The hall is full of gold and jade, and just by listening to the name, you can know that the identity of the owner of this painting boat is not ordinary.

Since ancient times, the Qinglou industry has been one of the three most profitable industries. From an economic point of view, this is due to the imbalance between men and women and the imbalance in the distribution of sexual resources, resulting in a strong demand-supply relationship. Of course, this industry also has its own three advantages. First, the risk is small, the return is high, compared with the other two industries, there is no need to risk losing one's head to fight against the harsh law, and there is no need for extremely high professionals to figure out human nature; second, the cost is low, does not occupy an area, does not occupy a room, and only one bed is needed for work; third, the number of people is large, easy to use, and does not need to consume a lot of training costs.

Of course, a painting boat of this level like Jinyu Mantang cannot only be exchanged for skin and flesh, but can provide people with deeper spiritual needs. People who can come to this place to consume, in addition to appreciating the twelve hairpins of Jinling with their own merits, also provide more people with a place to exchange feelings. Practice has proved that in Fengyue Field, the cost of communication between people is the lowest, and it is the easiest to negotiate business.

The people who can come to the Jinyu Hall are generally local people with status, either the sons and sons of the officials of the Six Ministries, or the famous literati and writers who move the world, and the worst must be the nouveau riche in Jinling City.

So when Lu Zhangshi, who was full of gold and jade, heard that there were two unidentified men who asked to get on the boat, his first reaction was to refuse. The key is that these two people also brought an outdated Qinglou singer, which made him even more crying and laughing. He'd seen a lot of people who came to have fun, but it was the first time he'd heard of someone who brought his own drink.

What's more, tonight, his master Du Chonglou will entertain a guest here, Li Changsheng, the fourth young master of the Li family in Jinling. This is the biggest gentleman in Jinling City, and his annual spending on the Qinhuai River is enough to buy a few golden and jade houses.

Although Du Chonglou is the son of the Shangshu of the Jinling Small Rite Department, his old man is about to become a minister, and he does not have any power in the court, and if he wants to get involved in other businesses, he will inevitably move the interests of other forces, so he made a hall full of gold and jade and made some mistakes. This is not a long-term solution after all, so I pondered the fourth young master of the Li family, and invited friends in three or five circles, wanting to take the opportunity to get closer to the Li family and occupy a place in Jinling City.

Although Li Changsheng is a member of the Li family, he can be regarded as the core figure in the family, and he also controls a large part of the family's wealth. The Li family has three rooms, Li Xiaohua and the first room preside over family affairs, mainly for the rivers and lakes and the imperial court, and Li Xiaocao's first room focuses on officialdom, and his two sons Li Shaoqing and Li Jintang also serve in the capital and Jinling, while the three-room Li Xiaoshu family focuses on business contacts in the family.

At such a critical moment tonight, how could Lu Zhangshi let the two idlers get on the boat?

When the little guy who went to deliver the letter in front informed Li Tingcheng of the other party's reply, Li Tingcheng nodded with a smile and said, "Bother the little brother, just take us over." ”

The boatman hesitated a little, "Lu Zhangshi is very prestigious in this area, since he clearly refuses, if I forcibly send you over, I am afraid that I will not have to mix up on this Qinhuai River in the future." ”

Li Chengcheng took out a silver ingot and handed it over, "This piece of silver is enough to buy your ferry boat, you don't need to send us over, just follow and approach." ”

When the boatman saw that it was profitable, he readily agreed. He has done this kind of thing more than once, some guests who are good at drilling camps, and they are not qualified to go to the hall full of gold and jade, so they rent a small boat and follow it, one is to chisel the wall and steal the light, and you can also enjoy the music of silk and bamboo on the boat, or the graceful singing of the singer, and secondly, when the guests get off the boat, take the opportunity to go up and talk about two words, and mix a familiar face.

"In the past, you can, but you have to keep a distance of more than three feet. ”

It was getting dark.

The boatman carried the three of them towards the golden jade hall, following closely behind it. After a while, four or five more boats approached.

The Qinhuai River has such benefits, even if the day is full, at night, the cool breeze is blowing, rolling up the splash brought up on the oars, blowing in the face, and there are a number of painting boats shuttling among them, the picture is extremely beautiful, no wonder there are always people lingering, even the famous white-clothed Qing Xiang Liu three changes, has also left here "endure the floating name, changed the shallow low singing" famous sentence.

In the hall full of gold and jade, the sound of silk and bamboo was suddenly heard.

Immediately, the singer's soft singing came, "Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaf He Tiantian, fish play lotus leaf between, fish play lotus leaf east, fish play lotus leaf west, fish play lotus leaf south, fish play lotus leaf north." ”

The sound is tactful and crisp, and there is no musical accompaniment, which suddenly eclipses the obscene lyrics and songs on the other painting boats.

Xiao Jinyan said, "Many years in the future, Qin Huai has such a moving song. ”

Li Chengcheng said, "This ship is full of well-dressed beasts, and when you wear clothes, you always have to be elegant." ”

The boatman said with a smile, "The person who sings this song is the new Tanhua on the Qinhuai River, her stage name is Ye Ying, and she is really not secret, her real name is Wang Cuihua, and she is half of my fellow countryman." ”

Every year, there is an Oiran competition on the Qinhuai River, and they are all ranked like the imperial examination, the first place is the Oiran, the second is the eye, and then the flower is explored.

Li Chengcheng said, "It's still Wang Cuihua who is more durable." ”

As soon as this song ended, everyone in the painting boat applauded. Several painting boats around are not to be outdone, and they are playing and singing one after another, wanting to compete with the gold and jade hall.

Zhao Ya said, "Jinyu Mantang has a great reputation here, and other people who paint boats, if they want to gain fame, many of them have to follow behind, and there is a tendency to compete for beauty." Childe is here. ”

Li Chengcheng smiled, "I can't imagine that in the future, even the tricks will emerge in endlessly." ”

Sure enough, after the rest of the painting boats were singing, more than a dozen people, both men and women, stood on the bow of the boat, pointing at the rest of the boats and laughing wantonly.

"Singing at this level, I'm embarrassed to come here to get an axe, if I were you, I would have plunged into the Qinhuai River a long time ago!"

"It's Ye Ying's lotus picking song, Su Liu'er's Man Tingfang, which one is not better than you, if Miss Shi comes out, you are here, it can be regarded as a humiliation. ”

Although Ye Ying and Su Liuer are not the top brands, they are also the people of the twelve hairpins of Jinling.

Everyone burst into laughter, and the rest of the painting boats were ashamed and sailed away.

Li Chengcheng asked, "Who is Miss Shi?"

Zhao Yadao, "Last year, the top brand on the Qinhuai River, surnamed Shi, a famous teacher, good at singing and dancing, but the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are not bad. ”

"How is it better than you?"

Zhao Ya said, "It's just that there is a gold lord behind her to support her." ”

Between the words, there is a bit of arrogance. After all, he is a person who once moved Qin Huai, and he still has this confidence.

Someone saw Li Chengcheng's side, and the yin and yang weird aura said, "How can there be people who lie there and refuse to leave?"

"It's just a ferryboat, and there's a girl, don't you want to come and fight?"

Li Chengcheng glanced at the boat, there were a number of singers surrounded by five or six sons and brothers, pointing in this direction, Li Changsheng was not among them.

He was here to make trouble tonight, and when he heard the other party's provocation, he laughed and said, "Yes, invite your teacher girl out, I will bring one person, I want to compare with her!"

Someone had sharp eyes and recognized the person in the boat, "Isn't this Zhao Ya?"

There are also people who have never heard of Zhao Ya's name and ask, "Who is Zhao Ya?"

The man said, "Back then, she was also a famous prostitute in Qinhuai, but she just ruined her appearance, and now she has become a secret kiln soliciting customers by the river, and I heard that it only costs 200 wen to sleep a night." Haha!"

Zhao Ya's face was cloudy, but she restrained herself well.

"Two hundred wen, even if you give it away for nothing, I don't want it, and the dogs in my house cost one hundred taels of silver. ”

"Can that be compared? The dogs in front of the prime minister's door are all four-grade officials, and your father is a household servant, how can your dog have to be six-grade up, and someone carries a sedan chair when you go out, and there are no less than ten taels for a meal? ”

"How's it written?"

"The writing is beautiful and the rhetoric is gorgeous, especially the sentence, 'The powerful family, the dog is higher than the human life', which can be described as hitting the nail on the head. It is worthy of being the queen of the eunuchs, and in the next imperial examination, the brother will be the title of the gold list!"

Xiao Jinyan shook his head secretly, behind the so-called famous family, the body of the powerful, the language is vulgar, and the pawns of the peddlers in the streets and alleys are no different.

Li Chengcheng said, "Dare to ask the master girl, dare to fight?"

Between the words, a woman in colorful clothes walked out of the crowd, and when she saw Li Chengcheng, her eyes suddenly lit up, how could there be such a beautiful man in the world?

Du Chonglou, the son of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who is also the master of the golden and jade hall, is waiting for Li Changsheng to come, there is nothing to do, and when he saw Li Chengcheng stepping forward to provoke, he was already unhappy in his heart, and said: "Zhao Ya, that cheap woman, forget it." But you look like you, why don't you come on the boat and have a few drinks with us, if you serve well, my son will reward you with a piece of silver, how about it?"

The house of the powerful in Jinling is extravagant, and some people like the male style, and take it as a fashion, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Chengcheng muttered, "I'm afraid it's a silver ingot, it's not enough." ”

Du Chonglou commanded a few words, and after a while, someone took out a women's gold silk dress from the painting boat and handed it to him, "I will have a banquet for a distinguished guest later, if you wear it and make the distinguished guest happy, I can give you ten ingots of silver." ”

"Ten ingots are not enough. ”

"Then you make an offer. ”

Li Chengcheng pointed to the golden jade hall and said, "What if I want to get off this painting boat?"

Everyone scolded one after another, "You kid ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, where did you get the soil buns, do you know who the person who is talking to you is?

Du Chonglou waved his hand, stopped everyone, and said, "Even if I give it to you, do you really dare to accept it?"

Li Chengcheng laughed and asked Xiao Jinyan and Zhao Ya, "Did you hear that?"

The two nodded.

Then he asked the boatman, "Little brother, did you hear that?"

The boatman wanted to die at the moment, he knew it earlier, so he wouldn't take this job, if he was seen by Lu Zhangshi, he wouldn't want to mix on the Qinhuai River in the future.

Li Chengcheng asked everyone on the boat again, "You have all heard, the son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Rites has given me this golden and jade hall." From now on, I am the owner of this ship. ”

After that, he and Xiao Jinyan took Zhao Ya's hand left and right, jumped up, flew three or four feet, and landed on the golden jade hall, causing the bow of the boat to exclaim.

Du Chonglou looked a few people up and down, and sneered, "I said how can I be so crazy, it turned out to be a Lian family, but boy, listen, you are in the wrong place." ”

After that, more than a dozen men surrounded the three of them in the bow of the boat. These people are the masters of the rivers and lakes borrowed by Du Chonglou from the Raptors Hall by taking advantage of the connections in the palace, and among them there is also a master who entered the realm not long ago, just because he was afraid that this situation would happen tonight.

"Have you heard of the Fierce Dragon Hall in Jinling City? Here, you have to coil the dragon, you have to lie down if it is a tiger, you must know that the Qinhuai River is deep and windy, and it is not a miracle to accidentally fall into the water and drown a handful of people every year. ”

Li Tingcheng nodded, and suddenly said, "If you don't remind me, I really don't know." ”

He took a step forward, and more than a dozen people drew their swords together and beckoned to the three of them. Where did Zhao Ya see this battle, she was so frightened that she lost her face, but she saw Li Chengcheng and Xiao Jinyan moving

didn't move, and the more than ten people who were good at the rivers and lakes staggered and fell into the river one after another.

Seeing this, Lu Zhangshi said, "You haven't come up yet, and you brought someone to me?"

The more than ten people were not stupid in their hearts, and before the sword was attacked, they were rushed away by a strong internal force, and the other party's subordinates were merciful, otherwise they would have been killed, and they were already shocked in their hearts, and they fled for their lives on the riverbank. When they got ashore, one of them replied, "It's so dangerous, these two people, I'm afraid that their martial arts are already in the realm, right?" ”

On the painting boat, Du Chonglou cursed.

Li Chengcheng said, "Don't blame them, the wind is strong, fortunately, the water is not too deep." “

He walked up to the son of the household servant just now, "Just now, you were full of foul words and insulted Miss Zhao Ya?"

The boy said, "So what? It's just a cheap prostitute, and my father is ......."

Syllable!

Li Chengcheng slapped him.

"You ?......"

Syllable!

Another slap in the face.

He called Zhao Ya over, "Come, you also slap twice to get angry." ”

Seeing Li Qingcheng like this, Zhao Ya was grateful in her heart, and even shook her head and said, "Thank you son, the slave family doesn't dare." ”

Li Tingcheng's face sank, Zhao Yajiu had already developed the ability to observe words and emotions in Fengyue Field, and when he saw him like this, he hurriedly took two steps forward, slapped his face, and slapped him.

Smack.

Zhao Ya has suffered many grievances over the years, and how many white eyes she has eaten, and at this moment she finally vented her long-standing emotions, and the more she beats, the more she slaps the son-in-law.

After the fight, I was afraid in my heart, Li Chengcheng's identity was special, and others didn't dare to touch him, but he was just a lowly woman, and if the other party retaliated afterwards, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hide.

Du Chonglou saw that the other party was so provocative, but at the moment, there was no help, and he couldn't send someone to the government to transfer troops, so he had to eat Coptis chinensis dumbly, knowing that he was suffering, but his eyes were full of hatred.

Li Chengcheng ordered someone to get a pen and paper, "The Ming Dynasty established the country with courtesy, and you are the son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, so you always have to keep your word, right? ”

The rest of the people saw his methods, and they did not dare to say anything.

Du Chonglou was not convinced, but he could only swallow his anger for the time being, where did the kid come out, he was so arrogant, while writing, he looked left and right, and waited for the fourth young master of the Li family to come, he was the head of the prodigal children of Jinling City, and he was a master of the Xuanjing Realm, and when he came, he would definitely break these two guys into pieces, and then throw them into the river to feed Wang Ba.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Li Chengcheng glanced at Shi and said, "Shi girl, from tonight on, I will be your master, come and sing a song "Eighteen 'Touch'." ”

Shi Shishi secretly looked at Du Chonglou, and Du Chonglou said angrily, "Look at what I do, let you sing, you will sing!"

"The slave family won't. ”

Li Chengcheng asked Zhao Ya, "Do you know?"

Zhao Ya said, "Yes." ”

"I can't even touch the eighteen, and it's useless to ask you, so it seems that I have to throw you into the river to feed the fish." ”

Just as he was about to make a move, Shi Shishi sang continuously, "Beat the drum tightly and play the gong slowly, stop the gong and listen to the song, and all kinds of gossip also sing, listen to me sing the eighteenth 'touch ......"

"The voice is too small, sing together. ”

On the top of the hall full of gold and jade, the gongs and drums sound in unison, the twelve hairpins of Jinling, since its establishment, have sung obscene words and beautiful tunes for the first time, which is very spectacular. Tourists in the painting boat who did not know what to do in the past also poked their heads out, pointed at the painting boat, and laughed out loud.

"Brother Wang, if I remember correctly, above the hall full of gold and jade, they are all elegant people, passing by in the past, it was either Jiang Baishi, Zhang Sanying, Liu Sanchang, how can today's music style be so inferior?"

"Brother Zhao, you don't understand this. As the saying goes, new bottles of old wine, old songs raise artists, I want to see, from now on, the fashion on our Qinhuai River will change back to before!"

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone humane, "Brother Du, how can I not see it for a long time, above the hall full of gold and jade, singing such a vulgar tune, it is really unbearable, unbearable!"

On the Qinhuai River, a flat boat, there is a boy in white, a lupine scarf, and he came by boat, it is the fourth young master of the Li family in Jinling, Li Changsheng is also!

When Du Chonglou heard the voice, he seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and said loudly, "Brother Li, I was kidnapped by gangsters, come and save me quickly!"

When Li Changsheng heard this, he said angrily, "Even the son of the dignified and ceremonial department of Shangshu dares to rob, where did the thief come from, he is so bold, it is clear that he does not put my Jinling Li family in his eyes and robs ...... Good fit!"

Li Changsheng covered his face with long sleeves, urged the boat, turned the bow of the boat, and sailed into the distance, "Ouch, I suddenly remembered, I still have to endorse at home tonight, Du Gongzi, let's meet again another day!"

"Li Changsheng!"

Li Changsheng saw that his whereabouts were discovered by Li Qingcheng, so he smiled and jumped onto the bow of the boat.

Du Chonglou pointed at Li and Xiao, "These are these two thieves." I also said just now that they are Jiangyang thieves, and they came to Jinling City to make trouble with the Li family, and they want to beat the people of the Li family all over the ground to find teeth, I can't look past it, and after scolding them a few words, they started to seize the boat and forced me to make a document. ”

"Did you write the paperwork?"

"Written. ”

Li Changsheng said, "Just write it, since he wants it, then give it away." ”

"Brother Li didn't sober up?"

Li Changsheng said, "I'm going to prepare for the scientific examination next year, and I've already quit drinking, Du Gongzi, we don't know each other very well, don't talk nonsense." ”