Yi Dan put the burden and sword in the room, and wanted to go downstairs to find the shopkeeper to get some food. Walking on the porch, I was greeted by a man in his twenties, dressed in luxurious clothes. He was one of the two men who had been following Yi Dan on the street before. I saw that the man was holding a bowl of chicken soup full of butter in his hand, deliberately bumped into Yi Dan, and spilled the chicken soup on his luxurious clothes, shouting loudly.

Yi Dan saw that he had knocked over someone else's soup, and nodded and bowed again and again to apologize: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to."

But the man didn't give up: "Why do you walk without opening your eyes? I just bought this clothes, and you got dirty, you have to pay for my clothes."

"Okay, okay, then how much does it cost for your clothes? I'll pay you now," Yi Dan said again and again.

"I don't need the money, I bought this dress in the cloth market next door, or you go with me now, and then buy the same one and pay me back, otherwise I will pay a high price, for fear that you will say that I am slandering you," the man said.

"Oh yes, damage things as they are. Okay, I'll ask this brother to lead the way, and I'll accompany you to buy a new one," Yi Dan said politely.

So Yi Dan didn't think about it, and walked out of the inn with the strange man. At this time, the uncle who carried the burden also quietly followed, wanting to see what was going on.

After a while, the man really took Yi Dan to a cloth shop on the next street. The shop sells everything from linen and silk. (At this time, cotton had not yet been introduced to China, so there was no colorful and delicate cotton cloth at all)

The shopkeeper was a man in his thirties, and he hurriedly greeted warmly: "Do you want to see linen or silk?"

Yi Dan said to the strange man who brought her: "I don't know if this big brother is satisfactory?"

"It's too ordinary on the outside, I'm not satisfied, there's still one inside, let's go inside and pick it up," the man said.

"Yes, yes, there are more in there, please two of you, please come inside" The shopkeeper nodded to the man and gave him a look.

Yi Dan walked into the back room with the man. The room was dimly lit and hidden, and there was no view of the lobby or the street. There are also some clothes and materials hanging here. The man looked at it in a casual manner.

"This big brother, I don't know if you have a picture here?" Yi Dan asked again.

"There's nothing I'm happy with. Do you have any other good ingredients?" the man turned to the door and shouted.

At this time, the shopkeeper took a piece of pink silk in his hand, walked in and said to Yi Dan: "Girl, look, this is the latest batch of silk in our store, the color is beautiful, the weaving skills are first-class, girl, you look so beautiful, if you wear clothes made of this fabric, I think it will be even more beautiful."

Yi Dan looked at the fabric and said, "Oh, if you don't need this fabric, it will take at least three or five days to make clothes, right? It's just that I accidentally soiled this big brother's clothes, and I came here to buy a new one for him, do you have any suitable clothes for this big brother?"

The man heard that Yi Dan said that he had just come to Yangzhou, so he gave the shopkeeper a look, and the shopkeeper glanced back at the man and nodded slightly. The shopkeeper casually picked up a silk garment dyed blue from the shelf, and said to Yi Dan: "Girl, look at this dress, the workmanship is exquisite, the style is generous, and any man will look very good when he wears it."

Yi Dan looked at the clothes and was quite satisfied, so he said happily: "Well, it's really good, it's not good to buy one back and give it to the junior brother, may I ask the store, how much is this dress?"

"It's not expensive, just two taels of silver," the store replied.

Yi Dan thought about it, and it was indeed not expensive to buy the latest and best-looking clothes in Yangzhou City for three taels of silver. But he came out in a hurry, and he didn't have enough money with him. So she touched the money on her body and said, "I'm sorry, the store, I don't have enough money on me, so I can only buy one."

"Oh it doesn't matter, girl, if you really want it, I can give you a cheaper price. This is the best silk fabric in Yangzhou City, this fabric is made of fine silk, don't you believe it, there is still the fragrance of silkworms on it" said, the store took the clothes to Yi Dan's nose and deliberately let her smell it. Yi Dan sniffed his clothes and said, "Well, yes, there is indeed a fragrance on it, but this fragrance doesn't seem to be a silkworm..."

"Girl, girl" The man saw that Yi Dan had indeed fainted and did not react, so he said to the shopkeeper: "I didn't expect that your seven incense is intoxicated, it is really a hundred tests."

"Of course, I eat all on this thing, can I not get my hands on it? I think this woman is pretty, is she a girl from a big family? Is there any trouble?" said the shopkeeper.

"Didn't you listen to what she just said? I just came to Yangzhou from another place. There shouldn't be any problem, brother, don't worry," the man said.

At this time, the shopkeeper stretched out his hand to the man and said, "Give me the money, let's take it away quickly."

The man took out ten taels of silver and gave it to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper said with a dissatisfied face: "This is not the vulgar powder you brought before, at least give me fifty taels"

"You're blackmailing, why did you multiply it fivefold this time?" the man asked.

"When doing business, you have to pay attention to what you pay for, and you can sell such a beautiful girl at a good price. If you don't give it, I'll deal with it myself, so you won't get any money," the shopkeeper said.

The man was helpless, so he took out some silver from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper: "Don't say it, it's all for you, we have to cooperate well in the future."

The shopkeeper weighed the amount of silver, put it away with satisfaction, and said, "You are not confused. Let's take the worst cloth and cover it as before, put it in the car, and push it away through the back door," the shopkeeper reminded.

So the man tore off the coarsest piece of linen from the shelf, wrapped the unconscious Yi Dan, carried it out of the back door, put it in a wagon, and pulled it away.

And the uncle who carried the burden, when he saw that Yi Dan and the man had entered the cloth shop and had not come out for a long time, he was puzzled, so he went into the store to look around, but there was no trace. So he stood in the store and asked the shopkeeper, "May I ask the shopkeeper, where did the man and the woman who came in just now?"

"No, I didn't see a man and a woman coming in somewhere," the shopkeeper shook his head and said no.

The uncle swished and pulled out his sword, and scolded: "You don't pretend to be confused with me, hurry up and say it, otherwise the people of my knife sharpening gang will be unkind to you."

It turned out that this man was a member of the Yangzhou branch of the Knife Sharpening Gang, and when Yi Dan was on the street in the afternoon, he used his blade to cut the soldier's snatching stick, which attracted the man's attention, so he followed all the way over to find out.

When the shopkeeper heard that it was a member of the Knife Sharpening Gang, he knew that he couldn't afford to provoke him, so he hurriedly relented and said: "The good man spares his life, the good man spares his life, the woman has been stunned and transported away from the back door."

"Where is it?" the uncle asked.

"It should be... Sell to... Qinglou," the shopkeeper said tremblingly.

"Qinglou, which Qinglou did you sell to?" the uncle continued to ask.

"I really don't know this, this Yangzhou City is so big, and there are so many green buildings, it must be which one has more money and will sell it to whichever one." But I really just provided him with a place, I didn't participate in this matter, please spare my life," the shopkeeper begged for mercy.

"It's bold to be able to do such a thing. I'll just believe you once, if you dare to lie to me, I'll kill you when I come back," and the uncle put away his sword and turned away.

The man drove the carriage and pulled the unconscious Yi Dan to the back door of the largest green building in Yangzhou City, "Spring Appreciation Courtyard", and skillfully drove in through the back door. Several tall thugs helped the man to carry the unconscious Yi Dan into the upstairs room and put him on the bed.

At this time, in a room upstairs in the Spring Appreciation Courtyard, the back of a woman is burning incense and bowing to a portrait of "Guan Zhong". (During the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong, the prime minister of Qi State, was the first to collect beautiful women for men to pay for fun and generate income for Qi State's finances.) Therefore, Guan Zhong was nicknamed by later generations: the ancestor of the brothel. But the practitioners worship him seriously, borrowing the ancient sages to find a trace of comfort in the 'legitimacy' of their actions) only to hear a "crunch", the door was pushed open, and a man who looked like a thug walked in and said: "Aunt Xiang, there is a new arrival, please go and check it"

The woman turned around, only to see that she was an old lady in her fifties with rouge on her face, redder than a monkey's buttocks. This person is the old lady of this spring appreciation courtyard - "Xiang Lady".

Surrounded by a few thugs, Aunt Xiang fanned her fan, proudly walked into the door of Yi Dan's sleeping room, and said to the man: "Yo, the action is quite neat, I have already made four of them this month, but unfortunately they are all vulgar powder." The old lady's spring appreciation courtyard is the largest field in Yangzhou City, but it will not raise those vulgar fans in vain, I didn't tell you, don't send ugly people to the old lady, it will affect the old lady's business" The old lady said, rolling her eyes.

"Aunt Xiang, don't be angry, I know that those vulgar fans in the past can't stand you. But this time it's different, this time the goods are absolutely beautiful, I don't believe you come and see," the man said, pointing to Yi Dan, who was lying unconscious on the bed.

Aunt Naxiang stepped forward, and when she saw Yi Dan's face, her eyes widened, the corners of her mouth were raised, and she nodded with satisfaction: "Well, this is not bad, I am very satisfied, not bad" After that, she said to the thug standing on the side: "Go, let the account room take two hundred taels of silver."

"Wait, Aunt Xiang, such a beautiful girl is not worth more than this price," the man stopped.

"Then, how much do you want?" Aunt Xiang looked at the man suspiciously.

"At least... Five hundred taels. Not a single child," the man said.

"Are you blackmailing? This is not a place for you to play tricks," Mrs. Xiang said angrily.

"It took me a lot of effort to get such a good product, and five hundred taels is already cheap. Such a beautiful girl, in your Aunt Xiang, hasn't it been earned back in three or two months? If you don't want it, I'll take it away, Hongchun Mansion and Lixiang Courtyard are rushing to get it," the man said, wanting to go to the bedside and hug someone.

"Slowly, slowly, okay, five hundred taels is five hundred taels. Go to the bookkeeper and fetch him five hundred taels of silver. The old lady will make an exception today, but she will have to bring such a beautiful one in the future, understand?" said Aunt Xiang.

"Of course, if there is any good one in the future, I must send it to Aunt Xiang first" As he spoke, the man took five hundred taels of silver, nodded and left with satisfaction.

After the man left, Aunt Xiang said to a few thugs around her: "You guys, you have to show me the people, this is bought for five hundred taels of silver." If there is anything missing, you don't have to mess around with this spring garden in the future."

"Aunt Xiang, don't worry, our brother has a few hands in his hands, and there are no ducks that have flown away," the thug said.

Aunt Xiang nodded and was about to leave the room, when a thug said, "Aunt Xiang, are we inspecting the goods a priori?"

"Whatever you want, just get it right, but don't hurt it. The old lady pointed to her little face with fine skin and tender flesh to make money," said Aunt Xiang.

The two thugs said happily: "Yes, yes, yes, I must obey, I must not get hurt, thank you Aunt Xiang for the reward"

Aunt Xiang fanned her fan triumphantly and walked out of the door.

In the inn, Youming didn't see Yi Dan come back for a long time, and he was a little anxious. So I went downstairs and asked the innkeeper, "May I ask the shopkeeper, have you seen the girl who came with me just now?"

"Oh, didn't she go out with a man?" said the shopkeeper.

"Man, which man did he go out with?" are you sure you're not mistaken, shopkeeper?" asked Youming suspiciously.

"Of course, I read it right, I did go out with a man," said the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, we just came to Yangzhou and don't know anyone here, how could she leave with someone else?" asked Youming.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he put down the pen in his hand and said solemnly, "Oh, if you say so, I have to remind you." This Yangzhou city is very chaotic now, especially beautiful girls, it is very dangerous to go out alone, you should pay attention."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm just kindly reminding you, maybe I'm thinking too much, but I advise you to go out and look for it," said the shopkeeper.

"Okay, thank you."

After that, Youming immediately went upstairs to take a sword and go out, and went to look for his senior sister on the street.

Restaurants, pubs and even casinos have been searched, but there is no trace of Yi Dan. Youming began to search the surrounding streets again, but there was still no news. He became more and more anxious, thinking to himself, how could this big living person suddenly disappear? Besides, the senior sister is full of martial arts, even if she encounters a bad person, she should not be able to beat it, why can't she find it?

Seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, Youming went back to the inn dejectedly, hoping that the senior sister had returned to the inn.

At this time, the uncle of the knife sharpening gang came to meet him, and the uncle asked first, "Hey, brother, is your girl from the same road back?"

You Ming looked up and saw that it was the uncle who carried the burden he met on the street in the afternoon, and he hurriedly asked, "Hello uncle, why is it so coincidental, we met again"

"I'm asking you, is that fellow girl of yours back?" the uncle asked.

"She's my senior sister, she went out just now, and she hasn't come back yet, I'm looking for her" Youming asked anxiously.

"Young man, let me ask you, are you from the Knife Sharpening Gang?" the uncle asked straight to the point.

"No, what's wrong, uncle?" replied Youming.

"Then why, I saw your senior sister this afternoon, using the martial arts of the Sharpening Knife Gang?" the uncle asked.

"You mean the blade palm she used," Youming said.

"That's right, it's really a knife sharpening gang, blade palm" The uncle's eyes lit up.

"That was taught to her by Brother Ouyang, the leader of the Knife Grinding Gang, why do you know the people of the Knife Grinding Gang too?" asked Youming.

"Well, that's right, let's go find her now," said the uncle.

"Uncle, do you mean, do you know where my senior sister has gone?" asked Youming.

"I won't hide it from you, I am the head of the Yangzhou branch of the Knife Grinding Gang, Yuwen Songxian," the uncle said.

"Ah, it turns out that you are the head of the Yangzhou branch of the Knife Sharpening Gang, it's really disrespectful and disrespectful," Youming bowed again and again.

"You're welcome, when I saw your senior sister using the blade palm in the afternoon, I knew that the two of you had something to do with my knife sharpening gang, so I have been secretly following," said Yu Wen Song first.

"Oh, could it be that the innkeeper said that my senior sister went out with a man, could it be you, the senior of Yuwen?"

"Of course not. Not long ago, I saw that he had been tricked into a cloth shop and never came out again. I found out later when I asked the shopkeeper. The people who lied to her had already stunned her, saying that they were going to sell her to the Qinglou," Yuwen Song said first.

"Ah, what, Qinglou, how can this be, and where is my senior sister now?" Youming's eyes widened, and he exclaimed.

"I don't know, the shopkeeper said that whichever Qinglou has the highest price will be sold to, so I'm looking for it one by one," Yuwen Song said first.

"Oh no, there are so many green buildings in Yangzhou City, how can you find this? Senior Yuwen, you are familiar with the situation in Yangzhou, you should know which green building in Yangzhou is the largest, and the most people go there, right?"

"Yes, you're right. You see I'm in a hurry and forget everything, what else do I still look for from door to door, I know a few places, which are the best in Yangzhou City. You are so beautiful as a senior sister, it is very likely that you will be taken captive there, let's hurry up now, otherwise it will be too late in a while" After that, Yuwen Song led Youming first and went straight to the most prosperous Grand Canal in Yangzhou City.

At this time, in the Spring Appreciation Courtyard, Yi Dan was still unconscious and lying on the bed. The two thugs stood beside the bed, staring at Yi Dan in a coma. The thug said: "It's so beautiful, we haven't seen such a beautiful thing for a long time, this time let me come first"

"Why do you have to come first?" asked Fighter B.

"You came first last time, but this time it's my turn," the thug argued.

"Last time it was so ugly, you didn't want to come, so you let me come first, you think I don't know," thug B said.

"You got a cheap deal, obviously you can't wait to come first, and you won't admit it after eating?" said the thug.

The two of them were fighting around the bed. Noisy, noisy, the groggy Yi Dan began to react a little. She opened her eyes in a daze, and saw two strange men arguing in front of her, so she asked softly, "Who are you, and why am I here?"

When the two thugs saw that Yi Dan had woken up, they immediately stopped arguing, and the thug stepped forward and said, "Beauty, are you awake?

"Yes, yes, how about we serve you together, look at you so beautifully, your body must be very fragrant and slippery," the thug drooled, his eyes had narrowed into a slit, and he reached out to touch Yi Dan's face. Yi Dan pushed him away with a wave of his hand. She tried desperately to get out of bed, but she felt that she had no strength at all, her head was swollen and painful, and her vision was blurry.

"Don't struggle beauty, let's let our brothers spoil you," the thug continued to tease Yi Dan.

"Go away, who are you, what is this place?" Yi Dan scolded with his outstretched hand, exerting the only strength he had.

"What kind of place is this? This is the most leisurely and fastest place in the world. When you come here, just listen to us obediently, and we will take good care of you in the future, otherwise, you will suffer" There was a hint of threat in the thug's flirtatious words.

"What kind of place is the Spring Appreciation Courtyard?" Yi Dan asked.

"You don't even know about the Spring Appreciation Courtyard, this Spring Appreciation Courtyard is the place with the most beautiful girls in Yangzhou City, and the merchants who come and go from the south to the north, who doesn't know our Yangzhou Spring Appreciation Courtyard," the thug said.

"Could it be, could it be that this is the Qinglou?" Yi Dan raised his hand vigorously, touched his groggy head, and tried his best not to let himself faint.

"I said, girl, do you really not know, or are you pretending to be confused? Of course this is the Qinglou, and the woman who came in here is naturally also a Qinglou woman, and you are also our person now," the thug said.

When Yi Dan heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his eyes to check his clothes, but fortunately he was not pulled off, and shouted, "What are you going to do?"

The thug said with a smile: "What are you doing? Isn't this obvious, if you want to go along with the opposite, both brothers will accompany you."

Yi Dan was dazed, thinking about what happened before, so he said: "Two big brothers, I seem to have been abducted by someone who was stunned, the two big brothers can just let me go, I will be grateful to you" Yi Dan was sore and had a headache and a swollen head, and he couldn't use martial arts at all, so he begged the two.

"Let you go, we don't dare to let you go, you were bought by Aunt Xiang for five hundred taels of silver. If we let you go, we brothers won't want to mess around in Yangzhou City in the future," the thug said.

"You are a strong man, aren't you afraid that the people of the government will arrest you?" Yi Dan asked.

"People from the government are coming? haha, haha. The people of the government do come often, and they are all princes and nobles. Every time they come, they don't want to leave. Do you know who is the real boss behind our Spring Appreciation Courtyard?"

In order to delay time, Yi Dan deliberately cooperated and asked, "Who is it?"

"Say it and scare you to death, the big boss behind our Spring Appreciation Courtyard is our Wu Guo, the nephew of Prime Minister Xu Wen - Xu Caibo"

"Yes, in this Yangzhou city, whoever dares to come to the Spring Appreciation Courtyard to make trouble, I guarantee that he will not come back. So, girl, you can stay here in peace," said the thug with a squint.

"Yes, girl, you are so beautiful, as long as you are obedient, my brothers will never treat you badly, come and kiss one..."

Yi Dan wanted to exercise, but he felt that he didn't have any strength in his body. So he could only open the hand with force, and said breathlessly: "You, if you dare to be so presumptuous again, I will kill you."

"Yo yo yo, it's quite strong, but I like it, it's too smooth to play a lot, and it's not interesting, so you can change the flavor today, haha, haha" The thug said A.

Thug B also rubbed his hands, licked the saliva from the corners of his mouth, and approached Yi Dan's bedside step by step with a squint. Yi Dan tried hard to boost her strength, but she still didn't have any strength in her body, so she shouted loudly again: "Come on, come on, help, get out of here, get out of here..."

The thug said with a squint: "In this kind of place, shouting for help, even if you shout out your throat, no one will pay attention to you." Others will just think that we are playing with the mood, haha, haha"