In Daxuan, apart from the capital, the most prosperous and prosperous place is Huazhou.
There are three slippery slopes in Huazhou.
One is slippery water.
There are one hundred hot springs in Daxuan, and eighty-eight are in Huazhou.
There are hot springs everywhere in Huazhou. There are three famous springs in Yuling City, the capital of the state, namely the Balsam Pond in the city, the Rouyu Hot Spring in Tianmu Township in the east of the city, and the Soft Smoke Spring under the Baiqing Mountain in the south of the city. There are countless other nameless springs.
Xu Zhiqiong is soaking in the soft smoke spring at the foot of Baiqing Mountain. The soft and warm spring water emits soft white smoke and sticks to his body, like a pair of soft red lips, removing the dirt and fatigue of these days from every day.
Suction it out from a pore.
In the first month of the year, there is severe dampness and cold, so it is a good time to take a bath.
Xu Zhiqiong put a few wrinkles on his beard and soaked it for half an hour.
Fortunately, Tao Huayuan's makeup skills are superb. She is not afraid of water and has not been damaged by soaking. She looks like a middle-aged person.
After experiencing the water slide, we went to the greenhouse to experience the second slide, the stone slide.
Smooth and warm pebbles stick to the skin from head to toe. When encountering painful areas such as shoulders, neck, waist, calves, soles of feet, etc., the pebbles must be rolled repeatedly. During the soreness and swelling, the sluggishness all over the body can be swept away.
In addition to water slides, stone slides, and human slides.
The people in Huazhou are really slippery.
A handsome waiter rolled a stone on Xu Zhiqiong's back twice and started.
Soft hands gently rubbed the back, and the waiter said softly: "This guest, the moisture is a little heavy."
Xu Zhiqiong's whole body felt tense, and he turned around and said to the waiter: "Brother, please be gentle, I am not strong."
The young man massaged Xu Zhiqiong from head to toe, and Xu Zhiqiong went to the pool to soak for an hour. Seeing that it was getting dark, Xu Zhiqiong called the waiter and asked: "But Liu Tongzhi often said
Are you coming to Soft Smoke Spring? I’ve been here for a whole day and why haven’t I seen anyone?”
The waiter looked confused and said: "My guest, which Liu Tongzhi are you talking about?"
Xu Zhiqiong asked in surprise: "How many Liu Tongzhi are there? Liu Jiangpu, Liu Tongzhi, your Huazhou Tongzhi, but you don't recognize them?"
The waiter shook his head and said with a smile: "Who am I? How can I recognize such a noble person? Sir, it's getting late. Please find a room with us."
Xu Zhiqiong sighed and said, "Since Liu Tongzhi is not here, why should I stay here?"
The waiter smiled strangely: "I don't recognize Liu Tongzhi, but I do recognize a few pieces of good jade. I will send them to the guest officer's room at night so that the guest officer can play with them."
"Jade?" Xu Zhiqiong narrowed his eyes, "You came to my room to sell jade in the middle of the night?"
"Yes, they are all good jade. When you come to Huazhou, how can you not taste the jade? Sir, you can rest assured that our store will never force you. You can buy it if you like it. If you don't like it, we can just take it away.
"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "I don't want any jade."
The waiter tried to persuade him again and again: "It's getting dark, so you can stay here with us. Maybe the person you are looking for will come tomorrow?"
The guy said nothing more and turned to leave.
It seems that Xu Zhiqiong must stay here tonight.
Soft Smoke Spring is indeed a famous spring. There are more than a dozen large and small soup pools. The shopkeeper's surname is Wei, and his name is Wei Shuixuan. He opened an inn next to the soup pool. The inn has four buildings in total, with a three-story front building, a three-story back building, and two auxiliary buildings.
Two floors.
Xu Zhiqiong opened an upper room on the third floor of the back building. The upper room is divided into two rooms, inside and outside. The front room welcomes guests and the back room sleeps.
Xu Zhiqiong ordered some food and drinks and ordered the waiters to bring them to the room. After the waiters left, Xu Zhiqiong arranged a yin and yang magic circle to isolate the sound, pulled out a peach petal, and gently injected a piece of Qi.
Not long after, several peach blossoms fell from the roof, and Tao Huayuan appeared among the peach blossoms.
"Boy, how about the hot springs in Huazhou?"
"Okay!" After soaking for a day, a layer of skin peeled off. Xu Zhiqiong poured a glass of wine for Tao Huayuan and put it to his mouth. "I said I would go directly to the prefect to arrest Liu Jiangpu. You have to let me stay here."
The place is waiting, who knows how often Liu Jiangpu can come and take a bath in the hot springs?"
Liang Xianchun asked Xu Zhiqiong to be the vanguard, and Xu Zhiqiong led Qingyi Pavilion to trek all the way and arrived in Huazhou three days ago.
He was not in a hurry to go to Qiluo County. No matter whether there was really a blood sinister sect general altar there, or it was a trap deliberately left by Gao Renxiao, Xu Zhiqiong did not dare to take risks easily, and settled Qingyi Pavilion in Quequan Township on the border of Raozhou.
After the girl took a bath in the spring there and rested for a few days, he came alone to Yuling City, where the state capital was located.
After staying in Yuling City for one day, Xu Zhiqiong used peach blossom petals to find Tao Huayuan. He originally wanted to join forces with Tao Huayuan to capture Liu Jiangpu, but Tao Huayuan insisted on letting him wait for Liu Jiangpu to show up at the soft smoke spring outside the city.
"We'll have to wait here for three days at most. The local Yin-Yang cultivators all know that Liu Jiangpu must come to the Soft Smoke Spring once a month. There are only three days left in the first lunar month, and he hasn't come so far in the New Year."
Xu Zhiqiong picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "Why does he come here every month? There is nothing special here."
Tao Huayuan helped Xu Zhiqiong peel off a crab claw, dipped it in some vinegar juice and minced ginger, and sent it to Xu Zhiqiong's mouth: "The reason has not yet been found out, but you must not go to Tongzhifu. There is a magic circle there, and even I can't."
It can't be cracked. Last time, an Onmyoji accidentally broke into Tongzhifu. Not only did he suffer injuries all over his body, but he also left his hand and tail. Liu Jiangpu sent people to search around and almost exposed the Onmyoji."
Xu Zhiqiong was startled. Tao Huayuan is best at the magic circle: "If you can't break it, is it still the Yin-Yang magic circle?"
Tao Huayuan pondered for a long time and said: "The magic circle in front of Tongzhifu has the smell of yin and yang, but the origin of the qi cannot be seen. It is very different from the magic circle I learned. If Junior Sister He is here, maybe he can
Think of something."
Xu Zhiqiong blinked: "The junior sister He you are talking about is He Fang? Is she more proficient in magic circles than you?"
"It's not proficient, but she has special methods. In order to deal with you, I almost died at the hands of the chamberlain Lu Yunxi. He Fang used a strange magic circle to help me escape. I haven't figured out the way to the magic circle so far.
, maybe the master taught her some strange skills."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Miss He for a long time."
"What are you doing to see her?" Tao Huayuan opened a clam and stuffed it into Xu Zhiqiong's mouth, "Just stay here and soak. Wake up tonight and continue soaking tomorrow morning!"
Seeing Tao Huayuan's jealous face, Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "Good Tao'er, don't be angry. A man will come to sell jade in a while. I will pick a piece for you."
"Jade?" Tao Huayuan was startled, "Isn't it slippery jade?"
"Yes, it's Huayu. According to what he said, it seems to be a specialty of Huazhou."
"You thief!" Tao Huayuan grabbed Xu Zhiqiong and said, "There is a spring at the top of Baiqing Mountain. The spring water is so hot that it can make people's skin peel off and their flesh rot. If you dare to buy that slippery jade, I will throw you into the fire tonight."
In the spring!"
What is the origin of this slippery jade that makes Tao Huayuan so angry?
While Xu Zhiqiong was puzzling, he suddenly heard a knock on the door. Tao Huayuan set up a magic circle. Before leaving, she told Xu Zhiqiong: "If you see Liu Jiangpu, don't rush to take action. The guards around him are extraordinary."
generation."
Tao Huayuan left, and Xu Zhiqiong put away her bowls and chopsticks, untied the magic circle, and opened the door.
The waiter was waiting at the door with a dozen pieces of slippery jade.
It is really a fine jade.
Pure color, well-proportioned size, crystal clear, warm, soft and smooth.
The waiter brought more than a dozen yuan into the outhouse and said, "Send hello to the guest officer."
More than a dozen young beauties saluted Xu Zhiqiong in unison.
It turns out this is slippery jade.
The waiter smiled and said: "High-quality slippery jade, both talented and beautiful, not inferior to the famous ladies in the capital. You only need five taels of silver for a night of playing with me. Isn't this a fair price?"
One night's stay at Yinggeyuan costs at least fifty taels of silver.
Regardless of their talents, the beauty of these girls is not inferior to the musicians of Wuyin Pavilion, even if they are not as good as the master of the pavilion.
Xu Zhiqiong nodded repeatedly and said: "Justice, really justice!"
"Your Majesty, please feel free to choose. If you don't like it, you can change it within an hour."
Xu Zhiqiong then nodded and said: "So sincere!"
The waiter said: "The sapphire girl is good at playing the pipa, the red jade girl is good at playing the flute, and the white jade girl is good at playing the Yaoqin. I wonder which piece of beautiful jade my guest has chosen?"
Is there such a good talent?
Xu Zhiqiong was stunned. He didn't see any of the pipa, dongxiao, and yaoqin.
"Where are all the instruments?"
The waiter smiled and said: "It's all on the guest."
Xu Zhiqiong suddenly enlightened, smiled foolishly for a while, looked at the petals in his hand, and asked: "It is said that there is a Miequan in Baiqing Mountain, is it true?"
The waiter nodded and said: "But there is such a spring water. Fresh fish can be opened and sucked clean, soaked in the spring water, and it will be cooked in an instant. The fragrance of the spring will remain in the fish meat. It is called spring soup. Add appropriate seasonings, and it will be unique.
If you like the flavor, I will cook some for you tomorrow."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "That's all, I don't want this jade anymore."
The clerk was stunned, why did the guest officer's attitude change when he mentioned Miequan?
What does this have to do with Miequan?
The waiter thought for a moment and ordered the girls to leave. Then he smiled and said, "Since your Majesty doesn't like slippery jade, I still have a few pieces of jade here for you to enjoy."
Not long after, the waiter brought some handsome men.
So green!
Huazhou is really a good place, and this road is even higher than that of Beijing.
"I don't want jade either." Xu Zhiqiong flatly refused.
The waiter frowned, took the "emerald jade" out of the room, closed the door, and asked, "Why did you come to the soft smoke spring if you are not here to buy jade?"
What about hot spring bathing? Isn't hot spring bathing the main business here?
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Brother, I made it clear before that I am here to find someone."
The waiter was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know what I want you to do if you come to see Liu Tongzhi?"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled, this guy was really hiding his secrets.
"I came from the capital to seek money from Liu Tongzhi."
The clerk frowned: "My guest, please think carefully. As far as I know, anyone who comes to see Liu Tongzhi will lose their money."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I am not an ordinary person. Please give this silk handkerchief to Liu Tongzhi. He will know it as soon as he sees it."
The waiter took the silk handkerchief and saw that it was embroidered with several green bamboo branches. The bamboo branches were intertwined to form the character "张".
The waiter looked at it for a long time, took the silk handkerchief away, saluted Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Sir, please stay in the inn for two more days. All the expenses for food, drink, and jade appreciation will be charged to the inn's account."