Are you crazy? Who asked you to hunt for treasures in the emperor's harem?

"I am Lin Yongye, a walking map of Qinhuai City. From the palaces of princes to the brothels, there is no place I don't know. It only costs one or two taels of silver a day. It is absolutely worth it!"

While speaking, the fat man with triangular eyes kept staring at Liu Mengying.

"Not interested in!"

Liu Mengying felt uncomfortable being stared at and refused immediately. Ye Fan also walked forward without paying any attention to her.

"Humph, two poor bastards!"

Seeing this, Lin Yongye disdained to speak, and his voice was not concealed at all, but Ye Fan and Liu Mengying were too lazy to pay attention.

Next, Ye Fan and Liu Mengying walked side by side along the streets of Qinhuai City, eating and drinking along the way, feeling very comfortable. After all, neither of them had been to a busy city for a long time...

.........

The night falls,

After eating and drinking, Ye Fan and Liu Mengying were walking on a rather remote street, preparing to find a place to rest. Suddenly, they heard a burst of punching, kicking and shouting in an alley not far ahead.

"Fuck you, I'll see if you dare to be a guide here again!"

"Malego target, the fat sheep I was going to slaughter got away because of this ugly bitch!"

"Cao Nima's!"

.........

After a round of punches, kicks and groans, a group of people ran out of the alley and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

After a while, a limping figure walked out of the dim alley.

As the other party approached, Ye Fan and Liu Mengying also saw clearly the person who was beaten. She was a short-haired young woman who was quite thin, had a small canine tooth, a pretty face, but had a large dark-brown birthmark.

"Well... well, do you two need a guide?"

The thin girl with short hair and birthmark walked a few steps behind Ye Fan and Liu Mengying, paused, and then spoke timidly.

"Well... well, I grew up in Qinhuai City and I'm very familiar with it. Besides, my guide fee is very cheap, only one tael of silver for ten days! Oh, no, one tael of silver for fifteen days is also fine..."

Seeing Ye Fan and Liu Mengying turn around and look at her, the thin girl with short hair and birthmark spoke again, with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

"Okay~"

Ye Fan nodded slightly, "We are just about to find a place to stay for the night. Oh, by the way, the place to stay should be relatively quiet!"

Ye Fan, who has always been a light sleeper, attached great importance to the quietness of the accommodation and explained it immediately.

"There are some!"

Hearing this, the thin girl with a birthmark and short hair nodded quickly and explained, "If you walk over there, about half a mile away, there are a row of inns, all run by the public, and quite cheap, only ten taels of silver a month. If you walk over there, about five miles away, there are quite a few inns run by the government, which are much more upscale. I heard that there are many delicious foods and drinks, but I haven't seen them... As for the price, the inns run by the government are much more expensive. If they are cheap, the minimum is one tael of silver a night, and if they are expensive, there are thousands of taels a night... There are even inns that are not open to the public and only accept reservations..."

"Is that so... Then take us to the nearest inn!"

Ye Fan turned and looked at Liu Mengying, "Little Bean Sprout, what do you think?"

"Yeah, sure. I'm a little tired, so it's a good time to take a break!"

"Okay, both of you please follow me!"

....

Then, the thin girl with birthmark and short hair limped ahead.

"By the way, sister Guide...how did you know at a glance that we might be in need of a guide?"

Liu Mengying asked the thin girl with short hair and birthmark curiously.

"My name is An Erni, just call me Xiaoni!"

The thin, short-haired girl with a birthmark turned her head and smiled at Liu Mengying. "Miss, the clothes you are wearing are obviously not ordinary. In Qinhuai City, people with extraordinary clothes, except for outsiders, are unlikely to come to a place where ordinary people live, especially at night!"

"I see... No wonder a lot of people asked us if we needed a guide along the way!"

"But there are too many people who want to be guides, as if they assume that everyone who comes to Qinhuai City will get lost..."

Hearing this, Ye Fan couldn't help but grumble.

Soon, Ye Fan and the other two arrived at the place Xiao An mentioned. It was just as he said, very quiet and there were few people on the street.

Soon, Ye Fan and Liu Mengying found an inn and prepared to check in.

"Ms. Liu...Ms. Liu, what are you doing?"

Not far from the inn, An Erni looked at the silver ingot that Liu Mengying had given her, feeling a little overwhelmed, because the silver ingot weighed a full twenty taels.

"Please lead the way for us for the next few days. We want to have a good look around Qinhuai City!"

Liu Mengying just discussed with Ye Fan and thought that they could try to ask this An Erni's people to help as a guide. After all, both of them were unfamiliar with the place...

"Okay, okay! Thank you Miss Liu, thank you Master Zhang!"

An Erni thanked the two with red eyes. You know, if she didn't make any more money, she would be out of money in two days. By then, she and her two-year-old sister...

..........

After Ye Fan and Liu Mengying checked into the inn, Liu Mengying washed up and went to sleep, while Ye Fan studied the Dragon Vein Heavenly Book map again. Not gaining much, he simply went back to his room and fell asleep...

An Erni was not talking nonsense. This area was indeed quite secluded. Ye Fan, who always slept lightly, slept comfortably until noon the next day...

…………

after lunch,

Ye Fan and the other two were walking on the road.

"Mr. Zhang, Ms. Liu, this is your first time in Qinhuai City, right? Let me briefly introduce Qinhuai City. Qinhuai City is the fief of Ming Dianying, the uncle of the current emperor. It is one of the richest and most prosperous places in the Mingyuan Empire..."

"Here we have all kinds of top-notch and fresh delicacies... the most beautiful dancers, the most melodious singers... I heard that the food made by the top chefs in Qinhuai City Restaurant is no less delicious than that made by the imperial chefs in the palace... The beauty and talent of the courtesans in the brothels are as good as those of the concubines in the emperor's harem..."

"In Qinhuai City, you need money to buy anything... It is a place where countless high-ranking officials indulge in luxury and indulge in wine and women... The officials here are also very rich... There is even a rumor circulating in the streets, 'If you are a Qinhuai official, you will be sent to the capital!'..."

An Erni quickly introduced Ye Fan and Liu Mengying.

"This Qinhuai City is similar to what I heard before... It sounds like a very expensive place..."

Ye Fan frowned slightly, "Take us to the pawn shop first, we can pawn some things!"

"it is good!"

..........

Under the guidance of An Erni, Ye Fan and Liu Mengying soon arrived at a rather grand pawnshop. After the other party looked at the seven-stringed harp displayed by Ye Fan, he directly quoted a price of one thousand taels of gold. Seeing that the other party was quite straightforward, Ye Fan was too lazy to bargain and directly exchanged the money for the goods and made the deal.

In the pawn shop,

"Shopkeeper, aren't you being too hasty? This one thousand taels of gold... Although our shop has made a lot of money, our annual income is not even this much..."

After Ye Fan and Liu Mengying left, the pawnshop clerk finally couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart.

"What do you know? This seven-stringed harp is definitely not an ordinary item. I have participated in the Qinhuai City Vocal Competition more than once. The instruments owned by those music masters have never been of this quality... In a few days, the Qinhuai City Vocal Competition, which is held once every three years, will be held. If this seven-stringed harp works well, it will definitely be sold at a sky-high price..."

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