Chapter 51

Xiangming House is a brothel, located in the most prosperous and lively place in the capital.There are many taverns and tea shops in the front, and there are countless Goulan tile houses in the back, and guests come and go in an endless stream.

And Xiangming House is different from other brothels.

Ordinary brothels are always permeated with the vile atmosphere of the market, and what they sell is sex; the tea shop is named "Xiangming", sells wine and tea, tastes elegance, and the people who visit are literati, so the atmosphere is naturally different from that of other brothels. different.

The low class is not the low class, but Qingya still has to cling to it.

Just because the guest group of the tea shop is very different, the boss, girls and young men in the shop also think that they are different.After a long time, the people of the capital took it as the clean stream of all the brothels in the capital, and regarded it as the head of the Goulan Court.

The name of the Fragrant Tea House is known to everyone in the capital.Therefore, Lou Xiyue found the place without much effort.

When she arrived in the hall, it happened to be the time when the sun was setting, and the number of guests in the tea hall gradually increased.

Lou Xiyue stepped into the hall, facing the smell of flowers, the long pillars on the left and right sides were hung with strings of silk lanterns.

There are tassels hanging under the lanterns, like a string of bead curtains, making the lobby bright and full of tenderness.

In front of me, there are slender women wandering around, and in the shadow of her fragrant clothes, the invincible flower is blooming in the corner.

At this time, it was the approaching summer night outside the Xiangming Pavilion, but these guests spent the spring in the pavilion.

Lou Xiyue paused for a moment, then walked inside.

She bypassed the men and women seeking pleasure, and was about to go through a door to the inner courtyard when a woman in her thirties stopped her.

The woman took a look at her and said with a smile: "This young gentleman is very unfamiliar, is it the first time to come to our tea shop?"

As she said that, she wanted to reach out to pull Lou Xiyue's wrist, but Lou Xiyue dodged it.

Lou Xiyue: "It's indeed my first time here."

Being rejected, the woman didn't feel embarrassed, she just smiled and said: "Young master must not know the rules here when he comes back for the first time. We ordinary people can only stay here if we want to have fun."

She pointed to the ground under her feet, and then pointed to the back of the door, and said: "As for the back, that's where only those with status can go. Young master, you should stop here today."

"Oh, identity?" Lou Xiyue smiled a little: "So in your place, guests are divided into different categories. But you misunderstood, I am not here for pleasure, but for other business. "

Hearing this, the woman couldn't help covering her mouth and said happily, "Master, you really know how to joke! This is a brothel, what business can you do here?"

Lou Xiyue: "So many questions, could it be that you are in charge here? Are you the bustard of the Fragrant Tea House?"

When she asked these words, the woman was speechless for a moment.

"This...although I am not in charge of the yard at the back, but the yard at the front is in my charge." The woman said:

"Besides, although I'm not the last person in charge of the Tea House, there is nothing I don't know about the big and small affairs in the hall. My son, the back is not where you should go, please don't go any further."

"But I'm here for other important things." Lou Xiyue said: "Since you know all the affairs in the museum, you should know the regular customers here. I'm here to see Mr. Qiu Zhiqiu. I'm with him We made an appointment to meet in the hall, and he also reserved a wing, waiting for me to go over."

Hearing this, the woman's expression changed immediately.

"Are you really here to look for Mr. Qiu?" The woman wondered, "But he never told us that someone came here to see him today..."

Lou Xiyue: "What did I lie to you for? If you don't believe me, you can take a look at this thing—" She flipped her palm, holding a white jade seal in her hand: "This is Mr. Qiu's private seal, you won't Don't you know?"

The woman fixed her eyes on the underside of the seal: "Let me see—"

Before the other party could take a closer look, Lou Xiyue flicked her sleeves and took the seal back: "Can you trust me this time?"

"Xinxinxin, since the young master has a token, please come inside!" The woman stepped aside with a smile, "Turn right in the front yard and go upstairs, the morning sun and autumn dew, that is the wing room that Mr. Qiu has ordered. But today Mr. Qiu has not arrived yet, Young Master, please stay in Jasmine Hall for a while."

Lou Xiyue said "Thank you", and then came to the "Jasmine Hall" as the woman said.

When she arrived here, she realized that the inner courtyard was a different world than the outer courtyard.

If the front yard is considered vulgar with a three-point elegance, then the inner courtyard is elegant with a seven-point obscenity.

The girls in Jasmine Hall were only wearing thin and transparent veils, and the bellybands inside were obvious; in addition, there was a stage set up in the hall, and there were even women in indecent clothes singing and dancing on it.

In the hall, a dozen or so men dressed as literati sat in twos and threes, accompanied by a girl who served the food and drinks.

Lou Xiyue took a few glances, and felt that the place was smoky.

She waited patiently, wondering when Qiu Zhi would come.

But shortly thereafter, there was a cheer from the stage ahead.A woman in a flame-colored gauze came forward, her voice was like an oriole:
"Everyone is here today, why don't we play with some fresh ones?" The woman shook the colorful hydrangea in her hand: "Whoever can borrow this hydrangea today can have a happy night with our sisters."

She had a smile on her face: "You all know the rules of our Tea House, today's opportunity is rare, adults, don't miss it!"

Lou Xiyue turned her head and saw those literati whose eyes were slit into slits, and immediately frowned.

*
Fu Guan and his colleagues from Dali Temple returned to Dali Temple with the assassin who was assassinated at the Flower Moon Banquet.

In order to pry the assassin's mouth open and ask the mastermind behind the scenes, Mr. Li, who is also the director of Dali Temple, advocated torture and vowed to find out the result.

Fu Guan has no doubts about this.

But an accident happened during the interrogation.

At that time, Fu Guan was processing the file, and suddenly heard a report from his subordinate: "My lord, something happened. The assassin committed suicide just now!"

Fu Guan immediately put down his pen: "Where is it? Quickly lead the way." He asked as he walked, "Isn't he still interrogating him? He was also caught, why did he commit suicide?"

The Yacha replied: "Just now we were about to execute him, but he suddenly passed out. We wanted to examine his injuries, but who knew he was just pretending, took our knife directly, wiped his neck and died!" "

While speaking, a group of people had already arrived at the execution room.

Fu Guan lowered his body, and saw a deep gash on the assassin's neck, the blood was still flowing and couldn't stop.

Blood stained his clothes, and his neck was blood red.

Fu Guan looked at it carefully for a while, and suddenly frowned.He pinched the assassin's collar and pulled it aside, while shouting: "Bring a basin of water."

"Yes."

After a while: "My lord, the water is here."

Fu Guan turned his head for a glance, then picked up the basin of water and poured it on the assassin's neck and shoulders.

With a rush of cold water, the blood was washed away.The black eagle tattoo hidden under the collar is also revealed.The yamen on the side followed closely to see:

"I've seen this tattoo before! A while ago, Lao Song invited me to drink at the Fragrant Tea House, where there was a handyman delivering wine, and there was such a tattoo of a black eagle on the back of my neck!"

 I'm coming!
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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