Wanhualou.

Several carriages stopped at the door, Qin Huaidao jumped out of the carriage, looked at the withered beams and paintings, the beautiful Wanhualou, there was the sound of silk and bamboo inside, and the sound of beauty came out, accompanied by a burst of ambiguous laughter, and there was some emotion in his heart, the wind and moon field of this era is really - hot!

A group walked into the building, immediately someone came up to greet them, Cheng Chu silently explained a few words, the other party nodded and agreed, led up to the second floor, passed a private room, the door opened from the inside, and a maid came out, seeing the guests coming and quickly pulled over to make way, low eyebrows and pleasing eyes.

Someone in the private room was playing the qin, the sound was like spring water tinkling winter, making people quiet, but it was covered by ambiguous laughter, like a lotus flower blooming silently in a silt pond, Qin Huaidao glanced inside curiously, the one sitting above was actually the prince, and there were two young men sitting next to him, one was Du He, and the other was unknown.

The prince visited the Fengyue place, and it was very bad for his reputation to spread it.

But Qin Huaidao is not surprised, he can do all the rebellions, what else is this guy afraid of? was about to leave, but an angry voice came from inside: "Whoever peeps at the door, get in." ”

"Straight lady thief, who is so arrogant." Walking in front of him, he looked back at the sound of silence, and reacted after finding the half-hidden door, the dignified man and a bay could still loosen, and rushed up with a brisk step, kicked the door open, and was not afraid to recognize the prince, and scolded: "Who was screaming just now." ”

Du He recognized Cheng Chumo, saw that the faces of the people who came in changed suddenly, and hurriedly looked at the crown prince Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian didn't expect that it was everyone who came in, his face changed slightly, and he quickly adjusted his mood, after all, he was the prince, his status was higher, and he did not descend to greet him, and scolded coldly: "Cheng Dasha, you are so majestic, what's the matter, you can't assassinate this prince?" ”

It was very tasteless to say this, Qin Huaidao pulled Cheng Chumo and said, "Forget it, it's boring, let's drink." ”

"Lord Qin!" Li Chengqian's eyes fell on Qin Huaidao, and he smiled a little more: "Lord Qin, tonight in Wenqu Pavilion, this prince is the east, I don't know if Lord Qin can appreciate his face." ”

"I'm not available tonight, next time." Qin Huaidao refused directly, not wanting to get too close to the other party.

"Qin Huaidao, don't be embarrassed." Du He blew up and got up and shouted, as if he had been humiliated, his eyes flashing with a cold luster.

For a long time, Du He thought that he was stronger than his peers, and he was the henchman of the future saint, and he was going to enter the court in the future, and he was full of superiority, and the nobles of Chang'an should look up, but he didn't expect Qin Huaidao to suddenly appear and faintly become the leader of the younger generation, and he was jealous in his heart.

Qin Huaidao looked at Du He, thought of his father, suppressed his anger, and said to everyone: "Let's go, drink, don't affect your mood." ”

"Forget it, listen to Brother Qin." Yu Chi Baolin also came out to play a round.

Everyone was accustomed to listening to Qin Huaidao's actions, and they didn't say anything more, they all turned around to leave, Du He saw that Qin Huaidao's prestige was so high, he was jealous, and shouted: "Stop, a few of you will come as you say, and leave as soon as you say, is there still a prince in your eyes?" ”

If you don't have a face to give it, then don't give it.

Qin Huaidao turned around, his face was a little more cold, this is the momentum cultivated by countless battlefield battles, the temperature in the private room suddenly dropped a few degrees, and those Oiran who accompanied the wine were even more cold in their hearts, but they didn't dare to leave, for fear that the prince would be angry, so they hurriedly gave the maids who served them a look, and moved the rescue soldiers, all of whom were top nobles in Chang'an City, and they couldn't afford to provoke them.

The maid didn't panic when she saw how much she was, and left quietly.

Qin Huaidao walked up and said coldly: "Du He, what kind of products do you have now?" ”

"Me?"

Du He also has a position in the East Palace, only six products, thinking of yesterday's holy decree announcing that Qin Huaidao is the secretary of the Ministry of Communications, and he is the third product, the jealousy in his heart burned like oil, and he roared: "What do you want to say, the prince is here, and he is not polite." ”

"The prince is the prince, you are you, you are a six-rank who dares to threaten the third-grade members of the imperial court, who gave you the guts? I don't even understand the basic etiquette rules, so it seems that it is necessary for this official to refer to you. Qin Huaidao shouted with a straight face.

"You?"

Du He's face changed greatly, if he really used this ginseng, he was afraid that his official body would be gone, so he quickly looked at Li Chengqian, eager to get help, but Li Chengqian was not stupid, if it was before, Li Chengqian would definitely defend Du He, but now it is not what it used to be, Qin Huaidao has become the protector of the country, and the meaning behind it is terrible to think about, this kind of person can only be drawn into his own camp, of course, Du He's face cannot but be maintained.

One by one, his thoughts flashed quickly, and Li Chengqian said: "Okay, they are all officials of the same dynasty, and it will hurt and anger when they make trouble, and His Royal Highness will set up a table at night, and Lord Qin must appreciate it." ”

"Forget about eating, the lower officials still have a lot of official business to deal with." Qin Huaidao refused again.

Li Chengqian felt that he couldn't hang up on his face, the dignified prince, the prince, the prince, repeatedly refused invitations, and passed out the face, he glanced at the man in brocade next to him, the other party nodded knowingly, and stepped forward and said: "Lord Qin, under the surname Lu, Lu Jiansheng, Fan Yang Lu, the family imitated Lord Qin's means to open a few coal mines, but he made some pocket money, and he has been thinking about Lord Qin's good in his heart, it is better to meet by chance, why don't you sit down and have a few drinks and chat?" ”

"Fan Yang Lu's Clan?" Qin Huaidao looked at the other party for a moment, and sneered: "That's the Lu family's way of making money, and it has nothing to do with this official, so you don't need to thank you." ”

"Yes, yes, speaking of which, it is also the Lu family who has offended you a lot, cut off your business, the Lu family is studying the method of burning paper green bricks, if it can be done, maybe Lord Qin's green brick business will not be done, or sit down and talk, maybe it can be a win-win situation." Lu Jiansheng said with a smile.

It's obviously a threat, but it's said with care, and it's a poisonous snake.

Qin Huaidao naturally wouldn't let the other party control the conversation, and directly provoked and said: "The Taiyuan Wang clan threatened me and was exterminated, and the Cui clan Cui Renshi threatened the official and was beheaded by the raider, you are threatening the official now, it seems that the Fan Yang Lu clan also wants to try whether the official's knife is still sharp?" ”

Officialdom pays attention to subtlety but not exposure, concealment but not hair, even if he hates to death in his heart, his face is still like a spring breeze, Qin Huaidao's direct slap in the face, not according to common sense to play cards in a way that stunned Lu Jiansheng, did not dare to answer for a while, thinking of the uprooted Taiyuan Wang, thinking of Cui Renshi's fate, inexplicably a little panicked.

It is true that the Fan Yang Lu clan is very strong, but the Taiyuan Wang clan is also good, what is the result?

Qin Huaidao didn't plan to let go of the other party, if he dared to stretch out his hand, he had to chop it, otherwise anyone would dare to bully him, and said coldly: "I heard that the core industry of Fanyang Lu's family is papermaking, give you two days, send 300,000 yuan to apologize, and the coal matter will be revealed, in the future, you will be yours, I will be mine, do not interfere with each other, and compete fairly, otherwise, this official will not mind meddling in papermaking and crushing your core industry." ”

"Just you? Will you build it? Du He seized the opportunity to cancel, there are so many papermaking craftsmen, all of whom are raised by big families, and the core technology is impossible to leak out, how can it be made without technology?

"Can you speak on behalf of Fan Yang Lu's family?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

Du He's face froze and looked at Lu Jiansheng.

Lu Jiansheng suddenly realized that he had done a stupid thing, the other party was not an ordinary nobleman, but a protector who killed people without blinking, and even more so Lord Qin, who had mastered the technique of Gewu, with the energy of Fan Yang Lu's family, it was not difficult to find out that the crossbow in the army was made by Qin Huaidao.

It is not impossible for a person who is proficient in the art of making paper to master the technology of papermaking.

Thinking of this, Lu Jiansheng panicked inexplicably, but after thinking about it, Fan Yang Lu's family has a big business, what are you afraid of? must not retreat, what is lost is the face of the family, and immediately said: "Lord Qin can make paper if he wants to, that is Lord Qin's freedom, fair competition, reasonable, Fan Yang Lu is really not afraid of fair competition." ”

"Do you think that the cost of papermaking is about the same, even if the official makes it, the price will not be too low, and you Fan Yang Lu will fight a price war with strong funds at that time, so that the official can't sell it?" Qin Huaidao sneered.

Lu Jiansheng's mind was seen through, but he was not afraid, and sneered: "Since Lord Qin knows, why should he humiliate himself? It's better to sit down and talk, maybe we can make a fortune together, why bother fighting and killing. ”

"Since this is the case, this official will take it as your Fan Yang Lu clan to challenge, and I hope that your Fan Yang Lu clan's head is stronger than the hundreds of thousands of Goguryeo troops." Qin Huaidao sneered, turned around and left, since Fan Yang Lu is looking for death, what else is polite?

What better fight back than to let his family go bankrupt and despair?

Lu Jiansheng is hateful, and beating him up is too low-level and damages his identity, so he will destroy the capital he relies on for pride and arrogance, and let him live in remorse and pain for the rest of his life.

Since it is an enemy, there is no need for mercy!

Everyone followed and left, and no one noticed the cold gazes of the three people in the room.

Soon, everyone came to a private room, a few little maids came in with all kinds of melons and fruits to set up, and the old bustard came in with a smile on his face, beckoning everyone to sit down, several identities know each other, but they can't be called names, this is also the rule of Wanhualou, and said with a smile: "A few nobles haven't been here for a long time, the old rules, or?" ”

"The old rule, let your Oiran come over, I am happy today, and your silver is indispensable." Cheng Chumo shouted with a grin, looking like a veteran.

The old bustard said with a embarrassed face: "This nobleman, the Oiran are all in the room just now. ”

The room just now was Li Chengqian, and everyone's minds flashed those beauties who accompanied them, there were only a few oirans in a Fengyue field, which had already been ordered, and it was not in accordance with the rules to call them again, Cheng Chumo thought of the grievances just now and wanted to get angry, Qin Huaidao hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, just call a few to come over and pour a drink." ”

It's not shameful enough to be jealous of a few women in Fengyue Field.

Cheng Chumo also reacted, although he was unwilling, but Qin Huaidao spoke, he didn't dare not listen, and hurriedly said: "Then call a few top cards over." ”

The top card is just a little less famous than the Oiran, and the less gold owner is just a match, and the talent and appearance are not bad.

"Okay, a few of you wait." The old bustard breathed a sigh of relief and went happily.

Everyone sat together, leaving empty seats on both sides, Qin Huaidao was a little hungry, picked up a few nuts on the eucalyptus and ate them, and said, "Brother Cheng, let's talk, what's the trouble today?" ”

"It's hard to come back, you can't relax, relax?" Cheng Chu smiled silently, and tacitly did not mention what happened just now, so as not to sweep Yaxing.

"It's like, I've been suffocating to death for a few months." Yu Chi Baolin also shouted.

"A bunch of color blanks." Qin Huaidao scolded with a smile, saw a group of girls come in, and didn't speak again.

The girls are very beautiful, each with their own merits, they all greeted each other warmly, they all knew each other at a glance, everyone ordered the familiar ones, and looked at Qin Huaidao, Qin Huaidao was not good at being maverick and disturbing everyone's interest, and called one at random, and the girls were also very good at doing things, enthusiastically pouring wine for everyone, talking and laughing.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere came up, and everyone proposed a drinking order.

There are three kinds of wine orders in this era, the law, the dice board order and the throwing order, the law is to make a poem order, the poem should rhyme, everyone is a killer, martial arts, naturally not suitable, the dice board order is to guess the size of the idea, the throwing order is to hit a certain instrument, pass the flower ball and other things, there is a musical accompaniment, the atmosphere is good, and the fun is also hi.

In the end, everyone chooses to throw the order and can play together.

Qin Huaidao was interested in lack of money after playing for a few rounds, it was too boring, but seeing that everyone was happy to play, it was hard to say anything, so he found an excuse to come out of the corridor to take a breath, and the second floor could see the hall on the first floor, and the consumption on the first floor was low, mainly drinking and chatting, listening to music, and on the stage, a woman was stroking the piano and singing.

Singing is about love and love, and the person who sings is only a teenager, where do you know what love is? It's just a deliberate ambiguity, the sound of the glamour makes people drowsy, Qin Huaidao was born in the military, and he is the most indifferent to this kind of music, but he found that the guests in the hall were drunk when they heard it.

After singing a song, another woman came on stage, looking at about twenty or thirty years old, much calmer than the teenage girl just now, singing something of love, hoarse, not beautiful enough, the guests were not happy when they heard it, and began to coax, the woman quickly stopped, ashamed to step down.

Qin Huaidao liked this voice very much, the other party's singing skills were very stable, but unfortunately the song was not chosen correctly, and a burst of aroma wafted in, it was the woman who stayed as a companion, named Mei'er, and chuckled: "Noble, are you okay?" ”

"Who's that lady?" Qin Huaidao pointed to the girl who stepped down in embarrassment and asked.

"Dong'er, what's wrong?"

"I'd like to have a few words with her." Qin Huaidao said bluntly.

Miss Mei'er looked at Qin Huaidao with some differences, don't talk about the delicate big beauty, what is it to find an old girl? But he didn't dare to ask more, and explained: "Dong'er is a hard-working person, and he was also the top brand of this Wanhualou back then, but unfortunately he was unladylike and deceived, and he borrowed wine to kill his sorrows and hurt his throat, and then he didn't come out again." ”

"What's the situation when you meet someone who is not ladylike?"

"I know a scholar, Sister Dong'er sponsored him to study, said that he would marry her in the future, after the success of the imperial examination, he sent the place to make a county order, married the daughter of a local wealthy family, and never came again, Sister Dong'er is also greedy, where is there a good place for people like us with low status?" said with a dark expression.

"Since ancient times, there have been many scholars." Qin Huaidao sighed and asked, "How about helping me ask her over?" ”

"What are you going to ......," Mei'er looked a little more cautious.

"Don't get me wrong, just ask her something."

"Wait a minute, I'll ask."

It didn't take long for Mei'er to lead Dong'er over, Dong'er grew up in Fengyue Field, and she had long been accustomed to seeing all kinds of people, but she was still shocked by Qin Huaidao's temperament, but she was weak and calm, and she estimated that her identity was not simple, so she hurriedly saluted and said: "Dong'er has seen a nobleman, I don't know what is wrong with you?" ”

"You go in first." Qin Huaidao looked at Mei'er.

Mei'er hesitated for a moment, worried that something would happen, and hurriedly looked at Dong'er.

"Little sister, let's go in." Dong'er comforted.

After Mei'er entered, Dong'er looked at Qin Huaidao and was silent, her heart was full of surprise, in terms of appearance, she was already old and vermilion, which of the guests who came didn't like young girls, could there be something else?

Qin Huaidao didn't like to beat around the bush, and asked bluntly: "How much silver does it take to redeem your body?" ”

Dong'er's face changed greatly, and seeing that Qin Huaidao didn't look like a joke, he politely refused: "The noble man is joking, Dong'er is about to be thirty, old and decrepit, ruined, unable to have children, unable to pick shoulders, unable to lift hands, unable to do anything, a waste person, what can you do to redeem it?" Wanhualou has young and beautiful women. ”

Qin Huaidao saw that the other party had misunderstood, and explained: "I'm going to open a restaurant, and I need someone to sing music to help me have fun." ”

"Singing?"

Dong'er's face darkened, and she forced a smile: "Isn't the noble person making fun of Dong'er?" I was coaxed down by someone just now, and no one wanted to listen, so don't spoil the business of the noble restaurant. ”

"You just say if you want to go, don't worry about anything else, I heard the song just now, it's not you, it's not that you didn't find the right tune, I'll teach you some tunes that suit your voice." Qin Huaidao explained.

"The noble man still knows how to play?" Dong'er was a little curious, and looked carefully again, while recalling, but there was no person in front of him in his memory.

Qin Huaidao got straight to the point and asked: "I understand a little, I can redeem your body for you, and I don't need you to sell yourself to me anymore to restore your freedom, but you need to sign an employment document to help me sing for three years, and I can give you a salary every month, how much does the salary cost for you, as long as it's not too outrageous, how about it?" ”

"Aren't you really making fun of me?" Dong'er became more and more curious, and thought about it, she was not worthy of being deceived by the other party, and if she wanted to deceive, she would be able to deceive a young and beautiful girl, and she was inexplicably a little moved.

No one wants to be lonely in the land of wind and moon to death, and they all want to jump out of this fire pit, but there are few who can do it since ancient times, Dong'er doesn't believe that good things will fall on him, and asks: "Dong'er can't figure it out, why?" ”

"What I value is your voice."

"Throat, are you sure?" Dong'er is full of doubts, isn't her voice a shortcoming?

"What are you worried about?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

Dong'er had too many worries in her heart, but she found that she had nothing to worry about, no money, no appearance, and no identity worthy of being used, instead of living, it was better to fight, it was a big deal, and she could be relieved, and immediately said: "I have been deceived, so I can't believe that there will be good things on my head, if it is really as the noble man said, if it really does not affect your restaurant business, I will go." ”

"Don't be presumptuous, you are less than thirty, in your prime, by the way, I need a team, the voice is strong, high-pitched or low, you can help me find a few, and I also need some who are proficient in music and rhythm, good at various musical instruments, age is not a problem, redeem together."

Dong'er heard that he wanted the whole team, not himself, but he was relieved, and reminded: "People are easy to find, Wanhualou is better than me at my age and eliminated, life is miserable, there is not much money to redeem myself, I can't wait to leave Wanhualou, everyone is there, as for wages, don't do it, everyone has some money, can support themselves, can restore their free body, and have a safe place to spend their old age." ”

The people who went out of Fengyue Field were looked down upon and bullied, and their safety was not guaranteed, so many people did not dare to redeem themselves if they had money, and stayed in Wanhualou for the rest of their lives.

"Yes, you go and find it, I'll wait for you inside." Qin Huaidao agreed and pointed to the private room inside.

"Not a joke?" Dong'er is still unbelievable, who would invite some old and decrepit people?

Suddenly, Cheng Chumo's voice came: "Brother, what's the situation?" ”

"Let her help me find someone who can sing music and play an instrument, and redeem them for them."

"What do you want them to do? If you're looking for it, you're looking for a young and beautiful one. Cheng Chumo looked curious, many big families will raise a group of people to sing and dance to relieve boredom, Cheng Chumo thought that Qin Huaidao was also like this, glanced at Dong'er, and added: "This looks not small, I'll help you pick some little girls when you go back, it's pleasing to the eye, isn't it uncomfortable for a group of old ladies to raise a house?" ”

Dong'er's expression darkened, but he also clearly said the truth, looked at Qin Huaidao, wondering how Qin Huaidao would answer, Qin Huaidao saw through Dong'er's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Go pick someone, and then bring it over." ”

Dong'er was sure that it was not a joke, so she was overjoyed and hurried to go.

"Really?" Cheng asked in surprise.

"Nonsense, you think I'm joking?" Qin Huaidao said and walked into the private room and sat down again, Mei'er hurriedly poured wine for Qin Huaidao, with a sad look, as if she had been abandoned, she almost burst into tears, Qin Huaidao knew that the girls in Fengyue were all drama spirits, and she didn't care, and drank with everyone.

Cheng Chu couldn't guess what Qin Huaidao was going to do, but he knew Qin Huaidao's temper, once he decided something, no one could persuade him, and he didn't like others to talk nonsense, so he followed into the private room.

Not long after, more than a dozen women came in, all of them were in their twenties and thirties, and they were all relegated to the second line and eliminated in Wanhualou, and the first line was all in their teens and twenties, and the girls in Wanhualou ate all youth rice.

Everyone looked at the people who came in a little stunned, and was about to have a seizure, Qin Huaidao hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, I called here, I have something to deal with, and I delayed everyone from drinking." ”

"Brother said this, he saw the outside, what's the matter?" Yu Chi Baolin asked curiously.

Qin Huaidao didn't explain, beckoned the people standing at the door to come in, and got up and said: "Those who sing songs, each person sings a short section first, anything, I'll listen to the voice, okay?" ”

They were all mixed up in Fengyue Field, no one had stage fright, and one person came out and said, "This nobleman, can you let our sisters know your identity?" It's better to be at ease. ”

Suddenly a person ran out and said that he wanted to redeem himself, even if he had nothing, he would inevitably be afraid in his heart.

Cheng Chuliang was angry when he heard this, and scolded: "Bastard, how can you speak? ”