Chapter 122: The Cockfighting Ring
Quietly withdrawing from his smooth and white body, Liu Han looked at the four charming women who were still sleeping and couldn't help but smile bitterly, last night he refused to perform live in the living room anyway, under the pretext that he was hot and wanted to bathe, and was taken to the bathroom by four women.
He thought that his bathroom was already very luxurious, but after looking at the bathroom of the Xue family, he realized that he was shabby, the bathroom of the Xue family was all inlaid by Dali Temple, and there were eight bronze carved faucets on the left and right sides, and hot water flowed out of it at any time.
In addition to the bathtub in the bathroom, there are also jade stools and chairs, jade pillars up to the roof, and more than a dozen belts hanging down from the roof, Liu Han didn't understand what those things were put here for, and the four girls who accompanied him in the bath asked him shyly if he wanted to try it, he hesitated and agreed, so a ridiculous scene was staged in the bathroom, and he realized that these things were all entertainment tools.
"On this day, you still need to be an official. Liu Han couldn't help but sigh when he thought about last night's experience.
After having a breakfast at random, the four dancing girls woke up, and after the four of them found that Liu Han was no longer in bed, they were suddenly frightened, and hurriedly put on their clothes, and they didn't even have time to put on makeup, they just tidied up casually and came out, and saw Liu Han sitting in the courtyard, and the four girls hurriedly stepped forward to ask for guilt.
Liu Han comforted them and asked them to wash and tidy up, and the four girls went with confidence, and came out again after a while, and the four girls were radiant and exuding seductive beauty.
"Sir, will you come again?" the dancer in the emerald green group costume last night half-squatted in front of Liu Han and looked at him expectantly.
"Your name is Danniang," Liu Han tried to recall her name, Danniang nodded vigorously, Liu Han smiled slightly, and stroked her pink face: "If I have a chance, I will definitely come." β
This is an unreliable promise, but Danniang was very happy, her face was on Liu Han's hand, and after Wen Cunhui, she carefully kissed it in the palm of her hand, and then got up and walked away quickly with the other three girls.
Liu Han looked at their backs and sighed slightly in his heart, he didn't know when he would be here next time, and he couldn't guarantee it.
Breakfast was a simple white porridge, with a few ginkgo seeds added to it, fragrant, and a plate of pickles made by the Xue family, which suited Liu Han's appetite very much, and he ate three bowls in one go.
Xue Mi waited until the sun was three strokes, and Liu Han's tea had passed three times before he got up, and when he saw Liu Han, he was very happy.
"Brother Liu, Brother Liu, admire!
Liu Han was very puzzled, and Xue Yu smiled: "A night of romance, can you have fun!"
Liu Han suddenly drew a black line on his forehead, pulled down his face and asked in wonder: "Could it be that you listened to the root of the wall last night?"
"I still need to listen to the root of the wall, last night my brother picked four, brave, brave. Xue Mi smiled and arched his hand, with a look of admiration and admiration.
"What is this, ten years ago, when I was in the Western Regions, I once overturned twelve women. Liu Han shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly, with a look of insightful contempt.
Xue Mi was so surprised and admired, his eyes were full of stars, and he said with emotion: "Admire, admire, I picked up eight at a time, but now I can't, at most three at a time, alas." β
Xue Mi sighed regretfully, as if he was still reminiscing about the time of the year, Liu Han looked at his still strong body and didn't believe it, Xue Mi sighed, and the two of them walked out together, and when they arrived at the door, their carriage was already waiting at the door.
Xue Yu still invited him to sit in the car together, the car was still the same as yesterday, but there was no maid.
"Dude, where are we here? I can't compare with you, there's something going on in my store today. Liu Han asked as soon as he sat down.
Xue Mi leaned comfortably on the back wall, looked at Liu Han and said with a smile: "I'll take you to meet some friends today, Brother Liu, you are a hands-off shopkeeper, what can happen in the store." β
Liu Han frowned slightly, and Xue Yu shook his head: "It's been a year since you arrived in the imperial capital, and you have been in Jiangnan for half a year, although you and I are friends, and there is Qiu Ge Lufan Xiao Zhao Wangye, but in fact, you don't have many gate lord clans, and you don't really understand the gate lord clan." β
Liu Han was silent and nodded, Xue Yu was right, he had been in the imperial capital for a year, and he had made a few friends with the gate lords of the clan clan, but in fact, he didn't really know the people in the clan of the gate lords.
The carriage drove into the city, Liu Han looked out the window, the carriage did not enter the city, but drove west along the river bank, he was slightly puzzled, he didn't know where Xue Yu was going to take him.
"Brother Liu, have you ever seen cockfighting?" Xue Mi asked casually, Liu Han shook his head slightly, and Xue Mi smiled slightly: "If you want to deal with the Shi clan, you can't fight cocks." β
"I know some, I've seen it twice, but I'm not very interested, why are we going to watch cockfighting today?" Liu Han hesitated and asked, cockfighting is a very popular activity in Dajin, and it is often associated with gambling, Liu Han knew when he was still in the killer camp that there was a mission to kill the target in the cockfighting arena.
Xue Mi smiled and didn't speak, the emperor is the place with the most powerful people in the world, the cockfighting here is even more lively, the entire emperor has four cockfighting rings, in addition, most of the royal family gate valve manors also have cockfighting arenas.
In addition to the cockfighting ring, there are two other things that these nobles in the imperial capital are also keen on, that is, horse racing and dog racing, which are more difficult to get, especially horse racing.
Horse racing needs a relatively large field, the emperor does not have a special racecourse, horse racing is mainly organized in each manor, and there is also in the barracks, the barracks of the city guards are in the south of the city, but after all, this is a barracks, only few can race here.
Greyhound racing is different, the venue for this is not very demanding, and the cockfighting ring can be renovated.
Liu Han has participated in poetry meetings, participated in the preparation meeting of autumn products, played in the brothel of Qinglou, and opened a shop, but he has never seen cockfighting, dog racing and horse racing in this era.
The carriage stopped outside a large courtyard, the two got off, Liu Han looked up and looked around, I don't know what kind of place this is, but it, this place looks very lively, the gate of the courtyard is open, there are a few strong men in green clothes at the door, Liu Han couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw it, the clothes of these two big men looked like people in the wind and rain building.
"Chofu-in. Liu Han looked at the plaque on the door and read, Xue Yu explained on the side: "This Changfeng Courtyard is the largest cockfighting arena in the imperial capital, and every rest day, cockfighting will be held here. β
Liu Han was stunned for a moment, and then understood that most of these activities were accompanied by gambling. So he smiled and said, "The Western Regions also have this, but whether you can win some pocket money today depends on Brother Xue's vision." β
Xue Mi raised his head and smiled, laughing at himself: "That's difficult." β
The two of them walked inside as they spoke, Liu Han noticed that there was no prohibition here, anyone could come in, and a few men in Tsing Yi at the door were just maintaining order.
"Master Xue! Mr. Liu!"
As soon as he entered the door, a young man in Tsing Yi immediately came over, and he clasped his fists from a distance, and Xue Yu looked at him with a smile: "Old Twelve, I'm not late today, right?"
"It's not too late, it's not too late," the twelve replied with a smile, and then saluted Liu Han: "Mr. Liu is here for the first time, and the twelve will give Mr. a salute." β
Liu Han's memory is good, these twelve have been seen, but I have seen it once, he is one of the seven stars and eight generals under Xiao Yu, I remember that Xiao Yu introduced that his name was Feng Twelve, at that time he didn't understand how to take such a name, Xiao Yu explained that he was ranked twelve in the gang, as for the surname, he didn't know what his surname was, so he took the wind of Fengyulou as his surname.
Liu Han returned the salute first, and then asked, "Brother Feng, is the owner of the Xiao Mansion here?"
"No," Wind Twelve replied, "is there anything wrong with Mr. Liu?"
"It's nothing, it's just that I haven't seen Brother Xiao for a long time, and I still miss him. Liu Han said with a smile, but he didn't stop at his feet, and followed Xue Yu slowly towards the inside.
When I entered the courtyard, I found that the courtyard was very large, and there was an open space in front of the courtyard, and there were two-story small buildings on three sides of the open space, and there were already many people on the small building, these men and women, standing or sitting, staring at the middle of the field, not caring about anything else.
There was a large crowd of people in the middle of the field, these people were shouting frantically, and the people upstairs were also shouting, and the whole courtyard was extremely noisy.
Xue Mi glanced back at him, and saw that Liu Han seemed to be a little puzzled, as if he was a little puzzled, and he didn't explain, but just asked, "Has Lord Ding Xuanding arrived?"
"Lord Ding has arrived, reading in room No. 3; Twelve replied.
"Where's Lord Choi Jun-sama?"
"Master Cui hasn't arrived yet, but yesterday he sent someone to book Room No. 2. Twelve's answer is very simple, Liu Han nodded secretly in his heart, this question and answer is very simple, but the content is not simple, Ding Xuan and Cui Jun have always competed, and if you change a lot of thoughts, you will add a few words, but this wind twelve did not add one o'clock, Liu Han gave him two words in his heart, steady.
"There are people on the second and third, who does the fifth belong to?" Xue Yu asked casually.
"Princess Jingming and Princess Jiatai. β
Xue Yu's footsteps stopped suddenly, and he couldn't help but look at the upstairs directly opposite him with some nervousness, and Liu Han couldn't help but stand.
These two royal nobles are very famous in the imperial capital, everyone in the imperial capital knows this, even if they are not from the imperial capital, these two princesses are rampant in the imperial capital.
Princess Jingming and Princess Jiatai are the two daughters of Emperor Taiding, Emperor Taiding's heirs are scarce, that means there are few sons, he only has two sons, and one died in the middle, leaving the current emperor, but Emperor Taiding has a lot of daughters, there are eleven of them, the first nine have been married, and the remaining two, one is Princess Jiatai, and the other is Princess Huaiyu; Princess Huaiyu is still nine years old, but Princess Jiatai is already nineteen years old.
The nineteen-year-old princess should have been married, but the problem was that no one dared to marry, and the reason was that the princess Jiatai had a bad reputation.
Princess Jiatai's mother is the daughter of Emperor Taiding's favorite concubine Yingchuan Zhang Valve, however, this Zhang Guifei has a bad life, Princess Taijia died when she was three years old, and Taijia was taken to the palace by the Queen Mother to raise her, and she was deeply loved by Emperor Taiding.
Since the age of twelve, Princess Jiatai has made trouble in the imperial capital, going to restaurants to drink, gambling in casinos, and even disguising men and women to Qinglou*, making trouble with autumn products, beating scholars, and burning the beard of Pei Shu, the former Shangshuling, and said that Tian Ning, who had just left the Duzhi Cao Shangshu Tian Ning, was beaten by her, and in front of the palace gate, Tian Ning's carriage was demolished.
The marriage of the children of the royal family is very difficult, and the nobles of the high family are not willing to marry the royal family at all, the reason is very simple, the family of the royal family is not high today, before winning the country, the Yan family is just a small gate valve in Guanlong, and the family is much shorter than the Tian family, the Cui family, and the Ding family.
It's the turn of this Jiatai princess is even more difficult, if the previous things are still a little defeated, the door valve is willing, but the latter is difficult to accept, this Jiatai princess likes beautiful men, often travels with some beautiful men, in fact, in this era, women and men travel together is nothing, but this Jiatai princess actually took the beautiful man into the house, and the scandal is full of the city, so, no matter who the Taiding emperor trusts the matchmaker, the gate lord clan is unwilling to marry such a woman home, and the emperor is unwilling to marry her to the Shu clan, so she has not married until now, and has become the leftover daughter of the Great Jinγ
And this Princess Jingming is a widow, Princess Jingming married the son of Yanzhou Dong Valve, but only three years after marriage, the son of the Dong family died, Princess Jingming did not give birth to a child, after her husband died, she did not return to Yanzhou's mother-in-law's house, she stayed in the imperial capital, Emperor Taiding felt that he did not choose a good horse, owed her, and did not urge her to go back to her mother-in-law's house, but from time to time there was comfort, and the Dong family had no way to take it, just as there was no daughter-in-law.
There are also a lot of scandals about this Princess Jingming, she is not as noisy as Princess Jiatai, but what she likes is scholars, and often invites some scholars into the house for a long talk all night, and there are often scholars in front of her mansion who are talking, and there are banquets she attends, and the scholars flock to it, hoping to win its favor.
But if that's all, it won't make Xue Mi stop, the key is that these two princesses turn their faces faster than they turn books, if they are unhappy, no matter what the occasion, no matter who they are, they will immediately turn their faces and not give a little face.
Xue Yu hesitated and turned his head and asked, "There are no empty rooms in Building B?"