Chai Yan and Jimo Qiao followed the waiter to the second floor.
As they were going upstairs, the waiter asked politely: "What do you call the two gentlemen?"
Chai Yan said simply: "My surname is Chai, and her surname is Qiao."
"It turns out that we are Mr. Chai and Mr. Qiao, two elegant guests. Welcome..."
After the waiter exchanged warm greetings, he introduced himself with a smile: "The younger one's name is Erhu. If you need anything, please just ask me, haha..."
Chai Yan nodded slightly and responded softly.
But Jimo Qiao asked curiously: "Your name is interesting, is it because you play the erhu well?"
The Erhu shook his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Qiao is joking. The younger one can't play the Erhu. The younger one can pour tea and water to serve the elegant guests. To be honest, the young master, the younger one's real name is not nice, so the owner thinks he can't do it."
In order to satisfy the guests' taste, we changed it to Erhu."
Jimo Qiao was very curious and asked: "What is your real name? Tell me..."
Erhu scratched his head in embarrassment and lowered his voice: "Er... Ergou."
"Er Gou? Hahaha...forget it, the erhu still sounds better..."
Jimo Qiao was overjoyed, and the Erhu himself also laughed.
Chai Yan also smiled slightly, and then asked Erhu: "By the way, what is the name of your place?"
Erhu felt strange. There was such a big sign hanging in front of the door, and the name was written clearly. Didn't you guys take a look at it before coming in?
How did the guy know that Chai Yan and Jimo Qiao came in to hide from others?
"Back to Young Master Chai, our place is called Yiren Pavilion! Our girl is proficient in playing piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, playing, playing and singing. She is famous in the whole Calabash Street..."
Then, Erhu introduced the situation of Yiren Pavilion eloquently, looking very proud.
Chai Yan did not interrupt Erhu and allowed him to continue the introduction. He only nodded slightly when Erhu looked back at him to show that he was listening.
As for Jimo Qiao, he looked disdainful, secretly despising those stinky men who came here to have fun!
Under the guidance of the erhu, Chai Yan and Jimo Qiao came to a room at the end of the corridor on the second floor.
Erhu went up and opened the door, bowed with a smile and said: "Mr. Chai, Mr. Qiao, please come in..."
Chai Yan nodded politely, raised his legs and walked into the room. As soon as he entered the room, the aroma of powder poured into his nose.
When he was at Hexiangyuan, Chai Yan was exposed to a lot of the smell of rouge and gouache, so this smell was not unfamiliar to him.
But for Jimo Qiao, it was very strong. When she came in, she raised her hand to cover her nose, frowning and said: "This is too fragrant, I don't like it!"
Erhu was very clever. When he saw what Jimo Qiao said, he quickly ran to open the two windows of the house. While waving his hands to fan out, he said: "Mr. Qiao, don't worry, ventilate, and it will be fine if you ventilate."
Tasty..."
Chai Yan was still satisfied with the elegant style of the room, so he decided: "That's good! Erhu, go get something to eat and drink, and then don't disturb us if you have nothing to do."
"I'll be here soon, gentlemen, I'll wait a moment!" Erhu agreed quickly, quickly left the room, and gently closed the door.
Jimo Qiao came to the window to get some air and said disappointedly: "This is a brothel. I thought there was something there. It's nothing special..."
Chai Yan sat down and leaned back in his chair, saying: "A brothel is...forget it, a little girl, she doesn't even understand..."
"Why don't I understand?" Jimo Qiao raised his chin and said, "You men come here just to find those shameless women to sleep with!"
Chai Yan disagreed with Jimo Qiao's idea and immediately said: "Ms. Qiao, what you said is wrong! Although the women in the brothel have a humble status, they can get away with it as 'shameless'. Do you think there is any woman in this world?"
Are you willing to entertain people with sex and make a living by selling laughter in the hook bar? If it were not forced by life, I believe no one would be willing to go to this step!"
Jimo Qiao knew that what Chai Yan said made sense, but he still curled his lips and said: "You worked as a bookkeeper in a brothel, of course you can speak for them!"
Chai Yan said in surprise: "Your sister even told you this?"
"Ah! That's not true..." Jimo Qiao raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "My sister told me everything about you!"
Chai Yan shrugged slightly and said: "It's not a secret anyway..."
While I was talking, the erhu came back.
"You two gentlemen, the younger one has brought you some tea..."
Chai Yan responded: "Come in, I happen to be thirsty."
After receiving the consent, Erhu gently opened the door and carefully placed the tea and cakes on the coffee table next to Chai Yan.
Chai Yan picked up the tea and drank it. A warm and sweet taste entered his throat, and he immediately felt much more relaxed.
"Yeah, good tea!" Chai Yan praised with a smile.
Erhu nodded happily after hearing this.
Jimo Qiao still stood by the window and said in a neutral tone: "Do you know how to drink tea? What kind of good tea can a small brothel have..."
Chai Yan was too lazy to argue with Jimo Qiao. He did not know much about tea, but he could still tell the difference between good tea and bad tea. For him, good tea is good tea!
Erhu heard Jimo Qiao's words, but he still smiled as if he hadn't heard them. He had seen so many picky customers, and he absolutely could not answer these words.
Chai Yan ate a piece of pastry, and when he saw Erhu still hadn't left, he understood something. He immediately took out a piece of silver and threw it to him, saying, "Go out. Don't disturb us unless I call you."
"I'm sure, I'll definitely not disturb you two." Erhu got the reward and left immediately with a smile on his face.
Chai Yan got up and went over to bolt the door, then came back and sat down, continuing to drink tea and eat.
"Aren't you hungry?" Chai Yan asked while eating: "Come over and eat something, it tastes good..."
Jimo Qiao remained motionless, tilted his head and said, "I won't eat it! I won't eat dirty things from dirty places!"
Chai Yan smiled and asked, "Then you are still coming?"
"I'm just here to keep an eye on you, not to eat or drink." Jimo Qiao's reasons were impeccable.
Chai Yan curled his lips, tilted his head and said, "Okay, okay, whatever you want..."
Even though he said this, Chai Yan deliberately left more than half of the cakes for Jimo Qiao.
On the other side, after delivering the refreshments, Erhu went to the owner's room. After calling the door, a woman's voice came from the room.
"It's the erhu, come in."
Erhu opened the door and entered the room. At this time, behind a desk in the room, there was a beautiful woman in her thirties who was writing calculations.
"Master! Two guests came just now. The younger one arranged them in the innermost room..."
After Erhu finished speaking, he placed the silver ingot on the beautiful woman's table.
The beautiful woman stopped writing for a moment, raised her eyes and glanced at the money on the table, and asked: "You came so early, do you want to see Miss Yuzhu?"
Erhu thought for a while, shook his head slightly and said: "Back to the owner, it doesn't seem to be the case. The two people are a man and a woman. The woman is wearing men's clothes. I can't tell whose girl it is. The younger one observed in the room for a while.
,Look...it looks like you are here to have an affair..."
The reason why Erhu made this judgment was mainly because Chai Yan said not to disturb them.
"Huh? An affair?" The beautiful woman suddenly became happy, and immediately put down her pen and said: "I have been running this beauty salon for so many years, and this is the first time I have encountered such an interesting thing, hahaha..."
Erhu agreed with a smile on his face: "Yes, owner, these two people actually use our place as an inn."
The beautiful woman picked up the silver ingot and looked at it, then warned: "Erhu, keep a close eye on these two guests. Don't neglect them. Do you understand?"
"I understand, sir, please rest assured." Erhu was very happy, thinking that Mr. Chai was very generous, and he would definitely be rewarded a lot for greeting him.
A quarter of an hour later, in the room at the end of the second floor.
Chai Yan was lying on the chair with his legs crossed, while the pastries on the coffee table next to him had been wiped out.
Jimo Qiao stood by the window holding a teacup and drinking. While drinking, he explained: "If I hadn't eaten less when I went out in the morning, I wouldn't care about these foods!"
Chai Yan said lazily: "Jimo Qiao, I didn't say anything to you, just eat it..."
"Humph." Jimo Qiao hummed lightly and continued to look out the window and drink tea.
Suddenly, Jimo Qiao thought of a question, so he turned around and asked, "By the way, Chai Yan, who did you arrange to tell the Queen about the daily visits to brothels and gambling stalls?"
"Of course there is someone! But who it is, don't ask..."
Chai Yan's tone was lazy and mysterious, and he stretched hard after speaking.