The hall is full of gold and jade. Just by listening to the name, you can tell that the owner of this pleasure boat is not ordinary.

Since ancient times, the brothel industry has been one of the three most profitable industries. From an economic perspective, this is determined by the strong demand and supply relationship caused by the imbalance in the ratio of men and women and the uneven distribution of sexual resources. Of course, this industry also has its own three advantages. First, the risk is small and the returns are high. Compared with the other two industries, it does not need to risk losing its head to fight against the harsh laws, nor does it require extremely high professional talents to figure out human nature; second, the cost is low, it does not occupy land or houses, and only needs a bed to work; third, there are many people, easy to get started, and there is no need to consume a lot of training costs.

Of course, a pleasure boat of the level of Jinyu Mantang cannot be just about flesh and blood, but provides people with deeper spiritual needs. In addition to experiencing the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, which have their own merits, they also provide more people with places to communicate with each other. Practice has proved that in the romantic scene, the cost of communication between people is the lowest, and it is the easiest to negotiate business.

Those who can come to the hall of gold and jade are generally people with status in the local area, either the princes of the Sixth Ministry of Hall, or the famous scholars all over the world. At the least, they must be nouveau riche in Jinling City.

So when Mr. Lu, who was in the Jinyu Mantang, heard that there were two men with no status, asked to board the boat, his first reaction was to refuse. The key was that the two of them also brought an outdated brothel singer, which made him even more amused and crying. He had seen many people who came for fun, but this was the first time he had heard of those who brought their own drinks.

What's more, his master Du Chonglou will be here tonight to entertain a VIP guest, Li Changsheng, the fourth young master of the Li family in Jinling. This biggest playboy in Jinling City spends enough money on the Qinhuai River every year to buy a few gold and jade.

Although Du Chonglou was the son of the Little Minister of Rites in Jinling, his old man was about to retire and had no power in the court. If he wanted to get involved in other businesses, he would inevitably have the interests of other forces, so he got a house full of gold and jade and gained some side doors. After all, this was not a long-term solution, so he thought about currying favor with the fourth young master of the Li family and invited friends in three or five circles, hoping to take the opportunity to get closer to the Li family and gain a place in Jinling City.

Although Li Changsheng is a member of the three-person family of the Li family, he is also a core figure in the family and has mastered a large part of the wealth in the family. The three-person family of the Li family, Li Xiaohua, and one-person family are in charge of family affairs, mainly targeting the forces of the martial arts world and the court. Li Xiaocao and the other-person family are focused on the officialdom. His two sons, Li Shaoqing and Li Jintang, also work in the capital and Jinling, while the three-person Li Xiaoshu family is focused on business transactions in the family.

At such a critical moment tonight, how could Chief Lu let the two of them get on the boat?

When the servant who was currently sending the letter informed Li Qingcheng of the other party's reply, Li Qingcheng nodded with a smile and said, "My brother, just take us over."

The shipman was a little hesitant, "Mr. Lu has great prestige in this area. Since he clearly refused, if I force you to send you there, I am afraid that I will not be able to mess up on the Qinhuai River in the future."

Li Qingcheng took out a ingot of silver and handed it over, "This piece of silver is enough to buy your ferry boat. You don't have to send us there, just follow us and get closer."

When the boatman saw that it was profitable, he agreed readily. He had done this more than once. Some customers who were good at ease were not qualified to go to the hall of gold and jade, so he rented a small boat and followed him. On the one hand, he was a stolen wall and stole the light. On the boat, he could also enjoy the music of silk and bamboo, or the graceful singing of the singer. On the other hand, he took the opportunity to go up and chat with him while the guests got off the boat.

"In the past, it's OK, but you must keep a distance of more than three meters."

The sky gradually darkened.

The boatman carried the three of them to Jinyumantang and followed closely behind it. Soon, four or five more pleasure boats leaned over.

There are such benefits on the banks of the Qinhuai River. Even if the sun is enough during the day, at night, the cool breeze blows up the water splashes brought on the oars and rushes into the face. There are also several pleasure boats passing through them. The picture is very beautiful. No wonder people always linger. Even the famous white-clothed Qing Xiangliu Sanbian left a famous saying here: "I have to let go of my fame and sing in a low voice."

In the hall, the sound of silk and bamboo suddenly heard.

Immediately, the singer's sing came, "There are lotus trees in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lotus leaves are everywhere, fish play among lotus leaves, fish play east, fish play west, fish play south, and fish play north."

The sound was gentle and crisp and spread from all directions, and there was no musical instrument accompaniment, which immediately made the erotic lyrics and erotic songs on other pleasure boats dimly.

Xiao Jinyan said, "In the future of Qinhuai, there will be such a moving song."

Li Qingcheng said, "This ship is full of beasts in clothes. When wearing clothes, you have to be a vassal."

The boatman laughed and said, "The person who sang this song is Tanhua on the Qinhuai River in the new Jin Dynasty. His stage name is Ye Ying. It's not to be hiding it. Her real name is Wang Cuihua, and she is half of my fellow villager."

Every year, there is a ceremony competition on the Qinhuai River, and it is ranked like the imperial examination. The first one is the ceremony, followed by the second one, and then the second one is the school.

Li Qingcheng said, "It's still Wang Cuihua that is more pleasant."

After this song, everyone in the pleasure boats were cheering. The surrounding several pleasure boats were not willing to be outdone, and they played and sang, trying to compete with Jinyu Mantang.

Zhao Ya said, "Jinyu Mantang is very famous here. If other people from the pleasure boat want to gain fame, many of them have to follow behind, and there is some competition for beauty. The young master is here."

Li Qingcheng smiled, "I didn't expect that in the future, even the tricks will emerge one after another."

As expected, after the other boats were singing, more than ten people came out of the hall, including men and women, standing on the bow of the boat, pointing at the other boats and laughing at them wantonly.

"I'm singing at this level, and I'm so embarrassed to come here to show off my skills. If I were you, I would have plunged into the Qinhuai River long ago!"

"It's Ye Ying's Lotus Picking Song, Su Liu'er's Man Tingfang, no one is better than you. If Miss Shi takes action, you will be considered as a humiliation here."

Although Ye Ying and Su Liuer are not the top players, they are also the Twelve Beauties of Jinling.

Everyone laughed loudly, and the rest of the pleasure boats were ashamed of their words and left in a boat.

Li Qingcheng asked, "Who is Miss Shi?"

Zhao Ya said, "Last year, the top card on the Qinhuai River was named Shi, famous Shishi, good at singing and dancing, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are not bad."

"How about you?"

Zhao Ya said, "It's just that there is a financial supporter behind her who is holding her."

There is a bit of arrogance in his words. After all, he was once famous in Qinhuai, so he still has this confidence.

Someone saw Li Qingcheng and said sarcastically, "How come there are still people who are still there and refuse to leave?"

"It's just a ferry boat. Looking at there is a girl, can you still want to fight a song?"

Li Qingcheng looked at the boat, and there were several singers surrounded by five or six young men, pointing at this side, but Li Changsheng was not among them.

He was here to make trouble tonight. When he heard the other party’s provocation, he laughed and said, “Yes, please invite your Shishi girl out. I will bring one person. I want to compete with her!”

Someone had sharp eyes and recognized the person on the boat, "Isn't this Zhao Ya?"

Some people have never heard of Zhao Ya's name and asked, "Who is Zhao Ya?"

The man preached, "I was considered a famous prostitute in Qinhuai back then, but he just ruined his appearance. Now he has become a dark kiln that attracts guests by the river. I heard that one night sleeps for only 200 people. Haha!"

Zhao Ya's face was unstable, but she was very restrained.

"Two hundred citations? I don't want to give it to me for free. The dogs in my house cost 100 taels of silver for every breed."

"Can you compare it? The dogs in front of the prime minister's door are all fourth-rank officials. Your father is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. How come your dog has to be sixth-rank. When someone goes out, he can carry a sedan chair and can't eat ten taels a day? To be honest, I have read the article you wrote about raising dogs in "Jinling Bagua" before."

“How is it written?”

"The writing style is beautiful and the words are gorgeous, especially the sentence, "The powerful family is better than the human life." It can be said to be a sharp attack. It is worthy of being the descendant of the official school. In the next imperial examination, I will definitely be on the list of the imperial examination!"

Xiao Jinyan shook his head secretly. The so-called descendants of famous families, the powerful and powerful, and the words were vulgar, which was no different from the peddlers and barracks in the streets and alleys.

Li Qingcheng said, "Dare you dare to ask Miss Shishi, how dare you fight?"

As she spoke, a woman in colorful clothes walked out of the crowd and saw Li Qingcheng, her eyes suddenly lit up. How could there be such a beautiful man in the world? She immediately thought, even so, she was just a vulgar person without fame, but she received training since childhood and her words were not as vulgar as others, and she just smiled faintly.

Du Chonglou, the son of the Minister of Rites, is also the owner of the Jinyu Mantang. He is waiting for Li Changsheng to come. He has nothing to do. When he saw Li Qingcheng coming forward to provoke, he was displeased and said, "That bitch Zhao Ya, let's forget it. You look like you, so why don't you get on the boat and have a few drinks with us. If you serve it well, I will reward you with a silver ingot, how about it?"

The powerful and powerful family in Jinling was extravagant, and some even liked men's style and took it as a fashion. This kind of thing was not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Qingcheng pondered, "I'm afraid it's a silver ingot, it's not enough."

Du Chonglou gave a few instructions, and within a moment, someone took out a women's gold silk wool clothes from the pleasure boat and handed them to him, "I will invite a distinguished guest later. If you put it on, it will make the distinguished guest happy, I can give you ten silver ingots."

"Ten ingots are not enough."

"Then you offer a price."

Li Qingcheng pointed to Jinyumantang and said, "What if I want to get off this pleasure boat?"

Everyone cursed, "You kid, you have eaten the courage of the bear heart and leopard. Where did you come from the local bun? Do you know who the person who talks to you? The son of the Minister of Rites in the current dynasty will be punished for your death!"

Du Chonglou waved his hand, stopped everyone, and said, "Even if I give it to you, do you really dare to accept it?"

Li Qingcheng laughed and asked Xiao Jinyan and Zhao Ya, "Did you hear it?"

The two nodded.

He asked the boatman again, "Brother, have you heard it?"

The boatman wanted to die at this moment. If he had known this, he would not have taken on this job. If he had been seen by Director Lu, he would not have thought of hanging in the Qinhuai River in the future.

Li Qingcheng asked everyone on the boat again, "You all heard that the son of the Minister of Rites gave me this golden and jade hall. From now on, I will be the owner of this boat."

After saying that, he and Xiao Jinyan took Zhao Ya's hand left and right, jumped up, flew three or four feet, and landed on the golden and jade hall, causing the bow of the boat to exclaim.

Du Chonglou looked at several people up and down, and sneered, "I said why are you so crazy? It turns out that you are a martial artist, but listen, you are in the wrong place."

After saying that, more than ten men surrounded the three of them at the bow of the ship. These people were good people from the martial arts hall that Du Chonglou used his relationship in the mansion to borrow from the Raptor Hall. Among them, there was a master who entered the Wentian not long ago, because he was afraid that this would happen tonight.

"Have you heard of the Raptor Hall in Jinling City? Here, you have to trample it, and you have to lie down when it is a dragon, and you have to lie down when it is a tiger. You must know that the Qinhuai River is deep and the wind is strong, and it is not a strange thing to accidentally fall into the water every year and drown someone."

Li Qingcheng nodded and suddenly said, "If you don't remind me, I really don't know."

He took a step towards him, and more than ten people came out in swords and swords, and greeted the three of them. Zhao Ya had never seen this scene before, and was immediately scared to death, but he saw Li Qingcheng and Xiao Jinyan moving

Before they could move, the more than ten good players in the world were tilted and fell into the river one after another.

Seeing this, Chief Lu said, "Can you not come back, have you taken me the person?"

The more than ten people were not stupid. Before the sword was attacked, they were driven away by a powerful internal force. The other party showed mercy, otherwise they would have been killed. They were already shocked and fled to the river bank. When they got ashore, one of them said, "It's so dangerous, these two people are afraid that their martial arts are already in the hearing realm?" The other person said, "How come they have to be the best in the hearing realm."

On the pleasure boat, Du Chonglou cursed.

Li Qingcheng said, "It's not their fault. The wind is strong, but fortunately, the water is not too deep."

He walked to the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue just now, "Just now, did you insult Miss Zhao Ya?"

The young master said, "So what? It's just a cheap prostitute, my father..."

Bang!

Li Qingcheng slapped him in the face.

"Fuck you?..."

Bang!

Another slap.

He called Zhao Ya over, "Come on, you slap in the face twice, and vent your anger."

Seeing Li Qingcheng like this, Zhao Ya was very grateful and shook her head and said, "Thank you, my son, I dare not."

Li Qingcheng's face darkened. Zhao Ya was in the romantic scene for a long time and had developed the ability to observe his words and expressions. Seeing him like this, he quickly took two steps forward, slapped his hand, and slapped him.
To be continued...