comeback [rebirth]

Although the suburbs of Danlin County are not as lively as the county town, when the sun sets and the lights first come on, it can be called an empty alley.

Among them, the most spacious street is Guangbai Street, and the most lively place is Qingbaolou.

Before setting off, Cen Yuan and the others asked around the county, and found that Qingbaolou was quite well known, even spanning men, women and children.

Women in Qingbaolou do not have to sell their bodies, nor do they have to pick up guests alone or accompany them for entertainment. They just voluntarily perform dance and music on the stage placed in the center of the building.If the guest officer gives an evaluation or asks the name, you can get the corresponding reward, and when the guest officer comes back next time, if there is a dancer you like, you can also order dances for a fee.

The more outstanding you are, the more chances you will get to dance, and the rewards will increase accordingly. Conversely, although everyone has to learn dance music since childhood, if you really don’t want to show up in public, or fail to develop an interest in dance music, It doesn't matter, and the daily food and clothing expenses will not be less.

As for the guests, they don't ask about their gender, where they come from, or their identities, as long as they order a pot of wine, they can get a seat among them.

The reason why Qingbaolou is famous is not only because of this.

If it is an ordinary restaurant, if a guest officer takes a fancy to a certain girl, most of them only need to spend a sum of money to redeem her.But in Qingbaolou, fate and affection are more important than possessions that can be exchanged for silver taels.

——Which girl do you like?Can.As long as the girl agrees, the marriage will be done; on the contrary, if the girl does not agree, then no matter what official the person who comes to ask for marriage is or how many gifts he has given, he can only go back to where he came from.

And if the girl herself has someone she likes and wants to leave, Qingbaolou will not keep her, but in the future, she will have to rely on herself and has nothing to do with Qingbaolou.

Of course, over the years, there have been some people who could not be impatient in courtship, and occasionally uttered rude words, ranging from cursing words such as "unfortunate death" and "bankruptcy", to directly picking quarrels and provoking trouble.But Qingbaolou has always turned a deaf ear to those swear words, and when they encounter troublemakers, they simply beat them up and throw them out without saying a word of nonsense.

As for who and what power is behind this Qingbaolou, most of you can only guess privately.Curious people once asked the current leader of Qingbaolou, but the result was obvious, and no one came to a conclusion.

Anyway, until now, the Qingbao Building has not collapsed, and it is still erected in the suburbs of Danlin County.

The Xianyun mansion has not been cleaned, and the things in the mansion have not been taken care of, so recently, the two of them are still living in the Changyou mansion arranged for them by the king of Chu.

Now that they knew that Qingbaolou was not far away, neither of them rode a horse, so they simply strolled there.

Walking through the path in the forest, after about a stick of incense, they gradually mixed into the crowd.

The whole street is not too long, if there is no one there, you can see the end at a glance.It's just that there is a crowd of people at the moment, and when the surroundings become crowded, even the movement is stumbled, so the real length of the street can't be noticed.

The two originally wanted to stroll around casually, but they didn't expect that not long after walking on Guangbai Street, they saw a magnificent restaurant in front of them, the door was wide open, and there was a long queue at the door.Although the stage inside could not be seen due to the angle, the vocal music penetrated almost clearly into the street.

——It is Qingbaolou.

Now that they were facing each other, the two decided to go in and have a look.

Just at this time, the vocal music gradually stopped, and then a group of people poured out from Qingbaolou.

It seemed that there was a song and dance ending, and these people had no intention of continuing to watch, so they left directly.

When the two of them approached, they heard a few young girls standing at the door rushing towards the people in line saying: "Miss Yuanman's performance is over tonight, if there is any guest officer that you can't see, please come early next time."

As soon as Xiao Er said this, half of the people in line walked away with a sigh, and the rest were led into the building one by one by Xiao Er in order.

Cen Yuan and the others were last in line, and when it was his turn, Xiao Er went in to check the door before he came out and said, "The guest officer happened to be the last one left, please come inside."

Cen Yuan nodded, and followed Xiaoer into the door. He opened the folding fan in his hand, looked around, and asked casually, "Who is the Yuanman girl you were talking about just now?"

"The guest officer is not a local." Xiaoer said, "Miss Yuanman is our top dancer, and she only performs once every ten days, so every time there are no empty seats, other guest officials are always clamoring for us to join us. seat."

"So that's how it is." Cen Yuan smiled suavely, turned his wrist and waved the folding fan, looking like a romantic man.He said: "That's really a pity. I heard that the top dancer in Qingbaolou is even more beautiful. I have been looking forward to it for a long time. I didn't expect to know too little in advance, so I still missed it."

Before he finished speaking, he felt Yan Xuan's eyes lightly sweeping over his body, so he pretended not to notice, and closed the folding fan calmly.

Xiao Er said with a smile: "The guest officer must hurry up next time, after all, on the day when Miss Yuanman is on stage, the line at the gate will be lined up from Yinshi."

Cen Yuan smiled back: "That's natural."

While talking, Xiao Er led them to the square table in the corner of the lobby on the first floor: "Please sit down, you two. This person's view is not very good, so it's no wonder that you invite the guests."

This place is the farthest from the stage, even if you can see the dance clearly, it is difficult to see the people clearly, no wonder it was left until the end.

But Cen Yuan and the others didn't intend to watch the dance. It doesn't matter whether the location is good or bad. Rather, this location is more suitable for them to inquire about the news, so the two of them sat down without saying anything.

When passing by just now, Cen Yuan saw several wooden plaques hanging on one side of the wall, and each wooden plaque had three characters written on it, which were probably words picked from poems.He pointed to the wall with the folding fan, and asked, "What are those?"

Xiao Er said: "That's the code name of our wine here, what the guest officer wants to drink, just pick one according to your eyesight."

Cen Yuan took another look, and found that those code names were somewhat particular, and each code name must contain a word from "Feng Hua Xue Yue".

"Why do you say it's a code name?" Cen Yuan asked.

"The wine represented by each code name will be rotated every day." Xiao Er said, "This way, it will make people feel more pleasantly surprised."

Cen Yuan raised his eyebrows, thinking that this was quite interesting, and was about to open his mouth to give a random code name, but Yan Xuan said calmly to Xiao Er: "Is there any tea?"

Cen Yuan: "?"

He smiled at Xiao Er, then grabbed Yan Xuan's shoulder, turned his back to Xiao Er and said in a low voice: "Little General, you don't really want to ban me from bars!"

It is agreed that it will not be overly restrictive!

Yan Xuan's lips parted slightly, but he didn't say anything in the end, and turned his head to one side.

After a while, he said, "No."

Cen Yuan didn't understand, so: "Then why did you speak just now?"

Without waiting for Yan Xuan's answer, Xiaoer yelled angrily behind them: "You two guests..."

The two of them turned their heads and saw Xiao Er saying embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, guest officer, we don't have tea here, only wine. Besides, watching dances and drinking tea is not enough fun, don't you think so?"

Cen Yuan was so startled that he didn't even bother to wink, and said directly to Yan Xuan, "You heard me, it's just people saying there's no tea."

After saying that, he pointed to one of the wooden signs and took the initiative to order: "Let's have a pot of 'Lou Xinyue'."

This time Yan Xuan didn't say anything against them, and after a while, Xiaoer served two wine cups and a wine jug for them.

Cen Yuan saw that the jug was not as big as the palm of his hand, and could hold four or five glasses of wine at most, so he couldn't help asking: "Is the amount of wine too small?"

Xiaoer may have talked too much, and was also worried that the guest officer would accuse them of being a black shop, so he quickly explained to Cen Yuan: "Guest officer, you are the first time back, maybe you don't understand, all the wines in our Qingbaolou are One price, so the amount of each wine will be more or less different, which is normal."

Cen Yuan said: "Then if you are a regular customer, wouldn't you be able to roughly tell what kind of wine is in it by seeing the size of the jug?"

"That's right." Xiao Er saw that he was not embarrassed, so she smiled even more, and poured wine into the two wine cups on her own initiative.

"Guest officer, the wine you picked today is a bit special. It is the most unique wine in our Qingbaolou. If you are a regular customer, you can tell what is in it at a glance." Xiao Er said, "But since It's the first time for the guest officer to drink, so the younger one will be a bitch first. You taste it slowly, and I will talk to you about it later, but you must be careful not to drink too much."

After speaking, he served a few stacks of dried fruit snacks for the two of them, replied briefly, and then retreated.

Cen Yuan thought to himself, this Qingbaolou really has enough tricks, but it is also a means of attracting people, no wonder it has been able to stand in the suburbs for more than fifty years and has not collapsed.

At the same time, his curiosity was aroused, and he took a sip from the wine cup.

As soon as the wine entered his throat, he felt comfortable physically and mentally, and every inch of his body seemed to be alive in an instant.

But I don't know if it's because the original expectations have risen with Xiaoer's mysterious appearance, or because the quality of the millet and wine I drank in Beijing is so high-quality and the taste is so memorable that I drink this wine now, except that it is more mellow than the wine in ordinary restaurants. Except for some, he didn't taste any special taste.

He glanced at Yan Xuan, and saw that Yan Xuan also had a calm face.

"Looks like it's just a gimmick to tantalize people's appetite." Cen Yuan laughed, "Playing tricks, and then claiming that we didn't taste it, let us ask for a few more pots to try, and in the end the debt will have to be turned over several times gone."

Yan Xuan has returned to his usual state, as if the seemingly thoughtless words just now hadn't been uttered at all, he reminded: "Be careful of stamina."

"I know, but you're still here." Cen Yuan didn't take it seriously, drank the rest of the wine in the glass, poured a second glass for himself, and then whispered: "This Qingbaolou is not the place to be." Let the dancer accompany the wine alone, it seems that we can only ask the head of the house."

Another dancer had already boarded the stage, and Qu Le was walking to a high place. The condensed light of the overhead light fell vertically on the stage, and even the subtle shaking seemed to match the dance steps, shining brightly.

The farther the place is from the stage, the darker it is, and the corners are even worse, but it provides a more free observation space for the two.

Yan Xuan walked around calmly, and said in a low voice, "There."

Needless to say, Cen Yuan has already seen a flower shadow not far away, it is the head of the house fluttering between the tables and chairs.

Today's head is no longer the one who first established Qingbaolou. The current head is also a dancer who was famous in the whole Danlin County and even the whole Chu country before, but she just stayed in Qingbaolou and never got married.After the old boss stepped down due to her inability to do what she wanted, she took over the power to manage the Qingbao Building, and also managed the Qingbao Building in an orderly manner.

It just so happened that the dancer on the stage had finished a dance, Cen Yuan snapped his fingers to the side, and Xiaoer heard the sound and came up to him: "What's your order?"

When they came in earlier, Xiao Er had told them that if they liked a girl's dance, they could ask the nearby Xiao Er for the girl's stage name, so that the girl would be rewarded, and if they wanted to watch it specially in the future, Then you can spend money to dance.

It was a matter of one sentence, so Cen Yuan asked first: "What's the nickname of the girl on stage?"

Xiao Er glanced at the stage, and quickly said: "The one who performed just now is Miss Luo Yun."

Cen Yuan nodded, indicating that he knew, and then pretended to look at the stage, picked up the folding fan in one hand, and tapped the palm of his hand.

After a while, he pointedly said: "Is your head there?"

Xiao Er has been waiting by the side, heard the words and said: "If the guest officer wants to dance, then just talk to Xiao Er directly."

"No." Cen Yuan looked at him and smiled, "I have something else to look for."

Seeing his expression, Xiao Er immediately understood, and thought that this young master probably has a crush on Miss Luo Yun, so he immediately said: "Guest officer, wait a moment, I'll go and call Sister Yi."

After that, he trotted towards the head of the house——Sister Yi.

The two watched Xiao Er run away together, and saw that Sister Na Yi cast a glance at where they were after hearing Xiao Er's report, and Cen Yuan raised his glass to each other and drank it down.

Except for the first sip, Yan Xuan didn't drink any more wine, so there was still more than half of the wine in the glass.He caught a glimpse of Cen Yuan's movements, frowned slightly, and then narrowed his eyes to look at the wine in the glass, and after a while, he also raised his head and drank it like the other party.

Seeing Sister Yi walking towards them, Cen Yuan looked away and turned his head just in time to see Yan Xuan's movement.

Maybe it was really hit by Yan Xuan's suggestion - the stamina of this wine was a bit unexpected, and now it seems to be gradually starting to work.The wine flowing into the abdominal cavity seemed to be burning, and even his vision became a little dazed.

Cen Yuan closed his eyes hard, blinking away the trace of chaos, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes fell on Yan Xuan's Adam's apple that was sliding up and down.

He himself couldn't hold back and swallowed.

Then, he moved his eyes up unconsciously, across the thin lips of the other party who looked cold, but actually warm.

For a moment, there seemed to be some kind of soft touch on his lips, which made him feel hot all over his body.He couldn't help sticking out the tip of his tongue and licking his dry lips.

At this time, I saw Yan Xuan put down his wine glass, and half raised his eyes to look at him: "What's wrong."

Cen Yuan was taken aback, and subconsciously called out: "Yan Xuan."

"Ok?"

However, Cen Yuan did not speak immediately.

He was looking at Shang Yanxuan's eyes half-hidden by long eyelashes. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the other person's brows still frowning, and he was sensitively aware that the other person didn't seem very happy.

He was slightly stunned, and suddenly thought of the sullen look on Yan Xuan's face when he saw him walk out of Yixian Tower in his last life.

The hatchbacks overlap, although they are not exactly the same, but in some respects they seem to have similarities.

Cen Yuan looked at the wine glass in his hand, then at the empty stage, a certain idea flashed across his mind.

He looked at Yan Xuan again, and murmured: "Are you..."

A little jealous?