Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 22: One Sight, One Shadow, One Ecstasy

"Shuiyunjian" is a restaurant on the edge of West Lake.

That time, Yang Yuan went to "Shuiyunjian" to deliver snacks.

People who go to a restaurant to drink sometimes order some local snacks that the restaurant does not make during or after the meal.

After eating and drinking, people would drink tea, listen to music and spend their time leisurely. At this time, they would ask someone to bring food to them.

The woman in Yang Yuan’s memory was a dancer from “Shuiyunjian”.

Wine is the medium of sex, so many restaurants have beautiful women to promote consumption.

Specifically, it means hiring some beautiful women to accompany guests to drink, play drinking games, dance and sing songs to liven up the atmosphere.

Of course, some hotels also have hidden beds in the restaurant for guests to try out sex, but that kind of restaurant is called an "An Hotel", but "Shuiyunjian" is not such a place.

"Shuiyunjian" is a three-storey pavilion. Standing in the courtyard and looking up, you can see that the two wings on the third floor are pavilions with only pillars and ventilation on all sides. At night, there are bright lights there.

In the reflection of the sky, there would be seven or eight young girls standing gracefully in the pavilion, some of them would sing and dance gracefully, waiting for customers to "order flower cards".

Those women were already graceful and pretty, and they looked even more beautiful under the lights.

But there was one person among them who Yang Yuan locked his sight on at first glance, even before he could see her appearance clearly.

Because she has a special style that is different from other barmaids.

There is a kind of beauty that you cannot simply call beauty, but should call it "femininity".

That woman exudes such a temptation from the bottom of her heart that you can feel it at first sight.

Yang Yuan just glanced at her quickly at the time and didn't take a closer look, so when he thought about it now, he couldn't even remember her face and figure.

But at that time she was just standing there, without even making any deliberate poses, and the charm emanating from her bones was enough to astound him.

This woman is pretty good!
She is a drunkard, and it won't cost much to convince her to help me set up the trap.

Moreover, the number of people who knew her was far less than that of Yu Yao Nu, so it would not be easily exposed if she was given a new identity.

At the same time, it would be much easier for me to recruit her, a little drunkard, into the Youqiu Division.

It's her!
It is better to act than to think. Yang Yuan decided to go to the "Moshanghua" embroidery workshop immediately and quit his job.

Then he went to "Shuiyunjian" to find the wine girl, as the two places were not far apart.

Having made up his mind, Yang Yuan checked the place where the treasure was hidden again before going downstairs.

Yang Yuan was about to go out when he suddenly had an idea and turned back.

Next to the eldest brother Yang Che's bed, there is a wooden cabinet against the wall, in which are hung and folded various underwear and clothes for the two brothers to change.

The two brothers each occupied half of the cabinet, and Yang Yuan had never looked through his eldest brother's side before.

At this time, he began to grope through his eldest brother's clothes.

Yang Yuan picked out a round-collar official robe from a row of hanging robes. The cuffs and elbows of the robe were slightly worn, but it was very neat after being starched.

Yang Yuan opened the lower drawer again, looking for the matching scarf, leather belt and other items, and suddenly found a thick notebook hidden underneath.

Yang Yuan didn't know whether it was used by his elder brother to keep accounts or something like a diary.

Although he was curious, he would not open such a secret thing casually, even if it belonged to his eldest brother.

Yang Yuan restored the clothes covering the letter to their original state, packed the clothes he had taken out into a bundle, and went out.

This time Yang Yuan did not go through the front door, but went straight to the back door.

As soon as you walk out of the back door, you will see the green water.

Yu Jiguang, the clerk of the Guoxin Office, led a few of his men and set up surveillance around the Song family snack bar.

As soon as Yang Yuan came out of the back door, he was discovered by Mao Shaofan who was guarding the back door, and he immediately notified Yu Jiguang.

Yu Kongmu hurried to the wooden bridge over the creek behind, leaned on the railing facing the water, seemed to be watching, but his eyes were fixed on Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan had no idea that someone was watching him. He waited for a while and saw a small black-covered boat approaching. He quickly stopped it and negotiated the price with the boatman, agreeing on twelve cents to take him to Jijia Bridge.

As soon as Yang Yuan left, Yu Jiguang and his four companions quickly stopped a boat and followed him from a distance.

There were many rivers in Lin'an City. Yang Yuan took a small boat and traveled all the way. When he arrived at Jijia Bridge, he paid the fare and went ashore.

After passing the Imperial College, Imperial University, and Military Academy, when you are almost at Xingqingfang, you will see the "Moshanghua" embroidery workshop.

"Moshanghua" is a famous large embroidery workshop in Lin'an, with no less than a hundred embroiderers.

Since Moshanghua Embroidery Workshop took over the business of offering embroidery to the imperial court and was a royal merchant, it was elected as the leader of Hangzhou embroidery. The "Moshanghua" embroidery workshop is a large house with three entrances and three exits. The front and middle courtyards are the embroidery workshop areas, and the back courtyard is the residence of Fei Tianlu, the head shopkeeper of "Moshanghua".

In the city of Lin'an where every inch of land is valuable, the Fei family actually owns a large mansion covering three to five acres, which makes them a very wealthy family.

Because the front yard is not only an embroidery workshop, but also used to receive guests, the gate is open all day long and there are "doormen" here to receive guests.

When Yang Yuan met the doorman, he told him the purpose of his visit. The doorman let Yang Yuan in and called a "yard boy" to lead Yang Yuan in.

This courtyard with three entrances and three exits has cross-courtyards on both sides of the main courtyard. Each courtyard is divided into different areas, which are used by embroiderers, embroiderers and apprentices respectively.

The hunched-over "old yardman" led Yang Yuan to the backyard and told him that the shopkeeper had not been in good health recently and had been resting in the backyard for the past two days and rarely came to the front.

When they arrived at the back house, Yang Yuan was led into the living room and sat down. He was first served a cup of tea. Halfway through his tea, Fei Tianlu walked out from behind the screen.

This Fat Tianlu just suffers from his surname. In fact, he is not fat at all, but rather looks quite lean.

He was neither tall nor short, about fifty years old, with clear features, but looked a little haggard.

When Yang Yuan saw the "old courtyard man" following this person, he knew that Fei Tianlu had arrived, and hurriedly stood up and bowed: "I didn't expect that the master was ill, and I am sorry that I came at an inopportune time."

Fei Tianlu cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Are you the second son of the Yang family?"

Yang Yuan said: "It is the junior."

Fei Tianlu invited him to sit down, and he also lifted his robe and sat down in the main seat, smiling and saying, "I thought you would come in a few days, but it doesn't matter. I have already made arrangements for you and selected a master with great skills..."

Yang Yuan interrupted him and said, "To be honest, I have already found a job in the wing office. I am also impatient and I am afraid that I will not be able to learn the skills well in the embroidery workshop, and I will disappoint the master's kindness. I came here today to explain this matter to the master, thank him and apologize."

Fei Tianlu was slightly startled at first, then he smiled faintly: "I see, that's fine, Erlang, why are you so polite. You really don't have to make this trip, just tell your brother when he sees my daughter in the palace."

Yang Yuan said sincerely, "You are a kind-hearted elder who doesn't stick to trivial matters, but how can I not know what is good for me? If it weren't for my brother's important work, I would have come to thank you today with you."

Yang Yuan was afraid of saying too much and making mistakes, so he was polite and humble to the fat man, then he picked up the tea and drank it all, then returned the teacup to the table with both hands.

This is called "thanking the host with the tea". The cup of tea you use when saying goodbye cannot be left there. It is polite to drink it.

Seeing that he was quite knowledgeable about etiquette, the fat man felt a bit of admiration for him.

Fei Yuanwai is a businessman. Even though his business has grown now and he is already the leader of the Hangzhou embroidery industry, he is always extremely polite when dealing with people.

At this moment, he felt admiration for Yang Yuan again, so even though he looked sick, he still stood up to see him off.

Seeing this, Yang Yuan slowed down his pace to take care of Fei Tianlu's body.

Fei Yuan noticed Yang Yuan's thoughts and admired him more and more. At this time, he even felt a little sorry that Yang Yuan could not become a member of the embroidery workshop.

When the two approached the middle door, a beautiful figure in light clothes walked in from the front. When she saw Fei Tianlu and his guests coming towards her, the beautiful woman turned and walked towards the empty corridor next to her.

It was a single-sided empty corridor built against the wall, with high eaves and winding corridors.

When Yang Yuan and Fei Yuanwai approached, the person had already walked away along the empty corridor, leaving only a graceful back view for the two of them.

Yang Yuan looked up and saw a jacket with a simple and elegant style, which made her figure look infinitely charming, but you could also smell a dignified and graceful charm from it.

She had her hair in a shiny black peony bun with a hairpin inserted in it. She walked gracefully with the hairpin motionless, just like flowing water.

Just this back view is like a painting, revealing a unique charm formed by the accumulation of years.

Even though Yang Yuan had access to more advanced information and had seen too many beauties who were carefully dressed up, with all kinds of sound and color effects, photo-editing and beauty help, and even BGM, they were still not as beautiful as the silent beauty of the back, a charm that transcended age and space.

Thinking that this person might be a female member of the Fat Shopkeeper's family, Yang Yuan did not dare to look at her for too long. He raised his head, glanced at her, and then looked away.

When Fei Tianlu saw him looking at her, he took the initiative to introduce her: "That is Madam Li, a female teacher. Madam Li has taught my daughter all kinds of etiquette and the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was young.

Haha, ever since my family became imperial merchants, my daughter has to go in and out of the palace frequently. Thanks to Madam Li’s guidance and teaching, my daughter has never made any mistakes in etiquette when going in and out of the palace.

This Madam Li lives outside the west wall of my embroidery workshop, so she often comes to my house to meet with my little daughter. "

The reason why Mr. Fei was so proactive was because it involved Madam Li, and his mind became sensitive.

Such a beautiful and charming woman often comes in and out of Fei's house. Fei Yuanwai is henpecked and he is also afraid of rumors and gossip.

Yang Yuan nodded suddenly. It turned out that she was a female teacher of etiquette. No wonder she had such a good temperament.

Yang Yuan secretly kept this Madam Li in his heart.

When he works in public relations in the future, he may need various talents from different industries.

If he doesn't want to cram at the last minute, he has to always be on the lookout for information on various talents.

Opportunities always come to those who are prepared.

(End of this chapter)