Chapter 216 The Red Sleeve Hidden Sword (1)
The woman in the world, no matter how arrogant she is, she dares not offend her guests easily, especially those with vicious and vicious guests with entourage.
Seeing that the woman was fighting for the matter below, the woman said, "It's better for a few guests to come in and take a break. I'll pay apology from the tea and apologize. Now I'll tell you what happened."
There were reservations in the pleasure boat, and logically speaking, they could not receive other guests. Mi Rucheng also knew this. While a little angry, he also wanted to find the venue again and shouted: "That's it!"
Then he struated his head and walked into the pleasure boat docked on the shore.
The outside of the boat is decorated with lights and colors. Each boat looks similar. The decoration inside reflects the unique style of the boat, which is usually decorated by the girls themselves.
Such a large boat on two floors will always separate many rooms. While entertaining guests and enjoying the scenery, it will also leave a private room. The general layout of the pleasure boat is based on beauty, but this one looks very elegant and quiet, and the layout in the cabin is very simple. This is also related to the mentality of the woman on the pleasure boat.
The woman came out with tea in person, and the maid was very embarrassed. Not only was she taken advantage of, but she was also brought to the door to humiliate her. She also had to apologize to her. But the lady said first, so she could only endure it.
"Maid Cui'er is ignorant, I hope the three distinguished guests will be forgiven."
When the woman spoke, her eyes swept over Xu Xuanzhu, and her eyes paused for a moment, probably because she felt that there was such a beautiful man in the world. Mi Rucheng's cough brought her soul back to her position.
The boatman who was Mi Rucheng used the oars to fuck the maid in water, but now he took the initiative to provoke it. The woman was not upset and politely admitted her mistake to the visitor on behalf of the maid. Mi Rucheng was very arrogant before. At this time, she lowered her mind and took the tea and took a few sips. The woman showed a happier smile on her face.
Liu Yu estimated that he would drive out the guests on the grounds of entertaining other guests.
"You are the only one here, girl?"
Liu Yu walked to the cabin, lifted the bead curtain and looked at the board, turned around and asked.
"The Fangshang held a banquet outside the city. There were many sisters invited to Qinhuai River. The servants made an appointment in advance. Therefore, they stayed alone on the boat, as if they were guarding the house."
Generally, women who operate on pleasure boats usually have homes and rooms on the shore. The pleasure boats are just the place where they "work". Many women are actually merchants or musicians and zithers' wives, but they just want to continue to work on the pleasure boats. This is a place where people are entertained by voices and have to be romantic all night. Most women will not provide this service to strangers.
To talk about love and emotions, to talk about feelings, and to see whether the woman can like it. This is the difference between the women in the Qinhuai River and the women in brothels in other places.
Liu Yu nodded and looked at Mi Rucheng, meaning that he was asking him if he wanted to leave. Mi Rucheng finally came in and sat down, and felt good about the woman. He was reluctant to leave, and it seemed that he was not very lawful to stay. He was in a dilemma.
At this time, the door was noisy. It turned out that the owner of the pleasure boat was coming and had a dispute with the followers of the Mi family who were guarding outside the pleasure boat.
Mi Rucheng and Liu Yu walked out. The quarrels below seemed to be fierce, and the people who came were not the ones who were interested. They were almost submerged in the Mi family's entourage, and they still shouted arrogantly.
"Several distinguished guests are all coming out to find entertainment, and harmony brings wealth."
When the woman saw a mess outside the pleasure boat, she was unable to explain if she was pursued, she had to come out to persuade her. When the person came to see her look under the lantern held by the servant, Liu Yu subconsciously thought of someone, Wang Hu. When he first met Wang Hu, his arrogant look was very similar to the person in front of him. Relying on his power and power at home, he was hard-working.
"Young Master Fang, please come in." The woman greeted the visitor.
Liu Yu remembered that the woman had said Fang Yuanwai before, and thought that it was impossible for this young master Fang Yuanwai to be a family? Unfortunately, he first came to Guidi and knew nothing about local affairs. Fortunately, the court had already arranged a secret spy in the Jianghuai area. Liu Yuxin said that after the detailed investigation, he would not have been so silenced and had no idea what was going on.
Seeing that Mi Rucheng was unwilling, Liu Yu smiled and pulled him and said, "Let's go, change your family, drink and have fun."
"I have heard of this surname Fang for a long time. However, both merchants rely on the many gifts given to the high-ranking officials and nobles in Pingri, so they got into the garrison of the city defense camp for Zhang Fang Changsun of their family. They couldn't swallow this tone!"
The Fang family was a local big family with abundant financial resources. When the Huai King was managing Huai, the first strategy was to win over local big family members, build his kingdom with the connections and money of the big family members, and open a bank to recruit troops. The Huai King had the talent to govern the country and was in order. Many local big family members rose at that time, and this Fang family was only a "nova". They were only very popular in recent years. They donated a lot of money and grain, so the court gave their family a vacant city defense camp. They were handed over to Changsun Fang Tinghan by the head of the Fang family, Fang Luo, the "Fang Yuanwai" mentioned by the woman in the pleasure boat.
Today, Fang Luo is still as arrogant as before, spending thousands of taels of silver to entertain the banquet. The previous visitor was Fang Luo's young grandson Fang Tingyu, who is considered a playboy. After all, he is only the descendant of the merchant family and has an average social status.
If he was an ordinary family member, Mi Rucheng was still very afraid. After all, there was a clear distinction between merchants and officials. However, he had no fear at all because the Mi family had a big business and the officials in Jiankang City were very caring, which gave rise to Mi Rucheng's arrogance.
"Let's go in together, I don't believe that Fang's surname is dare to drive the passengers!"
On the one hand, Mi Rucheng didn't want to lose face in front of Liu Yu, but on the other hand, he felt that the woman in the Huafang who didn't even know her name was a terrible thing, thinking that such a woman was ruined by the playboy from the Fang family. So his stubborn temper came up and insisted on pulling Liu Yu and his wife into the Huafang again, not giving Fang Tingyu face.
"Three distinguished guests...you..."
The woman came north and served tea and was ready to play the piano to cheer her up. Unexpectedly, the three guests who had already been leaving returned. This time, not only did the three masters come in, but they also brought followers with sticks in their hands, as if they were deliberately provoking trouble.
Mi Rucheng sat down in the guest chair casually and said loudly: "I want to see the lady's piano skills, which is not as good as the price for this tea. How about all the fees?"
Fang Tingyu originally planned to take advantage of the banquet held by his family to steal the wonderful man he had admired for a long time, so he didn't want Zhang Yang to bring only two close servants, both of whom were short and unbearable. His aura was weak. Fang Tingyu slapped the table and seemed to be angry when he heard this, but when he saw so many people, he endured it and said in a bad tone: "Brother, do you know who is here?"
"I care who you are!" Mi Rucheng took out a ingot of silver and put it on the table, "Are these enough to cover this pleasure boat?"
Fang Tingyu sneered: "It seems that my brother is not from Jiankang City. I believe I don't know the relationship between me and the Zhou Duwei Sima of Jiankang. Now I also invited the Zhou Duwei Sima of Zhou to come with me. If my brother is interested, I can introduce you to me!"
Mi Rucheng did not expect that Fang Tingyu actually recognized the commander of Jiankang Sima Zhou Ying. Zhou Ying was the trusted adviser of King Huai. He was young and promising and the prince of the Zhou family, a local family member. Moreover, King Huai intended to marry Princess Min to Zhou Ying as his wife. Although the official position of Duwei Sima was not high, no one in Jiankang City dared to offend Zhou Ying. Whoever offended Zhou Ying would be equivalent to offended Princess Min, and also was equivalent to offending Princess Huai.
Mi Rucheng was still aggressive, and he couldn't help but feel scared when he heard this. He absolutely couldn't afford to offend Zhou Ying as his identity. He stood up and wanted to leave with an excuse, but was pushed back to the chair by Liu Yu with a smile. Liu Yu didn't intend to have a dispute with others here for no reason, but when he saw his friend bullying others, he wanted to stand up.
As for Zhou Ying, Liu Yulai had investigated in detail before.
"Princess Min is in danger. As the fiancé of the future prince of Huai, Sima Zhou is still in the mood to come and ask about the willows?"
After Liu Yu said this, Mi Rucheng immediately realized that Fang Tingyu was scaring him. Now the entire Huai land was preparing for the entry of the imperial envoys into the Huai land. As the counselor around the Huai king, where did Zhou Ying get the time to come out for free and happy life? Thinking again, Fang Tingyu clearly showed that he came to meet beautiful women in private, so how could he bring friends with him unless he had special hobbies.
"Princess Min is about to return to Huainan safely. Why can't Sima, the Duwei of Zhou, get out of here?"
Mi Rucheng was furious and shouted to the servants: "Now my ship is taken away by me and I will take you off!"
Several servants rushed up and wanted to "invit" Fang Tingyu to get off the pleasure boat, but pushed the person out of the window. With a "pop!", the person fell into the river.
"Save people! Don't kill anyone!"
Liu Yu was about to call Yang Lie and others to go out to save the people, but he saw lanterns on the shore. A young young man ran up quickly and arranged for his subordinates to save the people in the water.
When Fang Tingyu was caught from the river, the person was already fainted by the water. The young man who saved the person asked nervously: "Brother, what happened?"
Fang Tingyu pointed at Mi Rucheng and said, "Brother Zhou, it was them...hehe, I pushed my younger brother into the water!"
Only then did Liu Yu and Mi Rucheng realize that Fang Tingyu was not lying. He really made an appointment with Sima Zhou, the commander of Jiankang, to come here to find happiness.
Zhou Ying was not as low-key as Fang Tingyu. He came out to have fun and brought a lot of followers, and half of them were officials. Mi Rucheng was shocked. If Zhou Ying was charged with provoking trouble and sent him to the prison, it would be difficult to think about it. The security yamen in Jiankang City still gave Zhou Ying a very conscientious person. Zhou Ying could be said to be effortless to cure a businessman with a low social status.
Zhou Ying sneered and looked at Mi Rucheng and Liu Yu, and seemed to ask the followers behind him to take care of others at any time.
Mi Rucheng took two steps back, nervous, as if he was thinking about a solution. Yang Lie and others on the side had already pressed their hands on the stick. The seemingly long stick in their hands actually had a universe inside, and they were sticks with sharp swords hidden, with the hilt and scabbard hidden by the outside of the stick.
Chapter completed!