"What?"
Niu Jizong was stunned.
He quickly reacted, "Old Lin!
My old Niu family is upright and upright.
They are famous for doting on their wives.
You don't have to worry that Cheng De will treat your little disciple badly! "
He thought that Lin Han was protecting his calf.
Lin Han said with a straight face, "No, no!"
He thought to himself, "How old is my little disciple?
I can't let those big, small, and small mang niu kidnap her!
It seems that in the future, I have to prevent fire, theft, and the Niu family! "
He had just sent his subordinates to the hall to instruct Niu Jizu and the others.
Feng Zizhi turned around.
He glanced at Lin Han thoughtfully.
He said in agreement, "That's right.
It's not that Cheng De isn't a good child.
It's just that it doesn't make sense in terms of seniority. "
He quickly put himself in the role of an aunt.
Niu Jizong thought for a moment.
If he called someone from his sister-in-law's side,
Should he call his third brother and Yan Nian his uncle and aunt?
He suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
He gave up on this idea on the spur of the moment.
Yiyu smiled innocently and looked around curiously. She was still a child and didn't understand anything!
As the saying goes, a transmigrated woman who has never visited a brothel is not a qualified transmigrated woman.
She has seen ancient beauties dance, and she has seen female ticket-takers bid for the rights to the first night of the courtesan.
She has also seen the scenes of rich men's sons fighting for affection and spending money recklessly. Yiyu expressed that she had feasted her eyes and learned something new.
"One thousand taels going once!
One thousand taels going twice!
One thousand taels going thrice!
Congratulations to this Great Lord for winning the beauty! "
The brothel keeper spoke very quickly.
It was as if she had never seen such a large sum of money in her life.
In the blink of an eye, she sold Liu Yingying's first night to Hu Hanye.
Wen Jiakang didn't even have the chance to raise money from his brothers to turn the tables.
"Damn it!"
Wen Jiakang slammed the table.
He really liked Yingying.
If not for the fact that Yihong Courtyard refused to let her go, he would have long raised enough money to redeem Yingying and bring her home.
"Doesn't this Xiongnu barbarian have venereal disease and erectile dysfunction?!
Why didn't he stay in the posthouse? Why did he come out to harm people?!
Wen Jiakang said angrily.
The same words kept coming out of the mouths of the other guests of the Yihong Courtyard. There was an uproar in the hall.
Hu and Lu Yi looked at this scene with satisfaction. This was a big step closer to their goal. Thinking about it, as long as they passed tonight and waited for that week's Courtesan Belle to appear and speak, those unfavorable rumors about the king would naturally fall apart.
When Niu Jizu saw the arrogant faces of these Xiongnu barbarians, he was very unhappy and said with bad intentions, "These Xiongnu barbarians really make people angry!
Why don't we take advantage of the time when that Xiongnu -headed barbarian (Hu Hanye) enters the room and takes off his clothes to give him a good beating, and then parade him through the streets!
Simple, crude, and direct.
If Li Lian and the others were to hear this, they would definitely sigh in admiration. Niu Jizu was indeed worthy of being Niu Jizong's younger brother. Other than being less shrewd and ruthless, their thoughts were completely the same.
When Niu Jizong suggested that Hu Hanye play with girls that day, he would kill him halfway and ruthlessly beat him up. He would take the opportunity to cripple his family jewels, and then hang him at the entrance of Yihong Courtyard for everyone to see.
Ran Feng added oil to the fire and said that he could find a prostitute with venereal disease to 'serve' Hu Hanye, thus confirming that Hu Hanye had venereal disease. He could also add aphrodisiac to the food of Hu Hanye and the other Xiongnu barbarians, so that they could have an open meeting with each other.
Or they could take two male dogs, boars, and so on to develop a relationship beyond friendship between humans and beasts, promoting the feelings between humans and beasts.
In this regard, Li Lian and Feng Zizhi readily agreed and decided to send people to spread rumors about Hu Hanye, and arrange for the prostitute to be treated.
Of course, because the shame was too high, they gave up on the story of the Xiongnu barbarians and beasts, which made Ran Feng deeply regret.
"Good idea!"
Wen Jiakang's eyes lit up, and he was the first to agree.
Niu Chengde seemed to have just returned from the toilet, but in fact, he was meeting with the people sent by Feng Zizhi.
"Don't mess around!"
"Big Brother, Jingya, and Yan Nian have already made arrangements. If you mess up their plans, Big Brother won't be merciful to us. Lying in bed for a month is already a light punishment!
Not to mention Jingya and Yan Nian! "
After threatening Niu Jizu, he turned to appease Wen Jiakang, "Brother Wen, don't be anxious!
The good show is yet to come, your Miss Yingying will definitely be safe and sound.
I've already made arrangements to redeem Miss Yingying, tonight Big Brother will be able to bring the beauty back to the residence. "
Niu Chengde used the big stick and the carrot very skillfully.
Wen Jiakang was overjoyed and repeatedly asked Niu Chengde for confirmation.
He recalled his elder brother's hideous grin as he held the wooden stick that was as thick as a thigh in his hand, then he recalled Brother Jingya's ramblings that were even more long-winded than the teacher who initiated him, as well as Brother Yannian's cold smile …
Niu Jizu shuddered and obediently shut his mouth.
At this time, the procuress said with a smile, "Tonight, Miss Yingying's first night has been taken by this Lord, but everyone need not be disappointed.
This old woman here has just finished her apprenticeship with a stunning beauty, and I'm waiting for everyone's comments!
"
"What?
A beauty has finished her apprenticeship! "
"
"Ah!
Lan Niang!
What are you waiting for?
Quickly bring the new girl out! "
"
"How long has it been since a girl finished her apprenticeship?
Three years or five years?
That year, I heard that Miss Gu Xiaoxiao had already been taken into the residence by Prince Zhongshun for thirty thousand taels of silver! "
"
After the bidding session ended, the atmosphere of the guests, which had been a little down, suddenly became lively.
The group of Xiongnu people looked at the excited expressions of the people around them and did not know what was going on. Ah Yan naturally explained.
It turned out that this Yihong Courtyard was not an ordinary brothel. The training of the courtesans was very strict. Not only did they have to be beautiful, but they also had to be good at singing and dancing. They also had to know a thing or two about the four arts.
The most beautiful girl with the most potential would be specially left behind by the procuress to be taught and would not be arranged to receive guests.
When the girl finished her apprenticeship, the procuress would arrange for her to perform in front of three famous scholars. Only after she was recognized could she officially finish her apprenticeship.
One must know that scholars always cherished their reputation, let alone famous scholars!
As scholars, it was very normal for them to enjoy poetry and wine, singing and dancing.
Although it was a beautiful story, if the recognized girl's skills were not up to standard, it would only be them who would lose face.
Therefore, the scholars were very strict and there were very few girls who could finish their apprenticeship.
The last time Gu Xiaoxiao successfully finished her apprenticeship was five years ago.
"Lan Niang, is that girl the one who was in charge of playing the zither?"
Shui Rong had long heard that when Liu Yingying was performing the dance, the musician in charge of the accompaniment had reached perfection. He was intoxicated by the music and unconsciously shouted "Good", causing Wang Ren to feel uneasy.
"Little Prince has good hearing!"
The procuress smiled like a flower, "This old one's Miss Ruyi is really lucky to have a soulmate like you, Little Prince!"
"
Shui Rong smiled reservedly.
"Oh!
Why are you talking so much nonsense!?
Quickly call that Miss Ruyi to come out and let everyone take a look! "
Niu Jizu shouted as if he was trying to cause trouble.
The procuress knew how much her master valued the Niu family. She did not dare to offend Niu Jizu and quickly said, "Second Master Niu, don't be anxious. This old one will call Miss Ruyi to come out."
After saying that, she went backstage and led a girl dressed in purple out with a zither in her hands.
The girl was delicate and slender. Her face was glossy, her lips were like cherry blossoms, and her eyebrows were like the autumn waters. She had an indescribable beauty that could cause the downfall of a country.
There was a hint of melancholy between her eyebrows, which made her originally extraordinarily beautiful appearance even more pitiful. It made people want to bring the best of the world to her, just for her to smile.
The light purple dress slowly dragged across the stage, and also dragged across the hearts of the men below the stage.
Even Hu Hanye, who was not the type, could not help but be startled. The wine cup that was raised to his lips forgot to put it down.
What Liu Yingying, what Ah Yan, added together, they could not compare to half of Ruyi.
She had not said anything and only quietly glanced at the crowd. Every man below the stage felt half of their bones go limp. They stood up and wanted to take a step towards her.
The beauty sat on the stage and laid the zither flat. She closed her eyes and her jade-like fingers lightly stroked the strings.
The sound of the zither slowly rang out, making waves of pleasant sounds. It was like the arrival of spring, hundreds of flowers blooming, lovers holding hands and slowly wandering among the flowers, the zither playing, all quiet and peaceful.
The next moment, the sound of the zither gradually became low, like the autumn wind.
The zither, falling flowers all over the ground, the moonlight is cold, my beloved is gone, leaving me alone, haggard.
The sound of the zither became more and more bitter. The girl softly poured out her heart full of bitterness.
Ask my husband, spring flowers, autumn moon floating in dreams, lovesick tears, who drinks the sad intestines?
After the song ended, a drop of sparkling and translucent water quickly streaked across the corner of the beauty's eyes. She gently stroked the body of the zither and ended the song.
For a moment, the huge Yihong courtyard was silent. Even the slightest sound of a fly flying by could be heard. Everyone's eyes were focused on the beauty on the stage, completely unable to move their eyes away.
The reeds were green, the white dew was frost.
The so-called lover was on the other side of the water.
The brothel keeper was very satisfied with this effect. She clapped her hands. After everyone returned to their senses, she raised her voice and said, "This is our Yihong courtyard's courtesan, Miss Ruyi. She can recite poetry and compose couplets.
Her zither skills are comparable to Jiangnan's famous scholar Tang … "
"500 taels!"
Before the brothel keeper finished speaking, someone interrupted.
"Lan-niang!
500 taels for Miss Ruyi to accompany me for a night. "
The brothel keeper said very clearly that Miss Ruyi was a courtesan. She sold her skills, not her body. This 500 taels for a night was naturally just to watch the performance, there was no additional service.
Before the brothel keeper could react, someone else refuted, "500 taels for Miss Ruyi to accompany you for a night?
In your dreams!
I'll pay 1,000 taels for Miss Ruyi to accompany me for two hours! "
"!"
In just one or two breaths, Miss Ruyi's price for two hours was already higher than the courtesan Liu Yingying's first night!
"5,000 taels!"
Shui Rong stared intently at Ru Yi, who had been silent all this while. "Miss Ru Yi's zither sounds like the sounds of nature. Xiao Wang's house has a Liezi Zither made by Master Cai Pei. I hope Miss Ru Yi can accept it.
The young prince was indeed the young prince. He was so generous.
Master Cai Pei was a famous zither maker in Da Zhou. He was one of the best zither makers in the Cai family.
He was good at making Liezi zithers with pines and reeds.
The world praised him: "Good choice of material, deep intention."
500 years, there is a sound.
In recent years, Master Cai Pei had aged and rarely made zithers.
The zithers he made in the past were now priced at 5,000 taels each. However, there was no market for them.
What disappointed Shui Rong was that Ruyi was unmoved. She didn't even look at him out of the corner of her eye.
Seeing this scene, Feng Zizhi couldn't help but sneer.
What a joke!
The zither Ruyi used was the Jiu Xiao Huan Zither of the Tang dynasty. It was made by the first generation Lei Wei of the Lei family, a Sichuan zither maker during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang dynasty. It was worth tens of thousands of taels of gold.
"The young prince is too polite!"
How could Ruyi accept such a generous gift from the young prince? "
The brothel keeper saw that Ruyi was not the least bit interested and declined on behalf of Ruyi.
She was very clear about Miss Ruyi's identity and the target that the factory manager wanted her to deal with. She was just a small brothel keeper. She didn't dare to let these wild bees and butterflies entangle Miss Ruyi. If Miss Ruyi's mission failed because of this, she wouldn't be able to atone for her sins even if she died a thousand times.
Shui Rong looked at the brothel keeper in surprise. This Miss Lan would actually refuse the benefits that were already in her hands?
This was a rare thing!
On the other side, Hu Luyi came back to his senses. He swallowed his saliva and asked in Xiongnu language, "Wang, look, this Zhou girl …" His meaning was, "Wang, are you interested?"
If you are, I'll get her for you. "
Hu Hanye muttered to himself.
Without a doubt, this Ruyi was extremely beautiful. Even he was a bit moved.
But for some reason, Hu Hanye felt that something wasn't right.
That week's Courtesan Belle had long set today as the day of combing. But suddenly, a beautiful and devastatingly beautiful courtesan appeared out of nowhere. This wasn't normal at all!
With such a beautiful girl, wouldn't the brothel keeper spread the news in advance to attract more officials and nobles to come and raise Ruyi's value?
Rumors about him had appeared in the capital. Hu Luyi had heard that there was a courtesan grooming ceremony in Yihong Courtyard. Yihong Courtyard also had a beautiful courtesan who had finished her apprenticeship …
With so many coincidences added together, it wasn't as simple as a coincidence.
Hu Hanye pursed his lips.
He wasn't wrong. Ruyi was indeed sent out by Feng Zizhi as a precaution.
Ruyi, Ruyi, Ruyi, Ruyi.
This point made Niu Jizu inadvertently reveal Ruyi's true identity.
Ruyi was Ruyi. The late Crown Prince Xiaozhao, Li Tian?
The most beloved person in the palace.
That day, the Crown Prince had been persuaded by Cheng Xin to rebel. Before he led the troops to take control of the palace, he had held Cheng Xin's hand and made a promise with deep feelings: "When I ascend the throne, I allow you to hold hands with me under the heavens. We will be respected by the officials, worshipped by the people, and enjoy the good fortune of a thousand years.
You have to wait for me. I will come back to get you.
"
Cheng Xin stared blankly at the Crown Prince's high-spirited face. He weakly opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't say anything.
And once the Crown Prince left, he wouldn't have the chance to come back.
Cheng Xin knew this, but he still had a trace of hope that even he didn't believe. He leaned against the door of the Eastern Palace, waiting for the person who wouldn't come back.
After hearing the news that the Crown Prince had been killed by Prince Jin, Cheng Xin slowly slid down to sit on the ground. Unknowingly, tears blurred his eyes.
This was clearly the result that he wanted to see!
After completing his mission, he should be happy. But why did his heart hurt so much?
Perhaps it was because in this game of love, the Crown Prince wasn't the only one whose heart had been moved!
Cheng Xin had tried to kill himself several times, but he was always saved by the eunuch that Feng Zizhi had sent to watch over him at the last moment.
Feng Zizhi really couldn't stand this guy's suicidal demeanor. Perhaps it was because he felt the same way, so he fiercely slapped Cheng Xin and threw down a sentence: "The Crown Prince is dead. The Crown Princess has also committed suicide. His children are temporarily imprisoned in the Eastern Palace."
You Sili had sent people to send the Third Prince, who had just turned one year old, and the Seventh Junzhu, who was four years old, to the residence of the military scrivener Qin Ye.
You Sili was You Shitai's legitimate son. In terms of seniority, he could be considered the Crown Prince's biological cousin. He had always been loyal to the Crown Prince.
Since he couldn't die, Cheng Xin could only focus on other things.
His beloved was no longer here, so he would take good care of his beloved's children for him.
After all, the Crown Prince had announced to the public that he had died to save the Emperor and was posthumously conferred the title of Crown Prince Xiaozhao. Therefore, the Emperor conferred the late Crown Prince Xiaozhao's eldest son the title of Prince Anle. He was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. He kept Crown Prince Xiaozhao's children in Prince Anle's residence and made them live a semi-confined life.
Cheng Xin couldn't do anything in Prince Anle's residence, so he filled his heart with paternal (maternal?) love.
He placed it all on the Third Prince, who had changed his name to Qin Zhong in the residence of the military scrivener Qin Ye.
Speaking of which, the Crown Prince had once said that he would give the Third Prince to him to raise and let the Third Prince treat him as his own mother!
As for the Seventh Junzhu, Qin Keqing?
Haha!
She was the daughter of the Crown Princess who had regarded him as a thorn in her side. Cheng Xin was already giving his beloved face by not harming her!
Hu Hanye bent his fingers and lightly tapped on the table.
"Throw her down."
"Yes."
So what if it was a trap?
What?
When had Hu Hanye ever been afraid?
He wanted to see what kind of tricks this group of Zhou people were playing.
They wanted to play?
He, Hu Hanye, was happy to play along.
A trace of unwillingness flashed through Ah Yan's eyes.
She wasn't a female scrivener of Yihong Courtyard at all.
Dongchang didn't only have eunuchs, but also palace maids.
After Feng Zizhi took over the position of Dongchang's Factory Master, he had people train a group of palace maids to be used as spies.
Ah Yan, also known as Yan Yu, was the most beautiful of the first batch of palace maids. She was also the most vicious and merciless.
She was so outstanding that Feng Zizhi didn't send her to be a spy beside any of the concubines, princes, or princes. Instead, she stayed behind and was responsible for handling all kinds of information. When necessary, she also took on the role of assassination.
The most surprising thing was that Feng Zizhi didn't hand this palace maid over to the Dongchang's Factory Master. Instead, he let her take orders from him directly. It was very puzzling.
However, to Yan Yu, this was the best decision.
Ever since the first day of her training and the first time she saw the peerless Factory Master, her heart had been tied to him.
She studied and practiced with all her might so that the Factory Master would look at her more and talk to her more.
Fortunately, the Factory Master seemed to treat her a little differently.
When she was injured (face), the Factory Master specially sent someone to give her a bottle of medicine for wounds and told her to apply it.
After she was trained, he even asked her to stay behind.
Just when Yan Yu was full of expectation and shyly guessing when she would be able to become the Factory Master's' food pair ', she found out from a colleague who had been jealous of her for a long time that the Factory Master and the highly favored General Guanjun were a couple!
The Factory Master only asked her to stay because she looked somewhat similar to General Guanjun.
She suddenly felt like she was struck by lightning. She didn't care about the consequences and immediately ran outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony to wait for the Li Lian who had just finished court.
And the result … …
Yan Yu smiled bitterly.
After that, she was ordered to be whipped a hundred times by the Factory Master that she admired and couldn't get out of bed for three months.
Even when she recovered, she was no longer directly under the Factory Master. She was transferred to another Dongchang Factory Master's office. She rarely had the chance to see the Factory Master.
Yan Yu didn't want to give up. She asked to go to the border to investigate and divide the Xiongnu and Turks.
After a lot of hard work and risking her life, she successfully found out a few important pieces of information and assassinated a few clan leaders.
After she made a great contribution and returned to the capital, she begged and bribed the supervisor in charge again and again before she was transferred to the Factory Master's side to serve tea as a palace maid.
Although the Factory Master didn't say anything when he saw her, his attitude towards her was not as good as before.
She didn't dare to complain and could only be more respectful. She tried her best to make the Factory Master look at her with a slightly better gaze.