Journey to Yumiao Mountain Chapter 46: Red Makeup Hall
Ning Xiaoye and Wan Chan stayed at the inn after dinner as normal people. In view of their gender differences, Wan Chan asked the owner to open two rooms.
It was still early in the evening. After looking at the room, the two of them went out for a walk to find out the news. This town was greatly influenced by Jade Temple Mountain. Even in such an inn, there was a clay statue enshrined in the lobby.
statue made.
When we booked a room in the evening, I accidentally asked: "Is this the god that I worship?"
The middle-aged man who was working on the abacus behind the counter raised his head when he heard this. He had a round face, and it was obvious that he was a man with a good life. The waiters who came and went called him "Boss Zhang".
Boss Zhang looked at Wan Jun and Ning Xiaoye, straightened up, and said, "You two...are you just here?"
Wan Jun nodded and pretended to be natural, telling Boss Zhang that he didn't see anything strange.
This matter is not a secret, so Boss Zhang told the two of them: "This is our most spiritual Earth Mother. Don't think that we use clay to make this sculpture because it seems to be out of taste. In fact, this
But it was requested by the Earth Mother herself and made of clay transported from the Jade Temple Mountain. It has the spiritual power of the Earth Mother and can keep us safe."
This is quite interesting. It doesn't require a golden body but only a clay body, which is very strange.
Moreover, this mud was taken from the Jade Temple Mountain, which is even more interesting. Isn't the Jade Temple Mountain the hometown of the Earth Mother? She actually requested to use the mud there to make sculptures for people to worship. This is
What is it for?
Wan Zhen smiled and catered twice. At this moment, he was like a real boy. There was no barrier between talking to Boss Zhang. Wan Zhen chatted for a few words about the mother-in-law, and then turned the topic to whether there would be any time nearby.
A place to watch.
When Boss Zhang heard that the two of them were going sightseeing, he immediately clapped his hands and said: "Come to us, you must go to the Hongzhuang Hall."
"Hongzhuangtang?" Ning Xiaoye asked curiously, "Could this name be a place that sells rouge and gouache?"
Boss Zhang smiled cheerfully and explained: "No, no, this Hongzhuangtang is a place opened to select maids for the Earth Mother. There are some talented women in it. Those women are fifteen or sixteen years old.
, Hongzhuang Noodles, over time some people called it Hongzhuang Tang.”
"maid?"
"Yes, the Earth Mother has a noble status, so she naturally needs people to take care of her. These girls are the most beautiful women sent from each village. After being carefully cultivated, they will be sent to the Earth Mother."
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Ning Xiaoye wanted to say something, but Wan Jun interrupted her first. He took Ning Xiaoye's hand, said goodbye to Boss Zhang and left.
After walking out of the inn, the two turned into an alley. After making sure that no one was in the alley, Wan Jun let go of Ning Xiaoye's hand.
After the confinement spell was released, Ning Xiaoye said angrily and doubtfully: "Why don't you let me speak and you imprison me?"
Wan Jun was very indifferent. Of course he knew what Ning Xiaoye wanted to ask, but this question was really not suitable to be asked.
"I know you want to ask why you want to send a woman to Jade Temple Mountain, right?"
Ning Xiaoye opened her mouth, and finally showed an angry expression. She was not happy: "I don't know what kind of evil the mother-in-law is. She actually sent an innocent woman there and called it a service?! Really?
That’s ridiculous, how could such a stupid thing happen?”
Mortals are short-sighted and leave many things they don't know to demons and demons to explain. Ning Xiaoye heard from her senior sister that ignorant mortals would accuse a widow of stealing someone just because there was a strange noise in her house. There was a huge group of people.
I went to the door to complain, but it turned out to be the sound of air leakage from the wall.
But those people did not pay for their mistakes. They threw the innocent widow into a pig cage and immersed it in the cold river water. The widow was weak and soon lost her vitality, leaving behind a seven-year-old child.
cry.
All this is just because the widow once rejected the advances of those people, the beautiful widow did not want to betray her deceased husband, and the people who failed to succeed in their plot became angry and did such unscrupulous things!
Now that she heard such ridiculous things with her own ears, Ning Xiaoye was shocked and angry. She wanted to jump out and ask those people what they thought.
"Don't think so much." Wan Jun sighed. He knew Ning Xiaoye's jealous temper, so he stopped her just now, otherwise he wouldn't know what would happen.
"We are here for this matter. If we find out the truth, those women can be saved. In short, let's go to the Hongzhuang Hall first. Maybe we can collect some information."
Ning Xiaoye thought so. She was persuaded by Wan Jun and calmed down.
The two asked someone for directions. They didn't know if it was an illusion. When those people heard that they were going to Hongzhuangtang, they all smiled with unknown meaning and actively pointed out the direction for them.
After walking for a cup of tea, the two of them also saw the Hongzhuang Hall being transported.
The three words "Hongzhuangtang" are written in cursive on the wooden sign. This building is not gorgeous, but it has some style. Before entering, you can smell the fragrance of powder and flowers in the air. Just smelling it makes people think.
At night, I realized something was wrong, this architectural style, this fragrance...
He remembered that in the past, there was a senior brother in the outer sect who liked to sneak down the mountain. He often came back early in the morning with a scent of fragrance on his body. At night, he didn't care where he went. Even if he bumped into him, he wouldn't ask or say anything. Maybe so.
That senior brother had a good impression of him.
Once, the senior brother came to him and told him to take him to a good place. Wan Chan originally refused, but the senior brother said a lot and made it clear that Wan Chan would not refuse.
Wan Jun had no choice but to follow him, and as a result, the senior brother took him to Hua Street with familiar routes.
By the way, this building is very similar to the buildings on Flower Street that I saw at that time, and this smell...is exactly the smell of powder commonly used by women in brothels.
Wan Jun immediately thought that the predecessor of this Hongzhuang Hall might be a brothel!
Looking at Ning Xiaoye next to her, she covered her mouth and nose due to the strong smell, frowning and looking serious, but she didn't notice anything was wrong at all.
Forget it...it's better not to tell her.
Wan Jun thought this way and hid this discovery.
There was no one in front of the Hongzhuang Hall. It was a bit remote here, so it was quiet for a while. There was no sound in the Hongzhuang Hall, and there was no gatekeeper at the door.
But the door is open, and you can see the garden pool inside. You can enter the hall by walking through a small gravel path, and you can't see anything deeper.
Wan Zhen hesitated for a moment, and then took Ning Xiaoye in. People along the way had a strange attitude when talking about this. He felt that there must be something fishy here.
I walked through the cobblestone road and came to the lobby. I didn't see anyone in the lobby. Looking up, there was no one in the four or five-story building.
"Is there anyone?" Ning Xiaoye covered her mouth and nose. She looked left and right, but still didn't see anyone.
Wan Jun looked at the layout and was more sure that this was a brothel, but why was it used as a residence for women? If it was dedicated to the Earth Mother as a maid, it doesn't mean that the kind of pure and flawless girl should be the best.
Okay.
And the attitude of those people...
The more he thought about it at night, the more something was wrong. He went up to the next floor. There were seven or eight rooms on the first floor, but they were all locked and closed. It seemed that the owner was not here. He walked to the end of the corridor and suddenly stepped out of the half-open door.
I heard a movement outside the window.
The sound was extremely quiet, and if Wan Zhen hadn't had sharp ears and eyes, he would probably have ignored it. He opened the window and looked out, and suddenly saw a lake.
He was stunned. This Hongzhuang Hall was built with its back to the lake! No wonder it was so remote.
Looking across the lake, I could only see a few boats. Because they were too far away, I could only faintly see a crowd of people running around. Wan Jun squinted and saw that they were several women.
He went downstairs and said to Ning Xiaoye, who was still looking around: "We found someone, outside."
Ning Xiaoye was a little confused, but she didn't suddenly realize it until she followed Wan Jun around to the lake.
Half of the Hongzhuang Hall is built on the lake, and there is a road leading to where the painting boat is. Wouldn't it be beautiful to take advantage of the painting boat to cruise the lake and admire the moon? Before this place was built as the "Hongzhuang Hall", this was a favorite place for many literati.
There was no boat at the pier, so the two of them stood at the pier and waited for a while. The people over there also noticed that there were two people here, and they swam over while rocking the boat.
The three painted boats slowly approached, and Wan Jun and Ning Xiaoye also saw clearly that the people on the boat were all young women. Indeed, as Boss Zhang said, all of them were extremely beautiful.
Ning Xiaoye looked around, then suddenly raised her head to look at Wan Xun. At this time, Wan Xun was just an ordinary boy's face. She looked at it for a long time, and finally lowered her head.
She was thinking that if she were a woman, she would be more beautiful than all these people.
There were more than a dozen women who got off the boat. They looked at the two of them with some curiosity, but they still took them back to the hall hospitably. The originally silent hall suddenly became lively, but most of the women went back to their own rooms after they came back.
Rooms, Wan Jun noticed that the places they entered were naturally locked rooms.
Just going out for a lake tour is not even considered going out, do you have to lock the door?
He suppressed this doubt in his mind. At this time, there were only three women left in the hall. Wan Jun noticed that these three were the three most outstanding-looking among the dozen or so people.
The leading woman has long hair like a waterfall, a pair of willow-leaf eyebrows, and passionate peach blossom eyes. Her pitiful temperament makes people feel heartbroken when they see her, and they can't help but take care of her carefully.
The woman on the left has jade-like eyebrows and a waist as thick as a sash. Her face is expressionless and she looks a little indifferent. But when he looked at her that night, she nodded slightly to the two of them as a greeting.
The woman on the right, wearing a long lavender dress, was looking at the two of them with a smile. She had a beautiful smile, as beautiful as a peach and plum, which made Ning Xiaoye feel a little embarrassed.
The three of them introduced themselves one after another, named "Yuduan", "Jinqiu" and "Lian Ruyi" respectively.
Yu Duan stood in front of the two of them, with a vague demeanor of a leader. She had a gentle temperament and was even more gentle and polite in her treatment of others. At this time, she invited the two of them to sit down and poured hot tea for them.
I saw her holding the lid of the teapot with one hand and lifting the teapot with the other hand. The tea was slowly poured out, filling the air with a refreshing fragrance.
Because Daojun Jiuxiao knew a lot about tea, and even Wanyuan also knew a little bit about it. He just smelled it and knew that this tea was not a good tea, it could only be regarded as an ordinary tea.
Yu Duan also knew this. She gently put down the teapot and brought the tea cup to the two of them, with a hint of blush on her fair face.
"I'm really sorry, this is the only crude tea here. This chapter has been completed!