The Xisu River is very lively at night. There are about fifty painted boats on the river. They stretch all the way down and there are small boats parked at the ferry. They are specially used to take guests to the painted boats. A trip costs ten cents.
Ten pennies can't last about ten meters, so this is definitely a gold-selling cave.
The larger painting boat here is the same as the Qinlou Chu Pavilion like Shaotou Zui. Guests can come here to buy drunkenness. There are girls playing the piano, poetry and painting, warming up, saying some earthy love words, lamenting life, showing off their charms, and beautiful faces.
, Gentle Country.
As for the small painted boats, such as Chun Niang Meiniang, they are called painted boats, but they are actually just well-decorated boats with only one or two girls on them. The guests they usually entertain are not rich gentlemen, but mostly literati.
A scholar, a corrupt scholar.
The fee is relatively cheap, but further actions are possible, and of course, money will be paid for further steps.
Chun Niang died, and my mother found a girl to replace Chun Niang, named Liu'er.
King Qi found Liu'er, and his mother was also on the boat. Because the lights were dim and King Qi didn't wear official clothes. After returning to the palace, he changed into a suit of brocade clothes. He looked very rich and handsome, but his mother didn't recognize him.
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Seeing King Qi's wealthy appearance, he was overjoyed and hurriedly greeted him, calling Liu'er to come out to greet the guests.
King Qi saw that Liu'er was only about sixteen or seventeen years old, and she didn't have any aura of prodigy. She was wearing a satin jacket and an apricot-colored cloak, and her head was covered with pearls and jade, but she didn't look like an expensive item.
She looked pretty, Liu Ye's eyes slightly raised under her eyebrows, and she stepped forward with a charming smile, showing her teeth, "Liu'er of the slave family has met the young master."
King Qi looked at her and said: "Girl, there is no need to be polite, just sit down!"
From the corner of his eye, he saw his mother winking at Liu'er, as if asking her to hold the young master tightly.
The boat was in the river, and as the current pushed it, it swayed slightly. Liu'er seemed to be unsteady, and with a soft cry, she fell to King Qi's side.
She said coyly: "Hey, the slave family couldn't stand for a while and offended the young master. Don't blame the young master."
When she said, "Young master, don't blame me," her lips were right next to King Qi's ear, her breath was like blue, her bright eyes slowly opened, and the corners of her eyes were a bit lazy, showing her utmost charm.
King Qi supported her and said with clear eyes: "Girl, please sit down."
Nanny naturally left at this time, and a moment later, a woman of seventeen or eighteen years old came in to serve tea.
She dressed relatively plainly, came in steadily, placed tea, melons, fruits and snacks on the table, and asked King Qi softly, "Sir, what are you drinking?"
"Bring a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus."
King Qi didn't want to drink too strong wine, so he took out a silver coin from his sleeve pocket and put it on the maid's tea tray.
This ingot of silver weighed twelve ounces. Liu'er and the maid were both startled when they saw it. The maid quickly hid it in her sleeve pocket and said with a smile: "Okay, sir, please wait.
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King Qi had never been to these places before, so he didn't know the prices. He just thought that if he came to drink wine once, he would probably need this much.
How did he know that it only cost two taels of silver to book this boat for one night, and it also included the following.
After the maid left, King Qi stood up, looked at the small boat, and asked Liu'er, "Can...can I look around?
This is my first time here and I am very curious."
Liu'er guessed that he was a young master from a wealthy family who came here to gain experience, so he said, "Young Master, you can just take a look."
The place for entertaining guests is not big, and you can see everything at a glance. There is a table, a few chairs, and an old wooden carved cabinet beside it. The cabinet is half open, and some powder is placed inside.
The ship's planks were of log color and had been varnished, making them white in many places. King Qi looked at the floor carefully and finally found a trace of blood under the chair facing the curtain.
He squatted down and touched it. It was completely dry. Then he took the tea on the table and poured it over, letting the blood melt and put it on his hand and smelled it. The smell of blood remained.
It seems that the murderer that day was sitting in the direction facing the curtain. The curtain was not completely covered, so he could always see the situation outside with vigilance while sitting in this direction.
Seeing him looking around with suspicion, Liu Er felt a little strange and asked, "Master, what are you looking for?"
King Qi had already thought of an excuse and said: "It's like this. A few days ago, a friend of mine came here and accidentally left something behind. Tonight, he knew that I was coming over, so he asked me to help him find it.
try to find."
Just then the maid came in with the wine. Upon hearing this, she hurriedly said: "You have found me. Are you talking about the man from the eighth day of the lunar month?"
King Qi slowly straightened up and looked at the maid, "It's the eighth day of the lunar month. Are you here that night?"
The maid put down the wine and said with a smile: "Yes, Chun Niang's maid was sick that day, and the slave family was here to serve her. It was not yet Haishi when the gentleman came, and he thought he would drink for a long time, but he didn't know that the slave family was waiting for him.
When the wine came out, he disappeared. Miss Chunniang said that he suddenly had something important to do, so he left a few coins and left. Little did he know that he left a sign behind."
"Yes, it's just a sign!"
King Qi was overjoyed. The sky net was so comprehensive that the gangster actually left a sign behind. He didn't expect that Chun Niang's maid got sick that night and had to be replaced.
The maid took out the sign from the drawer. When King Qi saw the sign, his heart skipped a beat and he suddenly had difficulty breathing.
This sign is neither gold nor jade, it is just an ordinary black sign, so ordinary that it will not catch the eyes of anyone with greed.
Therefore, even if the maid and the mother of the boat painter saw this sign, they had no intention of taking it for themselves. It was really not worth a few dollars.
But if they knew what this sign represented, I'm afraid they wouldn't think so.
The girl Liu'er came over to take a look curiously and said, "Is this brand important?
There is nothing up here."
King Qi held this cold sign in his hand. There was nothing on it, but it was a symbol of status. The material was actually not ordinary, it was made of black iron. Since the beginning of the dynasty, this kind of black iron sign has only been given to five people.
Zhang, each one has a number engraved on the edge. He touched it with his fingertips and touched a three.
"Do you have any pen and ink?"
King Qi took a deep breath and asked Miss Liu'er solemnly.
Miss Liu'er hurriedly asked the maid to prepare pen and ink. Although she was young, she was used to the world. A young man like him could tell his dignity at a glance. Just now, she deliberately fell in love with him but was unmoved. It was obvious that she was not doing it for fun.
Come.
No matter what, as long as she has enough money, she can do whatever she is asked to do.
After the Four Treasures of the Study came up, King Qi immediately drew a portrait, and then asked the maid, "Is this the guest you met that night?"
The maid looked at it carefully and said, "It looks like it, but I'm not sure if it is because when he came that night, he was wearing thin clothes and his hair was messed up by the wind. The hair on the left side was hanging down.
Even though half of his face was covered, I couldn't see it very clearly."