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July [-]th,? Light rain.

This was the first rain since the beginning of autumn. The rain fell patteringly, and the entire imperial city was shrouded in mist and rain. When the autumn was cool, Huangfu Zhengzheng, who had been away from Beijing for many days, drove back to the capital.

On both sides of the official road leading to the capital, there are guards with swords. The guards are waiting in full force. The shops on both sides are also closed. People in the capital stand behind the guards and stare at the official road, waiting for the emperor to drive. Pass.

After waiting for a full two hours, Fang heard the faint sound of gongs and drums in the distance. Several heralds galloped past on horseback, with the flags on their backs fluttering in the wind. The eunuch who opened the way shouted: "Your Majesty is here !" The crowd and soldiers on the street knelt down on the ground and shouted long live.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Emperor Luan drove slowly from the end of the street. Several carriages were ornately decorated, and the music inside the carriages could be heard vaguely. The crowd on the street looked up cautiously, only to see the curtains of the carriages shaking. shadow.

The carriage drove to the center, and the window of a restaurant facing the street was opened. Yelusu stood by the window and looked at it for a long time, and asked with great interest, "Do you think Huangfu Zhengze is in this carriage?"

Chu Ci sat at the table, raising his hand to pour tea: "He cherishes his life so much, it is impossible for him to go back to Beijing in a carriage with such great fanfare. I am afraid that he has already returned to the palace by now."

"I think it's the same." Yelusu was about to close the window, when the curtain of a carriage next to the carriage was raised, revealing a slender and graceful woman. The woman looked up in this direction, Yelusu Su frowned, and looked closely, the curtain of the carriage had fallen, and the people in the carriage were blocked again.

Yelusu only thought that he was wrong. He was standing on a high place and the carriage was below. It was normal that he could not see clearly.

Yelusu closed the window and sat next to Chuci, glanced at Zhonglixuan who was eating snacks, and clicked his tongue: "The two of you are really close, I don't know which one said to meet me in a secret, but in the end, he was open and honest. Bring it here."

Zhong Lixuan took a sip of tea with Chu Ci's hand, swallowed the snack, and said slowly: "Aren't you a big objection to wearing men's clothing, as if you are afraid that others will not recognize you."

Seeing the intimacy of these two people as if there was no one else, Yelusu felt his teeth ache. He also pinched a piece of pastry, looked at the patterns on the pastry and said, "I'm a man, what's wrong with wearing men's clothes? Huangfu Zheng replied." Palace, people with a heart are busy at this time, but they don't care to disturb me, the guys in this restaurant have been replaced by my people, now there is no need to worry about it."

"Coincidentally, we thought so too." Zhong Lixuan handed Chu Ci a piece of snack, Chu Ci took a bite, Zhong Lixuan withdrew his hand, and ate the snack slowly.

Yelusu looked away, took a bite of the pastry, frowned and put the pastry down: "I put too much goat's milk, it's too greasy."

Chu Ci raised his hand and poured him a cup of tea: "After autumn, the weather turns cold, and snow will fall before March, so it is inconvenient to travel in the grasslands and deserts. Count the time, it is time, when are you going to set off?" Back to Donghu?"

Yelusu took a sip of tea to wash away the taste of goat milk in his mouth, and stroked the rim of the cup with his fingertips.

"I called you here to explain this matter. Tong Yubai is missing, and Zhu Shiyan can't find out the news. I am going to set off with Zhu Shiyan to return to Donghu, and we will leave in two days. Qinlou has my subordinates, and I have already Pass on the order, and according to the agreement, you can dispatch them as you like."

Zhong Lixuan turned his head and asked, "Where's my rhubarb?"

Yelusu clicked his tongue: "The tigers and sheep are all kept in the piano building and guarded by servants. Let's borrow that horse for a while."

Chu Ci picked up the teacup, and said to Yelusu: "Chu, I wish Your Excellency will get what you want, just drink a cup of tea and practice it."

Zhong Lixuan also picked up his teacup: "I am the same as Chu Ci, I wish you the best of luck."

"Borrow two auspicious words." Yelusu picked up the teacup and drank it down, raised his hand to wipe off the water stains, his pure blue eyes flickered on Chu Ci's face, and said with a smile, "If we can meet each other next year, I'm afraid it will be a different situation again, I just hope you don't let me down when the time comes."

Chu Ci raised his eyes and looked at the middle of the street: "The world is unpredictable, whether you are disappointed or not, I am afraid that only God knows."

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After Yelusu left, calm was restored in the capital. Since Chu Ci handed over Fang Zi to Huangfu Rui, several shops under Huangfu Rui's name also began to sell ice and glazed cups. There is nothing new about glazed cups in the capital. After the cool autumn, Chu Bingxuan had fewer and fewer guests. Except for the supervisor, Chu Ci lingered in the piano building day and night, as if he was indulging in pleasure.

The spies sent by Huangfu Rui told Huangfu Rui the movement of Chu Ci, Huangfu Rui shook his head and said: "It seems that this man is still young and vigorous, and he lost his head after earning a little money. That's fine, as long as [-]% profit I earn all the money! Let the shopkeepers of other shops work harder, whether it is glass cups or ice mirrors, the more they produce, the better. It is best to squeeze out Chu Bingxuan after a while , when Chu Ci has no money, he will naturally come to me and beg me."

After receiving Huangfu Rui's order, the shops across from Chu Bingxuan were all gearing up. With so many competitors, Chu Bingxuan's business was not getting better day by day. However, Huangfu Rui waited for several days without seeing any response from Chu Ci. He only heard the spies say that he Mianhuawoliu is so happy, it seems that she is intoxicated in the gentle village and can't come out again.

Huangfu Rui couldn't hold his breath anymore, he ordered Liu Lu to meet Chu Ci, but Liu Lu didn't see anyone when he went to the door, he asked the clerk in the shop, and found out that Chu Ci was in Hualou on West Street again.

Liu Lu found the place, and before he got close to the Hualou where Chuci was staying, he heard the sound of the piano accompanied by the laughter of the woman, and there was a loud sound of gongs and drums during the period.

Liu Lunahan looked up and saw the word "Qinlou" written on the elegant flower building plaque in front of him. Liu Lu touched it for a while, thinking that the name was really straightforward, and he was afraid that others would not know that it was a brothel.

After entering the gate of the Qinlou, Liu Lu knew that this was really not an ordinary flower building. He just stepped in when he was stopped by the guard. The guard glanced at Liu Lu and said in a deep voice: "The Qinlou usually does not entertain male guests. Unless you have invitations from girls, or VIPs from Naiqin Tower."

"Don't entertain male guests?" Liu Lu was dumbfounded, thinking that it is possible that there are flower houses that entertain female guests, and it is wrong to think again, isn't Chu Ci just male guests, or male guests who stay in the Qinlou day and night, He hurriedly said, "I'm here to find someone, but Chu Bingxuan's shopkeeper Chu is here?"

The guard nodded when he heard the words, but did not let him go: "The shopkeeper Chu was given an invitation card by the girls, so he can come to the building day and night, but you, you can't."

Liu Lu poked his head and took a look inside, only to see that the dresses were fluttering, and the people playing and beating drums and dancing were all women. It was indeed not like other flower houses where men could hug the girls wantonly for fun. It seems that this piano building is indeed Some tricks, Liu Lu clicked his tongue: "This shopkeeper Xiao Chu is good at playing, tsk tsk, people should not be judged by their appearance."

Liu Lu said to the guard again: "I have something important to do, let me go in and see the shopkeeper Chu."

The guard stood still: "Guest officer, you have to show the girls' invitation cards, otherwise you will bump into the girls and distinguished guests when you enter the door."

"This..." Seeing that he really couldn't get in, Liu Lu was a little anxious, "Then you just said, how will you let me go to find someone?"

The guard smiled honestly: "If you really want to enter the building, according to the rules of the piano building, you can enter the garden for [-] hours to listen to music and watch plays according to the rules of the piano building. Our piano building is full of serious musicians. Guests should remember not to enter the building. From now on, you can only listen to the music and watch the play, and don't belittle the girls, if you behave or speak improperly, you will be asked to leave."

"A hundred taels for twelve hours?" Liu Lu was taken aback, thinking that this piano building was for business or to chase customers, how many benefactors who came to court prostitutes could afford a hundred taels of money for a day, What's more, you can only listen to Qu'er. With this money, you can even buy street cards in Beijing!

However, he was conveying the prince's order, so Liu Lu endured the heartache and took out 100 taels of silver notes, and went upstairs to meet Chu Ci.

Liu Lu had no intention of seeking pleasure at all, but only thought about his worthless 100 taels of silver. He followed the maid who led the way into the piano building, and after passing through a door, he found that the piano building had a hidden world. The first floor was a stage. A few girls are dancing on the stage, and the white curtains on the stage move without wind, and the girls walk through it, feeling a little fairy-like.

When Liu Lu looked over, the woman leading the dance happened to be playing the pipa backwards. The music was melodious and the posture was graceful, which immediately won a burst of applause.

There were a few guests sitting under the stage, and they were all familiar faces. Liu Lu was taken aback when he glanced at it. He quickly lowered his head. Fortunately, those people were enjoying the dance, and they threw melons, fruits, broken silver and jade bracelets, etc. to the audience. On the stage, Liu Lu who was brought in was not noticed at all.

The dancing girl on the stage didn't look happy when she got a reward. She danced with her lowered eyes and looked quite dignified, as if she was a flying fairy falling into the mortal world. Liu Lu glanced at it and immediately felt a prick in her heart. .

He vaguely understood why Chu Ci would stay in this piano building. As far as the performance level of the dancers was concerned, it was a bit more charming than the performances of the dancers in the Prince's Mansion. It was indeed a supreme enjoyment to watch.

When Liu Lu paused, the maid who led the way raised her hand and said softly, "Master, be careful of the steps."

"Oh, let's go upstairs!"

Liu Lu, who had already passed his thirties, heard the soft sound of the young master, and felt comfortable all over his body. He followed the maid upstairs as if he was stepping on cotton, and when he came to a place, he heard a knocking sound. After a pause, he listened carefully, just as he was puzzled, the knocking sound suddenly became passionate, which made Liu Lu jump, only then did he realize that the sound was coming from above his head.

Looking up, several musicians were leaning on the railing to dance and beat the drums below, and there were also beautiful women in different styles of dresses practicing music. A plump woman was reclining on the couch, with long black hair hanging loose On her shoulders, she lazily holds a book and recites poems, her voice is as crisp as an oriole, when the incense burner is lit, a faint scent of incense lingers in her nose, and the white mist is lingering, which is indescribably elegant.

This qin building is not like a flower building, but like a blessed land of gods. Liu Lu just felt relaxed and happy, and wished he could sit down on the spot and get close to these fairy-like women. When he was confused, he heard the maid say: "Mr. Chu is here On the third floor, guests are welcome."

Hearing the sound, the woman reciting poetry glanced casually at Liu Lu, her eyebrows and eyes were full of style, her charm did not conceal her arrogance, she was not like a girl in a flower house, but more like a seductive fairy in a storybook.

The goblin-like woman glanced at Liu Lu, then looked back with a lack of interest, and said something intimately to the woman beside her, and the woman who was still singing giggled and rolled into the arms of the plump woman, rubbing her head against her chest , the sweetness and innocence, all kinds of flavors are intertwined, Liu Lu's eyes are about to look straight.

He covered his nose, followed the maid leading the way up to the third floor in a trance, pulled his eyes away from the intimate and playful woman downstairs, and pushed the third floor closed with some secret expectation. the door.

There are no women on this floor, only a picture of beauties hanging in a room, the beauties are male and female, the paintings are very exquisite, and there are many paintings of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, which complement the pictures of beauties, it is really unique.

Chu Ci was sitting on the table reading a book, the fragrance of tea was wafting, and all the hustle and bustle disappeared. Liu Lu felt relieved, straightened his clothes and sat opposite him: "This piano building is really amazing. If there is no money, I'm afraid it will be too. It's good to stay here every day, no wonder shopkeeper Chu is reluctant to leave."

Liu Lu's short journey along the way only felt that his eyes were wide open. Scenes that he dared not even imagine in his dreams just appeared in front of him. This is not a flower building, but a dream cave.

Chu Ci smiled when he heard the words: "If Mr. Liu likes it, it's not like Chu is the host, let you listen to the music for a few days, watch the drama for a few days, if Mr. Liu can win the love of the girls in the building and get the post of Tongxing, in the future Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to come and go freely without spending money?”

How could Liu Lu really dare to come to the Qinlou to have fun, and he smiled wryly when he heard the words: "This...don't bother the shopkeeper Chu, I'm a servant, and I dare not be as carefree as the shopkeeper Chu."

That's what he said, but only Liu Lu knew what he was thinking in his heart.

There were bursts of music indistinctly in his ears, and Liu Lu conveyed Huangfu Rui's order to Chu Ci absent-mindedly. After hearing this, Chu Ci was noncommittal: "Since His Highness the Crown Prince is curious about what I am doing here, why don't Master Liu follow along and have a look?" , so as not to cause any misunderstanding. This time it is a matter of business, Master Liu must not shirk."

As he said that, he pushed a few silver bills in denominations of one thousand taels over. Liu Lu looked at the silver bills in front of him, couldn't help but licked his lips, and held the silver bills with a shaking face. He raised his head and smiled at Chu Ci with a wrinkled face: "Then Liu will be disrespectful."

"Master Liu, you can look around. The piano building is not only interesting." Chu Ci called the waiter, Liu Lu looked around twice, finally couldn't hold back, and followed the waiter downstairs to see what the piano building is. Mystery.

The waiter led Liu Lu as he walked and said, "My lord, why don't you buy a few flower note coupons? This is the specialty of our Qinlou. One piece of 100 taels of silver has eight numbers on it, which means getting rich and lucky. Our Qinlou We specially made 36 wax pills of the same size and weight, and sealed them with red paper from 36 to 10. On the first day of each month, eight guests are selected, each person touches a wax pill, and the eight numbers are arranged in sequence. The flower paper coupons correspond to those eight numbers, and Qinlou will give the guests [-] taels of silver."

Liu Lu staggered: "10 taels of silver?"

This piano building is really proud!

The waiter smiled and said: "Exactly, this is just to thank all the guests for their kindness."

Liu Lu swallowed his saliva: "Come on, take me to see what this flower paper coupon is."

Standing above, Chu Ci was obsessed with watching the people in the building. He shook his head, retracted his gaze and closed the window, raised his hand and pulled out a book from the bookshelf. The bookshelf turned over, and Chu Ci stepped into the secret passage.

The rules for hospitality in the Qinlou were set by Chu Ci. To put it bluntly, it is the ancient version of the membership system. When he made such harsh demands, Yelusu felt that Chu Ci was joking. The Qinlou was originally set up to inquire about information. Visitors can't make out with women, there are only tunes and plays, and there must be no guests.

Chu Ci made a bet with Yelusu. Yelusu said that no one would come to the door, but Chu Ci couldn't tell that there would be guests in the Qinlou in three days, and at least three of them would become repeat customers. Whoever wins, Qin The income of the building within five years will belong to whoever it is.

Yelusu thought that he had the chance to win, but on the second day, a guest who was lingering in the flower building next door with the best business heard the singing and came to inquire. Hearing the rules set by Chu Ci, he found it very interesting, and it really cost 100 yuan. Two pieces of silver were left in the piano building for a day.

After listening to Chu Ci's request, the girls in the Qinlou treated the guests with kindness but not affection, polite but alienated, but they were very close to the sisters in the Qinlou. The guest, who was originally displeased because there was no girl to talk to, suppressed his temper and felt itchy after watching it for a while, and the next day he called friends and came together to listen to the song for a whole day.

Because these guests were not invited, they spent a day's money for a day's stay, and the guests who were brought went away. Until this day, a literati gave a poem to the girl in the building. I liked it so much, so I gave that person an invitation card, that person can stay in the piano building day and night without spending any money, and upon hearing this news, all the departing guests became excited again.

The girls in the qinlou show their skills but not their bodies. They are all exquisite in qin and dance. They usually treat guests in a deserted manner. Only when the guests show their excellence will they show a little enthusiasm. The soft underbelly of literati who love to linger in romantic places, exchange a poem for an invitation, the literati who wrote the poem feel very comfortable, and getting the invitation from Huaniang has become an alternative means for these people to compare.

For this group of people who are nostalgic for Fengyuechang, can there be anything more enjoyable than a girl who doesn't lie to others and only loves herself?

In order to get that precious invitation card, a group of rich men who have been prostitutes all the year round all refrained from their original bad habits. They showed smiles, and a group of rich children cherished the girls in Qinlou even more.

In less than half a month, the women in the Qinlou were regarded as inviolable fairies by these men who had been in and out of Fengyue Field all year round. The guests who came to listen to the music and watch the theater were more respectful. It's windy even when you walk.

Yelusu was stunned by this development, he couldn't figure it out, and asked Chu Ci entangledly, and Chu Ci explained the mystery in one word.

"Things are rare and precious. There are more than a dozen large and small flower houses here. Because the people who come and go are the nobles of the capital, the flower girls and their old bustards dare not offend the nobles. They are flattering each other. These rich children feel helpless." Novelty. If we do the opposite, they will find it exciting and novel, and the colder the girls are, the more they will cherish it."

This is the same as the operation method of creating traffic stars in a certain future era. Fees are a threshold, and guests who are curious, unguarded and not short of money are screened out and put into the building. Targeted construction of different personalities, the men who come to the Qinlou can only watch from a distance and cannot play with them. I have beautified the girls in the Qinlou countless times in my heart. As time goes by, I feel that these are all fairies that cannot be touched. what.

Of course, some people have hobbies that are unknown to the public. The attitude of the girls in Qinlou vaguely satisfied the hobbies of some customers.

Yelusu won't explain all the secrets about psychology in detail. After the bet between the two, Yelusu lost completely.

People's desires are endless, accompanied by beautiful women, but they can't really get the girls. The guests who enter the building have a feeling of intoxication that they can't ask for. Chuci also launched the ancient version of the lottery in a timely manner, giving these A dream of getting rich overnight.

So far, the Qinlou has faintly become the largest gold-selling cave in the entire capital, and all the proceeds are sent to the Qinlou by these nobles on their own initiative. These nobles have become the amulets of the Qinlou, and no one knows the identity of the Qinlou. It exists only to hide.

Chu Ci followed the secret passage to the secret room, put on the protective clothing, packed all the experimental tools, and carefully assembled the accessories made in these days. After two hours of busy work, Chu Ci stopped and pressed the button of the assembled machine. switch.

There was a slight crackling sound, and an electric arc flashed out. Chu Ci took off the roughly made goggles, looked at the fruits of his labor for several days, and felt relieved.

The generator is manufactured, and in the next step, he can use electroplating to synthesize other more sophisticated instruments.

Chu Ci was making the necessary items in the simple laboratory in an orderly manner. Liu Lu in the piano building was already dazzled and almost forgot the prince's order. He hurried back to answer his orders, and then couldn't help but went back to the Qinlou to buy a few flower note coupons.

A few days later, Liu Lu also brought several of his colleagues into the building—the money he used was exactly the bank note given by Chu Ci.

With Liu Lu as a cover, Chu Ci finished the work at hand steadily, and when he returned home from the piano building, he felt as if he had passed away for a while.

Zhong Lixuan saw that Chu Ci had lost a lot of weight, and couldn't help feeling distressed. He ordered someone to boil water and pour it into the bathtub. While rubbing Chu Ci's back, he said displeasedly: "If I'm not by your side, you don't know how to take good care of yourself. , don’t you know I’m worried?”

Hearing the words, Chu Ci said, "Understood, my little husband."

Under Zhong Lixuan's palm was Chu Ci's shoulders stained with water drops. Hearing the sound of the little husband, his cheeks were slightly hot, and he leaned over and kissed Chu Ci's cheek: "It's not too bad. By the way, the teacher has something important to talk to." You discuss it, and you will accompany me to see the teacher tomorrow."

Chu Ci raised his hand to hold Zhong Lixuan's head, and kissed back, from the boy's red cheeks to the tip of his nose, and finally held his soft lips. After grinding for a while, he let out a long sigh of satisfaction: "It can be regarded as alive." .”

Zhong Lixuan was so weak from the kiss, and a low moan escaped from his throat, but Chu Ci was a wicked person who teased him but didn't solve the problem from the root cause, so he leaned over and bit Chu Ci's ear bitterly and said: "You Seduce me again, I can't wait for the day, I have to treat you like this!"

Chu Ci raised his hand and brushed the wet hair back, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I'm afraid you are thin-skinned, what's the matter, you will cry then."

"I won't cry!" Zhong Lixuan pulled Chu Ci's hand over and pressed it to his chest, blushing and said bravely, "If you have the ability, come and try it, and see if I cry or not!"

Chu Ci's throat tightened, and when he lowered his eyes, he saw a circle of ripples in the bathtub. He thought to himself that his self-control was not as good as he imagined, so he bent his knees and sank, and said with a wry smile, "I haven't married yet. , you and I have to wait a little longer."

Seeing this, Zhong Lixuan squinted his eyes. Taking advantage of Chu Ci's inattention, he raised his hand and looked down. When he touched something, his eyes widened, he withdrew his hand in confusion, and gestured: "Why is it different from mine? Isn't it?" I touched your wrist by mistake? Oh, no, your hand is outside... Wait for me to touch it again!"

Chu Ci's face was broken, he raised his hand to hold Zhong Lixuan, looked at the young man who showed his true colors but didn't know it, covered his face and said: "What have you learned! I have to ask Zhou Yinji about it tomorrow. And Zhou Yanhe, what did they teach you?"

How could a good and simple young man become such a wild and unruly character after following those two people for a few days?