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Chapter 13 Relapse of an old illness
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Our young master Zhang is a man who will take revenge. Although he won the battle with Chen Wenfan for the room, it doesn't mean that young master Zhang doesn't remember the hatred of the owner of Yuelai Inn - he dared to drive young master Zhang out of the guest room Well, if this news gets out, Young Master Zhang will not have the face to go back to Linqing to meet those cronies!So Master Zhang only stayed in Yuelai Inn for one night, and the next day he led Zhang Shitou to move to the equally luxurious Liansheng Inn. Before leaving, he even smashed a lot of teapots and cups. , just pretended not to see it.

After settling down in the Liansheng Inn, Young Master Zhang immediately started his search for Xiong Hu, and Zhang Shitou thought about Xiong Hu's beautiful maid, Xiu'er, so naturally he agreed, and excitedly suggested to go to the Capital Inn Inquire door to door, looking for the whereabouts of Xiong Hu and Xiu'er.Unexpectedly, Young Master Zhang would knock his fan on his head immediately, and scolded him: "Are you a pig? There are so many inns in the capital, and you have to go door-to-door to inquire, and you found out that the year of the monkey will go? Besides, if that tigress rents a house what to do?"

"The young master taught me the lesson, the young one is really too stupid." Zhang Shitou rubbed his head and said with a sad face, "Then how to find it? The capital is so big, and there are no clues. Finding one or two people is not a needle in a haystack, is it?"

"Don't worry, young master, I've thought about it a long time ago." Young master Zhang shook his fan coquettishly, and asked with a smile: "Shitou, if you were the tigress Xiong Hu—your old man entered the sky prison in the capital, where would you go?" After coming to the capital, where should I go most often? And what is the most important thing to do?"

"Of course it's going to the sky prison and delivering food to the old man." Zhang Shitou blurted out.Young Master Zhang said with a lewd smile: "Yes! So, young master, I want to find that tigress, Shitou, you want to find that beautiful maid, we have to go to the prison! I heard about her there, do you understand? Do you understand? If you understand, why don’t you hurry up and pack us with silver bills on your back, who will help you if you don’t have money these days?”

Carrying a package full of banknotes and jewels on his back, and slipping onto Tang Bohu's Spring Palace painting fan, Master Zhang and his servant swaggered out of the inn gate, asking where the prison is tomorrow, Master and servant of Zhang hired another carriage and drove away In the past, after walking for another half an hour, Master Zhang and his servants arrived at the gate of the Heavenly Prison of the Daming Ministry of Punishment.Different from the examination room, the guards at the prison gate of the Ministry of Justice in the Ming Dynasty were obviously much stricter. At the gate of the prison alone, there were twenty heavily armed Ming soldiers lined up on both sides of the main gate, and there were three walls on both sides of the gate. One step at a time, five steps at a whistle, majestic and murderous, so frightened that the common people who passed by had to take a long detour. No one dared to pass through this gate, and Zhang Shitou's legs were so frightened. Trembling, he said, "Master, this prison is different from our Linqing Prison. The yamen guards in Linqing Prison saw us coming to salute us a long time ago. He blows his beard and stares at us, and stares at us with blank eyes..."

"A worthless thing, you will be afraid if people stare at you a few times? Prepare your money and follow me." Young Master Zhang knocked Zhang Shi's head with the handle of the fan, flung the fan away, and walked towards the prison gate of the Ministry of Punishment. walked over.I never thought that the guards in the sky prison obviously refused to give Young Master Zhang face. Before Young Master Zhang came within ten feet, a guard dressed in a hundred households yelled, "What are you doing? "

The roar of those hundreds of households was like thunder, full of energy, Zhang Shi shrank his head in fright, and almost ran away.Young Master Zhang didn't care, put on a rare and polite look, bowed his hands to the hundreds of households and said: "This general, Xiaosheng is here to visit a prisoner, and I will ask the general for something, and I hope the general will allow it. "

"No, the time to visit the prisoner has passed, come back tomorrow. It's not okay to inquire about things, the general is on duty, and I don't have time to chat with you." The hundred households roared unceremoniously.Young Master Zhang looked at the sky and found that it was indeed a bit late, so he asked: "Then I would like to ask the general again, when is the time to visit the prisoner?"

"Every day from Zishi to Shenshi." The hundred households refused to say a single word of nonsense, and raised their heads and put on a posture of rejecting people thousands of miles away.Under such circumstances, I would have given up on changing to someone else, and waited until the next day to try my luck or find another way out, but our Young Master Zhang didn't agree. After rolling his eyes, Young Master Zhang took out a five tael silver He walked over to the hundred households and said with a smile: "General, Xiaosheng picked up this bank note nearby. Please take a look, is it the bank note that you accidentally dropped?"

The hundred households were stunned for a moment, then nodded and smiled and said, "That's right, the general accidentally dropped it, thank you, my lord." After saying that, the hundred households took the bank note and put it in their arms, and then lowered it. The voice said: "Young Master, the time to visit the prisoner has indeed passed. You come tomorrow, and I will be on duty tomorrow. I will definitely let you in then."

"It's okay, Xiaosheng just wants to know something." Young Master Zhang replied with a smile.For the sake of the banknote, the hundred households nodded readily and said: "Ask, as long as I know, I will tell you as much as possible."

"Thank you, General." Young Master Zhang cupped his hands, and asked with a low voice and a smile, "May I ask this General, is there a prisoner named Xiong Tingbi, who was former Minister of the Ministry of War, in the prison? Does his family often come to see him off?" meal……."

"Hush!" Young Master Zhang hadn't finished his sentence when Baihu covered his mouth with a changed face. Baihu looked around nervously, then quickly took out the banknote Sai Huan, Young Master Zhang, tremblingly said in a low voice: "Master, I made a mistake, this bank note is not mine, take it away, take it away! Also, don't come here tomorrow, it's okay if you come." White."

"What happened?" Young Master Zhang was a little puzzled.But Young Master Zhang was not allowed to continue to question, the hundred households had already ordered soldiers to chase them away, and more than a dozen shiny gun points were pointed at their chests, Young Master Zhang had to retreat, Zhang Shitou was afraid that something would happen to Young Master, so he quickly pulled Zhang Da The young master ran away, running for two or three streets before finding a secluded place to stop, panting and asking: "Master, what did you say to that general just now? Why did he turn his back on you immediately? You must not Be careful, if something happens, the little one won't be able to explain to the master."

"Didn't you ask him anything? Master, I just asked about Xiong Tingbi's situation." Young Master Zhang was more confused than Shitou Zhang, but after careful consideration, Young Master Zhang soon came to his senses, "It must be that something happened to Xiong Tingbi in the prison. Or they got into trouble with some great person, so the watchers of the sky prison would not even dare to accept money related to Xiong Tingbi, let alone allow us to go in and visit the prison."

Zhang Shitou's mind was not as flexible as that of Young Master Zhang, and his analysis of Young Master Zhang was half-convincing, and he couldn't say anything.The more Young Master Zhang thought about it, the more he had a headache. There was no way to inquire about Xiong Tingbi from the guards in the sky prison, let alone meet Xiong Tingbi. Naturally, he had no way to find Xiong Hu. Originally, these were trivial matters. The big event naturally came to naught, once the Manchus entered the Central Plains, it would be very difficult to keep the heads of Young Master Zhang and the heads of a dozen people in his family.Originally, Young Master Zhang had some plans to find Xiao Chuan, the eldest brother of Jin Yiwei, a hundred households, but considering that Xiao Chuan's official position is not particularly high, he may not know the truth, and the "deep friendship" between Young Master Zhang and Xiao Chuan may not be comparable to that one. The 100 taels of paper is thick, even if Xiao Chuan knew it, he might not dare to tell him, so Young Master Zhang gave up this plan...

After pondering over and over again, the sky was getting dark and my stomach was getting more and more hungry. Young Master Zhang still couldn't come up with a better idea. Finally, our Young Master Zhang got angry, slapped the handle of the fan on his palm, and shouted: "It doesn't matter if Xiong Tingbi is dead or alive! Young master, I'll think about it when I have time! Shitou, let's go, find a place to get rid of bad luck!"

The habit of our former Young Master Zhang is very strange. The so-called looking for a place to get rid of bad luck is actually going to the brothel to find a prostitute, and using things that women only have once in a lifetime to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters. After the current Young Master Zhang inherited the memory of his predecessor, he also I like this habit very much, so I said it naturally.And Zhang Shitou is Young Master Zhang's confidant, so he naturally understood what he meant, so he immediately asked, "Master, then which courtyard should we go to? What kind of courtyard is there in the capital? The small one is blind."

"Stupid! Haven't you heard the song in the opera—Su San, left Hongdong County..." Young Master Zhang sang a sentence, dragging his neck, and then said with a lewd smile: "Then Su San looks like a fairy, and he even did it after receiving the guest. The governor's wife has such a great reputation. It is rare for us to come to the capital, so we must go to the Suhuai brothel where Su San lived in the past, otherwise, our trip to the capital would not have been in vain?" Zhang Shitou suddenly realized, and secretly lamented the young master's Cleverly using the wrong place, he hurriedly asked passers-by where the Suhuai brothel was located.

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The Suhuai brothel that used to have such a famous lady sitting on stage as Yutangchun Susan was located in Baishun Hutong—one of the eight famous alleys that later became famous. It was known to almost everyone in the capital, so Master Zhang and his servants It didn't take much effort to ask for the path, and hired a carriage to kill it in a mighty way.When we arrived at the entrance of the alley, it was already dark, the lights in the alley were brightly lit, people were coming and going, almost every building was leaning against a few young women with heavy make-up, winking at the passers-by, beckoning, and the women were singing Yan language, a man's obscene language, is extremely lively and obscene.And our Young Master Zhang grinned, lamenting that the brothels in the capital are better than Linqing and those hair salons he went to in his previous life, and rushed in unceremoniously.

Still the same sentence, our young master Zhang is still very worthy of his ancestors in appearance, with beautiful features and good-looking talents, and he is also dressed in brocade and jade.So not long after Young Master Zhang entered the alley, a group of beautifully dressed girls surrounded him and invited us Young Master Zhang to play in their yard in a coquettish voice. It's a pity that our Young Master Zhang has been in prostitutes for a long time and has rich experience Incomparably, he naturally looked down upon these vulgar fans, kicked and beat these overly enthusiastic girls away, and soon found the biggest Suhuai brothel in Baishun Hutong.

The brothels in the capital are economically conscious. As soon as Young Master Zhang stood in front of the Suhuai brothel, an old bustard who still had a charming face came up to him with a smile on his face, and yelled sweetly next to Young Master Zhang's shoulder: "Ouch!" Why did you come here, my lord? The girls in the yard miss you so much." Before Mr. Zhang could answer, Zhang Shitou next to him was amused and said with a smile, "Mom, your eyes should look Look at the doctor, my young master just came to the capital for the first time yesterday, when did he come to your place?"

"Stupid!" Young Master Zhang knocked Zhang Shi on the head angrily, touched the chest of the embarrassing old bustard, and said with a smile: "The house slave is ignorant, mother don't care, young master, I am the number one today!" The first time I came to your Suhuai courtyard, I am not familiar with the girls in the courtyard, what can my mother introduce?"

"It's easy to say, easy to say, mother must introduce a beautiful girl to the young master." The old bustard secretly praised young master Zhang for being smart and sensible, and led young master Zhang into the brothel with a smile on his face, and sweetly shouted: "Upstairs, upstairs!" Ladies and gentlemen, there are guests here, hurry up and meet them."

"Here we come." Accompanied by a burst of delicate promises, seventeen or eight girls with crescent eyebrows stood up, and in the blink of an eye, our Young Master Zhang surrounded us, holding hands, kissing kisses, and enthusiastically Incomparable.Our Young Master Zhang laughed and took a closer look, and found that these girls are really good-looking, all of them are beautiful, charming, and their quality is several levels higher than that of the prostitutes in Linqing City. It made our young master Zhang very happy, wishing to call all these girls into the room and have a super hodgepodge.However, Young Master Zhang did not forget his purpose of coming to Suhuai Courtyard, turned to the old bustard and said with a smile: "Mom, the girls here are nice, all of them are very beautiful, but I want to groom a young lady today, I don't know you Is there anything here?"

"Young master, do you want to be a young lady?" The old bustard looked at Young Master Zhang and said with a smile: "There is one, 16 years old, who is absolutely beautiful, but the price..."

Young Master Zhang didn't say a word, he pouted directly at Zhang Shitou, and Zhang Shitou immediately took out two 50 taels of silver bills, holding them in front of Young Master Zhang with both hands.Young Master Zhang shook the silver ticket and said with a smile: "I am happy today, whether it is tea making, making flowers, or carrying a big teapot, the rewards will be doubled!" The girls surrounded by Young Master Zhang screamed in surprise , the old bustard laughed so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth, he quickly yelled and shouted, and soon someone led another girl out.

This new girl is dressed relatively plainly, in a light green dress, with long hair hanging down her chest, with a graceful figure, a little pink face, and a very shy face, which is quite tempting, and also makes our Young Master Zhang very satisfy.First young master Zhang touched the shy girl's face, then turned to the old bustard and said with a smile: "Mother really has the ability to get such a good girl, I am very satisfied, young master, let's go ahead and comb her butt." How much does it cost?"

"Okay, I can slaughter it today." The old bustard was secretly happy, and smiled and stretched out two spring onion-like fingers, asking for 200 taels of silver.Although Young Master Zhang felt that the price was a bit high, he didn't care too much. Just as he was about to nod his head in agreement, two extremely arrogant and domineering voices sounded in front of the gate of the brothel, "Old bustard, is there any maid? Master Fu, I'm going to come." Casino, let's see the red!"

"And Master Wei, I want one too, luck!"

(End of this chapter)