Xiong Tingbi went away for several days without any news. Although Zhu Yinglong's health gradually recovered, he was extremely anxious. He had asked Xu Ruying to Boguzhai in Nanjing City several times to inquire about the news, but there was no news when he came back. He wanted to take Xu Ruying away from Jishitang to Wuxi, but Xu Ruying was worried about his body and insisted on cultivating him for a few more days. He also knew that he almost lost his life this time. Xu Ruying felt guilty about him. In addition, his body is still very weak and it is not appropriate to travel far, so he had to stay in Jishitang for the time being.

After lying on the collapse for two days, he finally had the strength to get out of bed and walk around. During the two days when he was lying on the collapse, Xu Ruying took care of him meticulously, and the little lump in his heart also disappeared without a trace.

Seeing that Zhu Yinglong was very thoughtful and depressed these two days, Xu Ruying proposed to travel to Qinhuai at night. When Zhu Yinglong saw that Xu Ruying wanted to make him happy, he couldn't bear to let him go, so he nodded in agreement. When Xiong Tingbi left, two guard members were left, so a group of four people came out of Jishitang to come to the Qinhuai River. Xu Ruying was too beautiful. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Xu Ruying disguised herself as a man to accompany her.

It was already mid-spring, and the weather gradually became warmer. After nightfall, the pedestrians on the street did not decrease, but increased a lot. The spring breeze blew on his face, with a hint of dampness, which made people feel refreshed and dispelled Zhu Yinglong's temporary boredom. He planned to leave Nanjing tomorrow, so he took this opportunity to visit the world-famous Qinhuai River. I am afraid there will be few opportunities in the future. If he sits in that position, he will lose the fun of many ordinary people. He understands in his heart, but God gave him a chance to change history and destiny, and he will never give up. Business woman

I don’t know the hatred of the country, but I sing the flowers across the river. The famous line in "The Stream of Qinhuai" by Du Mu, a Tang Dynasty man, and the poet’s feelings of worrying about the country and the people are all in these two lines. Thinking of the suffering in China more than three hundred years later, any Chinese with a conscience wants to change that period of history. Since he has died once, the so-called undead is not afraid. It seems that he still has more than ten years to live. If history moves forward according to the original trajectory! Thinking of this, Zhu Yinglong couldn’t help but feel refreshed and traveled to Qinhuai once happily. When he entered Baoshan and returned empty-handed, it was definitely not his true nature.

The area of ​​the smoke and moon in the Six Dynasties is where gold and powder are gathered. These two lines of poetry vividly depict the Qinhuai River with severe red shadows. This is indeed a place that literati and poets like. The brothel women here are not only beautiful but also talented.

There are brothels on the riverside and the boats on the riverside are swaying, creating a place where beauties in the south of the Yangtze River gather. The scenery of Qinhuai is the most famous for its lantern boats. All the boats on the river are hung with colorful lanterns. People who travel to the Qinhuai River must ride on a lantern boat as a pleasure. Zhu Yinglong and four others were also lucky to use their boats to travel ten miles of Qinhuai. Unconsciously, the light boats that the four people rode had already reached the bottom of Laiyan Bridge.

This is the first time that Xu Ruying has come to such a prosperous place of fireworks. She is dazzling. The ancient buildings on both sides of the shore, flying eaves and leaking windows, carved beams and painted buildings, painting boats and waves, oars and lights, and the cultural heritage and the prosperous market make people linger.

"Ruying, how about the Qinhuai River compared to the Daming Lake in Jinan?" Zhu Yinglong asked Xu Ruying with an excited look on her face.

Xu Ruying closed her eyes and thought for a while, and replied: "It is said that during the day, our Daming Lake in Jinan may not lose to the Qinhuai River. If it were at night, Daming Lake would not be as good as the Qinhuai River!"

Zhu Yinglong smiled and nodded without commenting: "We will bid farewell to Dr. Zheng tomorrow to meet with Mr. Xiong and others. When you go back tonight, you can clean up and prepare."

"I'll leave tomorrow, but your body has not recovered yet?" Xu Ruying said in surprise.

"If you hadn't begged to stay for two days, I would have left after waking up. I've decided on this matter. Ruying, you don't have to say more." Zhu Yinglong said to himself.

Although Xu Ruying followed Zhu Yinglong for not long, she also knew that he was a person who was right and decided would not change unless necessary. She lowered her head sadly and stopped persuading her.

"Meixianglou" Zhu Yinglong suddenly saw three big words on a golden plaque. There was a lot of traffic in front of the door, and the business seemed much better than in front of several other brothels. He couldn't help but read it out.

"Customer, are you a foreigner?" a guy on the lamp boat asked, inserting in.

"Yes, this guy, why is this Meixianglou business so good?" Zhu Yinglong knew that this famous "Mexianglou" was Li Xiangjun, among the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai in the late Ming Dynasty, lived in this Meixianglou, so Zhu Yinglong felt moved when he saw the plaque of the Meixianglou.

"Of course, this Meixianglou is a top brothel on the Qinhuai River. It is full of innocent men who are not good at selling skills. If the girls here are there, there is only one way, that is, to redeem them home!" The guy saw that Zhu Yinglong and the other four were outsiders, so he became much more despised, and his tone was as if the boss of Meixianglou was him.

Zhu Yinglong was too lazy to care about the guy's tone and asked, "What brothel does this girl open if she doesn't sell herself?"

"Customer, you don't understand this. The girls in Meixianglou are all from a hundred. They are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. How can such a woman serve ordinary people? Only by being a high-ranking official, rich businessmen and talented literati will they be attracted to it. Look at the four dresses, I'm afraid they can't even get in!" The guy looked at Zhu Yinglong and the other people in a sarcastic tone with enthusiasm.

"What a big tone!" Xu Ruying snorted coldly, and was about to attack. Zhu Yinglong hurriedly reached out to stop and said, "Brother Xu, it is already a blessing to be able to come to Qinhuai River to take a look. This guy is saying it well, let's go ashore for a walk!"

The four of them left their light boats and went ashore at the southern end of Laiyan Bridge.

As the guy on the lamp boat said, the four of them were stopped by the guards in front of the building and were not allowed to enter.

"Four people, please stay. Tonight is the birthday of my boss. If there is no invitation, please forgive us for being neglected. Let's come again tomorrow!" Four men similar to the guards of the hospital blocked the way for Zhu Yinglong and the other four.

"Doesn't you let me enter without an invitation?" Zhu Yinglong thought to himself, this was a coincidence, so he asked with his fists.

"I'm sorry, four, there are too many people in Meixianglou today, and there is no extra space. There is no invitation. It's just that there are still people in there..." The leader among the four was very embarrassed. The identity of the people who could come to Meixianglou was not something that they could offend. There are too many guests in it now. Today is the boss's birthday. There are many celebrities and gentry from all walks of life. Putting such a few people in coarse cloth in it may ruin the atmosphere.

"We came from another place. I heard about the name of Meixianglou for a long time, so I came to open my eyes and leave Nanjing City tomorrow. Can you please be more compatible with each other!" Zhu Yinglong politely clasped his fists at the four of them. Xu Ruying behind him gave a silver note of 100 taels to the leader.

"This..." Looking at the 100 taels of silver notes, the four people showed greedy eyes. It was easy to get one hundred taels of silver. The leader hesitated for a while. The four people might have a lot of backgrounds, and they could be one hundred taels of silver. They might be the kind of young master who doesn't like Zhang Yang. Finally, they decided: "Since that's the case, the four people have come from afar. Meixianglou has never refused guests. It's just that there are many guests today, so I'm afraid that they can't be greeted properly. If you don't mind, please come in!"

Meixiang Building is a three-entry and two-yard house. The first courtyard is to invite guests to do business. Zhu Yinglong and the other four are in it. The inner courtyard is the residence of those innocent servants. Meixiang Building belongs to the Moling Jiaofangsi and is a brothel run by the government. Most of them are left behind by orphans who have been confiscated and exterminated. Some of them are just adults, and some are still in their infancy. They are demoted to a lowly family because of their family crimes. If no one rescues or redeems them, they will have to live with this identity for the rest of their lives. The ugly ones are slaves and servants, and the medium ones sell their bodies, and make money to get rid of the lowly family. Those with both talent and sex will be focused on cultivating. They hope that one day they will be attracted by some nobles and sell them at a good price. Li Xiangjun is one of them.
Chapter completed!