Chapter 138: Loulan Qiandaifang
Bai Ma Xiao looked at the magnificent Han-style building not far away, and had heard the passer-by talk about it before, which should be the Qiandai Fang he said.
You can see this luxurious appearance...... Doesn't look like it's cheap......
"If it's that cheap, who's going to buy from you, and wouldn't it be better to walk a few more steps to eat there?"
The boss explained, "The guest officer doesn't know, this Qiandaifang only entertains people who are either rich or noble, or Han travelers, and we small people in the Western Regions don't entertain them." ”
Hearing him say this, Bai Maxiao suddenly lost his good impression of this Qiandaifang.
Isn't it discrimination to only entertain the rich and Han Chinese?
"Is this place still a palace, and it still picks guests?"
As the group of people who were excluded, this boss did not applaud Bai Maxiao's dissatisfaction, but said in a comforting tone, "This Qiandaifang was originally the capital protection mansion set up here by the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, and after the 'great unification', it was bought by a wealthy merchant in Loulan and renamed 'Wanfu Building'." Since then, it has been a place where only princes and nobles can set foot in. ”
"That'...... This place now distinguishes not only between rich and poor, but also between races?"
Asked about this, the boss's expression was a little embarrassed, "The guest officer is so young, he shouldn't know it, right? More than 60 years ago, the countries of the Western Regions tried to get rid of the situation of 'great unification', declared war with the Ming Dynasty, and wantonly hunted and killed the Han people. ”
"Mother-in-law?"
"Oh, it's the current owner of Qiandaifang, and we all call her mother-in-law. ”
Bai Maxiao nodded with interest, and the image of a kind old woman who saved the common people came into being.
Although the Western Regions lost the war later, the Han people who stayed in Wanfulou had a feud with all ethnic groups in the Western Regions more or less, although the mother-in-law often persuaded them to let go of their hatred, but there were always some people who had too deep grievances to let go, in order to prevent them from making radical moves, the mother-in-law had to prevent the people of the Western Regions from entering Qiandaifang. ”
It turned out that it was because of the war, Bai Maxiao couldn't help but sigh that it is always the people who suffer in the war, and even if it is over, this hatred is borne by the people.
Regardless of the era, war is the most brutal act among human beings.
"Then why did this Wanfu Building change its name to Qiandaifang again?"
The boss was a little embarrassed and said, "This ...... This Qiandaifang was changed by my mother-in-law about 30 years ago, what is the specific reason...... The mother-in-law didn't say it explicitly. But folklore says that it was because the mother-in-law was broken by a man. ”
How could he seem to smell a hint of dog blood soap opera, Bai Maxiao's gossip attribute was instantly awakened, and he looked like he was underwhelmed, "Really? How did this legend come about?"
"Actually, it's our own speculation. Since that time about 30 years ago, my mother-in-law drove out all the men in Wanfu Building and renamed it Qiandaifang, and since then I no longer accept men, from my mother-in-law, down to the handyman, and even those who feed pigs and farm, all of them are women. ”
Bai Maxiao looked at the archway not far away, the big "Qiandaifang" three words, the heart said that the word "Dai" represents the blue-black used in women's thrushes, often used to refer to women.
From this point of view, the name "Qiandaifang" is the same as "Daughter Country", and it seems that there is indeed no man in this Qiandaifang except for the guests.
Suddenly, he hated men so much, and it was reasonable for the folk to speculate on the legends.
When the boss said this, he didn't want to go on, "We generally don't want to discuss too much about my mother-in-law's affairs, in short, if the guest officer wants to fill his stomach, let's go to Qiandaifang." ”
It seems that the prestige of this mother-in-law in this area is not low, and Bai Maxiao is becoming more and more curious about what this mother-in-law looks like, she must be a kind and wise old man.
Qiandaifang, interesting, worth visiting!
In fact, he had to go, after all, the prices here were not something he could bear.
As the crowd approached, it was discovered that the Qiandai Fang was built on an independent stone wall, separated from the flat land at the top of the mountain by a deep cliff, connected by an extremely wide wooden bridge.
This wooden bridge seems to be part of the bazaar as well, and it is also very lively with small vendors on both sides.
Lying on the guardrail and looking down, you can see the supporting structure of the bridge deck extending down for at least 20 meters, and you feel very safe when you look at it.
Walking across the wooden bridge, I finally came to the gate of Qiandaifang, at the door are two young girls wearing Hanfu, with heavy makeup and light makeup, delicate appearance, and graceful and slender figures.
Seeing Bai Ma Xiao approaching, the two women saluted, and Bai Ma Xiao also returned the salute and went straight to the gate, and was not blocked.
Behind the door is a screen, and around the screen, you will be greeted by a large main hall, and in the middle is a large stage, where several graceful dancers are dancing for some reason, surrounded by neat tables and chairs.
Looking up, there are at least a dozen floors, and there are many people on the corridor on each floor, some leaning on the railing, chatting with others, and some leaning on the railing, looking down at the dance posture on the stage.
The waiters who came and went were all uniformly dressed women, and two words immediately appeared in Bai Maxiao's mind: "Qinglou".
This is too similar to the luxury green house you see on TV!
It's just that these women are wearing dignified and elegant Hanfu, which is neither enchanting nor gorgeous, and when they treat guests, they are also respectful and dignified, so that people dare not have evil thoughts.
"This guest, are you alone?"
Soon, a woman came to entertain him, and Bai Ma Xiao just wanted to ask the price first to see if the boss had cheated him, when he heard a woman's voice above his head.
"He's coming for me. ”
Bai Maxiao raised his head and saw a masked Loulan woman looking down at him in front of the railing on the third floor.
This girl recognized the wrong person, right?
Bai Maxiao was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that when she refused, the waitress had already left, and the Loulan woman also confidently turned around and went back to the room.
Standing awkwardly, Bai Maxiao thought for a while, and went up to talk to the woman first, so as not to wait there all the time.
Next to the main gate was the staircase, and Shirahiro went up to the third floor and found the room from memory.
There was a sign on the door that read "Shuiyang Hall", which was supposed to be a private room here.
The door was open, and I could see that the Loulan woman was sitting at the table, knocked on the door, and Bai Ma Xiao pushed the door in.
"Girl...... You're looking for me?"
"I want to be poor. ”
Although this poem has been engraved into his bones, Bai Maxiao always feels familiar, as if someone said this sentence not long ago, and subconsciously replied, "Go to the next level?"
The woman nodded inexplicably, as if he had said something right.
This poem by Wang Zhishu should be able to come out correctly by most Chinese, and the "bright moonlight in front of the bed" is almost tied for the top of the list of "the most brainwashing ancient poems".
"Are you all ready?"
What are you ready for? I think I heard this phrase not long ago.
Bai Maxiao was a little puzzled, and just wanted to ask what the situation was, but the soul couple interrupted him and said, "What time is it?"
"I don't know...... It must have been two or three o'clock in the afternoon. ”
The soul couple smiled, "I see." ”
"What's going on?"
"When you ate the overlord meal at that shop down the mountain, that strange guy, do you remember?"
As soon as he said this, Bai Maxiao suddenly remembered that these two familiar words were said by that person, and he was busy gobbling it up at the time, so he didn't care at all.
"So what?"
"At that time, he was thinking about the pot of mutton you were eating, 'boiled mutton', 'salicyl', and this is the salicyl hall. ”
Bai Maxiao was a little stunned at this time, "This is really a ...... Interesting homophonic coincidences. ”
"It's no coincidence. Apparently he paid for your meal, and you calculated that it was five taels or three dollars, and it was three o'clock in the afternoon. ”
Boiled lamb, salicylic ......
Five taels and three cents, three quarters in the afternoon......
Does this make any sense?
"I think that verse must be a joint code, and when you answer the code, and you ignore the person, he thinks you're hinting at something. Now it seems that your 'hint' is: see you in the Salicyl Hall at three o'clock in the afternoon. ”
Listening to her analysis, Bai Maxiao suddenly realized, and couldn't help but sigh, "I can't see it, you're still a detective, can you figure out this kind of thing?"
"You may not have noticed, but I've been thinking about what that weirdo was doing, and I'm only now figuring it out. ”
There was a cloud security guard who had always been more attentive than himself, and Bai Maxiao felt a sense of security.
was proud, but in reality, he ignored the Loulan woman for a long time.
The woman stood up strangely and asked vigilantly, "What's wrong?"
As soon as Bai Ma Xiao wanted to explain, there was a commotion outside the door, and a man with a very loud voice shouted, "Qiandaifang is secretly hiding anti-religious and traitorous thieves!
The road is narrow, and it is a snake god sect!
"Not good!" the woman hurriedly opened the door a small opening, glanced at it, then closed it again, turned her head to the window, and jumped down from it.
This series of operations completely completely blinded Hakumashi.
A snake god cult scared her like this?
However, the stranger thing was still to come, just listening to the "click" behind him, as soon as Bai Maxiao turned around, a secret door actually opened on the wall of the room, and a woman dressed as a waiter came out of it.
There was nothing special about this woman, but the most conspicuous thing was another long scar on the left side of her face.
It looked like she had been cut by a sharp weapon like a sword, which made her look a little ruthless.
As soon as the Scarface appeared, she galloped over, grabbed the white horse and dragged her through the secret door.
Almost as soon as the secret door closed, there was the sound of the door being pushed open.
She gently pushed the secret door open a small gap, and through the gap, Bai Maxiao could see two men in red cloaks breaking in, looking for them in the room.
This red-clothed cloak is the same style as the white cloak seen in Yangjiang City before, and you don't need to think about it to know that it is an envoy of the Snake God Sect.
The white clothes are the Sharia Society, and the Tsing Yi is the Apostolic Society.
Then the remaining red clothes are one of the three major churches of the Snake God Sect......
Divine Punishment Society.