Shangbu Street is the main transportation hub of Changshe County, and this area is lively and prosperous, with many businessmen.

Baihua Lane, which is adjacent to Shangbu Street, is not the main street, but it is extremely spacious and can accommodate four or five sedan chairs in parallel.

Since the opening of the first green building "Epiphany Pavilion" here, business has been booming. A few more have been opened one after another, but there are three with the best business, among which the "Epiphany Pavilion" is still the largest, because it has the most people, so the business is the most prosperous.

Qinglou brothels are lined up, the warblers sing and dance every day, Baihua Lane is nourished by the huge flow of people in the commercial port street, and gradually becomes famous to the nearby counties, which is a well-known fireworks place in Xuchang, attracting many foreign merchants who pass through the Changshe, so Baihua Lane is nicknamed "Fireworks Alley" by the Changshe people.

The long society, which has not been affected by the war for several years, is indispensable in a picture of the prosperity of all industries, and the red and green coquettish embellishments in the fireworks alley are indispensable.

Entrenched in the bitter cold of the north, Huluo Longtao unexpectedly sent an army to attack Changshe, breaking the peace and calm that lasted for many years.

Fortunately, Changshe County is garrisoned by such a warrior as the Overlord of Western Chu, and under the protection of several senior warriors and the army, Changshe County enjoys peace for the time being.

Most of the ordinary people in the world are short-sighted and forgetful.

The people of Changshe, who had just emerged from the brink of war, did not think of danger in times of peace, and their desire to indulge in sex and pleasure seemed to have intensified.

In addition, all kinds of gossip news emerge one after another, and the number of merchants coming and going from the south to the north is increasing unabated, and the number of people who are moving through Changshe with their families is increasing dramatically every day.

This made Baihua Lane, which should have been shrouded in depression due to the clouds of war, only briefly quiet for a few days after Huluo Longtao retreated, and then became more lively.

This is the so-called "businesswoman does not know the hatred of the country, and she still sings "Flower in the Back Garden" across the river".

Perhaps because the war is too cruel, the unarmed people can only be fallen leaves with the flow, and drunken dreams and death are their wordless resistance.

As night approached, the lively commercial street quieted down at once, and all the hustle and bustle seemed to be transferred to the nearby Baihua Alley.

The sky is sparsely starry, and it is a full moon night, and it has been more than a month since the Battle of Changshe.

"There is wine today, drunk today, sorrowful tomorrow and sorrowful tomorrow......" A half-drunk man, reciting poems from unknown people, stumbled out of an inconspicuous courtyard gate, followed by a woman in a low-cut flowing flower skirt.

Seeing that the man tripped over the threshold and almost fell, the woman wanted to get close to help, but was pushed away.

The woman didn't care much either, but leaned against the door delicately, and said in a snort: "Zhou Lang, next time you come to the Epiphany Pavilion, can you call Yun Niang and me to come to serve?"

The man had obviously drunk too much, and he couldn't listen to what the woman was saying, so he staggered forward.

In the hidden door, you can faintly hear the sound of music and noisy people, which turned out to be a back door of the most famous fireworks venue in Changshe County, the Epiphany Museum. The Epiphany Pavilion is a garden that covers a large area, and the main building that welcomes guests is a multi-storey wooden building.

The gate of the museum is naturally located in the bustling Baihua Lane, but the back door of the mountain dew is open in the commercial port street where the merchants of Changshe County sit on Jia.

The woman who called herself Yun Niang saw that the man was so drunk that she couldn't hear people's words, and she also staggered away, so she immediately put away her coquettishness, spat lightly on the ground, and turned her head into the Epiphany Pavilion.

Yun Niang, who had just closed the back door, looked up and saw a medium-colored, pale maid standing under the wooden tree not far away, looking at her with a blank face.

"Ouch, it's Xiao Chu, it's this big night, you're standing without humming, it's scary!" she patted her plump chest exaggeratedly.

"Aunt Lan said that this door is for my girls to enter and exit, you lead men in and out through this door, in case you collide with my girl, what should I do?"

"Ha, the one just now is a distant relative of Lord Shuhua of the county government, and he insists on going through this door, and I can't stop it......"

"Last time, you also said that you were a distant relative of a certain adult in the county government, and this time you said it again! I, I'm going to tell Aunt Lan and let Aunt Lan take care of you!"

"Ouch, okay, okay, okay, I know, don't take it as an example!" Yun Niang heard the other party's stiff tone, and hurriedly grabbed the maid who was about to go to the main building to welcome guests, and her face covered with fat powder immediately smiled: "My little aunt, you will spare me this time, okay, there will never be a next time, don't bother Sister Lan because of these little things!"

"That's what you said, don't let me see the next time!" the maid snorted, and turned into a chic small courtyard behind her, with a red lantern hanging at the door, and on the lantern there were five calligraphy: Where the lights are lit.

In the huge garden of the Epiphany Pavilion, there are dozens of such independent courtyards, which must have been the residences of some popular prostitutes. However, the courtyard where the maidservant entered was white-walled and gray-tiled, hidden in dozens of wooden trees, far away from several other courtyards surrounding the main building that welcomed guests.

Because of its proximity to the back door, the noise during the day is indispensable, but at night, this courtyard is the most elegant and quiet.

Yun Niang looked at the back of the maidservant, pursed her lips, and scolded secretly: Xiao Lang hoof, a sick seedling, I really thought I hugged my thighs! A mouthful of "my girl", a mouthful of "Aunt Lan", really when Lan Xinting is the mother of the sick seedling in your family, I bah! But she didn't dare to scold her heart, not because the yellow-haired girl who was afraid of the dog fighting the power went to Lan Xinting to complain, but the one in the yard, she really couldn't afford to provoke.

"A broken household, if you want to have a posture without a posture, if you want to have a figure without a figure, when will you become the most unprovoked master in the Epiphany Pavilion? Forget it, don't worry about the yellow-haired girl Xiao Chu, it's more important to greet more guests and earn more ingots......" Yun Niang thought angrily, while habitually twisting the waist of the water snake and walking towards the front yard.

"Little Junior ......"

As soon as she entered the courtyard, the maidservant girl heard a weak voice calling to herself, and the voice was so light that it could be blown away by a gust of wind.

"Yes, yes, the slave is here!" Xiao Chu ran into the main house facing the courtyard gate with his skirt in his hand.

The furnishings of the room are simple and elegant: a small round wooden table in the center, on which is a set of delicately shaped white porcelain tea sets with orchids painted on the outer wall, two brocade piers separated from the north and south, and by the window is a chaise longue, with a low table with a chessboard pushed to the other end. Next to the couch is a tall stand with a bonsai and a copper basin stand for washing, and further inside is a bedroom separated by a carved rosewood arch with a lilac silk curtain.

A beautiful woman who was out of the dust, leaning on the chaise longue by the window, looked at the maid Xiao Chu who ran in in a hurry with a light smile.

"Girl, are you awake, why don't you sleep anymore?" Xiao Chu hurriedly came to him, and straightened the round pillow on the couch with his hands and feet, wanting to make his girl more comfortable.

"Who are you yelling with?"

"It's Yun Niang! She always leads men in and out of our door, several times!"

"Okay, although Lan Xinting said that this door is for the two of us to use, but in other words, it's not a big deal for others to enter and exit occasionally!"

"Slaves are afraid of ......"

"Afraid of what?"

"The slave is afraid that some messy men will affect the girl's reputation......"

"Haha, I'm a dusty woman, what reputation do I have? haha...... Ahem, cough, cough ......" The corners of the beauty's mouth curled, as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world, and just wanted to laugh, she was interrupted by a violent cough.

Xiao Chu hurriedly slapped the woman's back, pouted and said: "The girl is not the same as those vulgar fans, the officials who come to you are all martial artists, well-known martial artists!"

"What's the difference, it's not all cheap! What's more, the well-known 'martial artists' you are talking about, most of them are just some low-level martial arts practitioners, and those who don't even have soul nameplates are considered martial artists!" the woman said sarcastically.

Xiao Chu was in a fog when she heard this, her face was dazed, she didn't quite understand what her own girl said, why the girl's tone was so disdainful? She couldn't tell the level of a martial artist at all, not to mention, for an ordinary person like her, even if it was just a first-level martial artist, it was still as tall as a mountain! As for what a soul nameplate was, she had never even heard of it!

She looked at the woman's face cautiously, and didn't ask much questions. In Xiao Chu's simple heart, everything the girl said was right, because the girl was her heaven and worthy of her life.

The woman's family name is Lou, and she was born in a declining scholar clan in Changshe. When he was five years old, his home was hit by a fire, which made his already unsustainable life even worse. barely maintained for a few years, and her parents finally ruthlessly sold her, who was only ten years old, into the Qinglou and became a lowly person.

Lan Xinting, the old bustard of the Epiphany Pavilion, gave her a stage name: Mei Niang.

Today, Lou Meiniang, who is nearly 20 years old, is the real Qingqi person in the Epiphany Pavilion, and she is also the only one.

In the Qinglou, the women in the party can basically be divided into two categories: the Qing people and the red people.

Those who do not sell their bodies are called Qing people, and a large number of people who serve in Israel are commonly known as red people.

In any willow alley among flowers, it is impossible to have a pure show of art and not sell oneself.

Many women who can read and write, recite poetry and paint, and have a little talent, hang the name of "Qing Qi Ren", but they just use talent as a law code to raise their value, and they are also a layer of tulle, covering above desire, half covering and half covering, once they arouse the interest of suitable buyers, the tulle will lose its reason for existence.

In order to increase their value, they will not refuse to come, but when facing ordinary people who are shy in their pockets, they are indeed still "selling their art but not selling their bodies".

Lou Meiniang, an adult, looks average, usually does not apply powder, at most she is only delicate and lovely, although she plays the piano well, she does not stand out among the many beauties who are thin and fat in the Epiphany Pavilion. It is not surprising that such a woman without a deep background can keep her innocence in the land of fireworks.

This special status is something that even the Oiran Yanniang of the Epiphany Pavilion does not dare to hope for, for no other reason, just because the first guest Lou Meiniang picked up was not an ordinary person, but a martial artist.