Thousands of lights on the Qinhuai River are lit, the lights are like stars, just like the Milky Way in the sky is also attached to the prosperity of the red dust, merging into the Qinhuai River, driving away the loneliness of the bright moon through the ages. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yuan Rong had also stood up and walked to the side of the ship, Yang Ning couldn't help but follow to the side of the ship, saw Yuan Rong looking to the east, followed his gaze, and saw a bright light in the distance, it was a huge painting boat, it was rare to have a five-story height, around the flower house, the lights were like day, magnificent.

"That's the Boat King." Yuan Rong smiled: "This is the dinner for you tonight!" ”

"Fang Wang?"

At this time, the pearl had also approached and explained: "Every year before the Spring Festival, the selection of the queen of flowers will be held, which is an annual event on the Qinhuai River. ”

"After the flowers?"

"Yes, the eight girls elected by the public will be on top of this largest painting boat, and finally the first queen and two concubines will be selected, once they can get the crown of the queen of flowers, their worth will rise a hundred times, not to mention gold and silver treasures, and they will have the opportunity to be favored by the nobles of the king and grandson and become the concubines of the wealthy family." Pearl explained: "So this day every year is the most lively day on the Qinhuai River. ”

Yuan Rong said with a smile: "Such a grand event, if you miss it at home, you really regret it." What's more, this year's post-flower selection is very different from previous years. ”

"Oh?" Yang Ningqi said: "What's the difference? ”

Yuan Rong said: "The girls who participated in this year's election can be said to be the most outstanding in the past. Glancing at Pearl, he smiled: "Maybe only the one four years ago can be compared." ”

Pearl smiled charmingly and said, "Is Childe afraid that Pearl will be jealous?" ”

Yuan Rong smiled and said to Yang Ning: "Pearl is the flower queen selected by the flower queen four years ago, and it is the most outstanding one in the history. ”

"It turns out that the pearl girl is the queen of flowers." Yang Ning smiled: "It's also worthy of the name." ”

Pearl chuckled and said, "People are old and yellow, and they are no longer the glory of the past." ”

"Fanghua is still the same." Yang Ning smiled, in fact, he knew in his heart that ten miles of Qin Huai, the wind and the moon are boundless, the young and beautiful girl is replaced by the sun and the moon, and the pearl is over twenty years old, for this industry, he is already an old man.

Pearl just smiled lightly and said, "Master Hou and Gongzi will eat here first, and Pearl will go to see if the pastries are ready." Ying Ying saluted and retreated first.

"Is Master Hou wondering, since she is the queen of flowers, why is she still on the Qinhuai River?" Yuan Rong sighed.

Yang Ning nodded slightly and said, "I do have this doubt." But she has this boat, so she should be doing pretty well. ”

"Naturally, the painting boat is not hers." Yuan Rong said: "Four years ago, with the support of Young Master Xue of Baibaolou, Pearl became the Queen of Flowers, and Young Master Xue had a deep love for Pearl, and spent a lot of money to marry her. Speaking of Xue Dashao, he is a lover, and he attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and his friendship with me back then was not shallow. ”

Yang Ning frowned and said, "Baibaolou? ”

"Baibaolou deals in antique jade, and it is one of the best merchants in the capital." Yuan Rong said with emotion: "Xue Dashao is really interesting to pearls, and he used a six-lift sedan chair to marry pearls into the door. ”

"In that case, why is the pearl still in the Qinhuai River now?"

Yuan Rong said lightly: "Baibaolou no longer exists, Xue Dashao's family is ruined, what can pearls do?" ”

Yang Ning was stunned for a moment.

"Back then, pearls were already famous before they were candidates for flowering." Yuan Rong explained: "Not only Xue Dashao, but also one person also took a fancy to the pearl, that person and Xue Dashao lifted the pearl together, but after the pearl won the flower, Xue Dashao and that person spent a lot of money because of the pearl, Xue Dashao's family was rich, and finally got the pearl." ”

"What happened?"

"In fact, Xue Dashao also knew very well in his heart that he shouldn't have offended that person, but for the sake of pearls, he didn't care." Yuan Rong sighed, "He thought that the man would definitely regard him as an enemy in the future, but he didn't expect that the person would be ruthless, and in just one year, the Baibao Building would be completely destroyed, and Xue Dashao would eventually be destroyed by that person's family." The pearl lived a good life for less than a year, and was snatched away by that man, and a year later, he was sent back to the Qinhuai River. ”

Yang Ning couldn't imagine that Pearl would have such an encounter, and frowned: "Who is that person?" ”

"Actually, you know that." Yuan Rong said: "Dou Lianzhong, the eldest son of the Hubu Shangshu! ”

"It's him!" Yang Ning's body shook.

Yuan Rong sneered: "This person has done too many things to rob and rob, and there are not a few people who have been killed, and Xue Dashao is just one of the blood debts he owes." Raising his finger to the Qinhuai River where the warblers are singing and dancing and the stars are dancing, "On the Qinhuai River for ten miles, there are boats like shuttles, many of which are operated by Dou Lianzhong behind the scenes. ”

"So, Pearl Maiden is now under his control?" Yang Ning frowned and asked.

Yuan Rong just smiled faintly and didn't speak.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting loudly: "Pearl girl, my master asked you to come over, hurry up and prepare." ”

Yang Ning followed the sound and saw that on the edge of the painting boat, there was a small boat parked there, and one of them was raising his head and shouting at the painting boat, his tone was quite arrogant.

Then I heard the voice of the maid from before: "My girl is not a guest today!" ”

"Don't see a guest?" The man sneered: "Tell you Pearl girl, don't toast and don't eat and drink, invite her over to give her face, don't be ignorant." ”

"My girl doesn't see any guests, no one." The maid said: "We don't eat any toast and punishment." ”

The man on the boat sneered, "Okay, she doesn't have to regret it. "Turn the boat around and leave quickly.

Yuan Rong frowned and said, "It seems that there is trouble." ”

"What's the trouble with that?" Yang Ning said lightly: "Since you don't want to see guests, if you don't see them, do you dare to force them?" ”

"On the Qinhuai River, who doesn't have it?" Yuan Rong said: "Jianghu high-rollers, princes and nobles, elegant and handsome people, which one is not a little bit of a background." ”

Yang Ning glanced at Yuan Rong and said, "You have a good relationship with Xue Da Shao, I really want to know, how did you help Xue Da Shao when he was in trouble?" His family is ruined, Pearl Girl is left behind, and you didn't help her take care of it? "Carrying his hands on his back," "I'm here now, but because I feel guilty about Xue Dashao, I come over to take care of it occasionally?" ”

The corners of Yuan Rong's eyes twitched slightly, turned his head to look at Yang Ning, saw Yang Ning calm, sighed, and said, "Master Hou, in fact, I have been wondering, have you been pretending to be stupid all those years?" ”

At this time, hearing the sound of footsteps, Pearl had already come from behind, holding a delicate snack in his hand, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, Childe, Pearl knows that Childe is coming back today, so he made a snack this morning, you can taste it and see how it tastes." ”

Yang Ning and Yuan Rong returned to the table, only to see several kinds of pastries on the plate, all of which were freshly steamed and steaming, and the pastries were beautiful and exquisite.

"Pearl Girl is a good cook." Yang Ning said with a smile: "Just look at these kinds of noodles, it's not three or two days of effort." ”

Pearl smiled and said quietly: "Back then, someone liked the pastries I made, so I spent my time learning them, and when I finished learning, he .......!" He sighed, his expression gloomy.

Yang Ning knew that the person she was talking about should be that Xue Dashao.

Suddenly, I heard an exclamation from below, and I heard a girl shouting, "What do you want to do?" After a bit of noise, I heard a knock on the stairs, apparently someone rushing upstairs.

Yuan Rong frowned, the pearl flower changed color slightly, but Yang Ning was calm, sandwiched a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth, soft and delicious, and praised: "Good craftsmanship!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a cold voice behind me: "Didn't you say that you couldn't see the guests?" And who is here? A bitch is a bitch, and things are always done on the sly. ”

Yuan Rong Huoran got up and said coldly, "Who let you break in?" Don't get out of here. ”

"Isn't this Yuan Gongzi?" The man smiled and said: "Yuan Gongzi, you are from a scholarly family, if you want to find a bitch, you should also find something fresh, you can also look at this kind of rotten goods with broken flowers and willows?" ”

He obviously knew Yuan Rong, but he didn't have a trace of fear for Yuan Rong, not even a trace of respect, and his words were rude and full of ridicule.

Yang Ning turned his head to take a look, only to see that it was three or four big men rushing up, all of them were tall and big, and the first one was full of meat, with a high nose and a wide mouth, a beard like a needle, and his hands were still clenched into fists.

Yuan Rong said sharply: "You should be more respectful." ”

"We are not like Yuan Gongzi who was born in a scholarly family, we are all rough people, and we don't know how to write crepe." The high-nosed man sneered, turned his eyes to Pearl, and said in a deep voice: "Let you go over, you didn't understand?" Are you looking for death? ”

"Who would dare to touch a single hair of her?" Although Yuan Rong was Wenxiu, he still clenched his fists and said, "Hurry up and get down." ”

The high-nosed man laughed and said, "Move her hair?" Yuan Gongzi, the man on the entire Qinhuai River, I'm afraid that you haven't touched her, do you really don't know or are you pretending to be stupid, a bitch is a bitch, everyone is a man, don't say a single hair, how many hairs does she have, our brothers are all clear, do you want us to tell you? ”

He spoke rudely, but the people behind him all laughed loudly, and their arrogance was very arrogant.

Yang Ning originally thought that although Yuan Rong was elegant and weak, after all, he was the grandson of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and he was also a high-ranking disciple, and ordinary people would dare to offend this young master, but he never thought that those people would not take Yuan Rong seriously at all.

Yuan Rong gritted his teeth, and his white face turned a little red, but after all, he was a literati, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to.

"What are you waiting for?" The high-nosed man yelled at Pearl: "The master is waiting over there with the guests, you must not affect their interest, otherwise you will not be able to eat and walk around, and you will not go with us." ”

Pearl's face was slightly pale, he smiled sadly, and said to Yuan Rong: "Childe, you guys enjoy here first, Pearl will go first, and come back as soon as possible." ”

"I don't think there's going to be any wait." The high-nosed man smiled, "There are a lot of people you have to serve tonight, but I'm afraid you won't be able to come back for a while." ”