It just so happened that today the girl Hanyue was on stage singing "Twenty-seven Housers", Zuo Daoqi waved to summon a boy and sat down in a nearby wine room.

A dozen guests were sitting in the wine house, drinking, laughing, admiring the snow, and appraising the plum blossoms.

There were blazing charcoal pots burning in the four corners of the wine house, dispelling the coldness of winter. Under the apologetic smiles of several young men in green clothes, it looked particularly warm.

Whoever allowed them to be exposed is so big, so white, and looks very warm.

Zuo Daoqi was the last to come in. Seeing that everyone in the room was drinking happily, he quietly found a seat to sit down, took a sip of wine, and casually hugged the thin waist of a waiter beside him.

Very thin and smooth.

He observed that the people present were of various origins. There were gentry in brocade robes, students from the Imperial College, and a few people with extraordinary temperaments who looked like practitioners. In the corner, there were also a few people sitting with books.

Scholar.

It has to be said that some people are born with a love of learning, and they have to bring books with them to brothels.

Zuo Daoqi's exclamation didn't last long before he was attracted by the ravine beside him and asked, "What are everyone's names?"

This little girl has a bright future. The more exposed she is, the more exposed she is. She is so insightful.

The girl covered her mouth and smiled lightly, "The Nu family is not a big family. If you want, Master, you can call us Qiao'er."

Zuo Daoqi nodded and wanted to reach out to measure the ravine. He felt that this seemed a bit superficial. He was not such a superficial person. "What a good name. It sounds very cute and lovable."

Qiaoer covered her mouth and smiled foolishly, "Young Master is really good at talking."

Women in this land of fireworks are really good at flirting. Just covering their mouths and smiling can make people feel pity for them.

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It's a pity that Zuo Daoqi has seen the imperial concubine's smile, the empress dowager's scornful smile, and even Ji Lingshu's laugh is much prettier than Qiao'er's.

If she hadn't been too deep, Zuo Daoqi wouldn't have looked at her more than once.

The atmosphere in the wine house was lively, and everyone was checking pairs. It happened that the young man on the left side of Zuo Daoqi had his turn to pose the question. He had a wild face, and the light green brocade clothes he wore did not look a bit immodest.

I saw him looking at Zuo Daoqi with a thoughtful look in his eyes. After a long time, he drank all the wine in the cup and said, "Thousands of families are drunk in the fragrant floating willow forest."

Before Zuo Daoqi could react, Qiaoer patted his waist gently and whispered, "Sir, it's your turn."

His face froze, is there still this link?

Copy... I am good at writing poems, but this pair is really not good at it.

Zuo Dodge remained calm on the surface and was about to open his mouth to get through.

But I saw the scholar holding a book in the corner suddenly stood up, came to Zuo Daoqi, and shouted in great surprise, "Brother Zuo!"

Zuo Daoqi looked back and was almost frightened to death, why was it Xu Ying again?

Is this person the weirdo who goes to a brothel with a book?

After he stood up, the atmosphere changed obviously. At least everyone sat upright.

Zuo Daoqi thought thoughtfully, these people should all know Xu Ying's identity. Confucian disciples have a high status in the court, which can be seen from the expressions of the guests in the brothel.

The young man in golden clothes who made the match also clasped his fists and said, "Brother Xu."

Xu Ying praised, "Brother Wang's pairing is very good."

The young man's face lost its unruliness and his smile gradually widened, looking quite useful.

Xu Ying chuckled lightly, "But this kind of pairing is nothing to Brother Zuo, Brother Zuo, right?"

Zuo Daoqi's face jumped because you, a thick-browed and big-eyed Xueying, kept calling you brother, but stabbed him in the back.

He smiled unnaturally and said, "Naturally."

His eyes moved to the corner of the wall, where the coal was burning with circles of green smoke. This was smokeless carbon, and the smoke was very light.

An inspiration flashed through Zuo Daoqi's mind, and Qiaoer, who was very calm and calm, took the wine bottle in his hands and drank it in a generous sip.

"The smoke surrounds the west phoenix and the fragrance spreads thousands of miles away."

"Okay!" Everyone present's eyes lit up and they all cheered. Originally they were just showing respect to Zuo Daoqi out of Xu Ying's face, but now they seemed much more sincere.

But Zuo Daoqi had no intention of continuing to drink, just because Xu Ying kept holding his hand, as if he wanted to stay with him until he got drunk.

Everyone present also takes their dominant position.

"Brother Zuo is here to temper his state of mind again?"

"Well, the state of mind is the most important thing on the road to spiritual practice."

Zuo Daoqi drank wine indifferently and talked to Xu Ying intermittently.

At this moment, the maid outside brought another person in. He had an ordinary appearance but was fat. He looked very wealthy in his fine clothes. He patrolled the room with his eyes very purposefully, and soon he

I saw Xu Ying chatting awkwardly with Zuo Daoqi in the corner.

"Mr. Xu! I finally found you."

Xu Ying's reaction to this person's arrival was a little dull, "How did Yuanwai Lu find this place? He is so powerful."

Sensing the dissatisfaction in Xu Ying's tone, the fat middle-aged man quickly nodded and said, "Mr. Xu, don't be surprised. The New Year is approaching, and I am going to go out of the city to worship my ancestors. The evil spirits in the ancestral house are not eliminated, so I dare not go back."

ah."

As he said this, Zuo Daoqi suddenly realized that the Chinese New Year is coming in three days. There is no lunar or solar calendar in this world. January 1st of each year is called Yuanshuo. On this day, all the items that can be exchanged in people's homes can be exchanged.

Everything has to be replaced, and the descendants have to go to the ancestral graves to tell them about the family's development in the past year.

Xu Ying waved his hand helplessly, "Commissioner Lu, please go back first. You need to report to the chief officer in the department to kill the demon outside the city. I can't be the master."

Officer Lu was unwilling to give up, but he had no choice but to walk out angrily. "Please Mr. Xu, if you have the transfer order, come and sweep the ancestral home of the Lu family first."

Only a water-stained silver note was left on the small table where the two were drinking.

Zuo Daoqi took a cursory glance and couldn't help but take a breath, three thousand taels!

Fuck, is this the rich man?

Three thousand taels is enough to buy a small courtyard in some remote corner of the capital. This person just asked Xu Ying to clean up his house first, so as not to affect the New Year's ancestor worship, so he could come up with three thousand taels of silver.

The generosity is a bit scary.

Xu Ying said with a wry smile, "Brother Zuo is laughing, the Demon Slaying Palace's status among the people is too high. You may not be able to feel it in the capital, but as long as you leave the capital, you will always encounter this kind of thing."

This is true. Generally speaking, there are no evil spirits under the emperor's feet in Kyoto, so Kyoto is the cleanest place in the entire Jin Dynasty. But if you go outside the capital, even some counties in the suburbs of Beijing are definitely not as clean as Kyoto.

Only then did Zuo Daoqi gain some understanding of the status of Demon Slayer Palace among the people.

In a sense, the status of Demon Slayer Mansion among the people is even higher than that of Confucianism.

Suddenly, an idea arose in Zuo Daoqi's mind: What the Demon Slayer Mansion can do, why can't Zaoyi Department do it?

The reason why the Zaoyi Department is in trouble is because of the disapproval of the critics and the public about the Zaoyi Department. As long as the Zaoyi Department is also doing the work of slaying demons and exterminating demons, then it is easy to change the reputation among the people.

and…

Zuo Daoqi glanced at the three thousand taels of silver notes on the table with some envy.

Drinking with Xu Ying again, Zuo Daoqi became more enthusiastic and asked a lot about the secrets of the Demon Slayer Mansion and his experience in slaying demons.

After having had enough wine and food, Zuo Daoqi walked towards the palace.

At the same time, a huge black fish wandered in the river in the city, laying countless eggs. These eggs were swallowed by the big fish in the river. When you open the belly of these fish, you can clearly see a line of words.
Chapter completed!