As early as a few months ago, Fang Xiaopang's uncle once said that when he arrived in the capital, he must go to Fang Mansion to inform him.
Fang Hong was the chief examiner of the Lingzhou Prefectural Examination. After arriving in the capital, he did not visit Fang Mansion, which was both emotionally and logically unjustifiable.
In addition, Li Tianlan should also notify Li Tianlan, but he does not know where the Chu envoy will stay for the time being, and he went to visit the Chu envoy as soon as he arrived in the capital. It would be a bit bad if someone noticed it.
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Tang Ning of the Fang Mansion planned to wait until after the Lantern Festival before going there. As for Li Tianlan, he had better put it aside first. Tang Yaojing's "loyal advice" was still ringing in his ears before leaving. Who knows if she has any eyes and ears in the capital?
Going to see Li Tianlan, the thorn in her side, on the second day after arriving in Beijing is much more serious than messing with a woman.
Tang Ning shook her head secretly. Xiao Yi, the principal of the palace, didn't say anything, and Xiao Ru, the half-primary palace, didn't say that she knew some random women. She was just... a neighbor, so she had too much to worry about.
He gave the old beggar the last jar of wine he had steamed on the road, walked out of the room, and walked downstairs. They arrived in Beijing very late yesterday, so they just found a random inn and paid for the day's accommodation.
The environment here is not bad, and he plans to stay for another half month.
At the counter downstairs, the clerk looked at him and said, "Sir, I'm so sorry. You only made a reservation for one day last night, and you didn't come over to say hello in the morning. Those rooms were already booked just now."
Although moving things was a bit troublesome, it was indeed his negligence. Tangning thought about it and said, "Then let's change it to another room."
The waiter looked at him, shook his head again and said, "I'm sorry, sir, our store is fully booked today."
The inn was full, so they had to find another place.
Fortunately, all the old beggar's luggage was a wine gourd. Apart from his knife, Peng Chen only had a few changes of clothes. Tang Ning didn't have many things of her own, so she quickly packed them up, left the room, and walked out of the inn.
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The capital is the capital city, with a huge flow of people. People from all over the world gather here, and there are naturally many inns for people to stay. It didn't take long before I saw another one.
Peng Chen walked in and walked out after a while, shook his head and said, "It's full."
Shangyuan is the most lively festival of the year, and it is also the year of the imperial examination. Students from all over the country gather in the capital. It is common for the inn rooms to be tight, but they walked through several streets, and all the inns were full, and some
It's unusual.
Especially when they saw with their own eyes that an inn that they had just been told was full had several guests checking in in a short period of time.
The old beggar held the wine gourd, took a sip of wine, smacked his lips and said, "Did you offend someone?"
Tang Ning looked at the bustling crowd on the street and whispered, "Is it so fast?"
Peng Chen looked at him, his face darkened, and said, "I'll ask them!"
"No need." Tangning waved her hand and said, "Let's go, let's go somewhere else."
After saying that, he turned around and went back.
Peng Chen followed behind him carrying his baggage.
The old beggar re-plugged the wine gourd, looked back in a certain direction, and then followed leisurely.
At the end of his sight, in a private room of a restaurant somewhere, a young man looked away from the window.
He glanced at the street below, then at the young man sipping a drink in the private room, and asked: "Second Young Master, has that man ever offended you?"
The young man held a pretty woman with his left hand, drank a glass of wine, leaned over and kissed the woman, drank the wine in his mouth, and watched a trace of blush appear on the woman's face, then picked up the wine glass again,
He said: "You don't need to worry about this. In short, just don't let him stay in the capital comfortably."
The young man thought for a moment, looked at him and asked, "What do you mean by the second young master?"
The young man's hands wandered around the woman's body and he said calmly: "Be careful and don't kill anyone."
The young man smiled and said, "I understand."
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The streets of the capital.
The old beggar looked up at the plaque of a luxurious loft, then looked at Tangning and asked, "Are you sure we want to live here?"
Looking at the three large characters "Red Sleeve Pavilion" gilded on the plaque, Tang Ning was a little surprised.
He knew that the Tang family also had business in the capital, but he did not expect that Rich Man Tang, who looked thick-browed, honest and honest, was actually engaged in brothel business in the capital.
He was sure that Tang Yaoyao didn't know about this, otherwise she wouldn't have given him such a sign and also reminded him not to mess around outside.
Or does she mean not to mess around with women outside? The girls in her brothel can have in-depth conversations casually?
No matter what, they walked around the streets of the capital for several hours and only saw this one place with the obvious mark of the Tang family. Tangning shook her head and said, "Let's go in and have a look."
When he stepped into the attic and looked inside, for a moment, he felt as if he had stepped into another world.
There are pleasant sounds of silk and bamboo surrounding the ears. On a high platform in the middle of the lobby, several voluptuous women are dancing to the music. Every movement is in line with the rhythm of the music. At a glance, it gives people the ultimate feeling.
of beauty.
They all wore very thin clothes. Under the gauze-like clothes, their snow-white skin was looming, sometimes exposing their navel, or a small section of smooth skin...
Gudong.
Tang Ning noticed that Peng Chen swallowed softly and bent his body slightly.
The old beggar threw the wine gourd behind him, took it from his crotch in a very graceless manner, turned to look at Tang Ning, and said seriously: "Let's live here."
There were not many guests in the loft. Apart from the dancers above, there were only about a dozen of them. Judging from their clothing, they were all either rich or noble.
Compared with them, Tang Ning and the other three, especially the old beggar, seemed a bit too different.
A man who looked like a shopkeeper walked over from inside, looked at the three of them in surprise, and finally stopped at Tang Ning. He smiled and said, "Sir, please show me the jade sign."
Tangning looked at him and asked, "Jade plaque?"
The shopkeeper nodded and said: "Only those with the jade token given by me can enter this pavilion."
He looked at Tang Ning and others and said politely: "This pavilion is neither a brothel nor an inn. If you want to stay in a hotel or have fun, please go out and turn left."
Tangning raised her head, looked at the sign on a pillar in the attic again, took out a wooden sign from her arms, and said, "I don't have a jade sign, can a wooden sign be okay?"
The logo here is the same as the logo on the sign Tang Yaoji gave him, but what he wants is a jade sign. Is the sign in his hand useful?
The shopkeeper looked at the wooden sign in his hand, his body trembled, and he immediately asked: "Sir, can I show this sign to the villain?"
Tang Ning handed him the wooden sign casually.
The shopkeeper took the wooden sign, looked at it over and over for a while, then handed it to him and said, "Sir, wait a moment, I'll be back soon."
He trotted around the high platform and ran to the rear. He quickly ran out again, took the wooden sign from Tang Ning's hand again, and matched it with the other one in his hand.
The patterns on the edges of the two wooden plaques fit perfectly together, and together they are exactly the same as the patterns on the pillars in the pavilion.
The shopkeeper handed the wooden sign to Tang Ning, bowed and said respectfully, "I wonder what your orders are, Master?"
"It's not like there were any orders." Tangning glanced at him in surprise, shook her head and said, "Do you have a place to stay here?"
The shopkeeper nodded without any hesitation and said respectfully: "Sir, please come with me."
He led Tang Ning and the three of them to the high platform, and Tang Ning discovered that the high platform extended from the stairs in the middle, and there were steps on both sides that could go up to the second floor.
"Sir, please follow me upstairs."
When Tangning and he walked upstairs, as soon as they stepped on the steps, a voice came from behind them.
"Stop!" A young man stepped forward, looked at the shopkeeper, and asked: "Don't you allow guests to go up to the second floor of your Hongxiu Pavilion? What does this mean?"
The shopkeeper looked at him and explained: "Young Master, this young master is a distinguished guest of our Red Sleeve Pavilion..."
"Dignified guest?" The young man was startled when he heard this, and then said angrily: "He is your honored guest, but I am not your honored guest!"
Without waiting for the shopkeeper to answer, he strode up the steps, pointed at the woman dancing on the stage, and said angrily: "You said that the second floor is the girls' boudoir and no outsiders are allowed to enter. It turned out to be a fool.
You dare to fool even me, let me tell you, my young master not only wants to go up today, but also wants them to accompany me. One is not enough, I want ten!"
"Haha..." As soon as he finished speaking, a laugh came from his ears.
The young man turned around suddenly, pointed at the old beggar, and said angrily: "Why are you laughing!"
The old beggar looked at him with a look of ridicule on his face and said: "How can a little boy pretend to be an expert in flowers?"
The young man was startled, and his face turned blood red instantly. He pointed at him and said in a trembling voice: "You, you don't want to spit on others!"
"I can tell from your face that your kidneys are not good." The old beggar looked at him, shook his head, and asked: "Young man, can't you get up... in the morning?"
The young man's body trembled, and his face turned from red to white and then to red...
