Volume 2: Case within a case, the granary of the world Chapter 11: Patroling the upper streets

  Wiping off the cold expression, he stood up, clapped his hands: "Alright, nothing's wrong now, you can leave. Stretch a bit, get ready for bed," I know where the door is, so I won't see you out." He turned around and started making the bed.

  "Uh... ma'am... I don't have a place to sleep tonight..."

  He stopped, turned his head, and Hou Xuan began to twist his fingers again. I rolled my eyes, took out ten taels of silver from my purse, which was the same ten taels that Feng Xue Yin gave me, and threw it at Hou Xuan, who had a smile on his face.

  "Take it and find a good place to sleep, go dig for silver tomorrow."

  "Thank you, madam." Hou Xian gave me a big bow, then leaned in close to me and said, "Why can't I sleep here? It'll also save money."

  "How nice!" I raised an eyebrow, full of pride. "You're my guest now, and as the top courtesan of 'Ba Hua Gong', if you sleep with me, wouldn't that lower my value?"

  Hou Xian's face turned dark, and he glanced at me a few times, muttering in a low voice: "You'd better not come, you want to be the 'Baihua Palace' flower, I'll marry Hou Xian immediately."

  After Hou Xian said this, I raised my eyebrows and stared at him. He seemed to sense what I wanted to say, immediately retreated, turned around and ran away, waving his hand at me: "See you tomorrow, bye!"

  He must be running fast, otherwise he would have been teased until his face turned red.

  The next day, Hou Xian brought back the silver, and from then on, I was using my own silver to support myself. It's really frustrating, opening a business without making any money but instead losing it, and still having to support Hou Xian. What a waste of money, supporting a young pretty face who isn't even my lover. The more time I spend with him, the less romantic thoughts I have, looking at him is like looking at my own younger brother.

  "Hou Xian, do you know if any of the guests who have arrived are surnamed Huang or Wang?" They started another secret meeting with Hou Xian.

  Hou Xian shrugged his shoulders. He shook his head: "Madam, why would Huajie tell me about her guests for no reason? Even the nanny should know, have you asked her?"

  It's a headache to talk about it, and the old lady reported a bunch. She casually handed an orange to Hou Xuan, who ate with relish, and said with the orange in his mouth: "Madam, I don't even know what your name is, I can't always call you Madam. You're taking advantage of me."

  She looked at him with disdain: "Then call me Big Sister, my original name is similar to Feng Qingya, I need to think of a good name. Alright, after tomorrow's tour, I'll stay in the 'Hundred Flowers Palace' for a while longer. If I really can't wait for that person with the surname Huang or Wang, I'll redeem myself and leave the 'Hundred Flowers Palace'."

  "Madam, you can't be so unkind. Besides, how do you know that the person with the surname Huang or Wang will come? Maybe the whole thing isn't as complicated as you think, maybe it's just that Hua sister wants to leave her belongings to her lover?" Hou Xian is quite kind and left a slice of orange for me.

  Holding an orange, I started analyzing with Hou Xian's little friend: "Hou Xian, I ask you, who is Huāle?"

  "The queen of flowers in the 'Hundred Flowers Palace'."

  "That's Huajuan girl. Who would have thought of killing a little Huajuan girl, and even hired a powerful martial arts expert?"

  The little Danfeng's eyes blinked with surprise, and he said in a small voice: "That makes sense. My elegant and peerless mother once said that whenever there is an overreaction, such as using an axe to kill a chicken, it must be hiding something big."

  "That's right! So if the flower is really important, people with the surname Huang or Wang will naturally come. So tomorrow I decide to bring the flower-patterned guqin for a tour."

  "Wow, Mrs. is also going on patrol, so majestic." Hou Xuan's eyes widened in disbelief.

  I gave him a hard slap on the head: "Do you think I enjoy this, sitting in the flower car and letting so many people watch? If I weren't afraid of the ghost of the flower god coming to bother me, I would have left here long ago. And yet I still have to support you, you little brat."

  Hou Xian suddenly walked to my back and started patting my shoulder: "Madam is the best, my elegant and unparalleled mother said that if I meet a good woman, I must treat her even better. So, Madam, Hou Xian remembers, when you leave 'Bai Hua Gong', I will take you back to Tian Meng Mountain and worship you like a Bodhisattva, and raise you up."

  "Get out! Your mother, who's a stunning beauty, has taught you well in flattering people with your sweet mouth."

  "Heh heh. You be careful, madam, I'll go investigate the details of what happened to Hua Lede. Unfortunately, the current Nangong Qiuye of the Hu Guo Fu is a different person, otherwise we could have asked for Nangong's help. He's gone, so you don't need to worry about him finding out, probably no one in this world will know that you've become..."

  The flower queen of "Huagong".

  "En." The night that Nangong Qiuxue left the Guardian Manor, I already knew about it in the Guardian Manor. Who would have thought that the identity of Nangong Qiuxue was a shared one? Every single person from the Shadow Palace who entered the Guardian Manor had to disguise themselves as Nangong Qiuxue and use her name. In the end, I didn't even know Nangong Qiuxue's real name or appearance.

  But he doesn't know mine either, it's even.

  I and Nangong Qiuyue have really broken up. After that, I will go my own way on the Yangguan Road, and he will cross his own Dukemou Bridge.

  Every courtesan will occasionally go on a tour, just like the time I went shopping with Chunyu Xiangxiang and saw Hualeled's majestic procession. So, even before my debut, Lao Tai prepared for my tour, and my stage name was changed to Hua Piaopiao, as all courtesans must have the surname Hua. It's a bit earthy, but better than Xi Yangyang.

  Before this debut, my reputation had already spread slowly in the capital. The reason for the spread was that Hou Xian came to me every night. People are curious, they will naturally be interested in a reserve head who is wrapped up by Hou Xian every night. Also, because I am with Hou Xian every night, I rarely go out, so there aren't many people who have seen me.

  So I, this prospective courtesan, am still quite anticipated by those romantic scholars and royal nobles.

  The flower car, remade by Lian's mother, was spacious enough for two people to sit in. The best golden cicada silk was woven into a gauze curtain that hung around the flower car. A soft sheepskin blanket was spread on the car, and because of the heat, a good bamboo mat was spread on top of the sheepskin blanket. Sitting on it was not only soft but also not sultry.

  I walked around the flower car, carefully examining every detail of it. It was indeed a masterpiece, with even the axles carved with patterns of fairies flying in the sky. I suddenly thought of my cloak and asked Yuet to bring it over. With a white dress fluttering like a fairy, adding a blue cloak made this white outfit somewhat more colorful. Otherwise, I would have thought that I was attending a funeral for flowers.

  I've spent it all, I've spent it all. Today, even if I sacrifice the future and don't give your umbrella to that Huang fellow, I'll have no regrets.

  "Floating, after the meeting will definitely have other brothels' madams sending people to make trouble, so this time I specially dispatched 'Baihua Palace's' quarrel king Ben Niang and Lin Niang to assist you. You just need to show your uniqueness, the more lively the quarrel, the more people will come, do you understand what Niang means?"

  Oh... ~ It's another publicity stunt, I've encountered all sorts of publicity methods since I came to this world.

  Every month, I was supported by the moon to get on the car, with a bell ringing in front and a dancing girl following behind, and flower-scattering children on both sides. This life has never been so glorious, feeling a bit like having a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right.

  Beautiful flower car, magnificent scene, I'm just a decoration. The skirt is full of flowers, the silk is wrapped around me, with an ice blue crystal between my eyebrows, slightly frowning, giving off a cold aura, really can't stand those drooling people, it's nauseating.

  She placed the zither beside her, bent her left leg, and let her right hand dangle on the zither while her left hand rested on her bent knee. No matter how you looked at it, she didn't resemble a charming courtesan, but rather Dongfang Bubai on an excursion. You with the surname Huang, take a good look, the flute is in my hands.

  At first, Hou Xian was also worried and said, "Aren't you leading the enemy to us by doing this?" I said that if the enemy knew the secret of this zither, they would have taken it away on the night he died, why would they leave it behind?

  A few familiar figures flashed before my eyes, and I actually saw Junlinhe in the crowd. Of course, he wouldn't notice anything about Huajie's tour, he was in a hurry, flashing by in an instant.

  What surprised me even more was that I actually saw Niú Yuè, he was sitting on the second floor of a teahouse, how did this kid come again, he really is a frequent visitor to the Xuan Yuan Dynasty. Seeing him looking over here, I immediately withdrew my gaze and lowered my head.

  Suddenly, the flower car stopped at a small square on Fugui Street. This was an intersection that had to be crossed to get through the entire city of Jing. The small square was about 100 paces in size. In the middle of the square stood four elegant women... no, they were actually middle-aged women.

  It's said that whatever line of work you're in, your body is like a label for that line of work, and at a glance, you can tell. These four middle-aged women were clearly running brothels just like Lian Qiaoqiao, with a row of women standing behind each of them.

  Wow, it's magnificent! All the top performers in town are here today. The formation and lion dance are great.

  "Here it comes!" The old lady spat out the octopus in her mouth, which had been exercising her facial muscles for a while.

  "I didn't expect this time to be even more extravagant than last time." Lin's nanny fell into an unprecedented tension.