"The frost falls and the moon goes upstairs, and the moon sings all over Yangzhou. Looking at the drunken dance advocating the building, I don't feel that the Sui family tomb is autumn. "Since Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty opened the canal, Yangzhou has become a prosperous place. The people are full of voices, and the place where businessmen come and go. The most famous is the Qinglou in Yangzhou. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and in the same way, where there are prostitutes, there will always be green buildings. After the prosperity of Yangzhou, all kinds of people gathered in Yangzhou, and naturally there were literati and elegant people and rich people who liked to ask for joy and willows, and went in and out of Fengyue places. Therefore, the Fengyue places in Yangzhou have increased rapidly, and the most famous ones are the "Lichun Courtyard" and "Xiaoxiang Pavilion" in Yangzhou Dongcheng.

In ancient times, the green buildings were also divided into grades, such as "Lichun Courtyard" and "Xiaoxiang Pavilion", the two leading bosses in the green building industry, and non-idle people could enter and leave at will. Except for those well-known talents, they can't even enter the door if they don't have a few thousand taels of silver tickets in their pockets. At the door, there is usually a turtle man leading a few big men to beware of troublemakers. The big man only has to beat people, and the turtle can only be a sharp-eyed person. Otherwise, if you annoy the financier who came to spend money, there will be an extra floating corpse on the Yangzhou Grand Canal the next day.

Duan Xing was in front, Liu Ruyan and Tian Hongliang were dressed in black and followed behind with a personal leather mask on their faces, and the three of them walked on the streets of Yangzhou in the shape of a finished glyph. Although Liu Ruyan and Tian Hongliang are dressed a little strangely, the people in Yangzhou City don't seem to be surprised by this, for them, every day they always see some wealthy businessmen from other places, followed by a few strange-shaped bodyguards. Some are also followed by a few blonde and blue-eyed Persians, as well as red-haired foreign-haired devils, in the territory of Yangzhou, there is only something that cannot be imagined, and there is nothing that cannot be seen.

It didn't take long for the three of them to walk to the door of the "Lichun Courtyard", and the eyes of the turtle slave who greeted the guests were shining, and they could see at a glance that the clothes on Duan Xing's body were made of the best silk in Suzhou. Nodding his head, he ran from the door to Duan Xing, and said with great flattery: "This young master, this is the first time you have come to 'Lichun Courtyard'." I have to say that your vision is really correct, in Yangzhou, our 'Lichun Courtyard' is the most haode Fengyue place, as long as you spend one night here, it is guaranteed to make you forget to return. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to lead Duan Xing into the door, and several big men at the door saw Liu Ruyan and Tian Hongliang behind Duan Xing, thinking that the two were bodyguards, and deliberately provoked them with their eyes. Although Liu Ruyan wore the mask of a middle-aged woman, her shallow smile still made the eyes of several big men straighten. And Tian Hongliang seemed to be dissatisfied in his heart, and when he passed by a few big men, he unknowingly touched the strongest man among them with his hand. Soon after the three of them had entered the house, the strongest man suddenly convulsed, fell to the ground foaming at the mouth, and died in less than a quarter of an hour. After the master of Lichun Courtyard checked, it was confirmed that this person was controlled by the master and the internal force was clicked on the death point. It's just that it was half an hour before Duan Xing and the others entered the house, but they couldn't find the murderer.

"I don't know what kind of girl this young master likes, whether she can play music or sing haode, or she wants to serve people, the girls of our Lichun Courtyard can do anything, and you are satisfied. The old bustard of Lichun Courtyard diligently danced to Duan Xing. As for the turtle slave, he was only in charge of bringing people in, and then he stood back at the door.

"The powder is fragrant and sweaty, the white phoenix paste melts in spring, and the dew flowers are cool and purple grapes. "Duan Xing came to the ancient Qinglou for the first time, and he really felt that everything was fresh. There are the lowest-class women who are half-exposed and accompany the wine to persuade them to drink; there are artists of a slightly higher level, who just sit on the side and play various musical instruments such as the piano, flute, and pipa; and there are more advanced singers who sing songs through the curtain on the central round platform; in short, these are not absolute, and there are some private rooms on the second floor, where various sounds come out, which makes Duan Xing feel itchy and excited. Looking at the beautiful spring scenery of the house, Duan Xing blurted out a poem and chanted a poem: "The green mountains are hidden in the water, and the grass in the south of the Yangtze River has not withered in autumn." On the moonlit night of the twenty-four bridges, where does the jade teach. ”

When the old bustard heard Duan Xing's poem, his eyes lit up, and he said: "I didn't expect this son to be also a temperamental, come on, let's go to the private room on the second floor, and I will arrange a few pleasant girls for the son." Without saying anything, he took Duan Xing and went to an accord on the second floor. Entering the house, Duan Xing simply let go of his mood, and "accidentally" fell out of a silver ticket of 10,000 taels from between the cuffs, the old bustard's eyes brightened, and he quickly picked up the silver ticket and put it in his arms, and shouted outside the door of the Accord: "Let Chunmei, Xia Lan, Qiuzhu, and Dongju come over quickly, and your son will arrive." The word "to" shouted for three seconds, full of anger. Duan Xing couldn't help but wonder if the bustard was a hidden master.

In order not to attract attention, Duan Xing did not stop the old bustard from calling the girl over. A gust of incense blew in, and four young women in different costumes came in at the door, each as beautiful as a flower, thin and fat. A piece of jewelry is jingling, gold and silver shine, which can really dazzle people and forget themselves. The old bustard pulled over a few girls and pushed down Duan Xing's side, and said: "This son-in-law, Chunmei, Xia Lan, Qiuzhu, and Dongju are the best girls in our 'Lichun Courtyard', proficient in piano, chess, books, and paintings, you can play as much as you want, I will go down here to arrange wine and food for you." Duan Xing gave Liu Ruyan a color, and Liu Ruyan understood. quietly followed the bustard out of the door.

Tian Hongliang was wearing a human skin mask in his forties with sallow skin, and there was no expression on his face, and after entering the room, he just stood motionless behind Duan Xing. Chunmei, Xia Lan, Qiu Zhu, and Dong Ju saw that Duan Xing was the master, and they all circled around Duan Xing, toasting the toast, and the dishes were sandwiched, and Duan Xing did not refuse. In less than half a pillar of incense, Liu Ruyan gently opened the door, and did not enter the house but nodded towards Duan Xing.

Duan Xing stopped acting and threw out a handful of silver tickets to drive away Yingying Yanyan. Motioned for Liu Ruyan and Tian Hongliang to sit down, and said while eating. Tian Hongliang only cared about eating with his head bored and didn't say a word. Liu Ruyan didn't move her chopsticks, her voice was crisp, no longer pretentious, and she told the news of the woman Yunliu.

This Yunliuyuan is the top brand of "Lichun Courtyard", and it has never been just a showman, not a sell-by-one. There were many rich squires who wanted to ransom Yunliu and marry them home as concubines, but they were all refused. With the passage of time, the guests who came to "Lichun Courtyard" knew that Yunliu only sold his art and did not sell his body, and he even did not allow others to redeem it. The old bustard of the "Lichun Courtyard" was unwilling to let the "cash cow" he had cultivated for many years wither, and forced Yunliu to do a big auction, which was sold on the first night of Yunliu. The old bustard held Yunliu's deed of sale in his hand, and Yunliu couldn't resist. wanted to find someone to help, but because he refused to redeem too many people before, he offended many dignitaries and dignitaries, and no one was willing to help. Since then, Yun Liu has realized that he is actually just a chess piece in the hands of others, and he is powerless to fight against his own fate.

Frustrated, he no longer argued with the bustard, and acquiesced in the matter of selling the first night. As soon as the news came out, the business of the "Lichun Yuan" auction was extremely hot on the night. Everyone wants to buy Yunliu, vent it well, and show the evil anger that failed to redeem themselves back then. The auction price once increased from 10,000 taels of silver to 1.8 million taels of silver, breaking the highest auction price in the history of all Qinglou in Yangzhou. But what no one expected was that after the auction was successful, Yun Liu and the rich merchant who had paid a large sum of silver entered the hut. Outside, I only heard a "whoosh", and when everyone broke in to take a look, the rich businessman fell to the ground in pain, Yun Liu took a pair of scissors, looked at everyone coldly, and then stabbed himself in the chest.

At this time, a teacup flew over, directly knocked out the scissors in Yun Liu's hand, and a bald black-clothed masked man appeared, didn't say anything, walked to Yun Liu's side, took out one million and eight million silver tickets, and threw it on the rich merchant who was rolling around on the ground. Then he jumped out of the window with Yunliu and disappeared. After such a case of "Lichun Courtyard", he accompanied the rich merchant with 500,000 taels of silver as medical expenses, and the matter was stopped.

But just half a year later, when everyone gradually forgot about it, Yunliu came to "Lichun Courtyard" again, but this time with a different face, like a woman in her thirties, and there was no bald man in black around when she came. After Yunliu saw the bustard, he directly gave the bustard 500,000 taels of silver and asked to continue living in the "Lichun Courtyard". The bustard didn't agree at first, Yunliu only asked himself to sweep the floor in the inner courtyard and work, no salary, as long as he had a place to live, he usually didn't want others to disturb him, and gave the bustard 100,000 taels again. The old bustard looked at the molecule of money and agreed to Yunliu. Yun Liu also told the bustard at the same time not to tell others about his return, if some unknown people came to look for him, just take it to the backyard.