Yanmenchun

Chapter 36

A few days after returning from the Reclining Buddha Temple, Shentu Danlin finally replied to the old lady's letter, saying that he would come back to visit the old lady in a few days.

When Shen Tuchan entered the door, the old lady was complaining about this matter to Kong Momo.

Seeing Shen Tuchan picking up the curtain and coming in, he told Shen Tuchan again, and said again: "I said let him come back, don't go to Tianjin Wei, he will deal with me, he said come back to see me in a few days, and give me a stick After a few days, who knows how long a few days are, I think it's probably half a month!"

Shen Tuchan had no choice but to laugh and talk about other topics to tease her.

After coming out of the old lady's room, the smile on Shen Tuchan's face faded, she had important things to go out today.

Moon Fragrance Tea Room is the most famous gold selling cave in Kyoto City. The reason why it is famous is because it is expensive.

It’s a bit reluctant to say teahouse here, and it’s a bit vulgar to say brothel. There are two types of girls in Yuexiang teahouse, one is for performing arts without selling their bodies, and the other is for selling their bodies only to the royal relatives.

The teahouse is not built like a building, but like a mansion, with rockery ponds, gardens and waterside pavilions, and landscaping everywhere. The teahouse and guest rooms are separated into two yards, and there are only private rooms for meals. There are singers performing in the hall every afternoon. The songs and dances are all Yangchun Baixue, full of affection.

It is said that the girls here are more expensive than those from some rich families.

What's even better is that it not only accepts male guests, but also female guests.

Mother Haitang is the person in charge of the Yuexiang teahouse. She originally called herself Mother Yue, but unfortunately, as she got older, the customers didn't buy it, and she changed her name to Mother Haitang because she was afraid of smashing the signboard.

Haitang's mother had never seen such a young lady dare to come to the Yuexiang teahouse by herself, she looked at the two girls wearing gauze hats opposite, she couldn't help being a little contemptuous, and said, "I'm afraid you don't know the price of our teahouse. , You said, yes, I am afraid that you will not be the master and cannot afford the price. Mom, I am also afraid that you will offend someone who should not be offended, so I will follow suit!"

Xiaoman was so annoyed by this babbling woman, he slapped the bank note in his sleeve on the table heavily, drew out his dagger and put it on her neck: "Why are you talking so much nonsense, do you know who my lady is? It’s a lot of you, thing! Do it well, if you dare to play tricks, make small moves, and don’t touch your tea room, it’s not a problem to kill you alone!”

After all, Mother Haitang was someone who had seen big storms, she jumped when Xiaoman's sword came towards her, she looked at the silver ticket on the table and then at Xiaoman, then she pinched her fingers and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't be so angry, As long as it's something that doesn't cause trouble and doesn't lack money, Mom, I will definitely do it!"

Shen Tuchan laughed a little through the veil, and said in a soft and steady tone: "Mother Haitang, my maid is not trying to scare you, you'd better not play tricks and earn your money, otherwise the beauty you sent to the palace People will finish with you, too."

After hearing this sentence, Haitang's mother immediately calmed down, and the teasing smile on her face was completely wiped away, and she saluted Shen Tuchan: "Your Excellency, forgive me for offending you, don't worry, this matter will be handled properly."

Shen Tuchan's voice was still calm and relaxed: "Go down."

Mother Haitang retreated respectfully.

Xiaoman couldn't help but lifted the gauze and asked curiously: "Miss, who is Li Cairen, and where did you know it?"

Shen Tuchan picked up the tea leaves on the table and looked at them carefully, but did not answer Xiao Man's question.

In fact, she has known about this matter for a long time. When she first found out, Li Cairen was not a talented person, but a court lady who didn't even have a position.

At that time, she and Xiaoman ran to the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city to practice swords at night. They had seen Li Cairen, who came out of Ankang County Lord's Mansion next to the Zhenbeihou's Mansion, but Xiaoman was careless, and must have completely forgotten about it.

Princess Ankang is over seventy years old, and the son-in-law died long ago. There are many children and grandchildren below, and most of them are unmarried grandchildren. She is a young and beautiful woman who comes out from the back door of Princess Ankang's mansion in the middle of the night. Unlike a girl from a good family, sometimes she covered her face, but Shen Tuchan knew it was her at a glance, she basically went there every month, if it was just a prostitute, Shen Tuchan didn't care at all.

Unexpectedly, I haven't seen her for three or four months. When I saw her again, it was in the palace. The nuns said she was a royal daughter.

The capital city is too small, but Shen Tuchan has seen her with her own eyes, and she can train a prostitute to be a beauty sent to the palace. Except for this Yuexiang Tea Room, Shen Tuchan can't think of another one. Always check for accuracy.

Li Cairen is not from Yuexiang teahouse, she is considered the daughter of a noble family, she only asked Haitang's mother to train her in order to enter the palace, Shen Tuchan is not clear about what agreement they reached.

Since Shen Tuchan came, she didn't intend to leave just like that, and came out of the side room to wander around this kind of lively occasion once in a while.

Xiaoman was also quite curious about this place, when the two of them were about to walk to a small diamond-shaped tea room, they heard someone talking, Xiaoman was about to see where the door was, Shen Tuchan hurriedly pulled Xiaoman into the rockery nearby.

Xiao Man was a little nervous, Shen Tuchan put her finger to her lips and made a silent movement.

Inside the tea room was Li Taiwei Li Xiangshan's voice, and Shen Tuchan felt her heart beating rapidly.

She seemed to have heard Li Xiangshan say just now: "Don't let him enter the city, kill him before entering Tongzhou."

kill him?Who did you kill?
The two of them held their breath and hid in the narrow crevice of rocks. Shen Tuchan listened carefully and only heard the place name of Cheng County. She was about to move closer when she saw Yan Wang Jiang Lan walking away. come over.

When Jiang Lan saw him, Shen Tuchan hurriedly jumped out the word 'it's over'.

But Jiang Lan didn't speak, but approached in silence, as if she was very puzzled why she was hiding here. Before he could speak, Shen Tuchan pulled him to the middle of the rocks, quickly covered his mouth, and put the other hand on There was a slight "hush" on his lips, just a faint breath.

Jiang Lan was covered by her face, and her body froze suddenly.

Shen Tuchan went to listen carefully again, Li Xiangshan had already finished speaking, and a younger voice was speaking.

The voice was a bit muffled and I couldn't hear it clearly.

It was too obvious for the three of them to hide here, so Xiaoman made a gesture and went out towards the other side of the rockery. The rockery was like a maze, and Xiaoman disappeared without a trace.

Seeing that Jiang Lan had no intention of speaking, Shen Tuchan carefully let go of her hand, pointed to the direction of the tea room with the small ridged window, and said the word 'Li Taiwei' with her lips.

Jiang Lan understood, he nodded, because Shen Tuchan wanted to cover him just now, but now the two of them are very close, he only needs to move his body sideways, and sit in Shen Tuchan's arms.

Shen Tuchan seemed to have noticed this too, and slowly moved inside.

The two of them didn't have any conversation, so Jiang Lan obediently moved in, and then the two of them listened carefully to what was being said in the tea room.

(End of this chapter)