With Jimo Qiao's carriage in hand, Chai Yan started a whole day's search.
In order to save time and travel a few more streets, the group picked some portable food for lunch and ate it while riding in the car.
However, from morning until nightfall, Chai Yan still did not detect Tai Shuming's whereabouts. Everyone was very frustrated, but they had to end the day's search.
By the time Jimo Qiao's carriage stopped outside the Wude Division, it was already Xu hour.
"Don't be discouraged, we will continue looking tomorrow!" Jimo Qiao stuck his head out and said to Chai Yan who got out of the car.
Chai Yan nodded, said a few words casually, and then sent Jimo Qiao away.
After the carriage was gone, Chai Yan was about to go back to Wudesi, when he heard someone calling from behind: "Master Chai, are you back..."
Chai Yan heard the sound and looked over, vaguely remembering where he had seen the person calling him, but Chai Yan couldn't remember it for a moment.
"Who are you?" Chai Yan asked.
The visitor said: "Mr. Chai, don't you remember me? My master is Mr. Zhao!"
"Master Zhao...Zhao Cong?" Chai Yan then remembered that the person in front of him was a general of Zhao Cong's family. He had met him twice when he was at Yangxin Temple, but he didn't know his name.
"That's right!" The general nodded in relief and said, "Mr. Chai, my master invites you to have a drink, you are back!"
The general said that he came early in the morning, but Chai Yan was not there, so he kept waiting here all day long.
After hearing this, Chai Yan apologized and said: "I'm sorry, I have something to do. Actually, you don't have to wait like this. Just ask someone to leave me a letter..."
The general shook his head and said: "No! The master said that I must see you in person to invite him, otherwise it would be rude... Mr. Chai, it's getting late, so just follow me!"
"Now?" Chai Yan was slightly surprised: "Where to go?"
The general said: "It's not far from here, Yayuan."
Chai Yan suddenly realized that when they talked about drinking wine, they meant drinking flower wine!
Yayuan is a very famous brothel in the capital. Chai Yan has not long been in the capital, but he has heard of this place.
As far as Chai Yan knew, not to mention that the expenses in Yayuan were horribly high, and it was not a place where ordinary people could come and go at will.
Let’s put it this way, if you don’t have some reputation and background in the capital, the door of Graceland will never be open to you!
Chai Yan did not refuse Zhao Cong's invitation. Firstly, he happened to have something and wanted to ask Zhao Cong for help. Secondly, he also wanted to go to Yayuan and see what was extraordinary about this high-end brothel.
Accompanied by his family general, Chai Yan arrived at the gate of Yayuan.
Judging from the facade and decoration, there is no significant difference between Yayuan and other brothels. The only difference is that there are no girls standing at the door to welcome guests and greet guests warmly.
There were a lot of people coming in and out, and everyone was very orderly. They showed their pass signs to a middle-aged man in charge at the door before they were allowed to enter the park.
Chai Yan understood from a distance that this was a high-level membership-only brothel, and you were not eligible to enter without a pass.
Why does a place like this need girls to come out to attract customers? If they are very popular, how can they be short of customers?
"Master Chai, please come with me..." the general said.
Chai Yan nodded and followed the general.
The general had no intention of queuing up, but accompanied Chai Yan directly to the middle-aged steward.
The middle-aged steward just finished checking other people's pass signs. At this time, he saw someone trying to jump in line, so he turned around and looked at Chai Yan and the two.
The middle-aged steward's face gradually darkened when he saw the two people meeting each other, but he still asked politely: "Which adult are you looking for?"
The general smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and handed a wooden sign to the middle-aged steward. The steward took it and looked at it, his expression suddenly changed, and then he bowed politely and returned the wooden sign to the general with both hands.
"Please, both of you!" the middle-aged steward made way for the door.
The general said with a smile: "Master Chai, please come inside!"
The guests who were still queuing up all cast strange glances, but no one raised any objection to Chai Yan and his wife for jumping in line to enter the park.
These are all sensible people. If the stewards of Yayuan can show such a respectful attitude, they must not be ordinary people.
Chai Yan smiled politely and walked into Yayuan with his head held high, followed closely by his family.
As soon as the two left, a curious person asked the middle-aged manager: "Manager Li, who is that young man?"
The person he asked was naturally Chai Yan.
The middle-aged steward glanced at the person who asked the question and asked: "You ask me, who should I ask?"
The man didn't give up and continued to ask: "Whose adult does the pass sign just now belong to?"
The middle-aged manager smiled mysteriously and said, "I'll just say one word, and you can guess for yourself..."
"Which word?" The people behind him also became interested.
"Zhao!" the middle-aged manager said neatly.
"oh!"
As soon as this word was spoken, several people at the door made sounds of enlightenment.
Entering Yayuan and arriving at the hall, Chai Yan was immediately attracted by the scene in front of him. In the hall, he saw cloud-top sandalwood beams, crystal jade bis as lamps, pearl agate as curtains, and even the pillar bases were made of gold.
In addition, there is a dazzling and bright pearl hanging on the top of the hall treasure, shining like a bright moon!
The general did not rush Chai Yan and allowed him to admire everything in the hall for a while before saying: "Master Chai, please come this way!"
Next, Chai Yan followed the general to the third floor.
As soon as he went upstairs, Chai Yan saw a familiar face from a distance, Zhao Xuan!
At this time, Zhao Xuan was guarding outside a room with several generals. Although the door of the room was closed, it could not cut off the happy sounds of the orioles inside.
Chai Yan walked over and said politely, "Hello, Manager Zhao!"
Zhao Xuan returned the gift and said with a smile: "Master Chai, you are finally here. The young master has talked about you many times!"
After saying that, Zhao Xuan gently opened the door and entered, reporting the situation to Zhao Cong.
Then, Zhao Cong, who smelled of alcohol, actually ran to the door himself, grabbed Chai Yan's wrist, and shouted: "Come on, come in quickly!"
The next moment, Chai Yan was pulled into the room by a violent force.
Passing around the huge screen, Chai Yan saw two charming women in the room. Their beautiful eyes and peach-cheeked smiles were by no means comparable to those with rouge and powder that they had seen before.
"Chai Yan! Which of these two do you like? Pick one!"
Zhao Cong and Chai Yan stood side by side, putting one hand on Chai Yan's shoulder and pointing at the two women with the other and asked.
Before Chai Yan could say anything, two beautiful women immediately stood up and walked towards Chai Yan, saying politely one after another: