Chapter 1 Baihualou
The land of Jiuzhou is vast and boundless.
The Li River is located in the central part of Jiuzhou. The river runs through the north and south, and runs tens of thousands of miles. Its geographical location is very important. On the south bank of the lower reaches of the Li River, there is a large city built on the river, named after the river, called Lijiang City.
Lijiang City was originally just a small town, but because of its beautiful mountains and rivers, abundant land, rich products, and prosperous rivers, merchants and traders, and their popularity gradually became prosperous. In just a few hundred years, a very prosperous city has been formed.
Due to the special geographical environment, the people living in Lijiang City have no worries about food and clothing, and are very rich and peaceful. As the saying goes, think about the warmth of the people. The rich people with increasingly swelling wallets are not satisfied with the flat and tasteless life, and seek sensory stimulation in different ways. Therefore, in Lijiang City, many gold-selling caves and places where the wind and moon are drunk.
The most famous and most magnificent one is the Baihua Tower built by the river.
The Hundred Flowers Tower, the Hundred Flowers are in full bloom.
Don’t come in without tying your waist.
This is a nursery rhyme that is widely circulated in Lijiang City. Although it is a bit exaggerated, it can be seen from this that the threshold of Baihua Building is not ordinary high.
At the hour of You. Before the sun sets and night falls, Baihua Tower by the river has already raised colorful lanterns early, indicating that the most prosperous and lively moment of the day is coming.
Visitors from all directions continued to enter this gold-selling cave. Before the time was right, the guests were already full. Baihua Building had three floors in total, and the lobby on the first floor was entertaining ordinary guests. As long as you can enter, each person would spend a minimum of one or two gold coins.
One tael of gold can be exchanged for one hundred silver coins, which is enough for ordinary family members to spend three or four months on living expenses. In this Baihua Building, it can only be regarded as the minimum consumption.
The second floor entertains distinguished guests, and those who are qualified to go upstairs are all wealthy people. Buying fun overnight, with only the money for food and food, plus the lovely girl who spends hundreds of gold!
As for the third floor, according to the rules of Baihua Building, it is not something that can be reached by money. Only the powerful and noble in the city with prominent family background and respectable status are qualified to climb to the top floor of Baihua Building, enjoy the most beautiful courtesan's personal service and love the beauty of the beauty.
At the third hour of the Youth hour, as night gradually fell, two young men in luxurious clothes, led by a friend, climbed to the third floor of Baihua Tower and entered a luxurious and luxurious wing room on the left.
"Give me a few exquisite side dishes, plus two pots of aged flowers!"
After the two young men sat down, one of the handsome young men with a jade face gave an order to the guy standing beside him nodded and bowed. Then, the guy responded with a smile on his face: "Please wait, two young masters, and the wine and food will come soon!"
The guy turned around and left quickly. But at this moment, another young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes looked a little restrained and said to his companions beside him: "Senior Brother Guan, it seems something is wrong for us to come to this Baihua Tower!"
The handsome young man named "Senior Brother Guan" laughed and patted his shoulder with his hand, saying, "Besides having fun, Baihualou is also a good place to get drunk. Junior Brother Ye Hu, since you went to the county government, we haven't seen each other for many years. Today, Senior Brother is the host to welcome you, we will not return without getting drunk!"
"Senior Brother Guan" was so enthusiastic that the boy named Ye Hu was not easy to refuse. Soon, the guy served seven or eight exquisite side dishes and two pots of fine wine. The two of them were drinking and talking, and they were very interested.
After three rounds of wine, four empty wine pots were already placed on the table. Senior Brother Guan had a very good alcohol tolerance. After drinking so much, his face remained unchanged and his heart was not beating. As for Ye Hu, this young man who looked childish, seemed a little overwhelmed with alcohol, his face turned red, and he had a big tongue when he spoke.
"Although the county government is large, in my opinion, it is far less than that of Lijiang City. The mountains here are beautiful and the water is good...even the wine is delicious and sweet. Come on, Senior Brother Guan, I will give you another cup!"
Perhaps because of the alcoholism, the restraint on Ye Hu's original face had long disappeared without a trace. At this moment, he seemed extremely excited, and raised the wine cup in his hand and drank it all.
Senior Brother Guan smiled gently, then drank a full glass. After putting down the wine cup, he looked at Ye Hu with a smile and asked, "Brother, there are three wonders in this Baihua Tower, do you know?"
"Where...what three masters?" Ye Hu asked with his tongue wide.
"The first is the aging of flowers that we savor now. This wine is a collection of hundreds of flowers, dried and served with adult wine, stored in the cellar for ten years. The fragrance of flowers is permeated with the wine, which is delicious, sweet and mellow, and the aroma is soft and unique!" Senior Brother Guan said in a leisurely manner.
"What about the second best?"
"Climbing the high building, leaning against the railing and window to see the night view of the Li River. The bright moon in the middle of the river is the same color. Such a beautiful scenery is the best!"
After hearing this, Ye Hu nodded and asked again: "What about this third best?"
"The third most amazing?" Senior Brother Guan blew, looked mysteriously close to Ye Hu, and said, "The Hundred Flowers Tower is full of flowers, and there are beauties like clouds. The four most famous courtesans, each with a look of a shame in the moon, is the third most amazing!"
After hearing this, Ye Hu said 'oh', understanding it, and did not continue to ask questions.
At this time, Senior Brother Guan picked up the wine pot, filled Ye Hu with a cup, and smiled and said, "Brother Ye climbed the Baihua Tower for the first time. He should savor the wine, embrace the courtesan, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the night moon in the Li River. The three wonders are shared, so he can comfort his life." Speaking of this, he shouted loudly to the door, "Come!"
Seeing this, Ye Hu hurriedly refused, "I'm only thirteen this year and I haven't reached the title yet. If my father learned that I was messing around in Baihualou, he wouldn't let me go!"
"Just drinking is harmless!" Senior Brother Guan laughed.
At this time, the guy who had been guarding outside the door walked in quickly when he heard the sound, nodded and asked, "What are the instructions of the two young masters?"
"Go and invite the Peony girl among your four courtesans to drink with Mr. Ye!" Senior Brother Guan gave a light command.
After hearing this, the guy showed a embarrassed expression on his face. After he hesitating for a while, he replied, "Report... Master, Miss Peony... has guests!"
"What about... what about Haitang?"
"There are guests too!"
"Where is Magnolia? Where is Hanmei? Don't tell me, they all have guests!" Senior Brother Guan's tone gradually became sharp, his eyes were fixed on the mate and shouted.
The slut knows the status and status of these two masters in Lijiang City, so how dare they offend them at all? At this moment, he almost apologized to the two of them in a crying voice: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... The two young masters came by a coincidence. The four girls were called to serve by a distinguished guest. Now... I'm afraid I don't have time to greet the two young masters!"
"Oh?" Senior Brother Guan raised his tone, turned his eyes to Ye Hu, and said, "My brother has left Lijiang City for three years. I will return today. I will welcome him and naturally return with great pleasure. No matter who is from that person, go and say something, let the four courtesans come over and greet Brother Ye."
Having said this, he saw that the guy was still standing still, and couldn't help but get angry and shouted, "Why are you still standing there? Go quickly!"
"Two young masters, I'm really sorry. That man... is not a young man who can offend him!" The guy actually knelt down on the ground with a thump, bowed to the two of them repeatedly, begging for mercy and suing him. He would rather do this than disturb the "distinguished guest". He showed that the other party's identity was even more noble than the two people in front of him.
Seeing this, not only Brother Guan was furious, but even Ye Hu, who had not spoken, couldn't help frowning, with a look of displeasure on his face.
"I, Guan Shaobai, is just a disciple of the Baji Sect. It's fine if others look down on me!" After Brother Guan reported to his house, he pointed at Ye Hu beside him and shouted to the gang: "This Young Master Ye is the Young Master Liehuo Sect. I don't believe that there are anyone in this Lijiang City that dare not give Liehuo Sect a little bit of thin face!"
He didn't say that, the guy knew the identities of the two masters in front of him. At this moment, the guy knelt on the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said, "The distinguished guests who called the four courtesan girls to serve are the young master of Lijiang City, Huo Xuan, the eldest son of the Huo family. He... two masters, I can't afford to offend me!"
"Huo Xuan?"
Chapter completed!