When a group of young gentlemen in bright clothes came to Danyan Book Apartment, Madam Lin Erniang couldn't help but stamp her feet and sighed: "These young gentlemen are here again, and trouble is coming. First, they are distant visitors who don't know whether they are businessmen or nobles, and then Here comes this group of imperial students who praise the Donglin Party every day, and then this group of lawless young princes and uncles, it’s over, something is bound to happen today,”
She grabbed the leader of the turtle slaves and said, "Send someone to go to the Yamen to talk to Mr. Yue. Tell him that someone is going to cause trouble here tonight. Also, tell the people below to be careful..."
At that time, many prostitutes in the old courtyard could host banquets. The most famous one was the Gu family's small building next door. Every once in a while, dignitaries would borrow the small building there to hold banquets. The dinner dishes in the Danyan Bookstore were also very exquisite. His cooking skills are excellent, and even the fine porcelain dishes and silver-coated chopsticks make people like Chen Zhongji, who has been overseas all year round, feel very warm. Yin Feng does not care about his appetite. He and the Chinese soldiers often eat and live together. Yes, but today he came to Qinhuaihe for dinner for the first time, and he was also attracted by the exquisite cuisine here.
Zeng Shan, who had lived in the capital for a long time, tasted Jiangnan flavor for the first time and was full of praise: "Seeing the elegant environment here, I didn't expect the food to be cooked so well. Look at this half of steamed crucian carp, it's so fresh that I can't describe it..." …The food at Leshan Restaurant in Taiwan is simply incomparable to that here,”
Chen Zhongji said with emotion: "This popular trend in the south of the Yangtze River can really make people addicted to it and unable to extricate themselves. Just this delicious food can make people happy and forget about Shu."
Xu Hongji sneered and said: "The warm wind makes tourists drunk. Now this Jiangnan is a gold-selling den for high-ranking officials and dignitaries..."
Yin Feng smiled at him: "This is a prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River. We never tire of fine food and delicate food. This is the best place in the country. It is human nature to eat well and wear well. Every year we help the mainland Each merchant earned no less than a million taels of silver, and probably a lot of the silver came here."
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In the side room on the second floor, Madam Lin Erniang was listening to the turtle slave's report.
"There are unidentified people wandering around in the east, west, north and south of our courtyard, and they all seem to be carrying guys. The head of Yue Ban of the government office said: Today the guarding eunuch Li Eunuch is hosting a banquet for distinguished guests, and all the brothers from the six gates have been transferred to help. Now, there is no manpower to help us look after the place...Also, the maid delivering food overheard the conversation of those weird people in the east wing; they seem to be from somewhere...Taiwan, yes, Taiwan, the leader, others call it For adults, or some other master..."
"Sir,... Lord, it doesn't matter who the Lord is, he is still a high-ranking official. That's right. What kind of place is Taiwan?" Lin Erniang walked around confused: "These people outside are secretly guarding the yard. Are all the people brought here by this foreigner? Who would have so many bodyguards to take him on the road?"
The little maid Xiao Cui knocked on the door and came in. She cautiously and timidly said to the madam: "Auntie, the guests in the east chamber want to listen to the music; Mr. Song in the west chamber wants to invite Miss Ma to accompany the wine; the group of supervisors also want to listen to the music first. "
Lin Erniang waved Xiaocui away and said in a low voice to the foreman of the turtle slave: "Go and do it. Everything is arranged well. After tonight, if the world is peaceful, I will reward you five taels of silver tomorrow. By the way, Let the new pipa player accompany Miss Mei to the East Chamber; tell Miss Ma that she must take good care of the young men in the West Chamber...forget it, I will go and say it myself."
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The top Hua Dan in our hospital is 17-year-old Mei Xinlan, who is from Shexian County, Anhui Province. When she was five years old, her father died of illness in Shaanxi Province in the northwest while doing business abroad. Her mother also died soon after. Mei Xinlan's family is the eldest son of the family. She had a small family, and after both her parents died, her family property was taken away by her cruel uncles. Even she herself was sold by her cruel relatives to the old courtyard of Qinhuai River in Nanjing. She was only ten years old that year.
After seven years of courtship and seven years of hard work, Mei Xinlan was not only beautiful and gentle, but also well-educated and proficient in various musical instruments, the best of which was the guqin.
Four years ago, a little eldest sister who was good at pipa became her personal maid and also taught her the skills of playing pipa. This maid was four years older than her and was sold here by her own brother. Her name was Tang Xiaowan. .
Both of them were betrayed by their own relatives, so they felt sympathy for each other and became close friends. At that time, the inner circle of brothels mainly consisted of aunts and eldest sisters. They were maids in brothels and assistants to women. Among them were The husband's wife is called "aunt", and the young unmarried maid is called "eldest sister". They are mainly responsible for the chores in the brothel, such as sweeping the floor and wiping the table, serving food and water, making the bed and quilts, and dressing the lady; clients come to the brothel. , they would bring them tea and towels; when they were out, they would follow with their musical instruments. However, Mei Xinlan and Tang Xiaowan had no distinction between masters and servants at all, and had become real sisters.
At this moment, they were outside the east wing, leaning against the window and peeking in.
Tang Xiaowan covered her mouth, trembling all over, her eyes full of surprise and relief. Mei Xinlan raised her oval face and asked curiously: "Sister Wan, the hero you are talking about is this tall man, who used his body to You block the arrow,"
"Yes, it was him who rescued me from prison..."
Mei Xinlan sighed: "I didn't expect that the hero you mentioned would come here. Sister Wan, what are you going to do next?"
Tang Xiaowan's original name is Tang Wan. Her brother was the first opera troupe to go to the Chinese district of Balian in Manila to sing opera; that is, the troupe that caused the assassination of Yin Feng at the Taiwan Wharf Choir on the eve of the counterattack on Luzon. Tang Jie's family and As a result, the entire troupe was imprisoned by Lin Xiao. Yin Feng rescued them after defeating the Spaniards. Tang Wan was originally arranged to recuperate at Yin Feng's home, but his brother took him away and resold Tang Wan in Quanzhou. After succumbing to human traffickers and passing through the hands of countless human traffickers, Logan appeared here.
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Zeng Shan and Xu Hongji left the east wing to consciously get acquainted with the scribes and nobles.
Yin Feng and Chen Zhongji were chatting while listening to Mei Xinlan's guqin playing. Neither of them were very interested in the elegant sound of the guqin. Basically, Mei Xinlan was playing the guqin to others. Among all kinds of literature and art, Yin Feng likes painting; while Chen Zhongji's greatest interest is commanding operations on the battlefield. Although he is not a fierce general like Yan Siqi, he is developing into an intelligent general.
Mei Xinlan glanced at Xiaowan and saw that she was looking at the tall man in the middle seat. She couldn't help but sigh and thought with regret: The other person is a maritime merchant leader and a maritime tycoon, commanding tens of thousands of people under his command. , has saved thousands of lives (this is Tang Wan's statement, in fact, Yin Feng rescued only more than 3,000 refugees from Manila), how can he still remember an inconspicuous woman? However, this hero seems to have a deep understanding of himself. I don’t care at all about her beauty, this is too...
Suddenly, the door to the east wing was knocked open, and a young man in bright clothes stumbled in.
"You little lady don't know anything. The man is having fun. What kind of crap are you playing? It's so sad that it makes me uncomfortable even when I drink. Come on, don't play any more. Come with me and go have a drink. ,"
Chen Zhongji immediately reached into his arms and grabbed the handle of the flintlock musket at his waist. Yin Feng reached out to stop him and looked coldly at the uninvited guest who suddenly broke in. This guy's eyes were wandering around, and it was obvious that he only had I'm half drunk, but I pretend to be drunk.
"Master Song, please let go," Mei Xinlan was grabbed by her left wrist, and the sound of the piano suddenly stopped.
Both Yin Feng and Chen Zhongji were suspicious: This person seemed to be provoking on purpose, but for what purpose.
The old madam in the side room stamped her feet and cursed: "You will come if you are afraid. This Young Master of the Song family is causing trouble again." She hurried out.
Generally speaking, many of the girls in such high-end brothels are prostitutes rather than prostitutes, and they are not prostitutes. They are either from officials or from wealthy families, and they rarely make trouble unreasonably.
When Yin Feng saw that the young master named Song was still pestering Mei Xinlan, he stood up. Just as he took a step forward, he saw the young master shouting: "Come here! Do it."
Suddenly, several men dressed as servants burst into the door and rushed towards Yin Feng.
Over the years, Yin Feng has not had to deal with his enemies personally for a long time. However, he has a good physical condition and has been training with Chinese army soldiers all year round. He is almost 40 years old and still maintains the body he had when he was 30 years old. Conditions and judo skills have not been forgotten either.
The first man who came forward empty-handed was kicked and twisted by Yin Feng like lightning. He was thrown from above his head and fell directly from the window into the corridor.
The second guy who rushed in was holding a stick, which was dark and unknown in texture. Yin Feng kicked him to the ground. At the same time, the third servant who rushed in was knocked to the ground by Chen Zhongji with a heavy chair. land.
Yin Feng grabbed another chair, held it against the group of people at the door, and shouted loudly: "Ji Zai, catch this kid." In line with the principle of catching the thief first, Chen Zhongji pounced on the Song master.
Suddenly, a man in a tunic rushed in from the window, wielding a knife to guard the young master. Chen Zhongji pulled out the flintlock pistol in his arms without thinking...
Yin Feng took a step back and said in a deep voice: "Ji Zai, don't use the gun."
Mr. Song shouted loudly: "Zhang Jun, this guy is holding the blunderbuss."
Chen Zhongji was stunned, took a step back, and immediately recognized Mr. Song, and said to himself: "Not good,"
Just half an hour ago, Chen Zhongji went out to clean his hands. Because it was dark, he accidentally bumped into the half-drunk Mr. Song in the toilet. His flintlock pistol was knocked to the ground. He quickly picked it up and put it in his arms. , at that time, he did not pay attention to this stumbling young master.
In this era, flintlock pistols were only produced in Taiwan. The China United Company produced a flintlock pistol with carvings and gold inlays, which was specially used to bribe officers and generals along the coast. It had both self-defense and decorative functions. However, it was deliberately used during production. The barrel of the gun is made so small that the pistol can only hurt people within ten steps, and if it does not hit the vital point by chance, it will never kill the person. In the entire Ming Dynasty, only some Ming army officers on the southern coast have this fancy. The total number of impractical pistols will not exceed thirty,