"Young Master, go in by yourself. I don't like this place. I sit on the roof. If there is any problem, you just call me."

Shangguan Jinsuo suddenly appeared behind him and said.

"ah!"

Shangguan Jinsuo suddenly appeared scared Su Xiaomei and the maid. Du Ruo smiled and explained: "This is my new guard, Mr. Shangguan."

"Mr. Shangguan." Su Xiaomei let out a long sigh and blessed him slightly.

"Meet the young lady." Shangguan Jinsuo bowed to Su Xiaomei and explained: "When I went out in the afternoon, I was afraid of disturbing the young lady's singing, so I followed him far away and did not show up."

Du Ruo was happy on the side. He was wondering why Shangguan Jinsuo was so far away from him when he went out in the afternoon. He was afraid of disturbing Su Xiaomei's singing. Although this guy is straightforward, he is also very humane!

Su Xiaomei's pretty face turned red again. She was ashamed that she was known to sing by others, and she was ashamed that Shangguan Jinsuo called her "Young Madam". It sounded so embarrassed.

"My lady hasn't passed yet. Just call Miss Su. What kind of lady is she calling?" The maid Qing'er said to Shangguan Jinsuo with her waist on her waist.

It’s hard for the lady to speak, the maid should help her and Qing'er is very qualified.

"I think the young master and the young lady are in love, so it's better to shout early than to shout late, so I can save the trouble of changing my words in the future. Young master and young lady, I'll go!"

After saying it lightly, Shangguan Jinsuo retracted his body and a black shadow flashed by, and his whole body seemed to disappear out of thin air.

"Ha ha!"

Du Ruo laughed loudly, and said nothing, and took Su Xiaomei's warm little hand into Qunfang Building.

Qunfang Building is a three-story building with bright lights inside. The hall is extremely spacious, with countless red and green bells and swallows walking around with scholars and wealthy businessmen, laughter and joy.

It is true that brothels are "singing halls", but there are fixed time for top performances. Most of the time, brothels are similar to "kTV + hotels". Standing in the hall and looking around, there are beautiful figures dancing in many private rooms, and various music is also heard.

Unfamous musical prostitutes and dance prostitutes make a living by performing at other people's banquets. After the performance, you have to accompany them to drink and play... You have to accompany them whatever guests like.

When you reach Xue Wan'er's level, you usually don't have to appear as a companion. You only need to perform a few songs at a fixed time every night to keep the scene in peace.

There are three floors of Qunfang Building, and one or two famous prostitutes are on each floor. The admission ticket price on each floor is also different. As the first in Meizhou, Xue Wan'er's home court is naturally on the third floor. The tickets are not only expensive, it doesn't matter that they can't buy them at all.

When he came to the brothel for the first time, Du Ruo was only interested in the structure and decoration here and took a few more glances. Even Xue Wan'er didn't catch a cold, let alone these beautiful women in the venue?

"let's go."

It was the first time I came to the brothel. I was curious about Su Xiaomei, who was watching everywhere with the maid, and Du Ruo walked straight to the stairs.

"Please forgive me for your sins. Your invitation can only be provided for you to go upstairs alone."

The Song Dynasty planned the floors not the first floor, so the second floor was the first floor. Du Ruo showed his invitation at the entrance of the third floor in his mind, but was stopped by the servant guarding the door.

Du Ruo knew that he could not bring his entourage to the third floor, so he asked Du Qing to take Qing'er to ask for a table in the hall to order some food and drink, but he didn't expect that even Su Xiaomei could not bring him in.

Du Ruo said politely: "Please go and inform Xue Xingshou, and said that Mr. Du Ruo would bring a friend upstairs."

Unexpectedly, the servant smiled disdainfully: "Please go in and report it yourself, the villain is not available."

"Damn it?"

Du Ruo looked at the servant and was about to get angry, but heard a series of steps behind him, and then a familiar face appeared in his sight.

Huang Wu was raising his head, huddled by the swaying paper fan, and walked over. After he came, Du Ruo and Su Xiaomei were squeezed aside, and no one noticed them.

But the servant who was guarding the door didn't even read the invitation, so he let him in and allowed him to bring a follower.

‘I’m damn!’

Du Ruo was unhappy and walked over to the doorkeeper and said, "Okay, you guy who is so sluggish, why should you let him take people in and not let me take them?"

The servant said, "He is the young master of our Meizhou Tongzhe. Are you counting the ball?"

When Su Xiaomei heard this, she laughed out loud. Du Ruo looked at her helplessly and whispered: "I said I have never been here, do you believe it?"

Su Xiaomei nodded seriously, her eyes were full of gentleness, and Du Ruo's anger also subsided.

"This is the young master of Magistrate Du. How dare you not let him in?"

Du Ruo was about to show his identity, but he heard a voice behind him. When he turned around, he saw a handsome guy in gorgeous clothes and purple gold crown. However, when the handsome guy saw Du Ruo, his face was not very good.

"Little Prince!"

The person who came was Zhao Zongze. The servant immediately bowed to him, and then bowed to Du Ruo repeatedly: "It turns out to be Mr. Du. The villain has no eyes and does not recognize Mount Tai. Please forgive me!"

Du Ruo didn't bother with him, but just smiled and bowed to Zhao Zongze: "Brother Zhao, it's been a long time since we met."

"I didn't expect Brother Du to have such a good mood."

Zhao Zongze coldly bowed to Du Ruo, looked at Su Xiaomei, but didn't recognize her. He waved the folding fan and went straight upstairs.

"Next time you stick a fake beard, you won't be afraid that others will recognize you."

Seeing that Su Xiaomei deliberately lowered her head and hid, Du Ruo teased.

"Last time I was embarrassed in public, but later I thought it was really inappropriate, so I was afraid of seeing him." Su Xiaomei whispered.

"I understand, I felt a little embarrassed to see him just now."

Du Ruo and Su Xiaomei looked at each other and went upstairs together.

The third floor is also brightly lit, but there is no private room. There is a dance floor decorated with lotus flowers in the middle, surrounded by twelve golden lacquer round wooden pillars. The gap between the pillars is the audience seat, regardless of primary or secondary, but there is a curtain on each side of the east and west, which leads directly to the boudoirs of two famous prostitutes on the third floor. It is the exclusive guest seat and seat for the two famous prostitutes.

There are two famous prostitutes on the third floor. The top card is naturally Xue Wan'er, the leader of Meizhou, but the second card is also the second famous prostitute in Qunfanglou. She ranks seventh on the Meizhou famous prostitute list, named Li Mei'er.

As soon as Du Ruo went upstairs, he saw Xue Wan'er's personal maid who had been waiting. The maid was surprised when she saw Su Xiaomei, but she didn't ask any more questions and sat down in her seat.

The seats were not as bright as those on the dance floor, but after Du Ruo and Su Xiaomei sat down, they could still see that the seats around the dance floor were almost full at this time. Cheng Zhicai was still sitting next to him in the seats.

Only Cheng Zhicai himself, he should have arrived before Du Ruo without seeing his brother.

After searching for a while, Du Ruo found Zhao Zongze sitting in an inconspicuous seat, surrounded by many scholars, but he obviously had no interest in chatting with others. His eyes looked at Du Ruo from time to time, and there was no expression on his face.

"Young Master Du."

As soon as Du Ruo sat down, Xue Wan'er walked over. When she saw Su Xiaomei, she bowed her blessing and said, "I originally wanted to send an invitation to Miss Su, but I was afraid that Miss Su would not come, so... In short, I am not considering it, Miss Su, so don't be surprised."

"Won't."

Su Xiaomei nodded and smiled, feeling a little depressed. Why can anyone recognize her as a woman dressed as a man? Will she really have to stick her beard next time?

"Can I sit down?"

This place was clearly Xue Wan'er's exclusive area, but she asked Du Ruo for instructions first. After Du Ruo nodded, she knelt down next to Du Ruo. After sitting down, she immediately poured wine for Du Ruo and Su Xiaomei himself.

"Pour tea for Miss Su." Du Ruo helped her cup and told Xue Wan'er who was about to pour wine for Su Xiaomei that she would do whatever she wanted.

"Young Master Du is really considerate."

"It should."

Du Ruo's behavior was reasonable and kept a distance from Xue Wan'er. Su Xiaomei was secretly satisfied, but Xue Wan'er was a little chewy and thought that Du Ruo was deliberately because Su Xiaomei was by her side, or she looked down on her?

No matter how good she eats, she can't change anything. She can only accompany Du Ruo and Su Xiaomei to talk casually.

In the seats elsewhere, everyone naturally saw Xue Wan'er accompanying Du Ruo himself, and was envious of Du Ruo, but everyone also knew that Xue Wan'er's lyrics and music tonight was all written by Du Ruo, so it was necessary to accompany him.

But seeing Du Ruo's ignorance of Xue Wan'er was really angry, how could he be so contemptuous to Xue Xingshou?

"snort!"

Opposite, Huang Wu and Cheng Zhicai had seen Du Ruo, and both of them sneered, but the distance was too far and the lights of the seats were not bright. Du Ruo did not notice their expressions. Of course, Cheng Zhicai and Zhao Zongze and others did not see clearly that the white-clothed Confucian scholar beside Du Ruo was Su Xiaomei.

"This song..." Xue Wan'er was a little uncomfortable with saying the lyrics and songs as "songs", according to Du Ruo's words. She continued: "I used flute and zheng as the main tune, and the small cymbals and bamboo boards and sounds. I wonder what Mr. Du thought?"

Du Ruo nodded: "Even if this song is a cappella, it is very wonderful. When will it be performed?"

Xue Wan'er: "I have to go through a set of formalities, first the opening music, then the singing and dancing toasts. I will only appear after my sister Li Mei'er plays it. So Mr. Du doesn't have to worry."

"oh."

Just then, the opening music started, and Du Ruo grabbed a handful of melon seeds, stopped talking, and focused on watching the brothel music performance with Su Xiaomei.

Xue Wan'er felt bored and sat upright, just like Su Xiaomei there, with her long-haired and moist eyebrows without any fireworks, quietly accompanying Du Ruo to appreciate it.

Listening to the ancient music, Du Ruo was having fun, and his ears were standing up. He listened carefully to the combination of instruments in each section and the techniques of each change and turning of the song, and nodded secretly from time to time.

Xue Wan'er thought Du Ruo was just simply not trying to pay attention to her, but she was disappointed. She gradually realized that Du Ruo was really listening to the song carefully, and seemed to be able to hear the wonderfulness of each song, and her eyes looked a little strange when she saw Du Ruo.

Su Xiaomei was also fascinated by the side. She had never been to brothels. Only Nu Hong and Shu were accompanying her in the boudoir, which meant that she rarely heard music. So her experience was the same as Du Ruo, full of freshness. They also listened to music that others heard very ordinary.

After a few cheerful songs, the toasts were also sung, and the atmosphere on the scene began to warm up. The guests were looking forward to Xue Wan'er's performance, and some people had already begun to urge him.

"The one who appears next is my sister Li Meier. What she is going to sing "Qingyu Case. Early Spring" tonight is also an excellent new lyric!"

Taking advantage of the quietness during the performance, Xue Wan'er wanted to talk to Du Ruo for a few words, but Du Ruo just smiled at her and nodded, and she didn't know what to say before she answered.

Du Ruo did not dislike Xue Wan'er at all, but he didn't know what to talk to Xue Wan'er. On the other hand, Du Ruo didn't have to consider what to talk about. He turned his head and naturally grabbed a handful of dried fruits on the plate and handed them to Su Xiaomei, who was quiet and shiny beside him:

"Little sister, how many pieces to eat?"

When Su Xiaomei smiled, she showed a row of small white teeth, took only one piece, and whispered: "Brother Du Ruo, how about the song you gave to Miss Xue compared to "Sweet Honey"?"

"It's hard to compare music. Everyone has different preferences. Which one do you like is the best." Du Ruo said.

"Well, it makes sense. As long as it is what you like, it is the best. Brother Du Ruo is truly insightful and I admire him."

As she said that, she couldn't help but leaned closer to Du Ruo. Du Ruo smiled and simply grabbed her hand under the table.

In fact, Du Ruo didn't say all the words. In his opinion, the song "Bai Suzhen at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain" is a meshes of ancient music and uses ancient rhymes, so even if the lyrics are vernacular, it is not too shocking for people of this era. Everyone was just amazed at the beautiful tune;

But "Sweet Honey" is a popular song. Pop songs are incredible subversions from the lyrics, scales, and melody of the lyrics, which are incredible subversions for people of this era.

If you hear two songs at the same time, people in this era will only be shocked by "Sweet Honey".

'I see!'

With Du Ruo's musical sense, he came to the scene and heard it in person that he had found what the part of ancient music that made him feel was missing.
Chapter completed!