Chapter 1 Not in vain
If Yanyu Tower is the most common place for literati and poets to recite poems, then the entertainment place for the people in Xinghua Lane, the Lichunyuan, which is naturally the supreme paradise where officials and nobles in Bianjing City are most willing to spend a lot of money and sweat profusely.
In my spare time, I ordered a pot of good old wine at Lichunyuan, accompanied by a table of authentic Beijing dishes, and three or five good-looking geishas to accompany me. This is definitely the supreme enjoyment in the world.
As the most luxurious, largest land, and most beautiful girls in Bianjing City, there has always been no shortage of nobles who are extremely generous. Someone secretly calculated that the one-day income of Lichunyuan is equal to half of the flow of Bianjing City. It is no wonder that even the nine-five master in the palace has to willingly add an official amulet to Lichunyuan. Of course, the prerequisite is that whenever a woman with excellent looks is found, she must first send it to the palace and leave it to the emperor for a look, leaving the best, the rest... ahem, let the nobles go.
Such huge flow of water has made Lichunyuan's waters soar. Not to mention the artists who own countless real estate, even if a casual servant in Lichunyuan goes out, he is domineering in groups, showing the majesty of "I am not short of money" everywhere.
However, the servants who are usually above the top are all respectful today, lined up in two rows with their heads down. They didn't even dare to expose their anger when they heard the noises upstairs, for fear that a casual breath would disrupt the concentration of the "uncle" sitting in the middle of the lobby, and ended up being half-willed.
Even the geishas who usually sing and danced and who were selected from all over the country were all terrified and waiting with fear. Their figures, which were usually bulging and erect, became more and more regular at this time.
For girls who have long been accustomed to the various ways of destroying each other, the most powerful thing is the flexibility of their body. Standing hard for such a long time is a great burden. In addition, because he was tense because he didn't know what he had done, the adult with straight eyebrows in the hall snorted coldly, Bai Mudan collapsed on the ground, and she didn't have time to rub her butt that was so painful that she was thrown, and cried and shouted: "Everyone is crying and shouting:
My uncle of the Jinyiwei, I really don’t know what happened. Why did the Jinyiwei work in our Lichunyuan? Could it be that any girl from our Lichunyuan didn’t serve any of you? If this is true, please point it out to me quickly, so that these stinky girls can come out and apologize to the old men. No matter how hard the old men do, as long as the old men are happy, even if they let them perform various live shows…”
Yang Xuyan, the left envoy of the Jinyiwei who was sucking a cup of Longjing, almost sprayed out a sip of tea. Fortunately, his internal strength was deep, and he swallowed the fragrant tea that was about to emerge from his throat. He said angrily: "Bai Mudan, don't talk nonsense. My Jinyiwei is the last barrier under the emperor's feet. How could he step into your fireworks place? Little did he know that the word "seman" is a knife. The duty of my Jinyiwei is to protect the emperor, not to sharpen the knife on the belly of you women. If you use up all your energy and spirit in the desire for pleasure, how can you still have the strength to exercise your responsibilities?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Mudan breathed a sigh of relief. A cup of tea had a sudden visit to the Jinyiwei who had been visiting the Jinyiwei before. Most of them went upstairs to search. As for the person below, you can tell that it was not an ordinary person at first glance.
Bai Mudan, who had long been accustomed to the various cruel deeds of the Jinyiwei, dared not breathe a sigh of relief? Now that I know that these arrogant and domineering old men came to Lichunyuan for business, I couldn't help but no longer have the urge to change my smile and go forward to pour tea and say:
"Oh, look at what you said, may all the Jinyiwei have practiced boys who have passed on to men but not girls? If this is the case, I really have to look forward to you. I don't know how much boy skills have been practiced in the past few decades, and can it make my eyes lit up like those of me who have experienced many battles."
"presumptuous……"
Yang Xuyan, the left envoy of the Jinyiwei, who was sitting upright, couldn't help but shout coldly. The plump Bai Mudan's body was shocked and she hurriedly said with a smile: "Oh, sir, I'm really scared to death. You said you have been here for so long and didn't say a word for a long time, which made my hearts and these girls pound. At least I have to tell you why I came here, business or private matters?"
While speaking, he pretended to cover his chest and was about to burst out. While not forgetting to look at the handsome Left Envoy, who was only twenty-six or seven years old, and was at most handsome. When he found that Yang Xuyan, who was wearing brocade clothes and holding the Yuluan sword in the imperial uniform, didn't even look at it, Bai Mudan couldn't help but complain in her heart, could it be that my mother's charm is not as good as she was back then?
"It is naturally for the purpose of coming to Lichunyuan. Besides, what private matters do I have with you?" Yang Xuyan raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "All the people in Lichunyuan are here?"
Bai Mudan was confused when she saw the beauty, so she had to look up at the adult with a well-known facial features and smiled: "I know that so many of you come to Lichunyuan, I wish I could bring my family and my family to admire the style of the Jinyiwei, so why didn't I call everyone here? Do you think this is the case? You can always say what business is now?"
Seeing that she didn't seem to be telling lies, and the person hiding was not found upstairs, Yang Xuyan said seriously: "A very sensational theft happened in the palace not long ago. I believe you have heard of this."
"But that rumored priceless Jiulong Jade Cup?" Even Bai Mudan, the madam in Lichunyuan who only recognizes money but not people, became interested and became serious.
Yang Xuyan, who was leaning against a pear wood carved chair, nodded, and kept playing with a green teacup in his hand with his right hand, and saw more than a dozen servants and dozens of girls sitting down.
"Not bad." Yang Xuyan nodded and said again: "The stolen Jiulong Jade Cup is a big or small matter. To be small, it is nothing more than a case of a thief entering the palace to steal treasures. To be big, it is a major event of the friendship between the two countries. Now the whole government and the country are panicking about this matter. My Jinyiwei is responsible for thorough investigation of the matter, so he came to your Lichun Courtyard to see if he could find any clues."
Yang Xuyan looked at Bai Mudan's expression from the corner of his eyes. Bai Mudan smiled and said, "If you want to investigate, you should go to another place. For the first time, I heard that I came to a brothel when I handled the case. Could it be that the adults actually think that these girls in Lichunyuan have the ability to steal such treasures? With such ability, why should they do the hard work on the bed, right?"
"I don't think so." Yang Xuyan smiled lightly, and the curve of the slightly raised mouth was still a bit playful, just covering up a bit of cunning in his eyes. "Others don't have this ability, it doesn't mean that you, Bai Mudan, don't have this ability. It's not that you, Bai Mudan, have such a powerful martial arts cultivation. It's just that you, Bai Mudan, are mixed in the black and white paths of the entire Bianjing City. People you know are either rich or noble. Even if someone steals such a rare treasure, they are definitely not ordinary people. Maybe you can find out some information from you. After all, this kind of treasure is always a hot potato in your hand, so what do you think if it were you, what would you do?"
"Of course, I'm going to find a place to take action as soon as possible." Bai Mudan was determined, but then she seemed to remember something and said: "But there are always a few people in the world who like to do what they want. People who steal treasures may not be for money. Do you think it's right?"
As smart as Yang Xuyan quickly figured out the key. After thinking for a moment, he said: "There are people who can steal treasure abilities from the palace and it will not be for money. Such a person is definitely not an ordinary person in the world, so he found Bai Mudan. After all, in the entire Bianjing City, no one knows better what major events have happened in the capital in recent times, and who... have come."
Upon hearing this, Bai Mudan's eyes flashed, perhaps because she was trembling for the sake of Yixuan, so she said angrily: "Sir, are you asking me for work or ordering me to do it?"
Yang Xuyan said lightly: "What's the difference?"
"The difference is big. If you ask me to do something, you must be asking someone to do something. You don't look like you are so mobilizing people to come and collect debts."
Because of the anger that Bai Mudan was not angry before, she said quickly: "Don't scare the money trees behind me, even I am scared. But if I order me to do things, it will be much easier."
After Bai Mudan said that, she sat down with Yang Xuyan.
"I don't know anything. If I want to catch it, I will catch it. When I catch it, I will send it back to me. The Jinyiwei is also reasonable, right? I can't cure me for being uncooperative, right?"
Yang Xuyan curled his lips, and at this time a servant beside him leaned forward and whispered in his ear: "Sir Zuo, this woman is famously difficult, otherwise she would not have been in the city of Bianjing. It would be not easy to pry something out of her mouth."
"Isn't it just money?" Yang Xuyan snorted coldly and said calmly: "Didn't the funds allocated to us by the court this month have not been spent at all?"
"It's all spent." The guard said with a frustrated face.
"What?" Yang Xuyan was furious, and a solid pear wooden table was broken in an instant under a palm. "Who was using public funds without my permission? Who is so bold?"
Such movement scared everyone in the hall. Bai Mudan looked resentful and was about to carefully calculate how much money the broken table should be charged, but she heard the bitter guard with a bitter look and said frustratedly: "Who else can you? Except for our newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei, Wang Chuyi, who has the courage and power to use public funds?"
"Wang Chuyi, it's him again..."
At this time, the left envoy was already furious, clenched his fists and the blue veins rose. However, as the imperial court's imperial guard, I had never seen any scenes. Although I was very angry, I had to forcibly curb my anger in front of outsiders.
Yang Xuyan gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me, where did the money be spent this time? Did he give gifts to another high-ranking official, or did he want to save someone's miserable woman?"
"None are not." The guards who were close to Yang Xuyan felt the anger from the left envoy who had made a lot of contributions and almost worked hard to reach the current official position. They said with a tough bullet: "I heard that they took the money to hold a banquet. The reason was that the sow of Widow Li's house in the east of the city gave birth to a piglet. Calculate the time and the appointment was about to end the banquet..."
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On the official road, the snow covered was enough to overwhelm people's ankles. When the cold wind blew, four heavy bags of objects hung on the backs of two tall horses in the snow. Every step they took, the horse's hooves were deeply stepped into the snow, and from time to time, the horses were accompanied by the overwhelmed neighing.
When the weather was cold, the old and young on the backs of the two horses had their cheeks red. The old man with a mouthful of yellow teeth almost turned into ice. He opened his mouth and couldn't stop breathing. Even though it was so difficult, he still couldn't stop smiling and said to the man in the brocade clothes on the other horse happily: "Sir, I'm not in vain. I just counted carefully. Adding the gifts from the gambling gifts from major gangs in the capital, we made a lot of money. I was thinking that you would lose money when you hold a big banquet, but I didn't expect you to hide such a trick. Hey, this trip was really fucking."
After saying that, the old man Huangya trembled and took out a large pipe from a greasy robe, took out a fire robe and took a deep breath. The squirting smoke was like the smoke from the farmer's house.
The young man who was dozing off his horse with his eyes closed on his back frowned when he smelled the pungent smell and said unhappily: "Old Wang, Lao Wang, look at your promising prospects, and this little money will make you happy like this. I will do great things in the future. As the saying goes, "Three years of Qing magistrate, 100,000 snowflakes. I, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei, and the second-rank of the imperial court, have six titles higher than the prefect. How many years will be calculated in this way? I will calculate..."
A pair of slender and white hands stretched out from the cuffs. The man who looked like a man looked like a dog and counted silently in his heart. At this time, the old man with yellow teeth who was breathing mist quickly said: "Sir, don't forget it. As the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei for three years, 180,000 taels of silver are only more than a lot..."
The old man took off his pipe and shook it on the horse's back. The dark horse burned by the hot Mars wailed in pain. Then he turned around with resentment and looked at the old man who was famous for his wealthy Jinyiwei on his back and continued to rush on silently.
The old man longed for it, "Good, 180,000 taels of silver, I don't know how many beautiful little wives I can marry in the countryside. Even the courtesans in Xinghualou can play with different styles every month for several years."
Chapter completed!