card is the first snow girl.
Don't look at Sun Yixiang and Huang Donglai, who have just arrived, in fact, they already know all the above information - because Dong Wan told them all before they came.
As the so-called county officials are not as good as being in charge, don't look at Dong Wan as just a small head catcher, but in this Xuzhou territory, who is not allowed to give him a little thin noodles? Besides, he is also a decent person, and the head catcher is also very rich, although his gray income is not as good as that of the county master, but it is not a lot, maybe he is a little richer than Zheng Mukai and Ge Shi; even Zheng Ge and the two of them can become frequent visitors to the Seven Willows Hidden Valley, and Dong Wan can naturally do it.
And with the cautious character of Sun and Huang, they were willing to give up after squeezing out all the information that Dong Wan had about this Qinglou, and Dong Wan was also forced by them to ask him so that his scalp was numb, so he almost told all the postures he had used......
In short, Shuanghe came completely prepared tonight, and its main purpose was to find out the hidden story of Zheng Mukai and Ge Shi before and after the duel from the first snow.
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Not long after, Sun Yixiang and Huang Donglai were already seated in the room of "Happy Thoughts", and the wine and food were quickly served.
But the four girls who had come to greet them had already left, and they thought that they were in charge of welcoming the guests, so they sent them into the private room and went back to the first floor.
"Two sons, forgive my clumsy mother......" After the guests sat down, the old bustard spoke less exaggeratedly, but said in a normal volume, "I see that the two of you are a little faceless, isn't it...... Let's play here?"
"Hehehe......" Sun Yihuan didn't have stage fright here, and immediately opened with a lewd smile, his mouth was as sweet as honey, "Sister has good eyesight, we are just coming back." ”
"Yo~ Look at this son, he is so good at talking, hehe......" The old bustard said so on the surface, but in his heart he said, "I can't see that your kid is still a veteran. ”
"Sister, don't make fun of me, I'm very stupid, this Brother Huang next to me is a talented man who is rich and has a good export. Sun Yi's next sentence was to turn his face and push his brother out.
"Yes~! That's good, our girl here likes talents the most, Huang Gongzi will definitely have a good time tonight. The old bustard also followed his words and held it there.
Huang Dong looked at the two people in front of him who were a little stupid when they sang and harmonized, and he didn't care about the presence of the bustard, so he immediately complained to Sun Yihuo: "Brother Sun, you look like a fish in water, you look like you have a life." ”
"Huh? ah...... Hahaha. Sun Yihuan didn't respond to this, just snorted and kicked Huang Donglai under the table, telling him to "shut up" with body language.
"That'...... I don't know if the two sons are particular about girls, sister, I'll arrange it for you......" On the other hand, the old bustard began to get into the topic, maybe she was infected by the shameless atmosphere brought up by Sun Yihuan, and from this sentence onwards, she really called herself a sister.
"Huh...... That's easy to say. Sun Yi smiled and said, "Sister, how many girls are there who are not accompanying the guests here, call all of them to me first, let me pass by......" He paused, "Oh yes, the four at the door just now don't have to come, I've already seen it." ”
When the old bustard heard this, she was slightly displeased in her heart, and she said to herself: "What's the matter? Your kid still has a big appetite? My girl here pulls out a random one that can compete with the top cards in other places, and you still want to call all of them and pick and choose for you? What kind of place do you think I have in the Seven Willows? I think it is the miscellaneous broken kilns you used to visit?"
I think so in my heart, but I won't turn my face because of this, after all, people also say that it's the head back, and it's normal to not understand the rules.
"Hey, Sun Gongzi, don't you know something...... After a few seconds, the old bustard deliberately looked embarrassed and said euphemistically, "The girls here are all very delicate, and my heart as a mother is soft, and I am reluctant to discipline them, so they are now one by one...... The shelves are all upright, let them go, and push three or four, ask for this and that......"
This is no longer a hint, but a clear statement, if you still don't understand this, and you have to ask "what do you mean", then it is meaningless.
The rules of this Qiliu secluded place are: even if you only let the girl come over to show you, you don't need her to accompany you after reading it, and if you choose someone else, you have to make money, and you can't let people run for nothing.
"Oh ~ understood, understood. Can Sun Yihuan understand this, he easily took out a gold ingot from his body and put it in front of the old bustard, "Sister, you really hurt people, it's not easy...... Haha, come, this, it's a meeting gift from me, don't be too little, take it to buy some delicious food for the girls to make up for your body. ”
Usually the amount of silver taken out at this time can roughly see the financial resources or generosity of this guest, and Brother Sun's hand immediately made the old bustard judge him to the highest level.
"Eh~ Childe is too outward, giggle......" The old bustard saw the gold, he was overjoyed, giggled on the spot, grabbed the ingot of gold and walked outside the house, "Wait a minute, you two, I'll go and call the girls." ”