When the Louvre meets the Forbidden City

Chapter 58 Going South

In early summer, hundreds of flowers are in full bloom.

Even at night by Baoyang Lake, there is a faint fragrance floating in the air. The moonlight in the sky is bright and clear, and it is sprinkled on the lake like a day. It was spread out from the boats and boats, and they merged into a charming, fragrant, and intoxicating scene.

Wei Xiaobao always likes to be lively, and he liked to hold various dance parties a long time ago. When he didn't have to lead troops to go out on an expedition, he would invite celebrities from all walks of life to attend.

After arriving here, due to the conflict between men and women and my "sexual interest" change, it has been a long time since I have had fun in such a place where there are many men and women together, so I was very excited and ordered Li Youwei to prepare a cruise ship and take people on a boat On the lake, shuttle and enjoy among the painting boats.

Li Youwei was worried that there would be troubles due to the crowds and chaos, so he made special arrangements and transferred a group of congregants from the Tiandihui to hide around for protection.

You must know that the new Chief Wei is good at everything, but he is not good at martial arts, so his style of acting is very different from the previous Chief Chief.

When Chen Jinnan walked the rivers and lakes, he always saw his head and saw his tail, and often walked alone; while Wei Xiaobao had to be guarded and watched, the bigger the pomp, the better, he would never act alone unless he had to.

However, his flaws never hide his strengths. Although Chief Wei is said to be incapable of surpassing all the heroes in the Tiandihui in terms of martial arts, everyone is still willing to regard him as the master.

When following Chen Jinnan, everyone was full of grief, indignation and enthusiasm, and vowed to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and followed the chief rudder and Yanping County King to throw their heads and blood and work hard to restore the Han people's land.

When following Wei Xiaobao, everyone was full of enthusiasm and pride, and firmly believed that following this young prodigy as the chief helmsman would surely carry forward the world and achieve the most brilliant achievements in this life.

Therefore, in the meeting, from the incense masters to the hall masters, everyone is loyal and obedient to Wei Xiaobao, willing to offer encouragement.It's not because he is not good at martial arts that he feels disrespectful.

According to the usual practice, Li Youwei found Gao Yanchao, Qian Laoben and several other Wei Xiaobao's old subordinates in Qingmu Hall followed the boat, and transferred fifty local disciples with better martial arts, all of whom pretended to be tourists to watch the excitement boarded the boat. They boarded several other boats around Wei Xiaobao's boat, and there were another hundred or so people mixed on the shore, moving slowly along with the boat.

With such a 'big team' of bodyguards, Wei Xiaobao was very interested, and looked at the boats one by one.

The election of the oiran on the sixth day of May is an annual grand event in Yangzhou City. Almost half of the people in Yangzhou City will flock to watch it, not to mention the arty princes, wealthy businessmen and fellow good people from the surrounding prefectures and counties. It's even more lively.

In order to compete for fame, and for the bounty that the girls can get on the lake that night, all the brothels put all their money into decorating their own boats, bead curtains, and tall lanterns. The popular girls of each family are dressed up, or Relaxed and elegant, or slim and colorful, the beauty against the beauty is beyond praise!

Wei Xiaobao stood at the bow of the boat with his head held high, full of energy as if he was reviewing an army.Standing on his left is the master he found for himself in Yangzhou, a local, surnamed Yu, in his 40s, has read a lot of books, and is considered a well-educated person. Standing on the right is the hall master Li Youwei.

The two of them listened to his great opinion together, and found that he judged very seriously, why the boat of this family is too flashy, too decorated, top-heavy and difficult to drive, why the girls at the bow of the boat are not bad in appearance, but Her demeanor is too flirtatious and enchanting, she has lost her standard, she looks very low-level...

Yu and Li looked at each other and couldn't help laughing, and responded casually, but thought in their hearts that everyone was here to join in the fun, and those prostitutes just wanted to be as frivolous and coquettish as possible, who would be so serious about whether the flower boat was decorated properly , Is my sister too enchanting?

Take a boat on the lake with laughter and fragrance floating slowly.

Suddenly, I saw the most gaudy painting boat approaching. There were more than a dozen strings of bright red lanterns on the boat, all of which were one yard larger than the lanterns of other houses.

On the middle string of lanterns, there are three golden words: Lichunyuan.

The curtains and roof of the cabin are covered with gaudy veils.

A few women with heavy make-up stood in the veil, wearing one-color peach red dresses, hairpins with large velvet flowers, the colors were extremely bright, either bright red and tender green, or light yellow, pink and purple.

Several people are flirting with passing tourists.

The women are young, and they are not ugly with thin skin and tender flesh, but even the people on the boat are too gaudy, and their taste is really bad, so there are less bounties piled up on the bow.

Standing behind Wei Xiaobao was Su Quan, Ake and the girls burst out laughing when they saw it. Su Quan just heard Wei Xiaobao picky all the way, and felt that he was putting on airs, so he asked with a smile on purpose, "Sir, what do you think of this Lichun Courtyard?" How about the boat and the girls? Is it rich and moderate, finally able to catch your eyes?"

A Ke gently pulled her, and said softly, "Sister Quan, don't be kidding, my husband doesn't think the many beautiful ones in front are good enough, so how can I take such vulgar ones seriously."

As soon as the two of them spoke, everyone on the boat except Wei Xiaobao, including Master Yu and Li Youwei, took the opportunity to glance at them, thinking that it's no wonder that the chief helmsman's own wife is so beautiful, so it's no wonder he has high eyesight. These top prostitutes in Yangzhou are all contemptuous.

Unexpectedly, Wei Xiaobao said with a serious face, "Ma'am is right, the boats and girls in Lichun Courtyard are very gorgeous - this one is very eye-catching, very outstanding." He waved his hand behind him, "Send 1000 taels of silver over there."

Everyone was stunned, and a rather clever follower hurriedly took the silver and stepped forward, "I wonder which girl over there the chief helmsman plans to reward?"

Wei Xiaobao pointed casually, "Just the one in the middle, I don't know her name."

The attendant had to inquire first, and then walked to the bow of the boat, and shouted loudly, "Master Wei rewarded 1000 taels of silver for the girl Qiuhe in the Lichun Courtyard!"

Wenyin 1000 taels is a big amount, after the shouting, there was a burst of applause on the lake, the prostitute on the Lichun courtyard painting boat whose name was suddenly named suddenly smiled, and quickly squatted down to thank her, because she didn't remember her benefactor at all. There was a rich man surnamed Wei, so he cast his eyes on the boat here, trying to see which master had the discerning eye and recognized her as a bright pearl among thousands of flowers.

Wei Xiaobao turned a blind eye to her winking eyes, and just put on a serious face against everyone's curious eyes, which actually felt like a toothache.

You must know that the current proprietress of Lichunyuan is Wei Chunfang!

Who is Wei Chunfang?That is the mother of this body, Wei Xiaobao knew about it, but he 'didn't think about it' until he came to Yangzhou, he woke up, he still has a mother here!

His family has always held a very important position in his heart. Back then, he had to hold family meetings when he decided on many important matters, such as divorcing the queen, or granting the throne to his relatives. His mother's opinion was always at the meeting pivotal position.The old woman had been respected and loved by him all her life.

Wei Xiaobao also wanted to respect his current mother, but Wei Chunfang was too unreliable. She was a prostitute at first, but later her son got rich and made a lot of money, so she was promoted to be the proprietress of a brothel. I don't intend to leave this business.

How could the mother of the chief rudder of Tangtang Tiandihui be a bustard?No matter how much Wei Xiaobao wanted to respect Wei Chunfang, he couldn't invite a mother of this status to someone else.

But as soon as Wei Chunfang asked her to step back, sell the Lichun Courtyard, and return home to be an old lady, Wei Chunfang was furious.

Put your hands on your hips like a teapot, raised your eyebrows and scolded you, you untrustworthy little bastard!

I didn't say it well at the beginning, when you get rich in the future, you will open Lixia Yuan, Liqiu Yuan, and Lidong Yuan, the largest courtyards in Yangzhou, to your old lady.

Now my old lady didn't bother you to spend any effort, she just used up some of your money and was satisfied with buying Lichunyuan, and you still won't let me open it!

You were born in a brothel, why?At this time, I look down on my wife for doing this!

My old lady has been in a brothel all her life, what would you ask me to do if I don't do this business!

What's more, my old lady has been suffering all her life, and now she turned over and became the proprietress. She hasn't had a good time for a few years, but she hasn't enjoyed it yet. If you force me to go back to work as Lao Shizi, the old lady will suffocate my old lady...

He yelled and started patting his legs and howling dryly: You brat, you're not filial!

Wei Xiaobao had never seen this style of being a mother to others, and Wei Chunfang's sharp mouth and excellent rapping made him dizzy and dizzy. I kept this news tightly sealed up, and asked Wei Chunfang not to mention it to outsiders.

Wei Chunfang was very open-minded in this regard, and waved his hand, "Don't worry, don't worry, I know, I won't talk nonsense, when you came to see me, you just said that you are a distant relative of mine."

That being said, Wei Xiaobao felt very sorry, there was no reason for him not to recognize his mother, but the mother was happy and refused to listen, and he couldn't forcefully kidnap him from the Lichun Courtyard, so he could only make do with it and wait for a while. Days to visit quietly.

One day, when he suddenly saw the painting boat in Lichun Courtyard, he was a little bit heartbroken, and he had good eyesight. As soon as the boat approached, he saw a few gaudy and beautiful prostitutes in the cabin behind him, sitting in a red and emerald, full of energy. Young woman, the two turtle slaves beside her nodded and bowed their heads and smiled apologetically, whoever it was if it wasn't Wei Chunfang!

Wei Xiaobao secretly thought that he had to support his mother even when he had a toothache and headache, and thought that she would be very happy to help her find an oiran, so he immediately sent someone to send 1000 taels of silver over.

As soon as the weight of 1000 taels was added, the market price of the girl Qiuhe in Lichunyuan immediately skyrocketed. When the boat tour ended at midnight, each of the famous buildings in Yangzhou sent a person to count the income of each girl, and ranked them in order: No.1 Miss Yulinglong from Hongshao Pavilion, got 15 taels of silver; No.2 Girl Qiuhe from Lichun Courtyard, got 3 taels of silver; No.980 Miss Ziling from Meixiang Garden Get silver [-] a tael.

Wei Xiaobao then ordered the clever attendant just now, "Go and send 1000 taels to that girl in the Lichun Courtyard."

The attendant agreed, and stood on the bow of the boat and shouted, "Master Wei will give 1000 taels of silver to Miss Qiuhe of Lichun Courtyard!"

Rewarding another 1000 taels is a big deal. Even if rich businessmen gathered in Yangzhou, it is rare to see such a feat of spending a lot of money. For a while, there were cheers and exclamations on the shore of the lake.

It seems to Jundao that this year's leader is Miss Qiuhe from Lichunyuan.

There were cheers on the boat in Lichun Courtyard, Wei Chunfang also saw his son from a distance, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, he winked at him quietly, Wei Xiaobao didn't look sideways, just didn't see him.

Wei Xiaobao's subordinates were also applauding loudly to join in the fun, and the older ones all smiled and shook their heads secretly, thinking that the chief helmsman is young and vigorous, loves to play and make trouble, and likes these glamorous things.

Because he is very capable and mature on weekdays, everyone doesn't think it's a big deal if he indulges occasionally, but thinks that young people should be like this.

The ticket teller was about to make a final decision after checking the silver and announcing this year's oiran, when he heard a loud voice from the unremarkable but slightly larger boat on the left, "Wait a minute, many of my sons are rewarding the red peony Guanyu Linglong's tattoo is 500 taels of silver!"

With a 'coax' sound, there was a sudden commotion on the lake. The people at the happy event watched the competition between the two families and bid for the price. Bold atmosphere?

The people on Wei Xiaobao's side kept cursing in a low voice, cursing secretly who is this!The sister who wants to support the Red Peony Pavilion doesn't pay the money early, and has to wait until now to make a move. Isn't this deliberately against her side?

Li Youwei frowned, "Young Master Duo is obviously trying to tear down our platform. Does his grandma have Duo? I've never heard of it!"

Wei Xiaobao was very dignified, calmly, and only waved his hand, "Another 3000 taels!"

Everyone on the boat was stunned. They all knew that the chief helmsman had been a high official in the Tartar court and led an army to conquer Wu Sangui. He had accumulated a lot of money over the years, but such a way of spending really made people dizzy.

Sure enough, when he shouted 'Master Wei, add another 3000 taels', Baoyang Lake was about to explode. On the high rollers who threw money at each other.

Everyone looked forward to looking at the cruise ship on the left to see his reaction.

The people on the boat were very reserved, they were all in the cabin, only the boatman and a messenger boy stood outside.

The boy was very well-behaved, he stood outside the cabin with his head bowed and listened to the orders inside, and after a while he nodded, turned around and came back to the bow again, and said loudly, "Master, I will give you 880 taels of silver for the tattoo of Yu Linglong in the Hongshao Pavilion! "

As soon as these words came out, there was no sound on the lake, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering what kind of medicine this young master sold in the gourd?What does Wenyin one thousand 880 nine taels mean?

It took a long time before he could figure out with a flexible mind that after adding this amount of money, Miss Yulinglong's bounty was one or two more than Miss Qiuhe's, and the Red Sweet Potato House won.

It's just that these many young masters are too calculating, they are only willing to give one or two more, what is this called!Turning a beautiful and expensive event into a child's play!As if deliberately trying to make trouble, everyone immediately had a bad impression of Duogongzi, and they all turned to Wei Xiaobao to wait and see, hoping that he would continue to pay and suppress this Duogongzi!

But I saw the boy on Duogongzi's boat slid down a small boat tied to the side of the boat after shouting out the money, rowed to Wei Xiaobao's boat and said loudly, "My master said, if you dare to give that gaudy and vulgar thing, it will be unbearable." In my eyes, if an ugly woman who is as ugly as no salt pays, he will beat you, and if a man says a word, it will be hard to chase!" He deliberately said the word si that is hard to chase in a strange tone.

All the people who listened with their ears pricked sprayed out together, what is this!Even if you meet a wicked young man and come forward to warn you, you can't say such a thing!

One of them whispered, "Why do I sound like the wife of Mr. Wei, who is upset that my husband is doing such a thing of spending a lot of money to support the kiln sister, so I come to make trouble..."

Before he finished speaking, he was slapped down mercilessly by a few hands stretched out from all around, "nonsense", "whimsical", "how is it possible!"

Wei Xiaobao was stunned for a moment, Li Youwei and Tiandihui's subordinates behind him shouted and cursed, 'Nonsense! ''Speak wild words! ''who! ''Aren't you afraid of death, I'm going to tear up your master right now! '

Wei Xiaobao waved his hand to stop everyone from shouting and cursing, and asked with a stare, "Your master is on the boat over there? He, what else did he say?"

The young servant was arrogant and rude, he blatantly refused to answer, he rowed the boat and went back. As soon as he got on the boat, the cruise ship turned around and slowly headed towards Guanyin Mountain.

Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said, "Hurry up, follow up!"

Li Youwei asked, "Chief helmsman, who is the other party? Do you recognize him?" Xu Tianchuan came up from behind, "Chief helmsman, that boat is weird. The boatmen and boys are all masters, we have to be careful point!"

Wei Xiaobao's face was solemn, "You go and pass the order, and send all the manpower we can mobilize in Yangzhou to obey the order!"

Xu Tianchuan, Li Youwei, and Master Yu were all shocked, "All of them!" He thought that Yangzhou could transfer at least [-] Tiandihui disciples now, and how powerful the other party must be to make the chief helmsman like this. Facing the enemy.

After looking at each other in doubt, they bowed together to accept the order, and hurried to arrange the dispatch.